Intuition moving to Forest Street?

[Captain Zissou]

The location of the sweetwater brewery in Atlanta I'd equally sketchy, but their tap room is constantly packed when it is open. Granted, their hours are less frequent.  Intuition has always gone to great lengths to ensure the safety of their staff and patrons, and I don't see why they would stop now. They will be about 6 blocks from the nearest hub of pedestrian activity, which is the same exact story as when they opened on King Street.

[billy]

kayak accessible?

[thelakelander]

If the creek were cleaned and cleared of downed trees, etc., kayaking would be possible.

[MusicMan]

I love Intiution beers, but I never get them at the tap room. They sell it in all my favorite restaurants, so I drink it there (Peles, Bistro Aix, Orsay, BlackSheep, to name a few.....).  Not sure what clientele goes to a Tap Room that offers no food, I went a few times when it first opened then realised I could get it almost anywhere so I have it with food.

[Josh]

The location of the sweetwater brewery in Atlanta I'd equally sketchy, but their tap room is constantly packed when it is open. Granted, their hours are less frequent.  Intuition has always gone to great lengths to ensure the safety of their staff and patrons, and I don't see why they would stop now. They will be about 6 blocks from the nearest hub of pedestrian activity, which is the same exact story as when they opened on King Street.

I don't know about equally sketchy, but like you said, Sweetwater's taproom is only open 2 hours a day (when open) and never past 7:30PM.

[acme54321]

I wonder if they have looked at anything in Brooklyn?  There seems to be a lot of run down warehouses along Park still, I don't know if any are available but that seems like it would be a safer location, security wise and visibility for the business.

[Non-RedNeck Westsider]

...Not sure what clientele goes to a Tap Room that offers no food....

So I guess you don't remember Pele's getting their 'start' in the courtyard before opening up down the road?

I guess you don't remember all the hassle that IAW has gone through regarding food trucks in a valiant effort to serve food?

I'm guessing the clientele that you speak of are the same ones that frequent the same restaurants that you do, but aren't against moving from one place to another. 

I guess if you would learn to prepare your own food, MM, you could just pick up a sixer at Publix and sit in your living room and eat and drink and not have to leave the house or worry about who serves food or what kind of clientele would frequent an establishment that didn't.   

[thelakelander]

After city officials nixed his plans to expand on the Shipyards, Intuition Ale Works owner Ben Davis has his sights set on another piece of city-owned property for a new brewery and taproom.

full article: http://www.bizjournals.com/jacksonville/news/2013/05/20/intuition-ale-works-eyeing-mixon-town.html

[Tacachale]

FWIW very many craft breweries are in industrial locations like that, making a much smaller proportion of their income from the taproom, if they can even have a real taproom at all. Cigar City, the best brewery in the state, is in a random warehouse by the Tampa airport and people still make the trek to visit from all over. In Georgia taprooms are very, very limited, but several Georgia breweries have been successful. Considering that almost everyone drives to the current location, it doesn't wash that moving to Mixon Town would be less walkable or have less of a "vibe".

Expansion opportunities are obviously limited in the King Street location, so it's great news Intuition wants to stay close to the urban core. The real shame is that the city didn't do everything they could to get them downtown.

[iluvolives]

I don't know that exact location very well, but it does seem to be on the 'wrong side' of the interstate from where most of the revitialization is occurring and is being encouraged to occur.   In that regard  an interstate can be a very powerful obstacle.  It seems a very risky location to be a pioneer.   

It's basically the same distance from Brooklyn as their king street location is from park street.

[MusicMan]

(Non)Red Neck Westsider:

Pele's was a viable entity before Intuition Ale. Ben asked them to provide food there
and they did. When they decided to go into the corner of Park and King, he basically kicked them out of his courtyard.

I don't like Bold City beer as much but I do like the food option available there.

Unlike you I'm not judging anyone with my post, just asking a question.
What I observed there last time I went were folks quite a bit younger than me
who probably did not have children yet.

I am an excellent cook and usually get inspired by the better local restaurants to prepare amazing stuff at home. Was really inspired by Pepe's Hacianda then made some incredible homemade tacos the other day, you shoulda been here............

Since the taproom has very limited hours I guess it represents less than 5% of their sales.

Does Intuition own the King Street building? Does not seem to make sense to close it completely.

[river4340]

Intuition is the best beer in town in my opinion. No one's close. But I'm not a fan of the tap room. I like it when the brewery's open and you can hang out. But the tap room gets pretty claustrophobic if it's crowded. Kind of sterile when it isn't.

[Tacachale]

(Non)Red Neck Westsider:

Pele's was a viable entity before Intuition Ale. Ben asked them to provide food there
and they did. When they decided to go into the corner of Park and King, he basically kicked them out of his courtyard.

Sorry, but that's not true. Intuition can't have any food trucks there since the city decided it violated their zoning.

As for tap rooms, they're solid revenue stream for all breweries (that can have them) since they make a much higher profit than having to go through a distributor to sell beer third-party. The taproom also has brews that aren't available, or widely available, elsewhere, which is half the fun in going.

[MusicMan]

So COJ kicked Pele's out of Intuition's courtyard? That is new news to me.

How does Bold City get it done?


The specialty beers does sound good, and I know I have missed some great ones that did not get a wider distribution.

[MEGATRON]

When they decided to go into the corner of Park and King, he basically kicked them out of his courtyard.

So, you obviously just made this up.  Not sure why anyone would make up this sort of garbage.