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Dunedin House of Beer

Dunedin House of Beer is expanding operations

Press Release: Business is hopping for local craft brewer Dunedin House of Beer. The brewery, located at 927 Broadway in downtown Dunedin, recently purchased a 6,000-square-foot industrial space to house a new brewing system that will increase production fivefold in the coming year.

“Right now, I can’t make enough beer to satisfy the demand in our Dunedin taproom, let alone our other locations,” said Andy Polce, owner of Dunedin House of Beer. “This new system will increase production and will allow us to keep more beers on tap and also distribute to other bars around town.”

Construction is currently underway on the property and is expected to be complete at the end of January. Looking ahead, Polce plans to create a taproom experience in the new location with outdoor patio space on the Pinellas Trail.

“Our first priority is to increase production,” said Polce. “Once that’s complete, we’ll focus on building our beautiful new taproom. With all of the growth that’s happening in Dunedin, we’re thrilled to have three-quarters of an acre in the heart of this development. The land itself is hugely attractive and we’re excited to move into this bigger space.”

With more than enough room to grow, the brewery is also looking to lease out space in their new location. Potential tenants have already expressed interest in the space, including Grace Church of Dunedin. The church is currently meeting at Dunedin High School, but is looking for a space in the downtown area.

“This is an exciting time for Dunedin House of Beer and we are thrilled to work with them on their expansion,” said Patrick Fenech, Senior Vice President and Managing Director of SBA Lending for American Momentum Bank. “As a company, we believe in their brand and we look forward to a long-term business relationship.”

About Dunedin House of Beer
The House of Beer™ originally opened in Dunedin, FL, February 2009. The House of Beer™ regardless of the location, features a huge selection of the finest craft beers from all over the world, with 40 taps flowing and dozens more styles available by the bottle in our cooler. We love beer as much as you do, and we’re always looking for new and exciting brews to bring in and enjoy! We always keep a wide variety of styles on tap – with several beers made in house.

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7venth Sun Brewery awarded medal at World Beer Cup

Press Release: Results came in a little more than a week ago for the eleventh World Beer Cup, hosted every two years and known as the most prestigious beer competition in the world. Over 200 judges gathered to taste nearly 6600 entries from 1907 breweries. Among Florida’s five winning breweries, 7venth Sun Brewery of Dunedin (and soon to be Tampa), took a silver medal for their Saison, La Fete, in the Session category. This award was the capstone after accumulating several awards in recent months, including a bronze for Vultures From the Past, a barrel-aged barley wine, at the annual Chicago hosted Festival of Wood and Barrel Aged Beers. 7venth Sun also received best small brewery two years running in Florida’s Best of Florida Beer Championships as well as winning a gold medal for La Fete, a silver for Headbanger IPA and a gold and best small batch beer for Vultures From the Past.

The brewery hopes to ride this wave of success into the opening of their second location in Tampa before the end of the year. The 18,000 square foot warehouse will offer the opportunity to produce more beer as well as a second and larger tasting room and event space. Demolition is currently underway with build-out soon to follow. The team plans to continue to brew the same type and styles of beers it currently offers in Dunedin – IPAs, Saisons, Farmhouse and Old World Style beers – as well as a large expansion of their barrel-aged program. Details to come as the project progresses.

Congratulations to 7venth Sun on this latest award!

7venth Sun announces another Hunahpu Hangover Day

It is no secret that 7venth Sun is driving great beer forward in their Dunedin home and that, as they told Florida Beer News, the new Sun location in Seminole Heights is well on its way. This year, the annual day-after-Hunahpu Day celebration, dubbed Hunahpu Hangover Day, will have a brother.

This flyer from the 2nd annual Hunahpu Hangover Day captures the essence of the event.

This flyer from the 2nd annual Hunahpu Hangover Day captures the essence of the event.

From 7venth Sun (condensed, see original here):

You’ve been a believer, a supporter, and a lover of beer, and it’s only because of you that we get to do what we love most…

This year for Hangover Day, we thought we would christen our new location with a lot party in honor of you. Since we are still in the process of building out for the new facility, the parking lot will host the event. And because Dunedin is where it all started and what you made possible, we are also going to continue the tradition of Dunedin Hangover Day, too.

