Bham folks: Whats your favorite breweries?

1. Good People - great beer, great people
2. Cahaba - great beer, odd location
3. Trim Tab - good beer, douchey people













4. Avondale - terrible beer, terrible people, cool building

I had a Cahaba IPA on tap at a local eatery last week. $8 a pint. Yikes.

I paid $7 for a Trim Tab IPA tonight. Some places just can't get good prices on local beer.

I have been told that Avondale has somehow pissed off a lot of local bars and restaurants. Not sure how, but I have noticed their beers are no longer in a couple of them. I've actually only had 2 of their beers - their IPA and the vanilla porter. Couldn't finish the IPA it was so bad, and the porter was just okay.

Beer Engineers is about to open their place over near GP. Didn't care for their peanut butter porter, and I've heard their IPA is worse than Avondale's.

I live within walking distance of Good People, Trim Tab and Cahaba, and like them all, but prefer Good People. Good People IPA is my go to beer, and I enjoy their Snake Handler too, but it's too strong for an entire drinking session. Trim Tab I appreciate for being different, and for playing with "cask" brews like I used to get in England. Cahaba is tasty but not quite the hang out place that the others have become... And then there's Avondale...I love the Vanillaphant Porter, and like that they have more than one IPA, but it's gotten a little too crowded for me personally...weekends are crazy there!

My advice is just to enjoy them all! Life's to short to drink the same thing day after day...

Edit - Favorite thing is to visit Good People before seeing the Birmingham Barons across the street...and then continue with GPB IPA or Avondale Vanillaphants inside the ballpark.