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From left, Jim Watkins of Steel City Pops, Lauren McCurdy of Good People Brewing Company, and Codie Gibbons of Steel City Pops with the new, seasonal Sweet Potato Pecan frozen pop. (Photo courtesy of Good People Brewing Company)

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama -- Two Birmingham favorites -- Good People Brewing Company and Steel City Pops -- have collaborated on a seasonal autumn frozen pop that combines the best of both brands.

The Sweet Potato Pecan pop, which is made with Good People's Coffee Oatmeal Stout beer, is available at Steel City Pops locations in the Birmingham area and in Tuscaloosa for about two more weeks before it rotates off the menu, according to Steel City Pops owner Jim Watkins.

"It's more of a Thanksgiving, fall-ish flavor," Watkins told AL.com. "The Coffee Oatmeal Stout is a darker beer that is a good pairing with the sweet potato and pecan in the pop. It's one of our better pops."

Good People Brewing Co. offers the Coffee Oatmeal Stout beer year-round as part of its Ales From The Heart of Dixie line. It is one of Good People's most popular beers and has been selected as one of Beer Advocate's Top 10 Southern Beers.

COS, as the brew is often called, is a traditional oatmeal stout that adds cold-pressed coffee from a local roaster, Octane Coffee, late in the brew process. It is available in cans or on draught at several locations around Birmingham.

Good People Brewing Co. likes to support other Birmingham businesses, and the pairing with Steel City Pops was a natural, Michael Sellers, co-owner of the brewery, said in a media release.

"One of our main goals in starting the brewery was to help the community around us," Sellers said. "Alabama will always be home for us, and we want to help make it the best it can be."

Steel City Pops also likes to work with local providers whenever possible, Watkins added.

"We wanted to partner with a local brewery in Birmingham, and Good People was the perfect choice," he said in the release. "They have a high-quality product, and we knew that the Coffee Oatmeal Stout would pair wonderfully with our Sweet Potato Pecan pop."

"Good People supported us when we first got started, and we will always remember that," Watkins added. "We are excited about having an opportunity to partner with them."

The Sweet Potato Pecan pop is available at Steel City Pops locations in Homewood, on U.S. 280, at the Summit, at The Pantry in Mountain Brook, and in Tuscaloosa. The pops are $3 each.

At its locations in Dallas and Fort Worth, Steel City Pops has partnered with four Texas breweries on the Sweet Potato Pecan pop.

The beers and breweries are Ugly Pug from Rahr & Sons Brewing Company, Franconia Dunkel from Franconia Brewing Company, Santo from Saint Arnold Brewing Company, and Double Brown Stout from Deep Ellum Brewing Company.

"The pop has a little different flavor in Dallas and Fort Worth," Watkins told AL.com. "It's the same recipe but with a little different beer."