The latest guest on the BeerWise Podcast is David Nilsen, a beer writer and educator, the author of Pairing Beer and Chocolate, and the creative mind behind the Bean to Barstool website and podcast.
The Great American Beer Festival Awards were held this weekend in Dever, Colorado, and a few Florida craft breweries brought back medals from the festival competition.
West Palm Beach’s Steam Horse Brewing is next in the line of impending Florida craft brewery closings. The brewery took to social media on Monday, September 16th at 10am to announce that this week would be its last week open.
Ever since announcing his impending move out of Miami’s Wynwood neighborhood, J. Wakefield Brewing has alluded to an impending “last hurrah” party to send the taproom off in style. The brewery has set a date and posted some details online, with more promised to follow.
Craft brewers around the country are right-sizing their operations, and Florida continues to see the same trend among its breweries. Southwest Florida’s RipTide Brewing Company announced on September 2nd that it would be parting ways with its Naples Taproom and operating solely from its Bonita Springs location. While many times decisions like this are difficult, they are better than the alternative of closing operations altogether.
Boca Raton’s Barrel of Monks Brewing is raising money for breast cancer charities with the upcoming Wizard in Pink Can Release. This twist on their traditional Belgian-inspired witbier, The Wizard, will be available for a limited time.
Palm Bay’s Leader Brewing, Florida’s only brewery dedicated to making non-alcoholic beer, has announced that they will be closing their doors.