Wrecking Bar Brewpub

This edition of Writers at the Wrecking Bar brings back author Amy Bonnafons to discuss her debut novel The Regrets. Her darkly playful book tells the story of a love affair between the living and the dead, where reality and dreams come together. The Wrecking Bar hosts a cash bar with cocktails insp...

Cost: Free

 

At the February edition of Writers at the Wrecking Bar, we welcome back author Amy Bonnaffons to discuss "The Regrets," her dazzling, darkly playful debut novel about a love affair between the living and the dead in which reality and dreams collide.

Atlanta-based indie pop artist K Michelle Du...

Cost: Free

Mark your calendar for the 7th Annual Strong Beer Fest, where you can enjoy all of Georgia’s best homegrown beers, all above 8 percent ABV. Operating on a seven barrel system, Neal Engleman has long been perfecting classic styles like the Pilsner, ESB, IPA, and other more experimental brews. His suc...

Cost: $65

For this special edition of Writers at the Wrecking Bar, singer-songwriter Amy Rigby, who has garnered wide critical acclaim since her 1996 solo debut, Diary of a Mod Housewife, will discuss her new memoir, Girl to City, a poignant and unflinching story about coming of age through music and motherho...

Cost: Free

Singer-songwriter and author Amy Rigby will be present at A Cappella Books’ “Writers at the Wrecking Bar” series to discuss her new memoir, Girl to City.. The event includes a conversation with Rigby and Creative Loafing music editor Chad Radford, a Q&A, a signing, and a special musical set....

Cost: Free

Georgia author Brian Panowich burst onto the crime fiction scene in 2015, winning awards and accolades from readers and critics alike for his smoldering debut, "Bull Mountain." He brings his powerful follow-up novel "Like Lions" to a special Writers at the Wrecking Bar event. Panowich will be in con...

Cost: Free

How do you like your hashbrowns? Smothered, covered, topped? Trish Parry reminisces on the underbelly of the South. Warning – Dark comedy about drug use and comfort food.

★★★★ Saskatoon StarPhoenix

“Brave and quality storytelling” – The Advertiser Adelaide Australia

“It’s her comic timing, her...

Cost: $10

How do you like your hashbrowns? Smothered, covered, topped? Trish Parry reminisces on the underbelly of the South. Warning – Dark comedy about drug use and comfort food.

★★★★ Saskatoon StarPhoenix

“Brave and quality storytelling” – The Advertiser Adelaide Australia

“It’s her comic timing, her...

Cost: $10

How do you like your hashbrowns? Smothered, covered, topped? Trish Parry reminisces on the underbelly of the South. Warning – Dark comedy about drug use and comfort food.

★★★★ Saskatoon StarPhoenix

“Brave and quality storytelling” – The Advertiser Adelaide Australia

“It’s her comic timing, her...

Cost: $10

How do you like your hashbrowns? Smothered, covered, topped? Trish Parry reminisces on the underbelly of the South. Warning – Dark comedy about drug use and comfort food.

★★★★ Saskatoon StarPhoenix

“Brave and quality storytelling” – The Advertiser Adelaide Australia

“It’s her comic timing, her...

Cost: $10

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Wrecking Bar Brewpub 292 Moreland Avenue, Atlanta, GA 30307

Georgia author Brian Panowich burst onto the crime fiction scene in 2015, winning awards and accolades from readers and critics alike for his smoldering debut, "Bull Mountain." He brings his powerful follow-up novel "Like Lions" ...

Cost: Free

A Cappella Books and Wrecking Bar Brewpub present Brian Panowich and his book Brian Panowich.  Held upstairs in the Marianna Room of the Wrecking Bar Brewpub, Writers at the Wrecking Bar hosts a cash bar with signature cocktails inspired by the books, starting at 7 p.m. The author conversation and...

Cost: Free

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Wrecking Bar Brewpub 292 Moreland Avenue, Atlanta, GA 30307 From the award-winning writer of "Eveningland" and "The Typist," Michael Knight, comes an incisive, witty, beautifully-written novel set at a boarding school in the Virginia countryside.

