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Goat Island Brewing

Cullman, Alabama, Alabama, USA

ActiveOwnership unknownMicrobrewery
Founded
2015
Archive ID
TB-2KC6DZA8
Last checked
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From the record

Summary

Cullman County. Founder: Mike Mullaney; Gery Teichmiller; John Dean; Brad Glenn. Status as recorded: ACTIVE. Established in early 2015 after the four founders' Blue Moose Brew Crew/homebrewing collaboration grew out of friendships strengthened during Cullman's post-2011-tornado rebuilding era. Founder roster upgraded from a 2016 North Alabama Craft Beer Trail profile.

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

03

The People

Behind the beer

Mike Mullaney
Founder

Gery Teichmiller
Founder

John Dean
Founder

Brad Glenn
Founder

04

The Beer Library

Beers

Richter's Pils

Year-Round

Pilsner

ABV5.6%

30 IBU. Historic-recipe-inspired flagship; see Story Leads.

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Big Bridge IPA

Year-Round

IPA

ABV6.0%

50 IBU. Current official beer page.

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Duck River Dunkel

Year-Round

Bavarian-Style Dunkel

ABV5.5%

19 IBU. 2018 GABF silver medal noted by brewery.

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Thrill Hill Vanilla Porter

Year-Round

Baltic Porter

ABV7.0%

23 IBU. Current official beer page.

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Blood Orange Berliner Weisse

Year-Round

Berliner Weisse / Sour

ABV5.5%

5 IBU. Current official beer page.

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Goatopia Juicy IPA

CURRENT

Juicy IPA

ABV6.2%

23 IBU. Current official beer page.

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Christkindlmarkt

CURRENT

Witbier

ABV4.5%

13 IBU. Current official beer page.

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Goat Island Blonde

CURRENT

American Blonde Ale

ABV4.9%

17 IBU. Current official beer page.

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Sipsey River Red

YEAR-ROUND / AWARD BEER

European Red Ale

ABV5.5%

32 IBU. Current official beer; 2016 Alabama Craft Beer Championship gold and 2017 bronze documented in period coverage.

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Peace, Love, & Hippieweizen

YEAR-ROUND / AWARD BEER

Hefeweizen

ABV5.0%

13 IBU. Current official beer; won gold at the 2018 Alabama Craft Beer Championship.

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Colonel's Festbier

HISTORICAL / AWARD BEER

Oktoberfest / Festbier

Historical Goat Island festival beer; bronze in the Oktoberfest category at the 2017 Alabama Craft Beer Championship. Do not automatically merge with the brewery's current Oktoberfest without recipe/name-lineage proof.

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On the record

Awards

  • 2018

    Silver

    Great American Beer Festival

  • 2018

    Gold

    Alabama Craft Beer Championship

  • 2018

    Bronze

    Alabama Craft Beer Championship

  • 2017

    Gold — Pilsner

    Alabama Craft Beer Championship

  • 2017

    Second Place Overall — Best in Show

    Alabama Craft Beer Championship

  • 2017

    Bronze — Red Ale

    Alabama Craft Beer Championship

  • 2017

    Bronze — Oktoberfest

    Alabama Craft Beer Championship

  • 2016

    Bronze

    Alabama Craft Beer Championship

  • 2016

    Gold

    Alabama Craft Beer Championship

Only awards we could attribute to a named body and year appear here. An empty section means unresearched, not unawarded.

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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.cullmantribune.com/2016/11/01/amla-beer-trail-highlights-craft-breweries-in-north-alabama/ 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

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