New Brewpub Coming to Old Mulligan’s Space in Old Family Dollar Strip in Oakhurst

Oh man, I’m so jealous for not coming across this news first!  And I’m also so jealous that I don’t live closer to this new place!

Decaturish broke the news yesterday that there’s a spurt of announcements on Reddit over the past few MONTHS regarding a new brewpub in Oakhurst, Oak Brewpub.

Here’s one from six solid months ago looking for a head brewer…

We are opening a new brewpub located Intown Atlanta. We are “scheduled” to be open the first couple months of 2016. We are currently looking to start a relationship with a brewer who will become our head brewer. Previous experience is required. We are looking for someone with strong opinions about their beer and how they want the brew setup to be designed. The brewer hired will have the benefit of designing the lay out of the brewhouse/ fermentation tanks to their liking within the building limitations. We also offer competitive salary and benefits. We require the normal and essential job responsibilites listed below but not limited to: -Maintain all legal compliance -Keep a clean and organized environment -Schedule and keep labor within industry standard costs -Produce beer according to projected sales and demand -Evaluate margins and costs with ability to make necessary adjustments -Participate in the local community and help to promote brand through different marketing and promotional events -Partake in local guilds and beer festivals -Ability to travel for out of state events -Make great beer and have a sense of humor

In the thread, they also mention that they would be opening in the old Mulligans – “Home of the once world-famous Luther Burger!‘ – location at 630 East Lake Drive (in the strip with the old Family Dollar for all the newbies).  If you want to go off on a random tangent and learn more about the world-famous Luther Burger, you can check out this extensive feature on Snopes from long ago.  And for more on Mulligan’s famous “ham dog”, click here and scroll down a bit.

Two months ago, they promised a “Late Spring 2016” opening.

All this chatter went unnoticed it seems, until a recent Beer Guys Radio “Breweries in Planning” post mentioned the new spot…

As of May 2015 Oak Brewpub was on the search for a Head Brewer and targeting a Late Spring 2016 opening date.  The brewpub will be located in Decatur’s Oakhurst neighborhood where they’ve signed a lease on a 4.500 square-foot space with plans to open a roof top deck garden where you can enjoy a beer or watch a movie on their projector screen.

That’s where Decaturish picked it up and found out more info like the number of taps, the beer style focus and who the head brewer will be – Chuck Duffney, formerly of Orpheus Brewing!