Thanks again for believing in what we do. It’s damned fun because we get to hang out with you while we drink and make beer.

Salud,

Devon and Justin, and the 7venth Sun Crew

Hunahpu Hangover Day will take place at the 7venth Sun Seminole Heights and 7venth Sun Dunedin locations on Sunday, March 13th 2016.

7venth Sun wants to take creativity as far as it will go in their new home

When news broke of Dunedin’s 7venth Sun Brewery opening a new and larger home in Seminole Heights, the rumor mill started speculating about what might be in store for the stalwart crew of the 7venth Sun. In mid-November, 7venth Sun co-owners Justin Stange and Devon Kreps detailed just what they had in mind for the brewery’s rise in one of Tampa’s most up-and-coming neighborhoods.

The new building itself is near the intersection of Nebraska and Sligh in Tampa just north of the Mermaid Tavern. This building is more than ten times the size of their Dunedin home, and once renovated will offer brewing staff a canvas to create exactly the type of beers they envisioned when the 7venth Sun rose in 2011. During and after the process, the Dunedin 7venth Sun will remain open–Kreps and Stange have no plans to close the Dunedin location.

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What type of beers? “We are looking to set up a climate-controlled barrel cellar, stage more blends, and make more Belgian-style farmhouse ales.” Stange admits that most of the beers that have been released from the facility in Dunedin have been from a single barrel, that should change when the new place opens.

Opening day is in the works, but the building will need some renovation and repairs before construction, and then the brewery will introduce itself to the new building in phases.

Also included in this new home will be a Quality Assurance lab and an increased presence in distribution, including 7venth Sun cans available locally. Stange estimates that year one will raise their annual production eightfold.

“We remain dedicated to making the beers we love,” says Stange. “We’re not trying to take over the world or to be on every corner, just to raise the bar on creativity as high as we can.”

One of 7venth Sun's goals is to make more fruited wild ales and blended barrel-aged beers.

One of 7venth Sun’s goals is to make more fruited wild ales and blended barrel-aged beers.

Dunedin Brewery is full of bitterness tonight

Dunedin Brewery loves to plan and coordinate festivals celebrating beer, music, and wonderful aspects of this life. Tonight, Saturday, June 6th, the brewery will celebrate the most popular style of beer out there: India Pale Ales. The 7th Annual Dunedin Brewery IPA Fest will showcase old favorites, new classics, and a few surprises.

From Dunedin Brewery:

Our 7th Annual IPA Festival. This event (always the first Saturday in June) is a celebration of hoppy beer, Indian street food & live music.

$45 includes commemorative tasting glass, food & access to 35+ Local & National IPAs on draft. Live music by ROXY ROCA (from Austin, TX) & Fresh Hops (NW Indiana).

Limited to 350 people.

Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/dunedin-brewery-ipa-festival-2015-tickets-16416809118

Beer List:
Dunedin Brewery American Classic IPA
Dunedin Daily Double IPA
Dunedin You Get The IPA You Choose
Dunedin Chocolate Orange IPA
Dunedin Nelson Blanc IPA
Dunedin Three Copper Coins
Dunedin Prickly Pear Smoked Poblano IPA You Choose
Dunedin Lemon Ginger IPA
Dunedin Hell Ride (chipotle dipa)
7venth Sun Come Towards The Light (india pale lager)
7venth Sun Unstoppable Anger (brett white ipa)
Evil Twin / 7venth Sun Citra Sunshine Slacker
Lagunitas Waldo Special Ale
Lagunitas Sucks
Stone Ruination 2.0
Founders Centennial
Founders Devil Dancer
Cigar City Florida Man Double IPA
Cigar City Homefront IPA
Terrapin Hop Selection
Angry Chair Byron IPA
Sierra Nevada Harvest Single-Hop IPA: Idaho 7
Dogfish Head Sixty-One
Orange Blossom Brewing Back in the Day IPA
Tomoka Twist of Cane DIPA
Ballast Point Dorado DIPA
Fat Heads Headhunter
Barley Mow Quackalope
Nature Coast Citrus Ave IPA
HOB Cool Cucumber IPA
Funky Buddha Session IPA
Funky Buddha More Moro (blood orange ipa)
Green Bench Black IPA
Boulevard Pop Up
Intuition I-10
Sixpoint Resin
& more

Food:
Tandoori Chicken Kebabs
• Saffron Rice w/ Chick Pea Masala
• Chana Jor Garam (snack food)
• Eggplant Pav Bhaji
• Assorted Chutneys

The Dunedin Brewery is located at 937 Douglas Avenue in Dunedin. The 7th Annual IPA Festival takes place tonight, June 6th, 2015. The trouble starts at 7pm. The festival was sold out as of Friday afternoon.