Knight will discuss his new novel "At Br...

Cost: Free

A Cappella Books presents Writers at the Wrecking Bar, and their series of live author interview events featuring some of the freshest voices in literary and contemporary fiction.  Held upstairs in the Marianna Room of the Wrecking Bar Brewpub, Writers at the Wrecking Bar hosts a cash bar with sig...

Cost: Free

Musical guest 4th Ward AKO will kick off the evening's festivities at 7 p.m.

Beginning at 7:30, Bailey, Carlson-Wee, and Kunz will read.

About the Poets

Maggie Blake Bailey has poems published or forthcoming in "The Southern Poetry Anthology, Volume V: Georgia," Tar River, Slipstream, and else...

Cost: No Cover

Partnered with A Cappella Books

Location:  Wrecking Bar Brewpub 292 Moreland Ave, Atlanta, GA 30307

Mississippi native and Atlanta resident Snowden Wright introduces us to an unforgettable Southern dynasty—the Forsters, founders of the world’s first major soft-drink company. "American Pop" is an e...

Cost: Free

The author of the hit New Yorker story “Cat Person”—“the short story that launched a thousand theories” (The Guardian)—Kristen Roupenian brings her highly anticipated debut to Atlanta. "You Know You Want This" is a compulsively readable collection of short stories that explore the complex—and ofte...

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Atlanta author Soniah Kamal debuts her new novel "Unmarriageable" at the first Writers at the Wrecking Bar of 2019. It is a truth universally acknowledged in Atlanta that the Writers at Wrecking Bar fiction series has become the city's go-to literary event. That's why a partnership between A Cappell...

Cost: No Cover

Join us and mingle with other fans of contemporary fiction each month, check out the Wrecking Bar's own unique beer selection, wine and specially crafted cocktails, enjoy complimentary snacks, and meet and engage with some of today's most celebrated novelists and short story writers.  Each program...

Cost: Free

A Cappella Books presents Writers @ The Wrecking Bar, a monthly fiction series at our neighborhood brewpub, The Wrecking Bar. Join us and mingle with other fans of contemporary fiction each month, check out the Wrecking Bar's own unique beer selection, wine and specially crafted cocktails, enjoy ...

Cost: Free

As always, this is a free, fun, all-abilities welcome run (or run/walk, or walk). Wrecking Bar Brewpub will provide 5k and 5 mile route maps, but feel free to make it as short or as long as you like.  The run leaves the Wrecking Bar at 6:30 p.m., and afterwards guests can hang out at the Biergarte...

Cost: Free

A 5k and 5 mile route maps is provided and guests are invited to participate as long as they would like.  The run leaves the Wrecking Bar at 6:30 p.m., and afterwards visitors can hang at the Biergarten, where thew Wrecking Bar will provides snacks and offer $1 off all their awesome, award-winning...

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Sample five single malt Scotch whiskeys in an intimate setting. The evening begins with a whiskey beer and cocktail and continues with tastings alongside small bites.

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Cost: $20

Are you about to become a parent and wish you just had some buds you could ask all your questions over some brews? The Birth Geek presents Buds, Brews, and Babies: Childbirth Preparation Class for Nervous Partners. Hear from labor and postpartum doula Jacob Engelsman and childbirth educator Rob Cott...

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Denver-based chef Jensen Cummings will host his touring Brewed Food lab, a special collaborative dinner featuring dishes made with ingredients from New Belgium Brewing with special guests Terry Koval of Wrecking Bar and Ryan Smith of Staplehouse. Brewed Food has inspired a growing movement of artist...

Cost: $75

There’s something special about eating food straight from the garden –– whomever’s garden that may be. At the Homestead Atlanta’s September Atlanta Food Swap, trade homegrown, homemade, and hand-foraged goodies with other foodies. Fellow neighbors who want to share semi-free food will be w...

