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Tampa Bay Brewing Company

Tampa Bay Brewing Company to release bottles of Useppa Raging IPA

Tampa Bay Brewing Company is looking for another banner year. After opening their new Westchase production facility in 2015, the stalwart craft brewery is looking to break in January with a bottle release. This time, they are releasing Useppa Raging IPA in 22oz bottles in celebration of Tampa’s Gasparilla Festival.

From Tampa Bay Brewing Company:

It’s officially 2016, which means a new year of fun and exciting things to share with you about the Tampa Bay Brewing Company!

Useppa Raging IPA Jose Gaspar took what his heart desired but couldn’t force a princess named Useppa to desire him. Driven by unrequited love and bitterness, Gasparilla killed her in a fit of rage. Out of remorse, he buried her body on an island we call Useppa to this day. Useppa Raging IPA embodies the myth with delicate layers of floral notes, hints of the tropics, a raging amount of hoppiness and finished on rum barrel oak. Enjoy her immediately and remorse once she’s gone.
CHEERS!!!
Useppa releases on Gasparilla, January 30 at 9 a.m. at the Ybor Brewpub. Limit two bottles per person. Only 350 bottles available!

This news follows a Facebook post where TBBC has sold the large fermenters out of the Ybor City Brewpub and has plans to install smaller ones and a bottling line for unique bottle releases.

Again, TBBC says: “The last of our large Fermenters are out of the Ybor Brewpub! We are in the process of ordering more 10 bbl (smaller) Fermenters and plan to install a small bottling line to provide more 1 off 22oz. Bombers!!”

Look for more exciting changes and releases from Tampa Bay Brewing Ybor City at 1600 East 9th Avenue and Tampa Bay Brewing Company Westchase at 13937 Monroe Business Park.

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Rock Brothers Brewing to build a brewery, adopt Joey Redner

Press release

Rock Brothers Brewing has been creating craft beers for the past two years with rock bands including Have Gun, Will Travel, JJ Grey & Mofro, Hootie & the Blowfish, Umphrey’s McGee, 311 and Rebelution. They just received approval from the city council of Tampa for rezoning the historic King Greco Hardware building on the corner of 8th Ave and 15th Street in Ybor City for their new brewery, tasting room and live music venue.

“This building is a perfect place to brew craft beers and house a live music venue. We couldn’t have asked for a more serendipitous situation” said Rock Bros founder Kevin Lilly. “It was built in 1895 and was owned at one time by the Greco family when it was a hardware store. Today, it’s a designated historic site, and we are working very closely with the Ybor Historic district to retain as much authenticity within our remodel as humanly possible. We intend to rekindle the building’s proud history and take craft brewing and the live music experience in a new and innovative direction.”

Up to this point, Rock Brothers has been brewing their beers on site at Cigar City Brewing and with their out of state brewery partners. They will transition their brewing operation from Cigar City over to the new facility over the course of the remodel. Rock Brothers currently has beer across the country, depending on hometown locations of the artists. Only two of the beers in their portfolio are distributed in Florida. The Ybor facility will change that. “Our out of state brands like Hootie’s Home-grown Ale, 311’s Amber Ale and Umphrey’s McGee’s Nothing Too Fancy Pale Ale will be brewed and served in our tasting room. This will serve as the only location in the country to get this beer besides their native markets. It provides our entire unique, nationwide portfolio in one central location. We will also feature fun and creative seasonal twists on all of our flagship brands throughout the year” said Tony Casoria, co-founder of Rock Brothers.

“Brewing craft beers is a passion for us, but the live music portion is just as valued and respected. In addition to exploring new tastes for craft beer, we want the patrons to discover new music. Our brewery will serve both as a literal tasting room and a listening room” said Kevin Lilly. “We pride ourselves on authenticity and a genuine ability to take products to market that both the artists, brewers and fans can be proud of” added Tony Casoria.

This isn’t Kevin and Tony’s first walk in the park with music related ventures. They are the co-founders of Attic Records, a local record label which also produces the annual WhigFest Music & Arts Festival in downtown St. Petersburg. “Music has always been a major part of everything we do, at its core actually. It feels great to finally have a home for our concerts and a venue we completely direct and control” said Tony Casoria.

Newly added members of Rock Brothers Brewing include Dale Hunter and Joey Redner. Dale, a real estate broker and entrepreneur, is facilitating the real estate acquisition, the rezoning of the property and the overall construction of the facility. “It has been an interesting journey the last two years developing this concept. Building a brewery and music venue was always in the big picture for us. Dale came to the table with the real estate background, expertise and business acumen to bring our vision to a reality. We are more than grateful to have Dale on our team” said Kevin Lilly.

Joey Redner of Cigar City Brewing has played an integral role over the past two years for the company and is also now an official “Rock Brother.”“Words cannot express the excitement we all have in bringing Joey on board… not only is he a giant in the craft beer movement, but we have the privilege of now calling him our partner. He has done so much for us so far by letting us brew at CCB these past two years, which no doubt helped catapult our brand, to call him partner means the world to us” said Kevin Lilly.

When asked to comment about his new found partners at Rock Brothers, Joey stated, “Oh my God what are they up to now?”