Dunedin Brewery’s 3rd Annual Spring Beer Jam Starts today

Spring Beer Jam, Dunedin Brewery’s annual celebration of music and beer, will begin today, Thursday March 26th and go through Sunday on the brewery’s grounds in Dunedin.

From Dunedin Brewery:

Always the last weekend in March. No cover. Unique beers & jamz all weekend.

This year, we are hosting The Heavy Pets for a 4-day/night Spring Training Residency w/ 4 nights of THP sets as well as numerous side-projects & surprise guests, alongside sets from other great bands:

Full Schedule:

Thursday, March 26th – Kinky Reggae Party:
• 8pm: The Fritz
• 10pm: The Heavy Pets (all reggae set, from roots to dancehall)

Friday, March 27th – Dunedin Rock City:
• 4pm: Fat Mannequin
• 6pm: DJ 45Revolver
• 8:30pm: Naughty Professor
• 10:30pm: The Heavy Pets (full blown rock n roll salvation set)
• 12:30am: Spontaneous Underground

Saturday, March 28th – Space Disco:
• 3pm: Lather Up!
• 6pm: Ketchy Shuby
• 9:00pm: The Heavy Pets (all disco dance set)
• 11:00pm: The Nth Power
• 12:30am: DJ Tony D (at 7venth Sun Brewery, around the corner)

Sunday, March 29th – …in its entirety:
• 4pm: Displace
• 6pm: Whole Pig Roast, in its entirety (Family Dinner Style)
• 7:00pm: The Heavy Pets (their album “Whale”, in it’s entirety)
• 10:30am: Dubble James

What beers will be on tap to celebrate Spring Beer Jam? Look no further:

A few of the beers that will be on tap throughout the weekend of the event:
• The Staggering Solstice (chamomile, orange, ginger, witbier)
• Hoperation of Flight
• Pass it Down Brown
• AURA Gold
• Exostenture
• American Classic IPA
• Little Lai PA (black cherry pale ale)
• Mental Projection (belgian blonde w/ Lemongrass, Orange Zest, Saaz, Juniper Berries)
• Sgt. Serrano’s Mocha Pepper Stout
• Beet Red Apricot
• Burundi a Bumoco Coffee Dubbel
• The MOAR
• Crimson Mole
• Lavender Cherry Milk Stout
• Saint Jambrinus
• Streetsweeper Mixtape vol 1 (imperial porter)
• Streetsweeper Mixtape vol 2 (black cherry graham cracker)
• Streetsweeper Mixtape vol 3 (peanut butter pie)
• Carum Quercus
• Leonard Croon’s Oatmeal Stout
• Bourbon Barrel Batch 1000
• Bourbon Barrel Midnight Sextant
• Liberated Mundofolbick
• Biere de Cafe
• & MORE!

Dunedin Brewery is located at 937 Patricia Avenue in Dunedin. The annual Spring Beer Jam launches tonight, Thursday, at 8pm.

Dunedin Brewery’s Stogies and Stouts returns for a 14th year

One of the only beer festivals dedicated to one style, Dunedin Brewery’s Stogies and Stouts returns for the 14th year.

From Dunedin Brewery events page:

Join us for our 14th Annual Stogies & Stout. This event (always the last Saturday in February) is a celebration of dark beer, cigar smoke & live music. The fest will take place on Saturday, February 28 from 7:00pm – 11:00pm.

$35 includes commemorative tasting glass, choice of cigar & access to 30+ Local & National stouts on draft. Live music by Lingo (from Atlanta, GA). $45 includes meal voucher.

Limited to 350 people.

Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/dunedin-brewery-stogies-stout-2015-tickets-15071992736