Savannah May Be Closer to Local Brewery
Friday, August 9th, 2013
The Savannah City Council is turning to beer.
The council was scheduled to vote Aug. 8 to pass an ordinance that will allow Savannah breweries to host educational tours and tastings.
“The ordinance is simply the state law that is already currently in effect,” said Carly Wiggins, marketing director for Southbound Brewing Co. “All the other breweries in the state follow this state law. Technically, when you get your state license to brew you are automatically allowed to do tours and tastings — it’s a part of that license.”
Since Southbound is the only production brewery in Savannah, there were no city ordinances about brewery tours being permissible. Although this permission technically defaults to the state, the Southbound crew, including brewmaster Smith Mathews, decided to present the city with the ordinance last fall to adopt it into city regulations.
