Archive record · Brewery
Cross-Eyed Owl Brewing Company
Decatur, Alabama, Alabama, USA
- Founded
- 2018
- Archive ID
- TB-Y50PRQGT
- Last checked
- Not yet checked
Who owns this brewery?
Named in dated ownership records. No parent company is held, and each owner's sources are shown below.
From the record
Summary
Morgan County. Founder: Trey Atwood; Erin Atwood. Status as recorded: ACTIVE. Decatur's first/oldest modern brewery at 105 1st Ave NE. The company was incorporated in 2015, the historic-building renovation was underway in 2016, and the brewery opened in 2018. It announced a planned Oct. 31, 2020 closure during the pandemic but secured new investors and remained open. Current 2026 site and brewery-platform activity confirm operation.
A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.
Ownership & corporate history
- Owned by Ottis SparksDate unknown
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
State regulator establishes legal owner/licensee entity; current BBB profile explicitly lists Ottis Sparks as Owner. Exact shareholding/other owners remain unresolved.
Ownership history is kept as dated events, so a change of owner never overwrites the one before it.
The People
Behind the beer
The Beer Library
Beers
River City Lager
CURRENT 2026Munich-Style Lager
Current tap list; German Pilsner malt and Hallertauer Mittelfrüh hops.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Old Cellar
CURRENT 2026Dark Kellerbier
Unfiltered dark lager using German Munich and chocolate malts.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Midnight Bock
CURRENT 2026German-Style Bock
Traditional German-style Bock brewed with imported Munich malts.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Anna Belle
CURRENT 2026Belgian Pale Ale
Belgian-inspired pale ale with pale/wheat/light crystal malts and English hops.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Céleste
CURRENT 2026Belgian Tripel
Tripel with pilsner malt, cane sugar and house Belgian yeast.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Céleste Pêche
CURRENT 2026Belgian Tripel with Peach
Céleste variant conditioned with real peach purée.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Space Owl
CURRENT 2026New England IPA
Hazy IPA with barley, wheat and oat malt plus Mosaic and El Dorado hops.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Light Beam
CURRENT 2026New England Pale Ale
Lighter hazy companion to Space Owl with oat malt, Mosaic and El Dorado hops.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Lechuza Lime
CURRENT 2026Mexican Lager with Lime & Agave
Pilsner malt, agave nectar and real lime.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Float Trip
CURRENT 2026Pineapple Sour Ale
Sour ale made with real pineapple purée.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →One Shoe
CURRENT 2026Traditional English Porter
English-style porter with Maris Otter and roasted malts.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Memento Mori
CURRENT 2026Imperial Stout
Signature imperial stout brewed with a blend of dark English malts.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →On the record
Awards
- 2026
Regional Winner — Breweries
Best of Alabama
Only awards we could attribute to a named body and year appear here. An empty section means unresearched, not unawarded.
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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.xeobrewing.com/ 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
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