Archive record · Brewery
Birmingham Brewing Company (1889)
Birmingham, Alabama, Alabama, USA
- Founded
- 1889
- Closed
- 1893
- Archive ID
- TB-4HTYNRB2
- Last checked
- Not yet checked
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Summary
Closed 1893. Jefferson County. Status as recorded: Historical/closed. Early Magic City brewery at the 22nd Street/Avenue D-E site; failed during the Panic of 1893. Later lineage at the same site led to Alabama Brewing Company.
A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.
Tally’s Take
Four years, ended by a financial panic rather than by anything to do with beer. It stood at the 22nd Street and Avenue D–E site and failed during the Panic of 1893, along with thousands of other American businesses. The site outlived the company: the lineage there carried on to the Alabama Brewing Company in 1897. Not to be confused with the Birmingham Brewing Company of 1992 — an entirely separate business 103 years later, held here as its own record.
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Timeline
- 1889Opens at 22nd Street and Avenue D–E
An early Magic City brewery.
- 1893Fails in the Panic
The site's lineage later leads to the Alabama Brewing Company.
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Sources
- recordProbable
Brewery record compiled in Tally's Alabama master, Pass 17 — Blount and outer north-east reconciliation (research workbook), which cited https://www.taverntrove.com/alabama-brewing-company-birmingham-alabama-usa-br-14.html for this entry. The cited page has not been opened by the archive.
Tally's Alabama master, Pass 17 — Blount and outer north-east reconciliation (research workbook) · Compiled with ChatGPT web search under the Tally's workbook protocol · 2026-08
CommercialMedium reliabilitySource accessed 2026-08-19Claim last checked 2026-08-19 - historyProbable
Dated events as recorded in Alabama Pass 17: 1889, 1893.
Tally's Alabama master, Pass 17 — Blount and outer north-east reconciliation (research workbook) · Compiled with ChatGPT web search under the Tally's workbook protocol · 2026-08
CommercialMedium reliabilitySource accessed 2026-08-19Claim last checked 2026-08-19
Only the claims above are sourced. Everything else on this page is the archive's own research and has not yet been tied to a document — which is worth knowing rather than hiding.
Straight answers
Common questions about Birmingham Brewing Company (1889)
- Is Birmingham Brewing Company (1889) still open?
- No. Birmingham Brewing Company (1889) has closed (1893). Closed 1893. Jefferson County. Status as recorded: Historical/closed. Early Magic City brewery at the 22nd Street/Avenue D-E site; failed during the Panic of 1893. Later lineage at the same site led to Alabama Brewing Company.
- When was Birmingham Brewing Company (1889) founded?
- Birmingham Brewing Company (1889) was founded in 1889 in Birmingham, Alabama, USA.
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