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What's on Tap is the most up-to-date listing of what's currently being offered by the local brewpubs in Metro Atlanta, Athens and Savannah, GA. We update the listings every two weeks, but things can change between updates. To make it easier on you, we include the brewpub's phone number with every listing and the date we last checked with them.

If you know of a brewpub we have missed (other than a national chain brewpub), please let us know. If you'd like to volunteer to keep track of the brewpubs in your city for this list, please contact the editor at editor@TheBeerCellar.com.

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The Metro Atlanta brewpubs are listed first. You need to scroll down a bit to get to listings for Athens, Savannah, Columbus, and Dahlonega. Embers has closed, but it's spot on the list has been filled by Twain's, which opened Thanksgiving week.

Metro Atlanta

5 Seasons
Updated: 11/11/06
Phone: (404) 255-5911

Blackbird Porter - Porter dates from the 1720’s and is the predecessor to Stout. Ours is a Robust Porter with plenty of body and a deep garnet, almost black color. It is slightly sweet with chocolate & coffee aromas and a slight toffee/molasses finish. Hop and roasted grain flavors are present, but unlike Stout, the Porter profile is balanced with no single dominating component. We use 7 grains and only the finest English Fuggles hops to brew Blackbird Porter.
Chug Monkey Cream Ale - Brewed with five different malts and a generous amount of flaked maize, “The Monkey” pushes the flavor envelope for this style of golden ale. By using a unique brewing technique, called “first wort hopping”, we achieve a smooth bitterness and slightly fruity hop aroma and a light, smooth, thirst quenching brew. With its golden hue, gentle complexity and white creamy head, Chug Monkey is like sunshine in a glass.
Seven Sisters Münchner - Our signature beer! Named after the original seven Munich breweries that hosted Oktoberfest, THE beer celebration dating back to 1571. It is a deep rich amber Bavarian Lager (known as a Vienna Style to beer aficionados) with a full, round voluptuous body and a very malty finish.
Überweiss - For both wheat beer and Bock lovers! We brew our Weizenbock with 56% dark winter wheat and a host of specialty malts from Germany. This is one of our most difficult brews with seven mash rests and a very long boil time to enrich the color and tame the generous amount of wheat malt. It is a wheaty, malty rich extravaganza of flavor and aroma with assertive notes of banana and slight caramel overtones finishing with a gentle alcohol warmth. The unique combination of hops (some very rare) delicately balance the richness and add to the fruity and spicy character without being assertive. Drink with care – 7.9% ABV
West Mall Tripel - Like bread in a glass, our Tripel is a sweet, yeasty ale of Belgian descent. Still brewed today by Trappist monks, our recipe follows theirs perfectly to its golden, delicious conclusion. Served in a tulip glass, you’ll find it a wonderful sipping beer. It’s unfiltered, and some grapefruit, clove and banana notes may be present.

Rock Bottom
Updated: 8/22/06
Phone: (404) 264-0253

Southern Flyer Light Lager - A light-bodied pale lager.
Hooch Pilsner - A dry, lightly hoppy German-style pilsner.
The Loop IPA - The hoppiest beer Rock Bottom brews.
Pinstripe Pale Ale - A medium bodied pale ale.
Sweet Magnolia Brown Ale - A malty dark ale. This is also currently on cask.
Iron Horse Stout - A dry, Irish-style stout.
Summer Wheat - A light-bodied wheat beer perfect for the area's current weather.

Twain's Billiards and Tap
Updated: 11/26/06
Location: 211 East Trinity Place, Decatur, GA, 30030
Phone: (404) 475-1601

Heaven for Climate Golden Ale
Hell for Society Stout
Murphy's Cousin Pale Ale
Sloppy Squirrel ESB

Gordon Biersch
Updated: 8/22/06
Phone: (404) 870-0805

Golden Export - A light-bodied German-style lager
Hefeweizen - A German-style wheat beer
Marzen - A darker lager than the Golden Export, this is still a smooth, German-style lager.
Dunkles - The darkest German-style lager currently on tap, this is to lagers what a brown ale is to ales.
Blonde Bock - The biggest of the beers currently on tap, this German-style bockbier weighs in at 7% abv.
Kellerbier - Kellerbier is typically an unfiltered version of a pilsner, one of the hoppier styles of lager.

Max Lagers
Updated: 8/22/06
Phone: (404) 525-4400

Max Common - This classical American style is a hybrid between an ale and a lager. Max Lager's version clocks in around 7% abv.
Max Red - A vibrantly red Vienna-style lager, Max Red is a mild blend of a rich toasted malt character and a subtle but spicy hop finish.
Max Black - Max Black's smooth rich body and complex chocolate-like malt character will change your attitude about dark beer.
Max Pale - A "West Coast" style India Pale Ale brewed with generous amounts of Pacific Northwestern hops.

NOTE: The brewpub expects to have Max Oktoberfest on tap by the end of August.

Max Lager's at the Mall of Georgia (Buford, GA)

Updated: 8/22/06
Phone: (678) 541-2739

Max Hefeweizen - A German-style wheat beer.
Max Red - A vibrantly red Vienna-style lager, Max Red is a mild blend of a rich toasted malt character and a subtle but spicy hop finish.
Max Black - Max Black's smooth rich body and complex chocolate-like malt character will change your attitude about dark beer.
Max Pale - A "West Coast" style India Pale Ale brewed with generous amounts of Pacific Northwestern hops.

Park Tavern
Updated: 8/22/06
Phone: (404) 249-0001

Druid Pils - A light-bodied lager
Park Trail Pale - A lightly hoppy pale ale.
Summer Blue - A light ale accented with blueberries
Hefeweizen - A German-style wheat beer

Athens, GA

Copper Creek
Updated: 8/22/06
Phone: (706) 546-1102

Weizen: A German-style wheat beer
ESB: The classic malty and hoppy English ale
Oatmeal Stout: A rich, malty, black ale
APA: A hoppy American-style ale

Savannah, GA

Moon River Brewing Company
Updated: 8/22/06
Phone: (912) 447-0943

Wild Wacky Wit Beer - A Belgian-style spiced wheat beer.
Captain's Porter
Moon Light - A lighter version of the brewery's Fest Bier.
Savannah Fest Bier - This German-style "fest" beer is orange in color, light-bodied but full of Munich malt toastiness and spicy German hop Aroma.
Swamp Fox IPA - You can expect more bitterness and a huge Cascade hop aroma.

Columbus, GA

Cannon Brewpub
Updated: 8/22/06
Phone: (706) 653-BEER

City Mills Wheat - An American-style wheat beer
Golden Foundry Ale - A light-bodied golden ale
Red Jacket Ale - A malty, amber ale
Bibb City Blonde - A blonde ale. Lighter than the Golden Foundry Ale.
Iron Clad Stout - The darkest and maltiest of the Cannon beers
Special Ops IPA - The hoppiest of Cannon's beers.

Dahlonega, GA

Dahlonega Brewing Co. at Caruso's Italian Restaurant
Updated: 8/22/06
Phone: 706-864-4664

An barroom accident left Dahlonega Brewing with empty kegs. The brewer is working on getting the house beers back on tap in 2-3 weeks.