Tallahassee’s Proof Brewing Company has opened a brewpub in Tallahassee, brewed collaboration beer for Ukraine relief, and has also announced that the brewery is also using carbon capture technology.
Tampa’s Cigar City Brewing won international renown from their Hunahpu’s Imperial Stout, and the beer’s annual release has been a Tampa Bay tradition dating back to before Tampa Bay Beer Week was established. With COVID subsiding and several other events announced for Tampa Bay Beer Week 2023, Cigar City Brewing took to their newsletter and social media to announce the official date for Hunahpu’s Imperial Stout Release 2023.
Fat Point Brewing to Open New Location in Sarasota’s University Town Center.
Press Release – Fat Point Brewing is expanding north along the Suncoast and will be opening a new location in Sarasota at University Town Center (UTC). The craft brewery, originally founded in Punta Gorda, will produce and serve its flavorful and original beers from a 2,500-square-foot venue.
Pompano Beach’s Odd Breed Wild Ales announces details of their 5th Anniversary Celebration, coming November 19th.
From Odd Breed Wild Ales:
On November 19th, we will be celebrating the Fifth Anniversary of our taproom in Pompano Beach! We’ll be releasing three new beers in bottles, and will feature our favorite new and vintage beers on draft.
We will be open from Noon until 10pm like a normal Saturday, with the option to pay as you go (or start a tab) OR, you can purchase an unlimited drink ticket on Oznr. Unlimited Drink Tickets are $75, and they include a bottle of our Fifth Anniversary Ale ($27 value) and unlimited draft beer from Noon until 4pm.
For those that are RBC members, you will have the option to purchase a VIP ticket. VIP tickets are $75 and include a bottle of the Fifth Anniversary Ale and unlimited draft pours, but also include one hour of early entry (11am-4pm) PLUS access to our VIP bottle tent, which will feature a vast collection of recent and vintage Odd Breed bottles, as well as RBC beers and Lambic from Drie Fonteinen, Cantillon, Boon, and Girardin.
We will be releasing three new bottles at our party, which can be purchased on Oznr starting Friday November 11 at noon:
Fifth Anniversary Ale
750ml $27
Our Fifth Anniversary Ale blends five unique beers rested in French oak barrels from 1-4 years to create a complex and layered experience. Aromatics of fresh apricots and peaches carry through to the palate with notes of creamy marzipan and candied oranges. Substantial French oak tannins show the time spent in barrels, and our house mixed culture provides soft tropical funk that works in tandem with refreshing acidity and a smooth finish. 7.3% ABV
Coloring Outside the Lines
750ml $29
This beer blends two wild IPAs brewed with Strata, Amarillo, Mosaic, Citra, and Mandarina Bavaria hops. After aging in our French oak barrels for a year, we transferred the beer onto 300 pounds of organic mangoes. Half way through the mango refermentation, we dry hopped with Azacca and El Dorado. Incredibly juicy and tropical, this beer is brimming with notes of fresh cut mango and overripe pineapple, with subtle notes of resin and pine on top of Brett funk and refreshing acidity. 7.5% ABV
Oddities and Outliers Blend III
750ml $27
The Oddities and Outliers series blends dissimilar beers produced with different recipes and processes to create something unique and cohesive. Blend III is composed of three beers aged in French oak barrels: Hoppy Saison aged for 12 months (60%), Lambic-inspired Wild Ale aged 42 months (28%) and a Wild Lager aged 6 months (12%). This layered beer delivers notes of lemon verbena, pineapple, and white grapefruit along a backdrop of sandalwood and earthy funk. This beer will continue to evolve in the bottle. 7% ABV
About Odd Breed Wild Ales
Based in Pompano Beach, FL, Odd Breed Wild Ales is one of just a handful of breweries in the country focusing on producing wild ales that are fermented and aged in oak. OB’s management views oak-aged wild ales as the ultimate, most complex type of beer—and customers and beer lovers agree wholeheartedly. For additional information, visit: OddBreed.com.
One of Tampa Bay’s newest craft breweries, Bastet Brewing, is celebrating their second anniversary this weekend with several special releases.
It was a fortunate coincidence that I had my recorder handy during August’s Florida Brewers Guild Conference, as both men were in attendance and had some time to sit down and talk about their journeys as brewers and record some of the names of brewers who have come and gone from Florida breweries. Ron and Madison talk about what it was like sharing information between breweries before email and the internet and other differences between their start in brewing and their current state of affairs.
