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Engine 15 releases Phil N. Thropic Ale for Child Cancer Fund

Press Release: JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (September 10, 2013) – CHILD Cancer Fund, a local non-profit helping children and their families through the challenges of childhood cancer in Jacksonville, Fla., is the beneficiary of Engine 15 – Burrito Gallery Lot Party on Saturday, September 21, 2013. This event will be held at 21 E. Adams Street, Jacksonville, Fla. from 2 to 6 p.m.

The lot party will include a beer truck from Brown Distributing featuring beer from Engine 15 including the CHILD Cancer Fund special brew “Phil ‘N Thropic.” Also included are food trucks, artist/vendor booths, a bike raffle from Bikes Direct, music and more.

Luciano Scremin, owner of Engine 15, stated, “We are happy to partner with the CHILD Cancer Fund. We are proud to support such a great cause and bring awareness to childhood cancer.” All proceeds will benefit CHILD Cancer Fund, serving local families in Northeast Florida and Southeast Georgia.

Carla Montgomery, Executive Director of CHILD Cancer Fund, said, “Our programs and services are completely dependent upon contributors like Engine 15 and Burrito Gallery who champion our cause.

September is childhood cancer awareness month and we are deeply grateful for the difference this event makes in the lives of the brave children and families we serve.” CHILD Cancer Fund provides support for families every step of the way.

For more information about the CHILD Cancer Fund contact Carla Montgomery, Executive Director at (904) 396-4223.

Bold City Brewing adds to can lineup

Jacksonville- Bold City Brewing started its life as a canning brewery a few short months ago with the release of Duke’s Cold Nose Brown Ale in cans on June 19th. Now the brewery has expanded their can lineup to include two new beers: Mad Manatee IPA and Killer Whale Cream Ale.

Bold City will follow up the can release with a tasting at Total Wine Jacksonville on Saturday from 12-3pm.

About Bold City:

Bold City started in 2002 when now-owner Brian Miller began homebrewing. After several years of homebrewing, he convinced his mother, Susan Miller, to leave her job at Blue Cross and Blue Shield in order to start a production brewery. Bold City began and remains family-owned and operated. The Miller family runs every aspect of Bold City from promotions and marketing to canning and kegging. Bold City distributes cans, bottles, and kegs in Tampa, Gainesville, and throughout Jacksonville.

What’s in the hopper for Green Room Brewing

Jacksonville’s beachside brewery has given a sneak of some of the beers currently flowing towards their taps, along with expected tapping dates. Here’s a look, courtesy of Green Room’s lowdown newsletter.

Aug 1st. Tapping of the collaboration with World of Beer the “Ponce Pale Ale” which will be a Pale ale made with fresh orange peel.

Aug 8th. Tapping of the “Lemon Fresh” Lemon cream Ale.

Aug 15th. Tapping of the “Mini Session” Our very own session pale ale chocked full of hoppy goodness without all the head pounding that comes along with big IPA’s

Aug 22nd. The return of the “Cafe Brown” made with coffee from our friends at Bold Bean coffee roasters here in Jax.

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Pinglehead Brewing gets new head brewer

Orange Park- Pinglehead Brewing Company, the brewery inside Brewer’s Pizza of Orange Park, announced a relatively new face is taking over their brewery. Aaron Taylor has worked up his clown feet to become the Pinglehead head brewer. Aaron takes over the reins of Pinglehead after working as an assistant brewer under former brewer Keegan Malone with the assistance of Aardwolf brewer Michael Payne.

Aaron has some big shoes to fill, and not just because Pinglehead’s mascot is a clown. Former brewer Keegan Malone brought several medals home from the Best Florida Beer Championship and has departed from Pinglehead.

Photos are up on Pinglehead’s Facebook page of Aaron and his recent brewing experience at Pinglehead.

Ragtime Tavern celebrates 30 years

Atlantic Beach- The month of July marks more than just fireworks and the Fourth of July holiday for one of Jacksonville’s oldest craft breweries. For Ragtime Tavern, an anchor of a pub on Jacksonville’s eastern seashore, July 2013 marks 30 years of business and 20 years of brewing.

The years have been kind to Ragtime. The restaurant began under the ownership of the Morton family who had the revolutionary idea to begin brewing beer on the restaurant premises to serve to thirsty patrons. At the time Ragtime began brewing, there were only a handful of breweries in Florida as compared to the current eruption of craft breweries throughout the Sunshine State.

The idea to brew in a restaurant did not go unnoticed– the many tourists and locals of Jacksonville took notice, and so did a restaurant chain looking at the same concept. In 1997, the Big River Group (now called Craft Works) bought the establishment from the Morton family and has run the beach pub ever since.

The brewery at Ragtime is run by Scott Bannester who keeps the taps full and the patrons happy. Bannester makes sure that Dolphin’s Breath Lager is always fresh and the Sweet Magnolia Brown is always in season.

Ragtime is running specials throughout the month of July to celebrate their anniversary.

For more information, see the article in the Jacksonville Times-Union.

Bold City Brewery goes for the cans

Jacksonville- On June 19th, 2013, the Bold City Brewery in Jacksonville joined the ranks of Florida’s canning breweries. Bold City began their canning with their core brown ale, Duke’s Cold Nose Brown Ale in 6-packs of 12oz cans. According to Bold City’s head brewer Brian Miller, other brands will be coming to cans in the future including Killer Whale Cream Ale, Mad Manatee IPA, and 1901 Roasted Red Ale.

With the addition of a canning line, Bold City will join the aluminum ranks of neighboring Intuition Ale Works, fellow Floridians Tampa Bay Brewing Company, and Tampa’s Cigar City Brewing. All of these Florida Breweries proudly can their beer and own their canning line. Other breweries, including most recently Jacksonville’s Green Room Brewery have canned using the Craft Beer Crew mobile canning line service.

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Bold City Brewery announces new seasonal

Jacksonville- Bold City Brewery announced last week that they had a “a special surprise tapping of our Summer Seasonal.” They put off the tapping until June 13th and then finally they unveiled this brew to the world.

From the Bold City Brewery Newsletter, as written by Brian Miller, Bold City’s Director of Operations:

My Dad, Big John Miller as we like to call him, has been requesting, on the verge of begging, for us to brew an Apricot Wheat ale. We have been trying to fit it in the brew schedule for the last year or so but have been unable to. With Father’s day coming up on Sunday, we had to get it done. So we brewed, packaged, got a sweet label made all without him knowing. Last night, we unveiled the new brew with the whole family here and he was super stoked. It was a fantastic moment and one myself and I’m sure my Dad, will not soon forget. The new ale is called Big John’s Apricot wheat and it has a picture of the one and only Big John Miller on it.

Apparently the Millers kept the beer secret in order to surprise their patriarch, and now it will be distributed in Jacksonville. No word yet on if this beer will become a permanent addition to the Bold City lineup.

For more information see Bold City’s Facebook Page or website.

 

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About Bold City Brewery
Bold City Brewery is locally owned and operated by Brian and Susan Miller (no relation to the Miller Brewing Company, although the money would be nice). They are supported by the rest of the Miller family who all have a hand in the operations whether it be marketing, distributing, ordering supplies, cleaning tanks or doing what’s most important, brewing beer. Brian, the Brewmaster started with home brewing in 2002. Brian was a member of the Local Home Brewers Club in Jacksonville prior to opening the brewery. His mother, Susan, left her job in management at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida to join the beer biz. She is primarily responsible for managing the on-site Tavern.