Archive record · Brewery
Huntsville Brewery (Badlun Brothers)
Huntsville, Alabama, Alabama, USA
- Founded
- 1819
- Closed
- Year unknown
- Archive ID
- TB-4HCXGSPK
- Last checked
- Not yet checked
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Summary
Madison County. Founder: James Badlun; William Badlun. Status as recorded: Historical/closed. Historical sources identify James and William Badlun as operators of Alabama's first known commercial brewery in Huntsville in 1819, before Alabama statehood. Secondary brewery history describes a 14-acre property with malthouse, gristmill and hop field; primary property/business records remain a priority.
A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.
Tally’s Take
Alabama's first known commercial brewery, and it predates Alabama. Historical sources identify James and William Badlun operating in Huntsville in 1819, before the state was admitted that December. Secondary brewery history describes a fourteen-acre property with a malthouse, a gristmill and a hop field — and that is the detail that stops you: hops, under cultivation in northern Alabama, more than two centuries ago. This record rests on secondary history; primary property and business records remain a stated priority, and the archive would rather flag that than let the oldest entry in the state look sturdier than it is.
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Timeline
- 1819Alabama's first known commercial brewery
James and William Badlun, Huntsville, before statehood. A 14-acre property with malthouse, gristmill and hop field.
The People
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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.beeradvocate.com/articles/16686/where-to-drink-in-huntsville-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 2026-08-19Claim last checked 2026-08-19 - historyProbable
Dated events as recorded in Alabama Pass 17: 1819.
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
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 Huntsville Brewery (Badlun Brothers)
- Is Huntsville Brewery (Badlun Brothers) still open?
- No. Huntsville Brewery (Badlun Brothers) has closed. The archive has not established the year it stopped. Madison County. Founder: James Badlun; William Badlun. Status as recorded: Historical/closed. Historical sources identify James and William Badlun as operators of Alabama's first known commercial brewery in Huntsville in 1819, before Alabama statehood. Secondary brewery history describes a 14-acre property with malthouse, gristmill and hop field; primary property/business records remain a priority.
- When was Huntsville Brewery (Badlun Brothers) founded?
- Huntsville Brewery (Badlun Brothers) was founded in 1819 in Huntsville, Alabama, USA.
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