Mobile Brewing Company
Mobile, Alabama, USA · Est. 1891
Tally's Take
Why this matters
A serious industrial brewery — designed by August Maritzen, the architect whose plants stood in brewing cities across America — at North Water and Adams streets from 1891. Its history is really the history of Alabama's drinking laws: production stopped under prohibition, resumed when Mobile County voted itself wet in 1911, and stopped for good when statewide prohibition arrived in 1915. The company outlived the beer by moving into ice and cold storage, which is what a brewery with refrigeration could still sell when it could not sell beer.
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Timeline
- 1891Formed at North Water and Adams
A major mechanized brewery designed by August Maritzen.
- 1911Mobile County votes wet
Production resumes after an earlier prohibition stoppage.
- 1915Statewide prohibition
Brewing ends; the corporate operation survives in ice and cold storage.
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Beers
Purity
HISTORICALAlabama Pass 17. One of three labels advertised when Mobile Brewery resumed brewing after the 1911 county vote.
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HISTORICALAlabama Pass 17. One of three labels advertised when Mobile Brewery resumed brewing after the 1911 county vote.
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Alabama Pass 17. One of three labels advertised when Mobile Brewery resumed brewing after the 1911 county vote; embossed Mobile Brewery export bottles also survive in collector records.
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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://mobilebaymag.com/ask-mcgehee-73/ 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
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Dated events as recorded in Alabama Pass 17: 1891, 1911, 1915.
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Reviewed 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 Mobile Brewing Company
- Is Mobile Brewing Company still open?
- No. Mobile Brewing Company has closed. Alabama Pass 17. Closed 1915. Mobile County. Status as recorded: HISTORICAL/CLOSED. Formed in 1891 at North Water and Adams streets. A major mechanized brewery designed by August Maritzen; production stopped under prohibition, resumed after Mobile County voted wet in 1911, then stopped again with statewide prohibition in 1915. The corporate operation later survived in ice/cold-storage businesses.
- When was Mobile Brewing Company founded?
- Mobile Brewing Company was founded in 1891 in Mobile, Alabama, USA.
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