Intracoastal Brewing hosts sneak peek

Melbourne- While many folks were grilling out and enjoying beers in the backyard, a small microbrewery in Melbourne celebrated a surprise opening so customers in Brevard could get a sneak peek at Melbourne’s new craft brewery. At 3pm on Labor Day, Intracoastal Brewing Company posted:

we may or may not be open for a labor day sneak peak…… might have to come find out for yourselves

The curious customers that did drive over to Eau Gallie Boulevard in Melbourne found six Intracoastal Beers on tap at Intracoastal’s tap room. The beers ranged from a 5% alcohol “P’Ale’Sner” (Pilsner Style Ale) to a 10.5% American Strong Ale dubbed “XXX.”

Intracoastal Brewing Company is located at 652 Eau Gallie Boulevard in Melbourne. No word yet on the official grand opening date.

Wynwood Brewing announces beer launch

Miami’s Wynwood Brewing Company has been teasing photos and logos for many long weeks now in a push to gain momentum towards opening Miami’s first production brewery. This week, Wynwood Brewing Company has announced their launch:

Mark your calendars. Miami’s first production brewery is finally here. We will have our official launch September 23rd at Gramps with our friends from Miami Beer Tour. This will be an amazing night… We have a whole list of events happening that entire week. We will release all the details next week with a calendar of events.

About Wynwood Brewing Company:

Wynwood’s website describes the brewery as “the city of Miami’s only production brewery. We are located in the Wynwood Arts District. We brew fine ales we love to drink.”

Wynwood brewing will be the first in a line of breweries slated for opening in 2013 in the Magic City. Wynwood will brews on a 15-barrel brewing system and has signed with Brown Distributing. Wynwood has announced three core beers thus far: Wynwood IPA, Pop’s Porter, and La Rubia Blonde Ale.

Three Palms Brewing Tasting Room Schedule

Three Palms Brewing has received approval for a tasting room at the Hobbs Street brewery.

Brewery owner Randy Reaver posted:

[S]tarting Wednesday (8/21), we will have regular hours at our tasting room. Our hours will be Wednesday – Friday from 5-9pm and Saturday and Sunday from 12-4pm.

Congratulations to Three Palms on their zoning and tasting room.

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3 Daughters Brewing to open in Saint Petersburg

Pinellas County is quickly moving to keep pace with its neighboring Hillsborough in the brewery opening competition.

While Saint Petersburg Brewing, Green Bench Brewing, Cycle Brewing, and Pair o Dice Brewing have all announced future (some sooner than later) openings in Pinellas County, Three Daughters Brewing, owned by Mike Harting of Bella Brava Trattoria, has announced its intention to open a brewery and tasting room in the downtown area of Saint Petersburg.

The website for Three Daughters announces their future opening, and their Facebook page is active.

Three Daughters apparently is also a name used by the Leieritz Brewing Company of Denver, Colorado. No word on any possible trademark disputes.

No need to wait for construction to finish to sample their beer, Three Daughters will be pouring at the 97X Craft Beer Experience on August 17th.

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Cycle Brewing looking to a September opening

Cycle Brewing, an offshoot of Peg’s Cantina in Gulfport, has been working and constructing towards opening a separate brewery facility in downtown Saint Petersburg.

Recently, brewer Doug Dozark posted on social media that a group called the Burg Pub Riders.

We had a surprise visit from the Burg Pub Riders last night! They got a sneak peek at our new bar. We’re looking forward to officially hosting them next month when we are open for business!

The new facility will have a 7-barrel brewhouse and will allow Dozark to continue to brew his recipes in a separate facility at 534 Central Avenue, while still brewing at Peg’s Cantina and Brewpub in Gulfport.

More information on Cycle’s opening when an official date is posted.

Saint Petersburg is looking very busy for brewery openings with Cycle Brewing, Green Bench Brewing, Three Daughters Brewing, and Saint Petersburg Brewing Company all opening within a few months of each other, and in the case of Cycle and Green Bench likely within weeks of each other. Pinellas County is looking to become a hotbed of brewery activity.