Metro Atlanta brewery suspends production at flagship location

A metro Atlanta brewery announced on social media it’s suspending production at its flagship location, citing financial issues.

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Three Taverns Brewery said “it is no longer financially feasible” to operate the location on New Street in East Decatur.

The post by Brian ‘Beeps’ Purcell said the decision was made “with a heavy heart” but will ensure that the company can continue operations “for many years to come.”

The Three Taverns Brewery location in Decatur has been producing beer since 2013.

“This is the brewing facility responsible for the beers that make it into market,” Purcell said. “It’s where we brewed our first batches, where we served our first guests, where we learned (and failed, and learned again), where we filled the kegs that poured on taps and the cans you carried to cookouts, tailgates, and kitchen tables all over Georgia.”

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Three Taverns Brewery said The Imaginarium in Reynoldstown and the Ponce Brew Terminal on the Beltline are staying open, and “we’re working to keep our core beers on shelves and on tap through a brewing partner.”

Purcell thanked the workers at the Decatur brewery, past and present: “You are the reason we’ve received such praise and high regard for the quality of our product since we first launched in 2013. I am eternally grateful for each of you, and I am so sorry our Decatur story has to end.”

A final day has not yet been determined for the Decatur location.

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