Archive record · Brewery
Main Channel Brewing Company
Guntersville, Alabama, Alabama, USA
- Founded
- 2015
- Archive ID
- TB-2SNXQ174
- 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
Marshall County. Founder: Brett Smith; Clay Smith; Sarah Smith. Status as recorded: ACTIVE. Marshall County's first brewery, opened in Guntersville in 2015 inside the former Jitney Jr. Convenience-store hangout known locally as 'The Jit.' Current 2026 operation includes the original Guntersville brewery plus a second Albertville location.
A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.
Ownership & corporate history
- Owned by Main Channel LLCDate unknown
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
State regulator establishes current legal owner/licensee; individual member/equity roster remains unresolved.
Ownership history is kept as dated events, so a change of owner never overwrites the one before it.
Where it brewed
- 2090 Gunter Avenue2015-presentGuntersville, Alabama
Original production brewery + taproom
Operated by Main Channel Brewing Company
Site detail
Former Jitney Jr. convenience-store/hangout converted into Marshall County's first brewery.
The People
Behind the beer
The Beer Library
Beers
Celtic Crossing
CURRENT / LIMITEDIrish Red Ale
Current official beer menu describes caramel richness and roasted barley.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Jitney Juice
CURRENTImperial / Double Hazy IPA
Named for Jitney Jr., the convenience store that occupied the Guntersville brewery location before Main Channel.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Lake Life
CURRENTLager
Light, crisp lager themed around the brewery's lake-community identity.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Dry Irish Stout
CURRENTDry Irish Stout
Roasty stout with coffee and dark-chocolate notes on current menu.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Barrel Aged Belgian Dubbel
CURRENT / LIMITEDBelgian Dubbel / Barrel Aged
Whiskey-barrel-aged dubbel with dark-fruit, caramel, toasted malt, oak and vanilla character.
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Irish Dry Stout
Year-RoundDry Irish Stout
Previously recorded as Dry Irish Stout; normalized to current official-menu order. Roasted-barley stout with a dry finish. (Current official menu)
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Hydrant City Lager
Year-RoundAmerican Lager
Clean, crisp American-style lager. (Current official menu)
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Camino Bravo
Year-RoundMexican Lager
Light, crisp Mexican-style lager. (Current official menu)
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Kölsch
Year-RoundKölsch
Crisp, subtle and highly drinkable ale. (Current official menu)
Drank this? Add it to your passport →American Wheat
Year-RoundAmerican Wheat Ale
Bready, lightly sweet wheat ale. (Current official menu)
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Amber Ale
Year-RoundAmber Ale
Malt-forward amber with caramel, toffee and subtle coffee notes. (Current official menu)
Drank this? Add it to your passport →New England IPA
Year-RoundNew England / Hazy IPA
Tropical, heavily dry-hopped hazy IPA. (Current official menu)
Drank this? Add it to your passport →Dunkelweisse
Year-RoundDark German Wheat Ale
Dark wheat ale with clove, banana and rich malt. (Current official menu)
Drank this? Add it to your passport →India Pale Ale
Year-RoundWest Coast IPA
Pine, resin, grapefruit and citrus-forward West Coast IPA. (Current official menu)
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://mainchannelbrewing.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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