Yellowhammer Lost Highway Black Lager

Yellowhammer's Belgian White, Rebellion Red and Lost Highway beers.(Courtesy photo)

Yellowhammer Brewing of Huntsville hopes to draw some of the after-Christmas crowd next week during its opening at Campus No. 805.

The craft beer maker has received state approval to launch at 11 a.m. Dec. 26 at the former Stone Middle School campus off Governors Drive. Co-owner Ethan Couch said the brewery will be open until 11 p.m. and feature live music that night.

The new 10,000-square-foot brewhouse, bier garten and taproom allows Yellowhammer to immediately double its production capacity.

"We are extremely excited to make the move to the new facility," Couch told AL.com. "It's been fun for the Yellowhammer crew seeing this project through to fruition, but now the real fun begins as we crank up the new equipment and get ready for 2016."

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Yellowhammer will have a farewell party at its old location on 2406 Clinton Ave. West at 7 p.m. Saturday with music from The Wolves of Chernobyl and Nussknacker Christmas bock on tap. The brewery will host a grand opening celebration on New Year's Eve at the Campus No. 805 space.

Doors will open at the new facility at 11 a.m. every day. Yellowhammer will close at 11 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday, 8 p.m. Sunday, and 9 p.m. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.

Earth and Stone Wood Fired Pizza, an Albertville-based food truck, opened its first brick-and-mortar restaurant at the Yellowhammer facility earlier this month. Yellowhammer's existing building will be Salty Nut Brewery's new home early next year.

Stone Middle, empty since 2009, was the original Butler High School. In addition to Yellowhammer and Earth and Stone, Campus No. 805 will be home to Straight to Ale, Lone Goose Saloon, Bubba's Silver Spoon Catering, Stone Event Rental, Dough's Nuts Bakery, Sweet Liberty BYO Homebrew Supplies and Ronnie Raygun's Arcade.

A new 16,000-square-foot retail building will operate at Clinton Avenue and Lowry Street on the east end of the site. Project spokesman Trent Willis has said residents should expect more Campus No. 805 tenant announcements soon.