The Miami-area craft brewer, J. Wakefield Brewing has hosted Wakefest, an annual invitational beer festival and anniversary celebration, for the past eight years. In a letter dated 2/9, the brewery announces that the festival will not have its scheduled slot in 2024.
One of the hottest beers on Floridian’s radar happens to be one of the most sough-after Berliner Weisses in the world, according to Ratebeer.com: J. Wakefield Brewing’s DFPF. Since opening its doors almost two years ago, J Wakefield Brewing has been pouring beers around the state, with the recent distribution expansion into the Tampa market, J Wakefield Brewing is growing beyond its Miami home.
Press Release: J. Wakefield Brewing has announced expanded distribution plans for Orlando and Tampa.
Beginning immediately, Cavalier Distribution will distribute draught versions of J. Wakefield’s flagship beers including El Jefe Hefeweizen, Hops 4 Teacher IPA, Amber Waves, 24th Street Brown Ale, and UJP Porter, as well as seasonal and limited releases as they are available.
J. Wakefield Brewing made news in the local newspapers when their beer made it on tap at Hard Rock Stadium (formerly Joe Robbie Stadium – where the Miami Dolphins play), and now the Miami craft brewery has given some details of their upcoming bottle release.
He has worked and poured, poured and worked, and now Miami’s own Jonathan Wakefield says that the brewery should open in October of 2014.
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.