Good People Brewing Co.
Birmingham, Alabama, USA · Est. 2008
Tally's Take
Why this matters
Alabama Pass 17. Jefferson County. Founder: Michael Sellers; Jason Malone. Status as recorded: ACTIVE. First keg sold in 2008; current Birmingham taproom active. Preserve legal-era distinction between incorporation/startup work and first commercial beer.
The Beer Library
Beers
Good People IPA
CURRENTAmerican IPA
Alabama Pass 17. 75.5 IBU. Official page calls it the flagship brew.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Muchacho
CURRENTMexican-Style Lager
Alabama Pass 17. 18 IBU. Official brewery beer page.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Hazy Snake IPA
CURRENTHazy IPA
Alabama Pass 17. 25+ IBU. Offshoot of Snake Handler; official page gives 6.9% ABV and 25+ IBU.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Snake Handler
YEAR-ROUND DRAFTDouble IPA
Alabama Pass 17. 100+ IBU. Official page says year-round on draft; canned twice a year.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Good People Pale Ale
CURRENTPale Ale
Alabama Pass 17. Listed on current official beer index; deeper specs still needed.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Good People Brown Ale
HISTORICAL / FOUNDING BEERBrown Ale
Alabama Pass 17. Good People's first commercial keg was Brown Ale, sold July 4, 2008, before the 2009 Gourmet Beer Bill changed Alabama's ABV limit.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Show your working
Sources
- recordProbable
Brewery record compiled in Tally's Alabama master, Pass 17 — Blount and outer north-east reconciliation (research workbook), which cited https://www.goodpeoplebrewing.com/contact 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.
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