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Coppertail Brewing to celebrate three years with a Florida Weiss party

Perfect for Summer enjoyment, Florida Weisse, a regional version of Berliner Weisse beer is growing quickly in popularity and will be the highlight of Coppertail’s celebration on Saturday, August 26th.

Press Release: Coppertail Brewing Co. invites the community to attend a celebration of their third year of producing craft beer in Tampa. Over 30 Florida Weisse beers will be available, including guest taps.  All beer offered at the anniversary event will be from brewers across the state of Florida and the US, including 7th Sun, Angry Chair, Arkane Aleworks, Brew Bus, Cigar City, Cycle Brewing, Green Bench, Hidden Springs, Late Start, MIA Brewing, Motorworks, Six Ten and Tampa Bay Brewing Co. Check the Coppertail Facebook page for additions and updates.

Many Berliner Weisse beers will be on tap as well as other styles of beer. Food will be available during the event which is open to the public at 1:00 pm, and all pours are only $5.00. Many more shaded areas will be provided than last year because it was just too darned hot outside. There will be live music, and admission and parking are free. Ubering or ride sharing is encouraged because parking is limited.

What: Coppertail Brewing Co.
What: 3rd Anniversary Party
When: Saturday, August 26. VIP’s area noon to 5 pm, all others, 1 pm until 5 pm.
Where: 2601 E. 2nd Ave., Tampa, FL, across from Ikea
Cost: Admission is free. A limited number of VIP tickets are available for $50.

About Coppertail Brewing Co.
Coppertail Brewing Co. is an independently owned production brewery in Tampa, FL, founded
in 2014 by home brewer and reformed attorney, Kent Bailey, and professional brewer, Casey
Hughes. The two wanted to bring more hop-forward and Belgian influenced beer to the thirsty
masses.

Coppertail brews and bottles all their beer in Tampa for distribution throughout Florida. Four
core beers are available year-round, with seasonal releases and special treatments offered
throughout the year. Coppertail beer is available at Total Wine, Target, Trader Joe’s, Whole
Foods, Publix and at the brewery seven days a week.

Coppertail recently opened a pub-style restaurant on site in their Tampa tap room. The S & V
Kitchen @ Coppertail is a collaboration with Ty and Lacie Mathis, owners of The Stein and Vine
in Brandon, FL. For more information, visit CoppertailBrewing.com.

The FloridaWeisse Bash is gaining momentum

The FloridaWeisse Bash, formerly Berliner Bash on the Bay, is gearing up for a souringly good time this weekend.

The event was moved from Peg’s Cantina in Gulfport, which has hosted the event for the last two years, to Green Bench Brewing Company in Saint Petersburg. So far, breweries attending will be:

*Green Bench Brewing
*J. Wakefield Brewing
*Cigar City Brewing
*7venth Sun Brewing
*Coppertail Brewing
*Southern Brewing and Winemaking
*Rapp Brewery

Ticketsare $50 a person and limited to 1,000. Tickets get you an 8 oz glass, unlimited pours until the kegs kick, and just a general amazing time. Tickets will go on sale 11:00 AM, day of event.

Green Bench Brewing is located at 1133 Baum Avenue North in Saint Petersburg.

Berliner Bash date changed

The Berliner Bash on the Bay, an annual event that brings out the most acidic beers that Florida has to offer, has had to change its 2014 date.

J. Wakefield Brewing, the event organizer, posted the change on Facebook (note that Wakefield refers to the event as “Floridaweisse Bash” and Cycle Brewing refers to it as Berliner Bash–it is the same event):

The Floridaweisse Bash will now be held on May 10th at Green Bench brewing. We had to move it due to some scheduling conflicts. I should have more hard details later this week but this is a firm date so we hope you guys will be able to make it out.

The event will take place at Green Bench Brewing Company at 1134 Baum Avenue North in Saint Petersburg on May 10th. No time has yet been posted.

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Update on Berliner Bash

Several announcements went out on Monday from the breweries involved in what used to be the “Berliner Bash on the Bay” hosted by Peg’s Cantina in Gulfport.

First, Cycle Brewing announced:

Unfortunately the Berliner Bash at Peg’s Cantina as it was called the past few years, is postponed. We are sorry to say that we will not be hosting this event this spring as we had hoped but you can check out J Wakefield Brewing for what Jonathan is planning instead, the Master of Florida Weisse will be making something happen for all the fans of the style.
In other news, its March, its another fantastic day and we have a record (for us anyway) 19 beers on tap downtown!

When asked in the comments of the post, Doug from Cycle Brewing responded with:

What you may not have known was the real work and effort to put this particular event together came from Jonathan Wakefield and this year we just didn’t feel that we could do the event as well as it deserves to be done. We are not saying we wont do it again, just that our plans to get it put together this spring turned out to be too ambitious.

J. Wakefield Brewing gathered no moss, and quickly moved the venue a few minutes to the north in Saint Petersburg:

This an update on the Floridaweisse Bash. It is still on for April 26th. Due to circumstances it will no longer be held at Pegs/Cycle brewing. This year it will be held at our friends Green Bench Brewing location in St. Pete. After this year it will be moved to Miami from then on. Both Green Bench and I will be posting more details in the next few days so keep an eye out.

So the Bash is still on, it will just be a little further to the north. Keep that bottle of Tums handy and the calendar marked for April 26th.