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What is Wynwood Brewing bringing to GABF?

Are you flying out to Denver to support Florida’s breweries at the Great American Beer Festival?

Wynwood Brewing Company will be going as well. The Miami brewery recently shared their list of beers headed out west for Denver’s big festival.

Going to judging:

*La Rubia Blonde Ale
*Pop’s Porter
*Magic City Pale Ale
*Rickenbacker Pils
*Father Francisco – Belgian Golden Strong

The same beers will be pouring at the festival.

Look for Wynwood Brewing in the “Southeast” section on the festival floor.

Wynwood Brewing expands distribution

Miami’s Wynwood Brewing is looking beyond the azure waters of Miami and expanding distribution further north into central and southwest Florida.

From Wynwood’s Facebook page:

We are excited to announce our journey into northern Florida with limited distribution in a few accounts just to get started… Keep an eye out for Wynwood Brewing Company up in Ft. Meyers/Naples, Orlando, Tampa, Tallahassee, and Jacksonville.

Looks like the new tanks and the brewery space previously announced are being put to good use.

MIA Brewing begins production

Miami’s craft beer scene is about add a new flavor to the palate: MIA Brewing Company of Doral.

MIA Brewing has received a temporary certificate of occupancy for their brewery and has begun making beer. Originally, the brewery had planned to be open in January but was delayed to to a few snags in construction.

According to an article in the Miami New-Times, MIA’s first beers have already been decided:

The first beer to be launched is a hefeweizen, whose initial batches should be ready at the end of August. Most Wanted Beverages, distributor of MIA Brewing, will deliver the beer to at least 30 accounts throughout the city, including Kush, Lokal, Clandestino Pub, the Butcher Shop, and Anthony’s Coal Fired Pizza.

The next beers to follow will be an IPA and then a Kolsch. A stout will be available sometime in October and might be available for Grovetoberfest, Leon says.

MIA Brewing will begin bringing beer to market slowly over the course of the next few months. Owner Eddie Leon says he would like to “distribute to an exclusive list of accounts.”

MIA Brewing is also working on a tap room to serve locals and visitors alike. The goal is to have a 52 tap handles, starting with five to seven pouring after construction is complete.

MIA Brewing is located at 10400 NW 33rd Street in the Doral area of Miami. Construction on their tap room is not yet complete, and their beer is currently slated for production and distribution.

Delta Airlines and SweetWater Brewing expand partnership

Previously, Florida Beer News announced that Atlanta’s SweetWater Brewing and Atlanta-based Delta Airlines had partnered to give Delta passengers a selection of local craft beer while in flight. The only downside to this partnership was that SweetWater beers were only available on one route.

Now, Delta and SweetWater have expanded their partnership to allow more routes to carry SweetWater’s beers. Best of all, now several Delta routes to Florida will carry SweetWater beers.

From SweetWater Brewing:

Craft beer continues to keep climbing! After much success with our Delta collaboration this past March, we jointly announced today that service will be extended from the the original Atlanta to LaGuardia flights, to now include flights between the following destinations:
• DCA – Reagan National Airport (DC)
• FLL – Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport
• IAD – Washington Dulles International Airport (DC)
• MCO – Orlando International Airport
• MIA – Miami International Airport
• MSY – Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport
• TPA – Tampa International Airport
• ATL – Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport
• LGA – LaGuardia Airport (NY)

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J. Wakefield Brewing begins construction

Miami’s craft beer future is tremendous.

South Florida in general and Miami in particular has a large number of breweries in planning. Some are closer to opening than others, but by and large, Miami is ripe and ready to solidify itself as a mainstay of Florida craft beer.

With Wynwood Brewing expanding before one year in business, Concrete Beach Brewing under construction, Gravity BrewLab hoping to be open by summer time, and now J. Wakefield Brewing Company has begun converting a facility in Wynwood to their brewery.

The brewery started construction this week and announced on Facebook:

We have been fully approved and construction starts monday. By God’s grace it will be done in 8-10 weeks, also we take receipt of our equipment April 14th. It is that much closer people.

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J. Wakefield Brewing to collaborate with Stone Brewing Company

Miami’s J. Wakefield Brewing Company is not resting on laurels. After a stint in Tampa Bay brewing at Cigar City Brewing, the Cigar City Brewpub, and Brewer’s Tasting Room, owner Johnathan Wakefield announced recently that one of the brewery’s next projects will be a collaboration with Escondido, California’s Stone Brewing Company.

Stone Brewing Company has a record of collaborating with many other breweries across the country, incorporating both large and small breweries in brewing beers that express mutual creativity and terroir around the U.S.

About Stone Brewing Company:

Since opening its doors in 1996, Stone Brewing Company brews on their two 120 bbl brewing system built by Rolec in Bavaria, Germany in their 55,000 square-foot facility in Escondido, California. Stone is distributed in 37 states, including Florida. As of 2013, Stone is the 10th largest craft brewery in the United States.

About J. Wakefield Brewing:

J. Wakefiels Brewing is one of Miami’s up-and-coming breweries. JWB is currently under construction in the Wynwood area of Miami, planning on opening in early 2014. Wakefield has made headlines repeatedly, both for his beers and his recent crowdfunding campaign which raised over $100,000.