Black Warrior Brewing Company

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Black Warrior Brewing Company is a craft brewery in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. [1]

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Black Warrior Brewing Company
Industry
  • Alcoholic beverage
Founded2012
HeadquartersTuscaloosa, Alabama
Area served
Alabama
Products
  • beer
Owner
  • Joe Fuller
  • Eric Hull
  • Jason Spikes
  • Wayne Yarbrough
Number of employees
4
Website blackwarriorbrewingcompany.com

History

Founders Joe Fuller, Jason Spikes and Eric Hull were friends and home-brewing enthusiasts who also worked together before they decided to open the brewery. [2] They named the company after the Black Warrior River that runs through Tuscaloosa County. Black Warrior was the second brewery to open in Tuscaloosa after Tuscaloosa's city council voted to change the city’s zoning ordinances in 2012 to allow breweries and brewpubs. [3]

The previous tenant of the brewery's two-story commercial storefront in the Downtown Tuscaloosa Historic District was the Oak City Barber & Beauty Shop, historically Black-owned business. [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]

Beers

Community

Black Warrior Brewing has given back to the community in a variety of ways. Once a month they host a charity night, titled "Pints with a Purpose" which donates a percentage of sales back to a different local charity every month. For example, in March 2014, the brewery hosted Ales to Fight Hunger, a fundraiser for a charity that provides weekend food to hungry schoolchildren in Alabama. [11] The company also sponsors Tuscaloosa GoKickBall.

Notes

  1. Phillips, Ryan (January 9–23, 2014). "Tuscaloosa's Newest Brewery Takes Off // Breaks New Ground". Planet Weekly (450).
  2. Flanagan, Ben (November 20, 2013). "Black Warrior Brewing Company glad there's room for two breweries in Tuscaloosa". al.com.
  3. "Synopsis of Tuscaloosa City Council Meeting" (PDF). www.tuscaloosa.com. September 25, 2012.
  4. "Downtown Tuscaloosa Historic District". National Register of Historic Places. Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. National Register #86001084.
  5. "Downtown Tuscaloosa Historic District Expansion". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. National Register #88003242.
  6. "Downtown Tuscaloosa Historic District (2nd Expansion)". National Register of Historic Places. Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. National Register #96001029.
  7. Chaffin, Ashley (July 21, 2013). "Brewery owners aim to open in fall". The Tuscaloosa News.
  8. "Oak City Barber & Beauty Shop – Google Maps". November 2007.
  9. Sisson, Carmen (January 4, 2004). "An Afternoon at the Barber Shop". The Tuscaloosa News.
  10. Williams, Michelle (July 16, 2006). "Around Town". The Tuscaloosa News.
  11. "Black Warrior Brewing Co. to host Ales to Fight Hunger". The Tuscaloosa News. March 7, 2014.

Coordinates: 33°12′38.32″N87°33′58.78″W / 33.2106444°N 87.5663278°W / 33.2106444; -87.5663278

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