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Deeper Into Lady Land! follows the story of a Jesus-loving, redneck, senior citizen, lesbian, Leola. Leola returns to the Atlanta Fringe Festival after debuting 5 years ago. This new show chronicles Leola’s journey out of the closet and into the metaphorical arms of America’s first American Idol...

Cost: $10

Bestselling author Michael Connelly and Ted Geltner, the author of Blood, Bone, and Marrow, come to the Wrecking Bar Brewpub for the book's launch party and signing. The book is a biography of Southern Gothic novelist and journalist Harry Crews. Connelly and Geltner were students of Crews.

Cost: Free

Tickets include a commemorative tasting glass and unlimited samples of local sour and wild ales. Barrel-aged sour beers made in America and Europe will also be featured at the festival.

Cost: $69

Original jazz and standards from guitarist Trevor Wolford and his trio. Every first Sunday of the month.

Cost: Free

Pre-game for Halloween at one of the city’s best festivals. The annual event features a parade through the city’s most eclectic ’hood with festive floats carrying costumed ghouls playing music and tossing candy to the kids lining Euclid Avenue. In addition to the parade there’s an artist mar...

Cost: Free

On the 5th of every month, we roll out a keg of our Mexican Siberius Maximus Stout and tap it at 7PM. 

WARNING: the keg usually only lasts an hour, so come early

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Georgia’s first-ever sour beer festival will feature many funky, wild, and sours beers from around the world and many made right here in the Peach State. Only 300 tickets will be sold.

Cost: $60

The Atlanta nonprofit Global Growers Network, which aids families through local farming, hosts a meal made with locally grown organic produce. The event also includes photography from #weloveatl, a film screening, and cocktails. Proceeds benefit Global Growers and its farmers.

Cost: $40-$45

The Wrecking Bar hosts a benefit for the Freedom farmer's market at the Carter Center. Ten of Atlanta's top chefs team up to offer guests a true farm-to-table experience with trout and catfish from right here in Georgia. In addition to food there will be signature cocktails, a silent auction, music ...

Cost: $20-$35

A burlesque romp through the weird and wonderful boob tube featuring all new acts and all new hijinks with special Guests Jon Waterhouse, Baby Doll, Patricia Lopez and Poly Sorbate.Blast-Off Burlesque will be performing at the Marianna Room, which is the upstairs event venue of the Wrecking Bar Brew...

Cost: $15-$100

On the fifth of every month, Wrecking Bar taps its delicious Mexican Siberius Maximus, a Russian Imperial Stout barrel aged with peppers, cinnamon bark, cocoa nibs, and vanilla beans. The tastings have become the stuff of legend.

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9 String Theory will perform a concert of instrumental music from around the world on Sunday, March 23 at 4:00pm at the Marianna, the beautiful restored Victorian mansion near Little Five Points that also houses the Wrecking Bar Brewpub. Domra virtuoso Angelina Galashenkova-Reed and award-winning cl...

Cost: $15

Join the Homestead Atlanta at the Wrecking Bar for a free fermentation workshop on a bus presented by Tara Whitsitt of Fermentation on Wheels. She’ll discuss starter cultures, including sourdough starter, kefir, and kombucha. Attendees may bring cultures of their own for exchange and discussion as...

Cost: Free

Meet other young professionals while doing good for the local community. Volunteer at your choice of 6 local nonprofits in the morning, then join us in the afternoon for food, drinks, live music and even free craft beer ice cream from Frozen Pints. Community Bucket is the better way to meet new peop...

Cost: $25

SUGARFOOT starts at 3:00 pm followed by music from gr8tfl dude & frenz featuring special guests

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Over 20 breweries will showcase over 40 brews with an average of 9.8% ABV. This inaugural festival features brews that cannot be purchased anywhere else. GCBG Enthusiast Members can pre-purchase tickets for $20. Non-members can pre-purchase tickets for $30, and tickets are $40 at the door.

Cost: $20-$40

Attendees will work hands-on to create infusions, bitters, cordials, and tonics using locally grown culinary and medicinal herbs. Students will gain a deeper understanding of the medicinal properties, nutrition, and folklore of each healing beverage.

