On Friday, June 20, the head brewers from Southern Brewing & Winemaking (Southern) and Florida Avenue Brewing Co (Florida Ave) came together to brew a new beer to be released at a neighborhood market called Seminole Heights Market
at Southern.
“Since the market is centric around Seminole Heights locals, we wanted to do a collaboration with another Seminole Heights brewery and Florida Ave was happy to team
up with us,” stated Brian Fenstermacher, head brewer and owner of Southern. Despite being located in the same neighborhood for three years, this is the first time the
two breweries have come together to brew a beer.
The idea for the beer came from something Aaron Barth, Florida Ave’s head brewer, has
had turning around in his mind for some time. “Saisons are good summer beers, and the
idea of adding maple syrup has been stuck in my head recently,” stated Barth.
The two brewers wanted to brew something that would be good for summer, but was also
a unique interpretation of a less common style and would represent the philosophies of
both breweries.
The brew uses 100% real maple syrup. 40 gallons total were brewed, 10 of which will
be aged on 100% Brett Troy for 4-5 months, and the other 30 gallons will be released at
the Seminole Heights Market at Southern on July 13th line-up of beers that will be available at a discounted price to attendees that purchase a special event glass.
About the Seminole Heights Market at Southern:
Southern has teamed up with Seminole Heights Sunday Morning Market for Seminole Heights Market at Southern – a series of three markets through the summer.
The Market will be held on the 2nd Sunday of each month and will begin starting this
coming July 13th and will return on August 10th and September 14th. The market will
run from 11am – 4pm, and will offer space to 30 local vendors who sell a mixture of
agricultural & farm related products, take home foods, ready to eat foods, local art and hand crafts.