Photo | Shane Rice
I remember a time when we had a downtown brewery. I also remember a time when you were not allowed to open a brewery in any location that had not been a brewery historically. It was a chicken or the egg situation that I did not understand, nor did I care to understand, the logic behind it. It’s fortunate now, no matter how weird our laws still may be, that Mobile is becoming a brewpub town. While we are still behind other cities of our size, at least we are gaining traction. At most, we are catching up.
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