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A downtown Macon brewpub in a 19th-century building that housed a carriage shop and cycle retailer, where staff know a ghost named Vincent for flinging pans, flickering lights, and moving objects—documented twice by a local paranormal investigation team.
484 2nd St, Macon, GA 31201
Research updated June 2026
Age
All Ages
Cost
$$
Standard restaurant and bar pricing; no admission fee.
Access
Wheelchair OK
Ground-floor bar and restaurant space in renovated commercial building
Equipment
Photos OK
Est. 1890 · 19th-Century Downtown Commercial Building · Carriage and Cycle Industry History · Macon Downtown Revitalization
The structure at 484 2nd St in downtown Macon was built in the 19th century and served successive commercial functions over more than a century. Records and local accounts describe the building as having housed a carriage repair operation and subsequently a bicycle and cycle retail business—two common uses for downtown commercial buildings in the late 1800s and early 1900s as transportation technology shifted from horse-drawn vehicles to bicycles and eventually automobiles.
The building passed through various commercial tenants through the 20th century before renovation work prepared it for the Ocmulgee Brewpub, which opened in 2016. The brewpub concept fit the wave of downtown Macon revitalization that brought new food and beverage businesses into the historic commercial core in the 2010s.
The name references the Ocmulgee River, a defining geographic feature of central Georgia that runs along the eastern edge of Macon and lends its name to the Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park, one of the most significant Indigenous archaeological sites in the eastern United States. The brewery operates small-batch production on premises. Visit Macon's official directory lists the Ocmulgee Brewpub as an active downtown dining and drinking destination.
Sources
The ghost known as Vincent has become part of the operating culture at the Ocmulgee Brewpub. Staff—rather than anonymous visitor reports—are the primary sources for the paranormal accounts, which center on the kitchen and back areas of the building. The most specific and repeated claim is pans being displaced or flung, an occurrence staff attribute to Vincent during moments when the kitchen is between service rushes or closing down for the night.
Lights flickering and objects moving from their set positions round out the reported phenomena. The accounts are consistent enough that the brewpub has developed a working relationship with Vincent's reputation, treating it as a known element of the venue rather than an unsettling anomaly.
Middle Georgia Paranormal Investigations visited the brewpub twice and documented unexplained readings and activity on both occasions. The investigations generated news coverage from 13WMAZ, Macon's primary local television news station, and from the Macon Newsroom, a student journalism operation at Mercer University. The two-outlet coverage from independent local news sources, combined with the multi-visit paranormal team documentation, gives the Ocmulgee Brewpub one of the more thoroughly documented paranormal records among Macon's haunted venues.
Notable Entities
Media Appearances
The Ocmulgee Brewpub serves house-made beer, burgers, hand-cut fries and salads, with indoor dining and a patio. Visitors eat and drink in the space where Middle Georgia Paranormal Investigations twice documented unexplained activity. Staff are familiar with Vincent's reputation and have been the primary sources for news coverage of the hauntings.
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