Atlanta Advice?

Couple of threads below about ATL.

But, I'll always throw in my suggestion: The Porter Beer bar. Great tap list, vintage list, and a hole in the wall. And, Wreckingbar brewpub / eatery is just a block away if you wanted a double trouble treat.

 

I was there last week, aside from Porter and Wrecking Bar, which are both outstanding I also hit New Realm and it was damn impressive. The staff at New Realm said I should check out Monday Night Brewing and there were a few other breweries in that area. (I didn't have time to check them out though).

 

Porter / Wrecking Bar is the must do combination. In terms of shops Hop City is your best bet and as far as breweries go my favorite are Monday Night, Red Brick, Orpheus, and Three Taverns. If you find yourself OTP Variant in Roswell and Cherry Street in Cumming are both exceptional breweries.

 

Decatur area is my go to (mainly because I live here). Three Taverns Brewery, Wild Heaven Brewery, Twain's Brewpub, Brickstore Pub, Leon's, Kimball House, Victory/SOS. Ale Yeah! for bottles. Trackside if you want to get divey with picklebacks and Tropicalia.
MARTA access in the center of it all if you are interested in trying our terrible little transit system.

 

Monday Night has two locations (the original taproom and the Garage), which aren't really close to each other. But I also can't really picture what breweries are near either one of them.

I'd second Monday Night Garage. Its where they do their barrel-aging and souring and that's the focus in the taplist there (though they have other stuff on as well). The original location I think of as more of a fun place to hang out with good beer. Still worth visiting, but I'd personally vote for Monday Night Garage over the original taproom.

 

Eventide Brewing, 1015 Grant St SE, Atlanta for a local brewery visit. They're not far from the old Braves stadium and Grant Park, if you're familiar with the area. A quick Interweb search for Eventide in Atlanta will get you to their site. Sometimes they'll bring in a food truck or live entertainment.....tasting room hours vary.
I think they've nailed their Kolsch.

 

I just went up there for Day of the Juice Festival at the end of March. My favorite Breweries were Scofflaw, Three Taverns, Monday Night Garage and Orpheus. I was able to make a stop at Brick Store pub, that was fantastic! Red Brick was surprisingly much better than expected (as other posters here noted, they have a new brewer). I really wanted to get to Wrecking Bar and Porter, just couldn't fit it in to this trip. The only other brewery i really wanted to hit was The Woodlands (Sweetwater's Barrel and Sour brewery). i have had some really good beers from them. I did also hit New Realm and Torched hop, both good. The space at New Realm is fantastic, and i was pleased with my beer choice as well. Food looked great there!

 

What did you think about Day of the Juice? I personally thought it was great and hope they keep it an annual event. That was my first festival so I don't have much to compare it to.

 

I don't make it to Atlanta often but Monday Night and Scofflaw are pretty good. If you do get to go to Creature Comforts in Athens you should try to hit Akedemia or Southern Brewing Company also.

 

I was very pleased with the event, right amount of people, great beers, good environment! Everyone was very friendly, i really enjoyed it! It's really nice to go to a small festival like this. I am a 6-year Huna Veteran, lol. One of my other favorite festivals that is small is right here in Jacksonville. The Florida Brewers Guild puts on the Barrel Aged and Sour Festival every year, November or December. Great beers from all over Florida, limited tickets, good times!

 

Didn't read this whole thing.... in College Park right now, any good stores close by I can uber to?

 

Late to the party but close to Monday Night West Midtown is Red Brick, Second Self, Urban Tree Cidery, and if you like inconsistent IPAs, Scofflaw.

 

Any opinions on 5 Seasons - Prado? This appears to be the only brewery/brew pub in the area I'll be staying (Sandy Springs) that I can get to using the hotel's shuttle service.

Also, I can get around town using MARTA, and from what I found, these locations are walking distance from a station:

• Monday Night Garage (walk looks sketchy)
• Three Taverns
• Blue Tarp
• Brick Store Pub
• Torched Hop

Any other locations walking distance from a station that I may have missed?

 

I'm from the northern burbs of ATL but don't often get IP (Inside the Perimeter/I-285). Brick Store is on my list of must-do's, especially their Belgian Bar. It looks like MARTA will dump you about 100 yds or less from their door. MARTA rail is pretty dependable, although it will jostle you a bit and can be loud and rickety.

From The Brick Store Pub website:
Our relationship with importers and breweries allows us to offer beers you will find nowhere else. The Brick Store and its exclusive beer list have received national & international acclaim on the world’s two biggest beer websites — beeradvocate.com & ratebeer.com. We’ve also racked up eighteen consecutive years of “Best of Atlanta” recognition for our fabulous beer list and pub fare.

FWIW, if you find yourself jonesin' for a cold, sweet treat, the old Courthouse across the street from Brick Store has King Of Pops. Their ice cream popsicles are very, very good....I get the blueberry cobbler popsicle when available from one of their pop-up locations.

 

The combo of Brick Store/Three Taverns/Blue Tarp might make getting that far away from you're staying doable. Brick Store and Three Taverns are absolutely worth it. I don't know anything about Blue Tarp.

Torched Hop is also a worthy stop. Monday Night Garage the walk isn't what I'd call the most scenic part of town, but it didn't strike me as horrible.

Others to consider:
- Wrecking Bar and Porter are about a half mile from the Inman Park MARTA station. Wrecking Bar makes great beer and has awesome cocktails to boot if that's your thing. Porter has a -considerable- draft and bottle list. As well, both are pretty awesome restaurants.
- Orpheus. Probably requires taking a bus or a short uber from the Arts Center station. I only list it as its closer to the MARTA than the other options that aren't really on the MARTA like Scofflaw and Red Brick.

Keep in mind that taking the MARTA, especially if you need to connect in the middle of town like you will to get to Decatur, will take much longer than an Uber. Traffic is notoriously horrible in Atlanta, but the Uber will go directly to where you're looking to go, whereas with MARTA you pretty much have to go downtown to connect anywhere.

 

I wouldn’t waste your time with Blue Tarp.

Definitely hit Wrecking Bar and Porter.

Three Taverns is awesome and if you’re at Brick Store you could also hit Leon’s, Square Pub, Twain’s, Raging Burrito, Marlay House, Kimball House, etc. They should all have something interesting on at least.

 

When we went to Decatur, did Three Taverns, Blue Tarp and Wild Heaven, followed by Brick Store Pub. Three Taverns was excellent, Blue Tarp was better than expected (especially since it was an unplanned / unresearched stop), and Wild Heaven was disappointing. Of course, ending at Brick Store made it all better!

 

I did the Porter x Wrecking Bar combo about four years ago and really enjoyed it. It happened to be on a Wednesday and WB was doing a Wood Wednesday event. Do they still do that?

 

Any reasoning here? They make the best Baltic Porter in the Southeast easily, Funk Weiss is a top notch berliner, Hawking Radiation is fantastic, and Last Place is the benchmark locally of RISs. I don't get the hate people have, they're not fancy and big like Sweetwater and have a million dollar taproom, but the beers are all solid.