Blue Pants Brewery
Madison, Alabama, USA · Est. 2010
Tally's Take
Why this matters
Alabama Pass 17. Closed 2019. Madison County. Founder: Michael Spratley; Allison Spratley. Status as recorded: CLOSED. Madison's first modern brewery. Began in February 2010 in a 400-square-foot facility, moved in 2011 to a 10,000-square-foot converted cotton warehouse, and closed its taproom Aug. 23, 2019. Owners explored contract brewing to keep some brands on shelves after closure.
The Beer Library
Beers
Pinstripe Stout
HISTORICAL / SIGNATURE FAMILYStout
Alabama Pass 17. Pinstripe-family stout line was among Blue Pants' best-known brands; exact variant specs held for deeper label recovery.
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Sources
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Brewery record compiled in Tally's Alabama master, Pass 17 — Blount and outer north-east reconciliation (research workbook), which cited https://www.themadisonrecord.com/2019/08/08/blue-pants-brewery-to-close/ 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 reliabilityAccessed 2026-08-19Reviewed 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 Blue Pants Brewery
- Is Blue Pants Brewery still open?
- No. Blue Pants Brewery has closed. Alabama Pass 17. Closed 2019. Madison County. Founder: Michael Spratley; Allison Spratley. Status as recorded: CLOSED. Madison's first modern brewery. Began in February 2010 in a 400-square-foot facility, moved in 2011 to a 10,000-square-foot converted cotton warehouse, and closed its taproom Aug. 23, 2019. Owners explored contract brewing to keep some brands on shelves after closure.
- When was Blue Pants Brewery founded?
- Blue Pants Brewery was founded in 2010 in Madison, Alabama, USA.
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