In a recent City Talk column (New growler store adds to Savannah’s growing beer culture) in the Savannah Morning News, I wrote about some of the beer news around these parts in recent years.
And today there’s news of Two more craft breweries planned from Adam Van Brimmer at the SMN. From that piece:
Two craft beer producers plan to open facilities late this year or early next year. Service Brewing is renovating the Coastal-Sail building on West River Street for a 30,000-square-foot manufacturing plant while Coastal Empire Beer Co. has leased the former Pepsi bottling plant near the Derst Baking Co. for its brewery.
And this is not just a Savannah trend. Check out this slideshow at Access Atlanta of smiling (hopefully not drunk) young entrepreneurs who own breweries and brewpubs in the state. The focus is on the Atlanta metro area with a couple of Athens businesses thrown into the mix.
I guess it’s possible that this interest in microbrews and the like is a distinct cultural phenomenon, but it sure seems in keeping with the growing demand for organic, sustainable, and locally sourced food.