Oyster City Brewing Company, Apalachicola’s craft brewery has been in planning for a while, but on Monday May 12th, the brewy system was fired up and batch #1 (Mill Pond Dirty Blonde) was on its way to fruition.
Southwest Florida is a few steps closer to a new brewery on their doorstep. Point Ybel Brewing Company, a brewery opening in the Point Ybel area of Fort Myers has posted pictures to their Facebook page of beer-making activities at their facility. According to the pictures and posts, the efforts today are going toward brewing Sanibel Red, which according to Point Ybel’s website is a 5% red ale with “[t]oasted malts with a sweet and bready flavor. Has a low hop character. Brewed with local Mangrove honey. Easy to drink.”