Down a place from last year, Decatur’s Brick Store Pub ranked as the 6th best beer bar in the world for 2010 on RateBeer’s annual list.  Amongst U.S. beer bars, BSP was second only to Redlight Redlight in Orlando (#4 in the world) for the second year in a row.

The other Atlantan on the list is HopCity Craft Beer & Wine at 1000 Marietta Street, which ranked 23rd in the world among beer retailers.

Amongst the best brewers in the “world” – from an American perspective – Three Floyds came out on top, while new-to-Georgia Founders came in 4th, a place ahead of another relatively Georgia newbie Bell’s.

The best individual beers list for 2010 can be found here.  I won’t even pretend to know what I’m taking about with that list.

h/t: Dirty South Beer Club (via Lain)

Photo courtesy of the City of Decatur

Disclaimer: YankeeMetro is insanely jealous of Kodac Harrison’s accent, and would eagerly sit through a Toyota Mall of Georgia commercial if he provided the voiceover.  “All Camrys and Corrollas on sale…everything must go…”  Ah…pure music.

Anyway, check out this great video intro to Decatur, the Brick Store Pub and “Love at the Pub”, narrated by Kodac, with great insight by Dave and Mike.

h/t: InDecatur

UPDATE: Due to weather, the Love at the Pub street party and book-signing has been moved to Thursday, December 10th. Here’s Mary Jane’s note…

Hello everyone

Due to inclement weather and a host of other factors, the Book Signing Block Party in and around Brick Store Pub has been postponed from this Sunday to:

Thursday December 10

5:00 – 10:00 PM

I am also mindful that too many Decatur folks cannot make it on short notice and that weekends are precious. Now we can make this a REALLY Terrific Thursday.

Brick Store lovers have pined for the release of Mary Jane Mahan’s “Love at the Pub” even longer than they have been anxiously drooling over the fine craft beers aging patiently in the Brick Store’s cold celler.

I first reported Mahan’s book of BSP stories way back in October 2007 – only about a month after the birth of this blog – when Mahan offered her card to a soused DM and his wife at the Decatur Beer Festival.  And though the road to publication proved a bit bumpy, Mahan has finally completed her tribute to the Pub where she once worked.

Released TODAY, “Love at the Pub” includes many a Brick Store memory along with…

• How the Brick Store became rated the #2 beer bar on planet Earth
• What local building used to sit on the site of 125 E Court Square
• How the Georgia beer law fight was won (and who to thank)
• Why the second floor bar makes you swear you’re in Europe

Buy your book on Amazon today and enter your confirmation # on the Love at the Pub website and Mahan promises many extras; the most delectable being a free pint at the Brick Store.

Pick up your copy today and see why tears filled Mayor Floyd’s eyes “with Brick Store pride” when he read it.

UPDATE: Chief Booker gives us a rundown…

…the information from our square Officer Fiksman is that a service truck that was either delivering or swapping out a grease trap for one or more of the restaurants and attempted to drive to the rear of the restaurants and upon turning in off the turnaround got stuck between the two buildings. The driver attempted to back out and inadvertently struck a parking meter and that was when we responded to take the report.

I received a reliable report this morning that a truck has gotten stuck in the skinny alley way between the Brick Store and Zucca.

I’ll try to get further details from Decatur PD.

PLEASE don’t hurt those buildings!

HerefortheBeer.com just posted a new episode that features the Brick Store Pub with interviews with co-owner Dave Blanchard and beer manager Lee Dickson.

Caution: Midriffs Ahead.

Apparently, the beer cellar was so cool that it gets it’s own yet-to-be-released episode.  Stay tuned.

…for today’s Drop Dead Diva filming.

Scott sends in a couple somewhat mystical and dreamy iPhone shots from the street.

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Carl forwards a reminder from the Brick Store boys that tomorrow is the big, tap-a-keg-an-hour fest in celebration of 12 years on the Square in Decatur.

Here again is the lineup – with BeerAdvocate links for your convenience (don’t say I never did anything for ya!)

12pm –  Duck Rabbit Brewery “Pauls Day Off” American Strong Ale
1pm – Sweetwater Oak Aged (Bordeaux French Oak 2nd run) Creeper Belgian IPA
2pm – Highland Cattail Wheat (Trappist yeast version)
3pm – Allagash Interlude Wild Ale
4pm – Atlanta Brewing Co. ‘08 Winter Ale in Pappy Van Winkle
5pm – Allagash Confluence Wild Ale
6pm – Ballast Point Victory at Sea Coffe Vanilla Imperial Porter
7pm – Allagash Victor Strong Dark Ale
8pm – Oskar Blues Stranahan Barrel Aged Gordon Double IPA
9pm – Allagash Victoria Strong Pale Ale
10pm – Oskar Blues Stranahan Barrel Aged 10 Fidy Imperial Stout
11pm – Allagash Hugh Malone Belgian IPA
12am – Oskar Blues Stranahan Barrel Aged Dale’s Pale Ale

Starting yesterday the Brick Store is tapping a keg a day in celebration of its 12th Anniversary.  Next Saturday (June 27th) is the big finale, when they will tap a keg an hour from 12pm-12am.  Thanks to Carl for forwarding the announcement with all the details!

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Rus sends in a list of two brewery launches taking place at the Brick Store next week.  Also don’t forget to powder your wig for this Saturday’s signing of the Declaration of Beer Independence with Mary Jane Mahan!  “Oh beautiful, for spacious bar…”

Monday – May 18, 2009 @ 05:00PM

Bells Brewery Launch:

Get on down to the pub and get yourself a pint of Hopslam ON CASK!! Have a pint of DOUBLE CREAM STOUT to wash it down. We will also have a few bottles on hand and probably some Oberon draft in case its over a 100 degrees outside.

Friday – May 22, 2009 @ 05:00PM

Moylans Brewery Launch:

Moylans beer is available in Georgia (Finally!)

You are going to love this brewery!

On Draft: Hopsickle, Kilt Lifter, IPA

From the Love at the Pub website

We first learned about Mary Jane Mahan’s “Love at the Pub” at the 2007 Beer Festival.

The former BSP waitress was compiling a definitive collection of Brick Store stories and was planning on releasing them to the world in one compact, celebratory package (called a “book”)  Note to self:  You know you have a successful pub, when someone writes a book about it.

Though it seems that the collection and writing process took longer than first believed – we’ve heard many updates and rumors over the years – it sounds like the wait is finally over!  Amy writes in and lets us know that the book is finally at the publisher.  I’m still waiting on an official release date (the book’s website says “June 09″), but in the meantime we might as well drink!

Also from Amy…

Public Beer Recital–Show your spirit for American craft brewers by reciting the Declaration of Beer Independence with Pub-goers at The Brick Store Pub, the place that started metro Atlanta’s craft beer wave.

Saturday 16 May 2009 4:30 PM

The Brick Store Pub’s upstairs Belgian Bar

The reading is spearheaded by local author and former BSP waitress Mary Jane Mahan who will read an excerpt from her upcoming book Love at the Pub: Craftsmanship, Conversation, and Community at the Brick Store Pub. This historical account celebrates BSP as a nationally ranked beer bar (Rate Beer #5 bar 2009, Forbes top ten 2008, BeerAdvocate #2 bar 2008) as well as the Pub community