The Macon Beer Company will host a soft opening of its brewery, inviting the general public to tour the facility and taste their locally made beer, this Saturday from 1-6 p.m.

This is the second event in a series of soft openings for Macon Beer Company’s public tours and beer tastings. The first opening on May 16 brought over 100 visitors into the brewery. The third event will take place next Saturday, May 30, 1-6 p.m., with a projected grand opening in early June.

After the official grand opening, Macon Beer Company will be open for tours and tastings every Saturday with tours on the hour.

For $10, brewery guests receive a souvenir Macon Beer Company pint glass, which includes five tasting tickets. Tickets are redeemed for a six-ounce pour of their beer of choice. Beers currently offered are the year-round flagship brew Macon Progress, seasonal ales Macon Love and Macon Homebrew, and a specialty, or one-off brew, Progress Squared, that was made especially for the tasting room.

Guests are invited to the outside seating in the brewery’s beer garden. Macon Beer Company merchandise and prints by local artists that adorn the brewery are available for purchase.

Opening the brewery to the public has been a big step for Macon Beer Company, founded in 2012 and owned and operated by Jeremy Knowles.

“We’re excited to reach this milestone,” said Knowles. “Macon Beer Company’s tours and tastings give us an opportunity to truly connect with our community and provide something so new, we haven’t seen it since Prohibition.”

Continue to check maconbeercompany.com for an updated schedule of tours, tastings and special events.

Macon Made is a new program of the College Hill Alliance. Its mission is to cultivate a sense of pride and place in the people, products and businesses created in Macon.

Initially established with a grant to Mercer University from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation in 2009, the College Hill Alliance assists the community in creating positive change to the physical, social and economic fabric of the College Hill Corridor, a two-square mile area between Mercer’s campus and Macon, Georgia’s downtown business district.