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Back Forty Beer Company is named for the agricultural term referring to farm backlots, a reference to the state of Alabama’s underutilized potential as a craft beer mecca. The company was founded by Jason Wilson and Jamie Ray and released its first brew in the summer of 2009. Today, it offers a taproom and brewpub restaurant located within a historic renovated 27,000-square-foot warehouse in Gadsden and is renowned for its handcrafted ales, including its Truck Stop Honey Brown, which received the silver medal at the Great American Beer Festival in 2010. Other year-round offerings include the brewery’s Naked Pig Pale Ale, Freckle Belly IPA, Paw Paw’s Peach Wheat, and Cart Barn Light. Food menus are changed weekly and highlight contemporary American gastropub fare with a Southern twist. In summer of 2018, a second location was opened at the Sloss Docks in Birmingham.
Back Forty Beer Company, 200 North 6th Street, Gadsden, Alabama 35901, Phone: 256-467-4912
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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