Oyster City Brewing Company, Apalachicola’s craft brewery has been in planning for a while, but on Monday May 12th, the brewy system was fired up and batch #1 (Mill Pond Dirty Blonde) was on its way to fruition.
Fitting that the Monday of American Craft Beer Week would see another Florida craft brewery come online.
Congratulations to Oyster City and this step in the creation of the brewery.
American Craft Beer Week is the week when craft brewers across the country celebrate their craft with those who love their work. Most breweries choose to host events and release special beers during this time. Tomoka Brewery in Ormond Beach plans to celebrate sour beer on this Saturday of Craft Beer Week:
Sour Fest Friday, May 16th at 3pm, Tomoka Brewery will tap:
All rare TB sours on tap all day! Tap List to include:
*Palm Ridge Bourbon Barrel Aged 100% Brett Ale
*Toss My Funky Salad Kombucha Brett Ale
*Tom Yum Thai Gose
*Florida Weisse (with Woodruff syrup)
*Strawberry Cheesecake Florida Weisse (last chance til next year’s Plant City Strawberry harvest!)
*Also we have Cigar City’s Humidor Series American Sour in bottles!
Tomoka Brewery is located at 188 East Granada Boulevard in Ormond Beach.
Green Bench Brewing of Saint Petersburg has been keeping busy trying to keep up with demand for their beers. The Saint Petersburg craft brewery has several events planned during this big week for small breweries.
Tuesday: Tuesday we’ll be at The Bricks in Ybor hanging out and have a few of our beers on tap.
Thursday: Thursday we’ll but up at Swamphead Brewing for a Green Bench Tap Takeover. They’ll have our GB IPA, Stay Dry Stout, Skyway Wheat, Happy Hermit Pale Ale, Saison de Banc Vert, Whitted White IPA, and Spring Bloom IIPA. Details here: http://swamphead.com/events/american-craft-beer-week-thursday-may-15th-green-bench-hangout-wetlands/
Friday: Also, Friday night we’re releasing Creative Clay Chocolate IPA. This was a small batch collaboration we brewed with Brandon Evans from CB/BC (https://www.facebook.com/pages/Cest-Bon-Brewing-Charity/1396241730635112). All money made from this beer is going to be donated to Creative Clay across the street from the brewery. It’s an adjunct based American IPA brewed with Flaked Corn and Florida Cane Sugar and aged on Cacao Nibs.
Saturday: Saturday I’ll be doing a brewer meet and greet at the Amsterdam from 4-7PM then I’ll be at GB after.
Finally, all week Green Bench will be growlering their Florida Weisses, limit one growler per brand per person. Brands include Second Stage (7th Sun Collab/Dry Hopped Berliner), Burg is the Word (Tart Cherry Floridaweisse), Champ Juice (Tangerine Floridaweisse), Goose Joose (Kiwi Floridaweisse), Habanero Champ Juice, Jalapeno Goose Joose.
Thanks to Khris Johnson for the information.
J.J. Taylor and The Armed Forces History Museum, a non-profit 501 (c)3 organization is holding its 3rd Annual Red, White and Craft Brews Fest.
This year, the event is expanding to include live music, outdoor food trucks with beer pairing, cheese and beer pairing, specialty and rare beer tasting, a photo booth and more.
The event will have 75 Craft and Specialty brands including many favorites from Cigar City, Sierra Nevada, Lagunitas, and more.
The admission is only $25 and guests can tour the museum (regular adult admission is $17.95) and sample beer.
Red, White, and Craft Brews and the Armed Forces History Museum are located at 2050 34th Way North in Largo.
Barley Mow is going all out, or well, almost all off, for American Craft Beer Week.
From Barley Mow:
For American Craft Beer Week, Barley Mow Brewing Presents:
Beer Release and Burlesque Show!
For one night only, we will be transforming our patio into a private speakeasy featuring a burlesque show! We will be releasing a special brew, Tassel Twirler, brewed with help by one of the shows performers, Nilla Bean!
Featuring Nilla Bean, Johanna Xenobia, Ruby Vesper, and Franki Markstone.
Tickets will be very limited, so grab them as soon as they go on sale!
Tickets are $20 and will only be available at Barley Mow. Cash only!Tickets are on sale now!
Barley Mow Brewing Company is located at 518 West Bay Drive in Largo.
It’s coming… American Craft Beer Week, the week when craft breweries across the country are celebrating the work that they do.
In honor of ACBW, Swamp Head Brewery of Gainesville is going to bottle and release 750mL bottles of the blueberry version of their Cottonmouth Blueberry Wit.
No word on bottle limit or exact dates of release.
Swamp Head Brewery is currently located at 3140 SW 42nd Way in Gainesville.