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Shelton Brothers releases the tap list for The Festival

When Shelton Brothers Importers announced that The Festival would be in Saint Petersburg this year, many people looked up the information and sought out tickets. On Monday, October 6th, Shelton Brothers released the tap and bottle list for The Festival and destroyed any doubt that this was an event of titanic proportions.

For the draft list, click here.

For information on tickets, click here.

What breweries will be at The Festival?

INTERNATIONAL BREWERIES:
3 Fonteinen (Belgium) – 8 Wired (New Zealand) – Amager Bryghus (Denmark) – Baird (Japan) – Blaugies (Belgium) – Brasserie du Pays Flamand (France) – Brasserie Dunham (Quebec) – Brekeriet (Sweden) – Brewfist (Italy) – Brewski* (Sweden) – Bridge Road (Australia) – Buxton (England) – Cantillon (Belgium) – Cervesa Guineu (Spain) – La Companyia Cervesera del Montseny (Spain) – Coniston (England) – De la Senne (Belgium) – De Molen (Netherlands) – De Ranke (Belgium) – Dieu du Ciel! (Quebec) – Edge* (Spain) – Freigeist + Monarchy (Germany) – Fyne Ales (Scotland) – ‘t Hofbrouwerijke (Belgium) – Jandrain-Jandrenouille (Belgium) – Jopen* (Netherlands) – La Choulette (France) – Le Trou du Diable (Quebec) – Les Trois Mousquetaires (Quebec) – Magic Rock (England) – Malmo* (Sweden) – Marina (Spain) – Mikkeller (Denmark) – Moor Beer (England) – Nøgne Ø (Norway) – Oedipus* (Netherlands) – Oersoep (Netherlands) – Page 24 (France) – Renaissance (New Zealand) – Ridgeway (England) – Ritterguts (Germany) – Rooie Dop (Netherlands) – Siren (England) – Struise (Belgium) – Thiriez (France) – To Øl (Denmark) – Toccalmatto (Italy) – Trois Dames (Switzerland) – Way Beer* (Brazil) – Weird Beard (England) – Westvleteren (Belgium)

U.S. BREWERIES:
18th Street* – Arizona Wilderness (AZ) – Bagby Beer Co. (CA) – Beachwood (CA) – Bluejacket (DC) – Crooked Stave (CO) – Faction (CA) – Fonta Flora (NC) – Grimm Artisanal Ales* (NY) – Hill Farmstead (VT) – Jester King (TX) – Jolly Pumpkin (MI) – Libertine (CA) – Mystic (MA) – Oxbow (ME) – Perennial* (MO) – Prairie Artisan Ales (OK) – Pretty Things (MA) – Sante Adairius (CA) – Side Project (MO)

FLORIDA BREWERIES:
7venth Sun* – Cigar City* – Coppertail* – Cycle Brewing* – Funky Buddha* – Gravity Brewlab* – Green Bench* – Playalinda* – Redlight Redlight* – Saint Somewhere

CIDER:
Argus Cidery* (TX) – Artisan Beverage Coop (MA) – Cidrerie du Perche (France) – Les Vergers de la Colline (Quebec) – Peckham’s (New Zealand) – Ribela (Spain)
* = first time attending The Festival

The Festival will be held at The Coliseum in Saint Petersburg on October 16th and 17th, 2015.

Brewers from around the world to converge on Saint Petersburg for The Festival

Press Release:

Brewers from around the world will converge on Saint Petersburg for Shelton Brothers’ The Festival.

The Festival, presented by Shelton Brothers, is an annual craft beer and cider festival in a different city every year, and this year we’re bringing it to the Tampa area. The craft beer scene in Florida — and specifically the Tampa/St. Pete area — is one of the best and most up-and-coming in the country, and we’re thrilled to be hosting our event there this year.

What: The Festival 2015
Where: The Coliseum in St. Pete, FL
When: October 16 & 17

We work with some of the smallest and most sought-after breweries in the world and in the U.S., including Cantillon and Drie Fonteinen in Belgium, Hill Farmstead in Vermont, Side Project in Missouri, and many, many more.

What makes our festival really unique is that all the brewers fly in from all over the U.S. and all over the world — from Europe to Japan to New Zealand — to pour their wares and talk about them to fest-goers. And we’ll have more than 90 breweries represented at this year’s fest.

