Inside Red Brick, the Oldest Brewery in Atlanta

Being the oldest brewery in the Atlanta, Red Brick has been brewing beer since 1993. During our time there we follow two brewers, Garrett Lockhart and Steve Anderson, to learn about their paths to becoming brewers and what makes their beer unique.
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[@neilus0]

I'm English, and in the past few years we have seen many American craft beers appearing in our pubs. I have tried many and all I can say they are great. You can tell they are made with great care and passion. Well done Red Brick keep on raising awareness of the great beer traditions.

[@bingevintage8124]

neil us I like lots of English beers but I do think I like IPA’s the best

[@bruhmann719]

that is a young brewery 1993 lol

[@TheUrbanB]

this piece clearly isn't about the oldest brewery, it's about the growth of the industry since the cap raise up to 14% beer and how untapped the market still is out there. Anybody who doesn't have a commitment to where they currently live should look for places like this and move there immediately if you know anything about brewing. make a goddamn fortune

[@dannyganelin9777]

We need more episodes! Bring it back!

[@timba271]

more more more!!.. that was great!!

[@bumzilla8586]

Love the little glasses hope to visit someday

[@cassandratowai]

Love MUNCHIES!❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@Fr4g0wner]

:D the oldest brewery in my town was founded in 1712 and the oldest in my state was founded in 1040.

[@StrangeLittleGirl412]

not if he's from germany ;)

[@Fr4g0wner]

Melina Wagner you're right. I'm from Erlangen which is located in Bavaria ;)

[@atticus9907]

Why are you boasting about someone else's achievement? That's sad!

[@IncubationIsolation]

If you're from Germany, the Netherlands or Belgium there's a very big beer history to be proud of and I have no idea why that should be sad

[@bozosaurus666]

awesome short...craft beer all the way =)

[@ronsbeerreviewstools4361]

A good video, nice seeing the workings of a craft brewer. My only question or concern is in the middle of the video 2 guys are filling wooden kegs , as one guy puts the hose in the wooden keg the guy in red shirt is squirting the inserted hose , from a plastic bottle , whats in that bottle ??

[@killercaos123]

I think it's interesting to know the oldest brewery in my home state of WA is Redhook, which was founded in 1981.

[@codrr]

Munchies, you should visit Stigbergets brewery in Sweden, would be amazing.

[@ksmith9887]

Craftwerk is back!

[@LuisJimenezV]

keep it up guys - good story, feels like sharing a pint with youse guys must be a good kick..

[@SansaStarkofWinterfell]

Y'all should aim higher than just the SE. People in SW South Dakota for sure love IPA's. Got Firehouse brewing here, there's another IPA brew house too. However, I don't know the name of it. Not a beer drinker(Whisky baby, Whisky.) Husband however does like a good IPA. And we sometimes bring home a few growlers full. LoL

[@johnny1upz]

ATL.... thats my town baby

[@greencane84]

Woah you just don't try delirium tremens for the first time and have a ok reaction to it. That's world quality beer there .

[@sieve5]

MORE BREWERIES PLEASE. Come to Indiana and experience 3 floyds.

[@dachucktaylor1]

A vortex burger and a laughing skull amber ale is the best thing ever

[@atticus9907]

No doubt!

[@tylermoran701]

so they do this brewery but not Yuengling in Pottsville, Pa. (Oldest Brewery in America)

[@wdm2112]

Wouldn't the 21st anniversary have been in 2014? How long did they sit on this?

[@stoneyzamboni]

wdm2112 I would hazard a guess of 3 years

[@BeerGuysRadio]

Hi Alex.

[@damohr69]

oldest brewery from germany (also the world) is "Weihenstephan" foundet in 1040.

[@Liamnesque]

I've been there during trivia night. decent beer, but it's a very small place...

[@brunolondinese5857]

@8:13 yep still more red

[@kungkwela]

is craft beer cheaper to buy than store bought beer like heineken etc?

[@memadman]

Available in N.Y.?

[@stannicolae4623]

1993 is old? I had to playback to be sure I did not misheard.I'm Romanian and here there are WATER bottling companies older with hundreds of years than this.

[@phug0id]

Well, in the early 1920s in the USA the outlawing of alcohol (beer/spirits/etc) pretty much killed all of the breweries off. So many breweries that were founded before prohibition don't exist and new ones had to start up.

[@kawaiibookworm]

Opened this video not expecting to see my cousin's husband as one of the main brewers 😂 this is so weird

[@torkmandukk]

Pounds tooth with glass on 2:59.

[@IsaacHernandez-gr6el]

Yo!!✌️

[@fatpowerful]

I hate IPA'S but I love craft beer.

[@user-gx7by2js2v]

i like beer

[@alexdz2436]

1993 :D

[@baswijkstra13]

That guy looks like daddyo5 lol

[@ChrirTFM]

1993? *laughs in Weihenstephan*

[@bingevintage8124]

ChrirTFM gotta start from somewhere

[@kimorage9721]

#IPA enjoyment

[@Ben-yr9jo]

being a German, "oldest brewery" in connection with the year 1993 sounds like a joke.

[@r.slaurent437]

When they said "oldest brewery", i was expecting something from the 1800's at least............... 1993?, I'M WAY OLDER than this brewery............

[@BeerGuysRadio]

Being in Atlanta, it does to us, too! We had some breweries here through the years but Red Brick is the oldest brewery still in operation. Due to the effects of Prohibition, conservative attitudes in the South, and restrictive laws our brewing industry has struggled and we just started to see some good growth in the last 5-6 years.

[@r.slaurent437]

Now THAT makes sense to me! NOW i understand the reasons behind such a claim............ I rescind my former statement and humbly apologize.

[@BeerGuysRadio]

Exactly. Homebrewing wasn't even legalized in the US until 1978 so that slowed innovation, many states din't legalize right away - AL and MS not until 2013. Considering that legal homebrewing has only been around

[@zapetis]

Capitolism at it's finest

[@ponypudz]

Wonder why the perfect pure beer is taken out of the barrel and carbonated? Is this a requirement in America?

[@regularfoo-99]

God bless Good Ol Atlanta, USA #GeorgiaOnMyMind

[@Infreakingception]

dang hes got really white eyes

[@meinblubber]

I dont get the ipa-hype, havent tasted a good one yet.

[@CannonGoose]

brown brick

[@Diggnuts]

Choosing any IPA over a Delerium Tremens is a act of questionable taste.

[@hipsterkitty619]

disagree, IPA all day

[@Diggnuts]

Look, if you like over hyped pig swill that tastes as if you are sucking on the inner tube of a bicycle tire, then all the more power to you, but it still is objectively less well crafted and less well balanced than just about any other style or brand.

[@eddieb873]

do you get tired of being an elitist

[@Diggnuts]

If by "elitist" you mean having a sense of taste and proportion, then no, not at all. If you mean anything else, you are probably either mistaken or a bit asinine.

[@raevhaar5723]

That depends. Never tried a Belgian pale ale. Is it overly hopped?