Birmingham Breweries and a Distillery, and the Ones That Closed

Five Birmingham breweries are open in our data. Five more have closed since 2024.

Birmingham breweries

1. Avondale Brewing Company, at 201 41st Street South in Avondale. It has The Sour Room and the ELEVATE stage. About Town named it a 2026 finalist for Best Place to See Live Music.
2. Back Forty Beer Company, at 3201 1st Avenue North near Sloss Docks. It has a beer garden.
3. Birmingham District Brewing Company, at 2201 2nd Avenue South, Suite 102. Founded in 2018. Lose Your Way is its tropical IPA (Help Us Check).
4. Cahaba Brewing Company, at 4500 5th Avenue South, Building C, in the Continental Gin Building. The taproom has 6,000 square feet. Cahaba American Blonde won Best Local Beer in About Town 2026.
5. Good People Brewing Company, at 114 14th Street South. In January 2026 it bought the former Ghost Train brewing facility, under the name All Good Beverage Company.

Rooms marked Help Us Check have a source behind them but no dated 2026 report that they are open. Look at their newest posts before you go, and tell us what you find.

Birmingham craft distillery

Dread River Distilling is at 2400 7th Avenue South in Lakeview. It won a silver medal in 2026 from the American Craft Spirits Association.

Birmingham beer bar

Hop City is a beer bar, not a brewery. It was a 2026 nominee for America's Best Beer Bar, as reported by the Greater Birmingham Convention and Visitors Bureau. The group started in Atlanta.

Birmingham breweries that have closed

Every brewery below has shut its taproom. Some old brewery lists still name them.

See every Birmingham restaurant and bar we found that closed, with dates.