Cost: $40-$55

Cost: Depends on how much you drink

On Friday, Nov. 23, we encourage you to skip the crowded malls and head to your favorite neighborhood spot where you don't have to throw an elbow to get what you want. We'll open for lunch at noon when we'll begin pouring our India Black Ale - Never Go Back - as we pity the poor folks plagued with m...

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The Wrecking Bar Brewpub is raising awareness for two of our favorite things! Beginning Monday, Oct. 1, we'll be pouring Boobie Beer - a pomegranate hibiscus wheat beer that will have you thinking - and drinking - pink. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to The Breast Cancer Research Foundati...

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Beginning Saturday, Sept. 22, the Wrecking Bar Brewpub will be raising our steins along with the rest of Munich, Germany! We’ll be serving up German specials including Bernhard's Bavarian Pretzels and Delia's Chicken & Patak Bratwurst and Jaeger Schnitzel, to name a few. We'll also be paying hom...

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On Father’s Day, Sunday, June 17, we are offering much-deserved Hops for Pops with a special Randalized beer. The unique process known as Randall was created in 2002 by Dogfish Head and allows our brewmaster – a father to eight-year-old Colin and six-year-old Nathan – to infuse his craft beers with ...

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Now after a full year surrounded by our neighbors clinking pints, savoring craft pub food and sharing a love of beer, we are celebrating our first anniversary beginning on Friday, June 15. Brewmaster and owner Bob Sandage has been fervently mashing, boiling, fermenting and conditioning for months to...

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Interested in signing up for 24 Hours of Booty but haven't committed yet? Have friends who want to ride? Enjoy Happy Hour and learn how ordinary riders help extraordinary cause. Participants receive registration discount.

Cost: FREE

On Saturday, March 17, our house-cured corned beef will have you dancing a jig with dishes like Corned Beef and Cabbage, Corned Beef and Sauerkraut Strudel and Corned Beef Pot Pie. We’ll also be pouring the smooth County Clare Dearg Irish Red for your drinking pleasure. Your friends who go elsewhere...

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Flip for Munich Malt Pancakes, Bananas Foster Cardamom Crepes and Kaiserschmarrn “Emperor’s Nonsense” Sweet Pancakes with us for National Pancake Week!

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We are serving up the joie de vivre with Creole suppers like Rabbit & Andouille Gumbo, Smoked Frog Legs and Alligator Croquettes that will rival the food of Louisiana’s bayous and parishes. We’ll also be pouring classic concoctions like the Sazerac and Vieux Carre as an ode to NOLA.

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Join us for a festive meal on Saturday, Dec. 31 beginning at noon, when, in addition to our regular menu, our culinary team will serve up inventive specials that highlight our homemade brews. And at midnight, our very own “Bob the Brewer” Sandage and his wife Kristine along with the rest of the Wrec...

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Benefits the rebuilding of homes in Jacksonville, Alabama, which was devastated by tornadoes in April. Artwork created from the remnant debris by the children of First Baptist Church of Williams will be available in addition to items from Smart Glass, Indie Peace and HJ Designs, to name a few.

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The Wrecking Bar Brewpub will be closed on Thanksgiving, so our crew can spend the day with their friends and families. However on Friday, Nov. 25, we encourage you to skip the crowded malls and head to your favorite neighborhood spot where you don’t have to throw an elbow to get what you want. We’l...

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The Wrecking Bar Brewpub is raising awareness for two of our favorite things! On Monday, Oct. 24, we'll be tapping one keg of Boobie Beer - a pomegranate cherry wheat beer that will have you thinking - and drinking - pink. The beer is $3 for a full pint or $5 for a pair. A portion of the proceeds wi...

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Whether you’re a zombie pirate, a vampire Teletubby or simply a bewildered spectator, lurch your way to The Marianna on Saturday, Oct. 22 beginning at 2 pm for our L5P Halloween Parade Porch Party! $10 buys you an evening with the playful ghost said to haunt the Kriegshaber mansion as well as a shor...

Cost: $10 per person