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J. Wakefield Brewing to collaborate with Stone Brewing Company

Miami’s J. Wakefield Brewing Company is not resting on laurels. After a stint in Tampa Bay brewing at Cigar City Brewing, the Cigar City Brewpub, and Brewer’s Tasting Room, owner Johnathan Wakefield announced recently that one of the brewery’s next projects will be a collaboration with Escondido, California’s Stone Brewing Company.

Stone Brewing Company has a record of collaborating with many other breweries across the country, incorporating both large and small breweries in brewing beers that express mutual creativity and terroir around the U.S.

About Stone Brewing Company:

Since opening its doors in 1996, Stone Brewing Company brews on their two 120 bbl brewing system built by Rolec in Bavaria, Germany in their 55,000 square-foot facility in Escondido, California. Stone is distributed in 37 states, including Florida. As of 2013, Stone is the 10th largest craft brewery in the United States.

About J. Wakefield Brewing:

J. Wakefiels Brewing is one of Miami’s up-and-coming breweries. JWB is currently under construction in the Wynwood area of Miami, planning on opening in early 2014. Wakefield has made headlines repeatedly, both for his beers and his recent crowdfunding campaign which raised over $100,000.

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Jdub’s Brewing and Three Palms’ twofold collaboration

Brandon’s Three Palms Brewing Company opened their tasting room back in August and keeps rolling out new beers. Their latest beer, announced yesterday, will be a collaboration beer with future Sarasota brewery Jdub’s Brewing Company.

From Three Palms:

JDUBs and Three Palms brewed a Smoked Saison around 4.5% and a Berliner Weiss around 3.5%. We have yet to finalize the names for them.

Due South Brewing and Tomoka Brewery collaborate

Boynton Beach- The Florida collaborative spirit has struck again. This week Jennifer Hawkins and Peter Szunyogh from Tomoka brewery closed the brewpub for four days in order to travel, well due south, to brew their collaboration beer with Due South (not four days worth of brewing, but likely the Thanksgiving holiday as well).

Then Monday Due South Brewing posted a picture of the brew day with a small tidbit about the beer:

Collaboration brew happening today with Tomoka Brewery. Keep an eye out for this gingersnap beer to be released just in time for the holidays.

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Grasslands releases collaboration with Fermentation Lounge

Tallahassee- Last night saw the release of two beers brewed collaboratively between Tallahassee’s Fermentation Lounge and the Capital City’s up-and-coming Grasslands Brewing Company. Fermentation’s Robert Clark and Grasslands’ Gabe Grass teamed up to brew twenty gallons of a traditional Belgian Ale brewed with rye and oats. Then Fermentation Lounge took ten gallons and treated it with lemon zest and white peppercorns to highlight certain flavor components in the beer.

The beer was then released at the opening of Fermentation Lounge, 5pm on Wednesday.

Brewer Robert Clark has indicated that this collaborative beer will be the first in series that will showcase Tallahassee’s homebrewing talent as well as serving to spotlight some of Talahassee’s emerging breweries.

via Craftbeer.com

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Funky Buddha and Cigar City Brewpub collaborate

The Miami Dolphins are in town to do battle with their intrastate rivals, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Tampans are emerging to see the game that they hope will be the Buccaneers’ best chance to break their losing streak. South Floridians made the drive up to Tampa to watch what they hope will be the re-establishment of their Dolphins. The folks from Funky Buddha Brewery made the trek to Tampa and like rolling stones, they gathered no moss. Instead, the funky bunch drove right up Dale Mabry Highway and over to the Cigar City Brewpub and put together a beer with CCB brewpub brewer Tim Ogden.

When asked for details on the beer, Funky Buddha brewer Ryan Sentz offered “Imperial oyster stout.”

To celebrate the oyster stout, the CCB Brewpub posted:

Funky Buddha Brewery is here today and brewing a collaboration! It’s going to be an oyster stout. Dig it?

To celebrate, we’re serving 2 oyster dishes starting at 4pm today.

First dish: 3 fresh Gulf oysters paired with 3 mignonette sauces: Paulina Pedrosa, Carrollwood Cougar, and a house cocktail sauce

Second dish: Smoked oyster, caper aioli served on puff pastry with pickled jalapeño

Cigar City Brewing will be amping up closer to game time at 5pm by putting several Funky Buddha Beers on tap in the CCB Tasting Room near 1 Buc Place, including Sweet Potato Casserole and Chocolate-Covered Cherry Porter.

About the football game, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Miami Dolphins kick off at 8:30pm tonight. This game marks only the tenth time that these two teams have met for regular season play. The Dolphins lead the series having won five of the nine meetings.

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Terrapin and Cigar City collaboration announced

Terrapin Brewery of Athens, Georgia and Cigar City Brewing of Tampa have teamed up to put pecan pie in a glass. The beer will be called Southern Slice, and aside from satisfying those with a sweet tooth, the beer also helps clarify any confusion about the pronunciation of the nuts used inside the beer.

The beer label is approved for 750 mL bottles, being filled and released by Cigar City.

The beer begins with a dark lager base and then combines specialty grains, pecans, and vanilla beans to make a beer that could “conquer any sweet tooth.”

According to CCB’s head brewer, Wayne Wambles and a warning on the bottle, the nuts added to the beer are pronounced “puh-con,” not “pee-can.” Cigar City

Our suggestion is to say "PEE-can" to Wayne if you ever see him. He just LOVES that. @TerrapinBeerCo @BeerSTJournal

— Cigar City Brewing (@CigarCityBeer) October 24, 2013

“>tweeted previously, encouraging beer fans to remember that fact when around Mr. Wambles.

via Beer Street Journal

Grasslands Brewing Company

Update on Grasslands/ Fermentation Lounge collab

After publishing the article yesterday on the Grasslands Brewing and Fermentation Lounge collaboration beer, Fermentation Lounge brewer Robert Clark emailed Florida Beer News with some further information on the collaboration.

We made 30 gallons of the beer at Ferm (Grasslands has no license). All thirty gallons are currently in our tanks behind the bar and undergoing the fermentation process. All thirty gallons are based on one of Grassland’s flagship brews Ryzein’ Sun Saison. The Ferm brew team will take 10 gallons (we have 10 and 20 gallon fermentors), and add a special treatment to it. I also tweaked the initial grain bill of that batch. 20 gallons will be left alone, so that people can get a “first taste” of Grasslands beer. We are calling it a collab, but I am trying to give the spotlight to Grasslands beer and allow him a chance to show off his brand.

Clark also says that he is trying to work with local homebrewers to showcase Tallahassee talents, and give them a chance to brew something special. Clark is also in talks to collaborate with Canopy Roads Brewing of Tallahassee, a brewery in planning.