SweetWater Brewing Company is a brewery located in Atlanta, Georgia. The company was founded in 1997 by friends from the University of Colorado, Boulder, Kevin McNerney and Freddy Bensch. Originally on the west side of Atlanta near Charlie Brown Airport, as of 2004 it is located in Midtown Atlanta at 195 Ottley Drive, Atlanta GA 30324 in the Armor industrial district close to Ansley Park.

In 2002 it was voted Small Brewery of the Year at the Great American Beer Festival and Kevin McNerney was voted Brewmaster of the Year. SweetWater brews have won numerous nationally recognized awards at both the World Beer Cup and Great American Beer Festival. Distribution is limited due to the fact that the beer is unpastuerized and meant to be consumed fresh; the primary market for SweetWater is Atlanta and the surrounding area.

However, SweetWater is distributed to other areas of the Southeastern United States, including Nashville, Tennessee; Asheville, Charlotte & Greensboro, North Carolina; Greenville, Columbia & Charleston, South Carolina; Birmingham, Alabama; and the Florida panhandle including Tallahassee extending westward into Pensacola and as far south as Gainesville. In all markets SweetWater is available on tap as well as in a bottle.

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