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Florida Originals: Saint Somewhere Saison Athene

For the second year in a row, it’s Flagship February or (#FlagshipFebruary), and while beer writers around the country are saluting their favorite beers that lead the charge in the craft beer revolution, only Floridian been enthusiasts understand just how late Florida was to the party when it comes to craft beer.  While west of the Mississippi, Sierra Nevada, Deschutes, New Belgium, and many others were blazing trails in the 1970s and 1980s, Florida’s first wave of craft beer rebirth died off in the late nineties and few beers from that era are still available.  Florida’s first brewers and breweries were a happy few that decided they were going to brew beer in The Southernmost State no matter what, and a handful of beers from these pioneers are still available today.  This series of articles pay tribute to them – the OGs of Florida craft beer – who took a leap of faith and decided to chase a dream that hadn’t fully formed yet, the dream of Sunshine State craft beer.

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The first beer in this series is Tarpon Springs’s Saint Somewhere Brewing and flagship beer Saison Athene.

Founded by owner and brewer Bob Sylvester in a warehouse space in Tarpon Springs, Saint Somewhere Brewing aimed to bring the Belgian farmhouse ale tradition to Florida in the early 2000s.

Bob was in for a significant challenge during that time period, as he chose to make Belgian-style beer for a state that was still dominated mostly by bland macro beer.  Bob took the mantle of Florida beer up, and the state’s beer scene has not been the same since.

 

 

 

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About Saison Athene

Saison Athene is a 7.5% ABV farmhouse ale that is brewed with rosemary, chamomile, and black pepper.  The beer is bottle and keg conditioned and is finished in corked and caged bottles. Approachable with the noticeable presence of these herbs, Saison Athene is a great beer to pair with almost any meal, especially charcuterie.

 

 

 

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Visit Saint Somewhere

Saint Somewhere Brewing is located at 115 South Ring Avenue in Tarpon Springs.  The brewery has an updated schedule for tours and tastings in 2020.  The brewery is open each month on the first and third Thursday and Friday.  For a complete schedule, visit the brewery’s Facebook page. Visit one of Florida’s oldest craft breweries, and taste one of the most unique ales from one of the state’s most unique breweries.

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What is Saint Somewhere Brewing doing for Tampa Bay Beer Week?

Tampa Bay Beer Week is great at bringing out some of Tampa’s finest brewers and gets them out in the community and interacting with Tampa Bay’s beer lovers. Tarpon Springs’s Saint Somewhere Brewing Company head brewer Bob Sylvester will be in the community sharing knowledge and beers with friends.

Where to find Saint Somewhere Brewing during Tampa Bay Beer Week:

Tues. 3/10 Life in a Belgian Farmhouse event @ Mr. Dunderbak’s. Beer and food sampling of the best of Wallonia and French Flanders…and Tarpon Springs!

Wed. 3/11 Saint vs Saint @ Mr. Dunderbak’s. Marco from St. Bernardus and Bob from Saint Somewhere Brewing battle it out over trivia

Thur. 3/12 Beer and cheese pairing of four Saint Somewhere selections. Brass Tap Trinity.

For more information, check out Saint Somewhere Brewing’s Facebook page.

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Saint Somewhere Brewing looking to move brewery

While many pieces of disappointing news came out of Tallahassee during the hearing on Senate Bill 1714. One piece of good and surprising news came from the testimony of Bob Sylvester of Saint Somewhere Brewing Company, Tarpon Springs’s craft brewery since 2006: Saint Somewhere is looking to move their brewery and open a tasting room.

While Sylvester was not able to give much information due to the minute time limit imposed on speaking, he was able to tell the Senate committee about his tasting room plans.

Cigar City Brewpub Gourds of Thunder, Saint Somewhere collaboration

The Cigar City Brewpub’s brewer Tim Ogden has been working on new beers for the Northdale brewpub since opening earlier this year. Tim’s newest projects received updates this week from the brewpub, and Tim has been keeping busy.

Gourds of Thunder:

What is Gourds of Thunder? We wanted to make a festive ale for the holidays that we could make sessions of starting before Halloween and continuing well past solstice. Something we could pair with ice cream and or chocolate, as well as with a traditional holiday meal, or just by itself. At roughly 6% abv, this is easily a sessionable beer, brewed with chocolate rye, dark chocolate, butternut squash, calabaza, coriander, allspice and other subtle spices, and fermented with the brewpubs house Belgian yeast.

Gourds of Thunder is bottled and currently available at the CCB Brewpub.

Saint Somewhere Collaboration:

Beelzebob, a berliner weiss with a metric ton per barrel of hibiscus flowers.