Avondale Estates next year will be getting a new brewery. Little Cottage Brewery signed a lease for a 2,164-square-foot office/retail space, at 120 Olive Street. Owner Jon Shari said that the opening date is still up in the air, but he anticipates it being “sometimes early next year.” According to lease data obtained Monday by What Now Atlanta (WNA), the lease term starts February 2021.
Shari first dove into the art of brewing beer by dabbling with homebrewing. For several years now, Shari has been going one step further by selling his beers at events, pouring at “local festivals like Tinypalooza, Day of the Juice, Juice Strikes Back, Atlanta Cask Ale Tasting, as well as the Weldwerks Invitational in Colorado,” as Southern Beer Tours’ Justin Hall pointed out when he first reported on the plans for Little Cottage.
“I have had the privilege of being able to try several of Jon Shari’s barrel-aged offerings over the years and I am not exaggerating when I say they are world-class,” Hall told WNA in an email Tuesday. “I am extremely excited, not just for him but for the state of Georgia beer scene in general. Jon’s immense talent as a brewer is succeeded only by his caring for others, and he is going to make sure the Avondale Estates community gets everything he has to offer.”
Some of the brewer’s products include a barrel-aged strong ale, called Sun is My Destroyer, a stout, known as Metal Only, and a barleywine, called Burn All the Witches. There is also a version of Metal Only flavored with vanilla beans, known as More Than Metal.
Once open, Shari will be competing with several local breweries, such as Wild Heaven Beer and The Lost Druid Brewery. Nearby Decatur also offers Three Taverns Brewery, Sceptre Brewing Arts, and Twain’s Brewpub.
Photo: Caleb Jones
[Editor’s Note: an earlier version of this article included details sourced from Southern Beer Tours without proper attribution. The article has since been updated with our regrets.]
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Sounds like a cool concept that should appeal to the EAV crowd!
Always pays to do your homework (zoning– and I know from experience) before signing a lease. Particularly when it comes to alcohol sales, tattoo parlors, adult novelties/entertainment, and legit massage businesses, etc.
Glad he got the law changed, but having a tattoo place next to a bar, or whatever, sounds really
antiquated– particularly in a place like EAV, or L5P.
What? They think that stumbling 300 feet is gonna beneficially impact someone’s decision. Alcohol and tattoos go hand in hand. Might be a bad mix for some, but do we really need a law about this kind of thing?
Hopefully he didn’t have to pay the full amount of rent for the two years he was working the legalities out.
That is a bonkers law. Some real bible belt stuff, right there. They should allow it within 300 feet as long as there’s a tattoo removal place within 300 feet, too.
So I wonder if this is a new law, or it’s just an EAV thing.
Looks like The Anchor Bar & Tattoo Studio opened in 2011 & closed in 2015.
The Anchor had a similar legal battle before it could open although I don’t remember the details. It got a friend of mine on the front page of the daily lawyer newspaper.
These kind of restrictions are beyond dumb.
Wow, a Ween fan, and getting your friend on the front page of the daily lawyer newspaper!
Sounds like you’ve got quite the resume :0)