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.
On Saturday, March 22nd 2014, Orlando Brewing will release The Senator – an Imperial Stout – at 1pm at the Orlando Brewing Taproom.
3500 years ago a Pond Cypress sapling first broke ground in Central Florida, now known as Big Tree Park, Longwood, FL. As a result of careless action in 2012, the landmark that acted to guide The Seminole Indians and other Native Americans for hundreds of years was lost.
To memorialize the oldest Cypress tree on the planet, Orlando Brewing presents The Senator Imperial Stout. Generous amounts of chocolate & roasted malts along with oats – toasted in house – will deliver a dark, robust, creamy delight.
The first beer will be poured at 1pm, art crafted from the wood of the Senator will be on display, and local artists will be wood working on site. Fire management and nature conservation speakers will be presenting throughout the day.
This event is dog and family friendly, free live music performances by will begin at 9pm.
About Orlando Brewing:
Orlando Brewing is the only USDA certified organic brewery south of Vermont and east of Colorado and was the first brewery to be declared “Fresh From Florida” by the Florida State Department of Agriculture. They have been providing Central Florida with fresh, organic handcrafted microbrew since 2006. Free brewery tours are available six days a week at 6pm, and free original live music starts at 9pm every Friday and Saturday night. Orlando Brewing’s taproom sports over 20 taps and is family (and dog) friendly. For more information about Orlando Brewing, please visit: www.orlandobrewing.com.
Cigar City’s collaboration beers seem to pour in an eternal stream: they are ever-flowing and there are always more on tap. The latest in Cigar City’s collaboration is a return collaboration with California’s Coronado Brewing, dubbed Jurata and this one is a Baltic Porter.
This Friday, Cigar City will release Jurata at the brewery with the folks from Coronado Brewing in attendance. From CCB’s Facebook page:
Join us and folks from Coronado Brewing as we release bottles of Jurata Baltic Porter, our collaboration brewed out in California.
In addition to bottles, we will also have draft available, plus some other goodies from Coronado on tap as well.
The last Baltic Porter Cigar City brewed was Kalevipoeg, in honor of their 1000th batch of beer.
Cigar City Brewing is located at 3924 West Spruce Street in Tampa.
Jacksonville- The Secret Spot on the Beach, Jacksonville’s Green Room Brewing, gave the world news of its latest beer to be reborn: Quetzalcoatl.
What is Quetzalcoatl? From Green Room’s newsletter:
Imperial Red Ale Brewed w/ Chocolate, Cassava Root, Serrano & Pablano Peppers. @ 11%
This beer was inspired by the end of the Mayan calendar last year. We wanted to party like it was the end of the world and did! with you all! So this year it’s the return of the “Quetzalcoatl” and this time its personal. So come out December 21st and party like it’s the end of the world again!
Quetzalcoatl will return to Green Room on December 21st both on draft and in bottles.
Green Room has also announced several other new and interesting beers, including a collaboration with the up-and-coming Jdub’s Brewing of Sarasota:
In addition to the Quetzalcoatl we will be tapping a few more beers this month
Dec 12th: tapping of our Christmas beer “HollaRay” amber ale made with spruce tips
Dec 19th: Tapping of the “Coffee Shop” our 420th batch of beer. You’ll just have to come in and check this one out for yourself, I’m not giving away the surprise!
Dec 21st: Tapping and Bottle release of the Quetzalcoatl
Dec 24th: We will be closed Christmas day, so come out on the 24th and get those growlers filled for your holiday.
Dec 26th: Tapping of the collaboration with JDub’s brewing in Sarasota FL and Bold City brewing. A Citrus I.P.A. To be named.
This morning, Friday, August 23rd, 2013, the Dunedin Brewery will release Mainline Porter, a 7.3% Imperial Porter. According to Dunedin Brewery General Manager Michael Lyn Bryant, “the thematic of the name has history with our recent trip across the country, as we constantly crossed tracks & drove alongside railways. We will also be releasing some variation on this porter in the future & will use the names of side tracks to distinguish them, such as a branchline or crossover.”
The brewery has also filled a Buffalo Trace Bourbon barrel to be bottled and released in collaboration with Leuken’s Liquors later this year.
About Dunedin Brewery:
Dunedin Brewery is Florida’s oldest microbrewery. Founded in 1996 in the artistic community of Dunedin, the Dunedin Brewery began as a place for brewer Michael Bryant to create and share his liquid creations. Dunedin brewery is now celebrating twelve years in its present location and pours seven year-round beers along with a new seasonal every month.
Earlier this year, Dunedin Brewery was invited to participate in the Oregon Brewers’ Festival and traveled cross-country in order to do so. Naming the trip “The Floregon Trail,” Dunedin Brewery posted pictures and thoughts on social media while they roamed. The folks at Dunedin brought a mobile brewery with them on the five-week roadtrip and brewed a collaboration beer in Denver on the way home. For more on their trip, see the Twitter hashtag #floregontrail.