GOOD HOPE, Ala. – A crowd of friends, family and fellow patrons gathered to celebrate the grand opening of a pair of new businesses in Good Hope Friday night. Ethos Craft Brewing and Bloom Winery cut the ribbon on their new locations and officially opened up their doors to a crowd of locals and Ethos owner Paul White was excited to see years of preparation culminate in Friday’s celebration.
“I started brewing professionally about 10 years ago and I was at Goat Island Brewing for about five years and then I was at TrimTab Brewing for three years. The last three years I’ve been learning the sanitary side of it and the dairy industry,” White said. “I’ve worked for Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) out of Birmingham. Ever since I started in this, I’ve wanted my own place and my own flavors and the freedom to express what I wanted to do.”
Ethos and Bloom Winery have been open throughout the week and White has been moved by the support they’ve already received from the community.
“It’s been awesome, man. It’s been so great, and it’s been emotional to be honest with you. It’s been three years building toward this and after putting every week into it just seeing that people are receptive to it and enjoy it has been great,” White said. “My whole goal has always been to make beer for my customers, not just beer that I want to make so to see them being so receptive has been great. I grew up here, born and raised in Cullman and my parents have been business owners here for 30 years so it’s been humbling to see how much everyone has come out to support us over this week.”
Ethos Craft Brewing and Bloom Winery are located at 1849 County Road 222.
Normal business hours for Ethos are 11 a.m. – 11 p.m. Mon. – Thurs., 11 a.m. – 12 a.m. Fri. & Sat. and 11 a.m. – 10 p.m. on Sun.
Business hours for Bloom Winery are 11 a.m. – 8 p.m. Sun. – Tues., 11 a.m. – 9 p.m. Wed. – Sat.
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