Cigar City Cider and Mead to tap seven new ciders

While Wednesday was the kickoff for South Florida’s funky bunch, Funky Buddha Brewery, Cigar City Cider and Mead has one more event for Tampa Bay Beer Week, a tapping of several new and interesting cider treatments.

From Cigar City Cider and Mead:

Friday, 3/13 we will be doing a monster cider release/growler fill day featuring 7 special ciders treatments – Dry Hop Fight the Power, Congressional Breakfast, Dry Hop Mango V2, Peach Coconut, Start Fruit Habanero, Little Texas, Peach Habanero.

Cigar City Cider and Mead is located at 1812 North 15th Street in historic Ybor City.

Tampa Bay Brewing Company

Tampa Bay Brewing’s big news

Tampa Bay Brewing Company of Ybor City has two big announcement for beer enthusiasts. First, they have a new head brewer at the Ybor City Brewpub, and then there’s their next two bottle releases.

From the TBBC Newsletter:

Ybor Head Brewer Tim Ogden starts Monday 2/2. Brewmaster Dave is working to organize his staff for the new Westchase location. Very exciting times to say the lease. So to staff up Ybor, in order to eventually run the Westchase production brewery, Dave has hired Tim Ogden, formerly of Cigar City Brewpub, to lead the brewing staff at the Ybor pub. Tim hopes to expand the barrel aging program once all those damn tanks get out of the way. Welcome Tim!

Iron Rat Stout Aged on Cacao Nibs:

We prepared a special Valentines Day Edition of our Iron Rat Stout. It is aged with cocoa nibs which greatly enhances the chocolate flavor just in time for that special day with your sweetie. 22 ounce bottles will be for sale starting Friday 2/6 for $10 at the Ybor pub while supplies last. Only 120 bottles will be produced.

Barrel-aged Iron Rat:

A very special Iron Rat Stout will be released on 3/12 during the Night of Wood. This exquisite beer has been aging in a Bourbon barrel for two years! It’s strong, well balanced and just so damn good. We fully expect that this beer will sell quickly, so if you want some, please buy early. Mailing list subscribers will get an early opportunity to buy this beer online before the public. SO stay tuned next week for a newsletter announcement as to when you can buy early. Sales are limited to two bottles per person, cost $20 each and come in 750ml caged and corked glass bottles. You must buy the beer at our online store, then pick-up in person on or after 3/12 – 6pm. This is the night of our annual “Night of Wood.”

Tampa Bay Brewing Company is located at 1600 East 8th Avenue in the Ybor City Section of Tampa.

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Tampa Bay Brewing Company celebrates 20 years

With the birth of 2015, Tampa Bay Brewing Company is now celebrating 20 years in business.

This looks to be a banner year for the stalwart Tampa brewpub as 2014 was a banner year. The Ybor-based brewery has broken ground on their new facility in the Oldsmar area and is looking to become a mainstay of Tampa International Airport as the airport expands its vendors. Combine that news with their recent win of a bronze medal for Reef Donkey Pale Ale at the Great American Beer Festival in the coveted pale ale category, and TBBC has much to celebrate.

From the TBBC newsletter:

20 YEARS! Another wonderful year is in the books! With the new year TBBC is celebrating our 20th year in business! Look for upcoming celebration events and some major announcements this year!

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Tampa Bay Brewing Company’s seasonal beers, plus a Reef Donkey celebration

Tampa Bay Brewing Company (TBBC) has a lot to celebrate after a win in the coveted American Pale Ale category at the Great American Beer Festival. This medal is one of the most coveted at the festival and Reef Donkey won out over 144 other entrants in that category. Tampa Bay Brewing Company has hinted that Reef Donkey will get its day in the sun, “Stay tuned for details of our Reef Donkey APA Bronze Medal Party! Happening 1/23 at our Ybor location! Lots of beer, giveaways and other celebratory activities!”

In the meantime, at the Ybor City Pub, the beer is flowing and seasonals are a going:

Ole Hop Hoarder, a 10% Double India Pale Ale, has returned for a time. From TBBC’s newsletter: “For a limited time the Ole’ Hop Hoarder is on tap at TBBC. This delicious Imperial IPA weighs in at 10% and it’s a can’t miss this time a year! (Plus one of our favorite regulars, Alan, is the logo!)”

In addition to Ole Hop Hoarder, TBBC is also featuring some new and returning beers, including a Single Malt And Single Hop (or SMASH beer), which is rarely seen in Ybor City. “Nelson Sauvin SMaSH, Phantom Dark Ale, Breeze Under the Kilt Scotch Ale (Colab brew with Big Storm and Southern Brewing) and Limited Edition Last Days of Summer Wheat.”

The Tampa Bay Brewing Company pub is located at 1600 East 8th Avenue in the Ybor City area of Tampa.

Coppertail Brewing to begin bottling soon

Coppertail Brewing has been teasing tasting room guests for weeks with mockups of 12oz bottles. On the counter of the Ybor City brewery’s tasting room are six packs of bottles of Free Dive IPA and Unholy Trippel. These bottles were only models, until now.

Coppertail has announced on Facebook that they will begin bottling their beer beginning this week (24 November). According to the brewery, that beer should be on Bay Area shelves starting in December.

Congratulations to Coppertail on this latest milestone.

Soon these bottles will be full of beer and on local shelves!

Soon these bottles will be full of beer and on local shelves!