We also love to showcase the best local breweries at each year’s “Moveable Fest,” and this year will include the very best from Florida, including Green Bench, Cycle Brewing, Cigar City, Funky Buddha, St. Somewhere, and more. The full list can be found here: http://sheltonbrothers.com/festival

We’ll have three sessions — one on Friday and two on Saturday — and each is four hours long. Tickets are $65 for a session or $175 for the entire weekend, and all drink pours are included in the price.

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What is Darwin Brewing Company doing for Tampa Bay Beer Week?

Tampa Bay Beer Week is just that, a week of events encompassing all of Tampa Bay’s great breweries- and don’t forget the breweries across the Sunshine Skyway.

Darwin Brewing Company has a few events that they will be participating in as well:

Brew and BBQ Night at Urban Brew and BBQ in St. Pete on Friday, 3/13
Featured specialty beer at Mermaid Tavern on Friday, 3/13
We will also be pouring at Hunahpu Day, 3/14. Our featured beers at Hunahpu will be Ayawasca, Charapa, Leche de Tigre Gose, and an Andean Influenced Florida Weiss.

Look for Darwin Brewing Company beers throughout Tampa Bay as they are currently distributed in Tampa as well.

What is Pair O Dice Brewing doing for Tampa Bay Beer Week?

What is Pair O Dice Brewing, one of Tampa’s hoppiest brewers doing for Tampa’s hoppiest weeks? Quite a bit.

3/9/15 – Pair O’ Dice is open on a Monday from 4:00 – 10:00pm! Grab a pint of their GOLD Medal winning Let It Rye’d IPA!

3/10/15 – Stout Smackdown at Pair O’ Dice Brewing. 12+ Stouts and Porters will take over the Pair O’ Dice taps with cupcake pairings from The Culinary Nerd from 5:00 – 9:00pm.

3/10/15 – Beer Dinner @ Urban Brew and BBQ at 6pm and 8:40pm, $35pp. Five Pair O’ Dice beers will be paired with five plates from the NEW Urban Comfort menu.

3/10/15 – Pair O’ Dice Brewery Night @ World of Beer Carrollwood. Four Pair O’ Dice beers will be on tap!

3/11/15 – Biers and Brats at Pair O’ Dice Brewing from 5:00 – 10:00pm. Pair O’ Dice will be tapping a Rauchbeir, Hefeweizen, and Roggenbeir to pair with Authentic German Bratwursts provided by Brats Sensation.

3/11/15 – Pair O’ Dice Tap Takeover and Keep the Pint Night @ The Brass Tap Oldsmar, 7:00pm. Five Pair O’ Dice beers will be on tap including their GOLD medal winning Let It Rye’d IPA, highly anticipated Spring seasonal Lucky Lucy Strawberry Blonde, and Mexicali Jalapeno Lime Pale Ale. Buy a Pair O’ Dice beer and keep the pint!

3/12/15 – Craft Beer and Cheese Paring Experience at Pair O’ Dice Brewing from 7:30 – 9:00pm. Five Pair O’ Dice beers will be paired with five carefully selected cheeses from Mazzaros’ Italian Market. Pair O’ Dice Head Brewer, Ken Rosenthal, and Mazzaro’s Italian Market Cheese Monger, Chuck Maki, will discuss each of the pairings. Cost is $30 and seats can be reserved here à https://www.eventbrite.com/e/craft-beer-and-cheese-pairing-experience-tickets-15638342704

3/13/15 – Beer and Brisket Brew N Que at Pair O’ Dice Brewing from 5:00 – 10:00pm. Their 2nd Annual Brisket & Beer Brew N Que, Pair O’ Dice will be pairing their brews with lots of competition quality slow smoked brisket served Texas style. This year Pair O’ Dice is collaborating with JJ’s Barbecue to make sure there’s plenty of brisket to go around, but when it’s gone it’s gone. You’ve been asking for it all year… come get your brisket fix!

3/13/15 – Pair O’ Dice Keg Release @ West Bay Public House at 6:00pm. Special tapping of Pair O’ Dice’s PIT BOSS Triple IPA, a 10% imperial that weighs in at 125 IBUs and uses triple the amount of hops of their flagship Hop Bet Red IPA, and MEXICALI Jalapeño Lime Pale Ale with ood pairings from Out of the Pot, so bring your appetite!

