7venth Sun wants to take creativity as far as it will go in their new home

November 24, 2015

When news broke of Dunedin’s 7venth Sun Brewery opening a new and larger home in Seminole Heights, the rumor mill started speculating about what might be in store for the stalwart crew of the 7venth Sun. In mid-November, 7venth Sun co-owners Justin Stange and Devon Kreps detailed just what they had in mind for the brewery’s rise in one of Tampa’s most up-and-coming neighborhoods.

The new building itself is near the intersection of Nebraska and Sligh in Tampa just north of the Mermaid Tavern. This building is more than ten times the size of their Dunedin home, and once renovated will offer brewing staff a canvas to create exactly the type of beers they envisioned when the 7venth Sun rose in 2011. During and after the process, the Dunedin 7venth Sun will remain open–Kreps and Stange have no plans to close the Dunedin location.

What type of beers? “We are looking to set up a climate-controlled barrel cellar, stage more blends, and make more Belgian-style farmhouse ales.” Stange admits that most of the beers that have been released from the facility in Dunedin have been from a single barrel, that should change when the new place opens.

Opening day is in the works, but the building will need some renovation and repairs before construction, and then the brewery will introduce itself to the new building in phases.

Also included in this new home will be a Quality Assurance lab and an increased presence in distribution, including 7venth Sun cans available locally. Stange estimates that year one will raise their annual production eightfold.

“We remain dedicated to making the beers we love,” says Stange. “We’re not trying to take over the world or to be on every corner, just to raise the bar on creativity as high as we can.”

One of 7venth Sun’s goals is to make more fruited wild ales and blended barrel-aged beers.

Proof Brewing celebrates Almost Summer with a Tap-Takeover

May 29, 2015

Proof Brewing Company of Tallahassee is giving away their tap lines. Well, temporarily. The craft brewery is celebrating the oncoming summer with an event that will see the brewery’s taps share with the likes of Founder’s Brewing, Cigar City Brewing, and 7venth Sun Brewing to bring some very unique beers into Florida’s capitol city.

From Proof Brewing newsletter:

Ladies and gentleman, we’re bringing you a special treat to get you ready for summer. THIS Saturday (5/30) at the brewery (RRSQ) we’re hosting a Tap Takeover featuring Cigar City Brewing Founders Brewing Company 7venth Sun Brewing and of course, us!

All our draft lines, (and a few extra) will be flowing with amazing and rare beers just for you. Canadian Breakfast Stout and Sherry Barrel Aged Marshal Zhukov’s Imperial Stout are a few names you’ll be learning, and loving.

This is a very special event and we are just as excited to try out some of these brews as you are, so clear that calendar!

Here’s a look at all the amazing beers waiting for you!:

Founders
CBS : Canadian Breakfast Stout (Imperial Stout)
KBS : Kentucky Breakfast Stout (Imperial Stout)
Devil Dancer (Imperial IPA)
Blushing Monk (Fruit Beer)
Dark Penance (Imperial Black IPA)
Mosaic Promise (American IPA)

Cigar City
Nitro Vanilla Maduro (Brown Ale)
Jollie Ollie (American IPA)
Probable Cause (Session IPA)
Sherry Barrel Aged Marshall Zhukov (Imperial Stout)
Caffe Americano (Imperial Stout)
Cubano-Style Espresso Brown Ale
Guayabera Citra Pale Ale
Ligero (Black Lager)

7venth Sun
Graffiti Orange (American Pale Wheat Ale)
Time Bomb (American IPA)
You’re Doing It All Wrong (American IPA)

Proof Brewing Co.
Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Creatures in the Dark (Stout)
Lime Sherbet Kissing Giants (Gose)
Raspberry Kissing Giants (Gose)
Thai Mango Wit (Witbier)
Boston Cream Pie Mango Wit (Witbier)
Citra White Oak Eightfive-0 (Pale Ale)

Proof Brewing’s production facility is located at 644 McDonnel Drive in Tallahassee. The trouble starts at 3pm on Saturday, May 30th.

