It was a good idea

07.11.2008 by Andre Natta · View Comments

I’m heading to my Friday morning meeting with Whitney and I noticed an interesting site:

Workers removing signs announcing the pending arrival of New Vulcan Ale House. acnatta/Flickr

After checking with the crew, they confirmed my worst fears. It seems that the New Vulcan Ale House won’t be opening after all. No official word on what actually happened though we’re sure that folks around town will be quite upset by this development. You may want to check out their MySpace profile for more information.

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another one bites the dust // Sep 12, 2008 at 8:02 pm

[...] Birmingham Terminal is reporting that New Vulcan Ale House, which would have been a 4th brewpub in Alabama, will not be [...]
Mary // Jul 14, 2008 at 1:03 pm

Yes, Good People Brewery is up and running. You can grab a pint at the Grill or J. Clyde.
Andre // Jul 14, 2008 at 1:02 pm

Good People Brewing Co. recently started up production in the old Five Points Grill brewery space.
Fran // Jul 14, 2008 at 12:56 pm

I wonder how much of it had to do with the failure to pass the Free the Hops legislation?

Related to this, does anyone know if the 5 Points Grill ever did fire up their brewery again? Last fall there was talk of it, but I haven’t checked lately.
the.muse // Jul 11, 2008 at 5:08 pm

i saw half the sign gone the other night when i headed to urban standard. i wondered what was going on. that’s a major bummer…
BitterOldPunk // Jul 11, 2008 at 1:26 pm

Drat. I was looking forward to hefting a pint there.
Patrick // Jul 11, 2008 at 12:09 pm

Well, that blows.
3choboomer // Jul 11, 2008 at 11:17 am

CRAP!!!
Mary // Jul 11, 2008 at 11:10 am

ARG! This is horrible news!

“we’re sure that folks around town will be quite upset by this development”

Indeed!
Jeremy // Jul 11, 2008 at 10:06 am

Maybe they couldn’t get their investors lined up?