Pair O Dice Brewing is located at 4400 118th Avenue in Clearwater.

Tampa Bay Brewing Company

What is Tampa Bay Brewing Company doing for Tampa Bay Beer Week?

Tampa Bay Brewing Company, one of Tampa’s finest brewpubs, is hosting a cadre of interesting and beer-laden events for 2015’s Tampa Bay Beer Week.

Fresh off the Tampa Bay Brewing Company newsletter, here is the list of events from TBBC for Tampa’s weeklong craft beer showcase:

Tampa Bay Beer Week is upon us! This, kick ass week of beer awesome-ness kicks off March 7th with the Florida Brewer’s Guild Craft Beer Festival at Cotanchobee Fort Brooke Park in Channelside. For more details about this event click here.

TBBC is involved with many events around the area, including two great events at your favorite pub! Here is short summary so you may plan accordingly:

Saturday 3/7 – FBG Craft Beer Fest
Sunday 3/8 – Brewer’s Ball to announce the best Florida beers!
Monday 3/9 – Cask Event – Mermaid Tavern, Nebraska Ave
Tuesday 3/10 – TBBC’s Beer Dinner
Wednesday 3/11 – Cask Event – Wild Rover, Odessa
Thursday 3/12 – Night of Wood at TBBC – Free event, no reservations
Friday 3/13 – TBBC Night at Pour House, Kennedy Blvd, Tampa
Saturday 3/14 – St. Patty’s Day Parade Ybor City

Other events are in planning, so please check out our Facebook Page for event updates!

Fat Point Brewing Company: events and closer to opening

The folks at Fat Point Brewing Company, Punta Gorda’s future craft brewery, are pounding pavement to give people the good beer news that Punta Gorda will soon have a craft brewery. If that wasn’t reason enough for Southwest Florida celebration, then the upcoming preview events might be.

From Fat Point’s blog:

*After testing and cleaning all of next week, we’re brewing our first large scale batch on June 24th with successive brews each of the following two days. We’re going to brew 60BBLs that first week – or close to 2000 gallons of Fat Point beer.

*We worked with Executive Chef Jason Van Marter from Opus restuarant in Punta Gorda to plan our next event there. On June 29th, we’re going to have our Beer Brunch tasting including interesting twists on old favorites such as beer mimosas, micheladas (bloody beers), a Belgian strong ale and even a one-of-a-kind brew just for this event. Our team brewed a stout infused with cinnamon, allspice and coffee for this event!

*We hope to open our tap room in early August.

Southern Brewing to host art market

Southern Brewing & Winemaking is hosting a Summer Art Market to feature local art, crafts, food, music, and beer.

Southern Brewing & Winemaking (Southern) is hosting its first Summer Art Market on Sunday, May 25, from 12-5p. The market will take place in the Southern biergarten and adjacent lot.

The market will showcase 30 local artists that will have their work available for purchase. Artwork featured at the show includes paintings, jewelry, metal sculptures, baked goods, apparel, home décor, beauty products, photography, dry gardens and more.

Local musicians Fil Pate and 10th Concession will be playing in the biergarten during the event, and local vendors will have a wide variety of food available at the market. Guests will also be able to enjoy a variety of craft beer while browsing through the market.

“To us, a well made craft beer is a work of art, so it makes sense to pair that up with other art mediums,” stated Marketing Manager Cindy Lyons.
Southern is brewing a special event-themed beer that will be released at the market. The company has designed special glassware for the event as well, which will be for sale in the biergarten and will get attendees discounts on draught beers all day.

“I’ve had a vision of doing an event like this since we first moved to this location,” stated Kelly Fenstermacher, owner of Southern. “I’m excited to finally see it come to fruition. I love art, and as a small business owner, it’s important to me to promote other local small businesses whenever possible.”

About Southern Brewing & Winemaking
Located in Seminole Heights, Southern Brewing & Winemaking is a small, local craft brewery that makes and serves beers, ciders, meads, and sodas on site. The taproom has 24 taps and is located inside the conjoined homebrewing and winemaking supply shop.

Southern Brewing & Winemaking brings in weekly food trucks and musicians, offers monthly classes on home brewing, and hosts events throughout the year in their newly redesigned biergarten.

The Summer Art Market is family and pet friendly and free to attend.

Southern Brewing is located at 4500 North Nebraska Avenue in the Seminole Heights area of Tampa.

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