date:Sep 24, 2013
oochee River, in Georgia's Sweetwater Creek State Park located a few miles west of the brewery. The brewery also adopted the official motto Don't Float the Mainstream as a tribute to its namesake. Bensch and McNerny began brewing in January 1997 and sold their first keg on February 17, 1997 - SweetWater ESB and Blue. SweetWater's most popular beer, SweetWater 420 Extra Pale Ale, named after the date it was first brewed (April 20), soon followed.
Two years later, SweetWater hosted the World Beer