One of Alabama’s most popular bars just built a monument to its most popular drink.

Gallettes’ signature cocktail is the Yellowhammer, a rum-based pineapple infusion served in a yellow plastic cup that has become a bucket list item for all who travel through the Druid City year-round, especially on gamedays.

In fact, they sell the famous drink by the literal thousands when the Crimson Tide plays just a few blocks away in Bryant-Denny Stadium. Bama faithful know the drill and re-indulge whenever the opportunity presents itself, while visiting fans finally get the chance to partake in the local tradition.

And it’s perhaps why the bar felt it appropriate to honor its best-selling item on the walls for all to see. Gallettes just hung a scaled-up sculpture of the Yellowhammer built by local artists and craftsmen.

Mathew Simmons, born and raised in Tuscaloosa, led the way after meeting co-owner Jeff Sirkin, whom Simmons’ friend and Innisfree Irish Pub owner Tripp Rogers said might have work for him, including an interior sign for the business that famously doesn’t have one on its exterior. Simmons said he noticed the Yellowhammer cup and told Sirkin he could scale it up to 5 feet tall and make it look as if it was splashing out of the wall, so he quickly got the green light.

Simmons, who works on commission only, said he took a cup home and drew up the model exactly to scale using computer-aided design (CAD) software. “If you look at the cup closely, I’ve covered every single facet to scale,” Simmons said. “Then I just blew it up to 5 feet tall, slightly rotated it forward and made a cut on the backside of it to where it would mount to the wall.”

The cup itself is made of aluminum, welding several parts together. Simmons then put an automotive paint finish on the exterior and even created ice cubes and a splash of Yellowhammer drink at the rim of the cup using resin.

They also decided to light up the inside of the cup using multicolor LED lights, but Simmons wanted to challenge his realism chops by adding ice cubes — and not just any ice cubes. “I went back to his bar, took an ice cube out of his ice machine,” he said. “It was three-quarters of an inch square and had these little half-circle holes in them. I went home and drew that up in CAD, scaled that up to 5 feet tall to match the cup to see how many I could fit inside the cup. Then I 3-D printed it, made a rubber mold of it, then cast it into clear resin.”

He cast the ice cubes first, which he glued to a piece of clear plexiglass before pouring a clear coat to seal everything into position, and then the flood coat of dyed resin to blend it all together.

So yes, he added giant replica ice cubes to the giant replica cup. “There was a lot that went into this thing,” he said.

And from what he has heard so far, they are pleased with the result. After all, it is already mounted on the wall. “Matt went above and beyond my expectations for the cup,” Sirkin told AL.com. “I had a vision for it and Matt took it and ran with it and knocked it out of the park. It’s an incredible statement piece for our signature drink. There’s only one Gallettes Yellowhammer and this emphasizes and cements its place for our customers and T-Town.”

Simmons said he wants to drop by the bar soon to see reactions in real time on a Wine Wednesday, when the bar is typically packed with University of Alabama college students and others. He also credited local artist Eric Nubbe for helping on this project and several other commissions.

You’ve probably seen (and will soon see) Simmons’ work elsewhere at other Tuscaloosa establishments like in the Rabbit Hole’s front yard stage area at the edge of the Strip towards downtown. He has two projects on the way for Innisfree including a DJ booth as well as a 4-foot, 3D-printed leprechaun.

You can see Simmons’ work on his website MatTheMaker.com or his Instagram page @matthemaker205.

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