7venth Sun and Point Ybel collaborate

January 30, 2015

7venth Sun Brewery of Dunedin and Point Ybel Brewery of Point Ybel in Southwest Florida recently collaborated on a beer to be poured during Hunahpu Hangover Day, the Sunday of Tampa Bay Beer Week.

The beer will be a “double sour IPA brewed with honey bells, lemons, limes, Citra and Mosaic hops is complete and set to be released at the 7venth Sun Brewing Hunahpu Hangover Day. We can’t wait!” according to Point Ybel.

7venth Sun heads to Spain, brews collaborations

May 1, 2014

Dunedin’s 7venth Sun Brewing co-owner Devon Kreps has been in Spain for the last few days. While there, Devon has been spreading the good word about 7venth Sun and Florida’s nascent craft beer scene, but she has also been flexing her brewing muscles, brewing up several collaboration beers with Edge Brewing of Barcelona.

So far, Devon has brewed:

A 9% ABV Double IPA with “lots of Citra, Chinook, Columbus, Centennial, and Cascade.”

A 4.5% Strawberry Saison brewed with “over 40 kilos of strawberries picked from local farms.”

Edge Brewing of Barcelona has collaborations with a few other Florida breweries scheduled. More information as it becomes available.

The epic ending of Tampa Bay Beer Week

January 31, 2014

Last year, 7venth Sun Brewing Company had an idea to host a festival at their place on Braodway in Dunedin featuring some new and rare beers not yet seen in Tampa Bay Beer Week. What started off as one brewery hosting one event to end the week of weeks for Florida beer has now transitioned to several events throughout the community of Dunedin.

What used to be simply “Hunahpu Hangover Day” is now “Tampa Bay Beer Week Wrap-Up in Downtown Dunedin.” Instead of one event, there will be multiple events, beginning with the three listed, one from Founders Brewing, one from Dunedin Brewery, and Hunahpu Hangover Day at 7venth Sun.

*Founders Brewing will host a beer brunch at the Dundedin Smokehouse.
*Dunedin Brewery will host a Nelson Sauvin hopped beer takeover.
*7venth Sun’s Hunahpu Hangover Day.
*Other events listed as they’re announced.

7venth Sun Brewery’s expansion, collaboration

January 22, 2014

Dunedin’s 7venth Sun Brewery never seems to sit still. Brewers Justin Stange, Megan O’Boyle, and Mike Lukacina always seem to have something new, something out there, and something for beer enthusiasts to try.

In a recent Creative Loafing article, 7venth Sun owners Justin Stange and Devon Kreps discuss their expansion plans in general terms:

The new production brewery and tasting room will be somewhere in North Pinellas — Dunedin and Ozona sites are under consideration — and will focus on barrel-aged beers.

“I want to do something new,’’ said Stange. “I want to keep changing it, experiment, see how people react to it. We’re really pushing it this time.’’

The brewery, located a short walk from the Dunedin Brewery, Florida’s oldest craft production brewery, has experienced slow but steady growth since it poured its first pint Jan. 7, 2012, producing 250 barrels its first year, 850 barrels last year and shooting for 1,000 this year, with limited local distribution, mostly draft with an expanding bottle selection.

7venth Sun also has a new collaboration beer with Edge Brewery of Barcelona in the works:

The owner [of Edge Brewery] is from Tampa and wants to introduce American craft brewing to Spain. He’s invited Stange and a dozen or so other brewers to collaborate in Barcelona.

7venth Sun releases Root Down Stout

November 29, 2013

Dunedin’s 7venth Sun Brewing Company announced their latest bottle release, and it happened on Wednesday. The brewery announced the bottle release of Root Down Stout, this past Wednesday. We here at Florida Beer News might be late to the party, but the brewery posted that as of Thursday:

“We reopen tomorrow at noon and there are still plenty of bottles of Root Down Stout available.”

Root Down Stout is a stout brewed with sweet potatoes and spices aged on vanilla beans.

7venth Sun is located at 1012 Broadway in Dunedin. They open at noon today, according to their Facebook page.

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