Cherry Street Brewing Nick Tanner
The tap room at Cherry Street Brewing Cooperative and the crew that keeps the beer flowing.


2017 had been fairly quiet when it came to big beer buyouts.

Not anymore. North Carolina’s Wicked Weed Brewing became the lastest brewery to take AB InBev’s money, selling to the world’s largest brewer. As you can expect, it was greeted with a lot of scorn and derision in the news and on the socials. We talk about the impact of “selling out” and the consequences for Wicked Weed.

But at least we had great beer and company to lament this news. Cherry Street Brewing Cooperative just celebrated its anniversary, so we headed up to Cumming to talk to Owner Nick Tanner and his crew. With the recent expansion of their tap room and brewhouse, they are boosting production. You may have even seen some of their bottles in stores (cans are also coming soon!) We talked about the growth of Cherry Street and North Fulton/Forsyth as a beer destination. We also discussed the issue of “selling out” and more.

Oh yeah, we also had some amazing beers….

Truck and Tap‘s Beers of the Week:

  • Among others, we tried the following Cherry Street brews:
    • Steppin’ Razor IPA (and yes, it’s juicy)
    • Coconut Porter (formerly Chief Sawnee’s Stash)
    • Triple Chocolate Chunk (A collaboration with the Lincoln Fill Station)
    • Groovy Child Guava Ale (try saying that five times fast)

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Coming up next week? Hopefully we won’t be talking about more buyouts. We will be talking more about growing brewpubs however. This time with Atlanta’s Torched Hop. Have a great week, and DRINK LOCAL.

Hey – we’ve got a NEW shipment of T-Shirts. Get you some. 

Beer Guys Radio tee
Click the pic to go to our store and grab a sweet Beer Guys Radio tee.  Our awesome Belgian beer glasses are also back in stock.

 

 

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