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Ghost Train Brewing Company

Birmingham, Alabama, Alabama, USA

Closed · 2024Ownership unknownMicrobrewery
Founded
2016
Closed
2024
Archive ID
TB-M6WAXF7M
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From the record

Summary

Closed 2024. Jefferson County. Founder: Taylor DeBoer; Patrick Small. Status as recorded: CLOSED. Grand opening at 2616 3rd Ave South on Oct. 22, 2016; later moved to 3501 1st Ave South. Temporarily closed in July 2024 and subsequently listed among Birmingham-metro brewery closures in September 2024.

A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.

Tally’s Take

Taylor DeBoer and Patrick Small held their grand opening at 2616 Third Avenue South on 22 October 2016, and later moved to 3501 First Avenue South. Ghost Train closed temporarily in July 2024 and was then listed among Birmingham-metro brewery closures that September — a temporary closure that turned out not to be, which the archive records as it actually happened rather than tidying into one clean date. The Third Avenue room it started in did not stay empty: Cahaba followed, and then Uproot in 2023.

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The Museum

Timeline

  1. 2016
    Grand opening on Third Avenue South

    2616 3rd Ave South, 22 October 2016.

  2. 2024
    Closed

    Temporarily closed July 2024; listed among Birmingham-metro closures that September.

03

The People

Behind the beer

Taylor DeBoer
Founder

Patrick Small
Founder

04

The Beer Library

Beers

Kaleidoscope Kettle Sour

HISTORICAL / BREWERY CLOSED

Fruited Sour

ABV4.9%

7 IBU. Official Untappd brewery profile lists mixed-berry kettle sour.

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Gulf Coast IPA

HISTORICAL / BREWERY CLOSED

American IPA

ABV6.0%

65 IBU. Widely distributed flagship-era beer; later ratings may reflect residual inventory after closure.

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Stout Side of the Moon

HISTORICAL / BREWERY CLOSED

Imperial / Double Milk Stout

ABV13.9%

121 IBU. Chocolate milk stout in official Untappd archive.

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Go Devil Golden Ale

HISTORICAL / BREWERY CLOSED

Golden Ale

Archived Ghost Train beer; exact ABV/IBU still needs a stronger product-page capture.

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Show your working

Sources

  1. recordProbable

    Brewery record compiled in Tally's Alabama master, Pass 17 — Blount and outer north-east reconciliation (research workbook), which cited https://www.ghosttrainbrewing.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 2026-08-19
    Claim last checked 2026-08-19
  2. historyProbable

    Dated events as recorded in Alabama Pass 17: 2016, 2024.

    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 2026-08-19
    Claim 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.

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Straight answers

Common questions about Ghost Train Brewing Company

Is Ghost Train Brewing Company still open?
No. Ghost Train Brewing Company has closed (2024). Closed 2024. Jefferson County. Founder: Taylor DeBoer; Patrick Small. Status as recorded: CLOSED. Grand opening at 2616 3rd Ave South on Oct. 22, 2016; later moved to 3501 1st Ave South. Temporarily closed in July 2024 and subsequently listed among Birmingham-metro brewery closures in September 2024.
When was Ghost Train Brewing Company founded?
Ghost Train Brewing Company was founded in 2016 in Birmingham, Alabama, USA.
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