Breweries & More
Line Creek Brewery in Peachtree City.
Local Breweries Flourish in our Area
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en years ago, there were no breweries in Coweta and Fayette counties. There were stores that offered equipment and supplies for home brewing and you could purchase “local” Atlanta microbrews at some restaurants, but there were no local breweries. Since then, both Fayette and Coweta counties have plenty of options when it comes to places to enjoy craft beer such as Line Creek Brewery, Abide Brewery, Awkward Brewery, Barleygarden, Gremlin Growlers, and Ace Beer Growlers. Outside of Fayette and Coweta there are additional options, including Cochran Mill Brewing in Fairburn and Towerhouse Farm Brewery in Gay.
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■ Why the recent growth? Why the recent growth in breweries and brewpubs? Across the country breweries began to gain popularity in the 2,000’s. Their family friendly, dog friendly atmosphere welcomed young and old alike. Breweries partnered with farmers markets and food trucks and gave people the opportunity to support local businesses. They started to be seen as a community center, not just a place to try a craft beer. In Georgia, the rise of breweries is directly related to changes in Georgia law. In the early 2000’s, the laws in Georgia governing breweries were holdovers from the prohibition era kept breweries from selling their beer directly
to customers at their production location. Breweries could produce beer, but any sales to the public had to be done via a distributor. The only way local breweries could sell their beer at their brewery was to offer tours of the facility and then offer samples of their different beers at the end of the tour. In order for the brewery to make money, they would sell souvenir glasses in which the samples would be poured. But there were strict limits on how much beer could be “sampled”. As a result of these laws, the number of breweries in Georgia lagged behind the rest of the country. Finally, in 2015 State Bill 63 was passed which allowed breweries to sell beer directly to the public in “to
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