The line-up looks great:

A1A Aleworks
Big Bear Brewing Co
BJ’s
Bold City Brewery
Brewzii
Charlie & Jakes
Cigar City Brewing
Cocoa Beach Brewing Co
Corner Café and Brewery
Dunedin Brewery
Florida Beer Company
Florida Micro Beverage Dist
Fresh Beer, INC Native Lager
Gordash Beer Co
Inlet Brewing
Little Giant Brewery
McGuires Irish Pub Destin
Orange Blossom Pilsner
Orlando Brewing
Pegs Cantina
Pensacola Bay Brewery
Ragtime Tavern
Sarasota Brewery
Seven Bridges
St Somewhere Brewing
Swamp Head Brewery
Tampa Bay Brewing Co
Yuengling Brewery

The weather forecast looks great so, I hope to see you there.

Adam

Adam

A great deal on a very nice beer.

Adam

After disappearing from the market, it is great to see the return of the Two Hearted Ale 1.32 Gallon mini kegs.

I’m happy to report that the keg made it home safely and is currently being consumed. TGIF.

Adam

Every Wednesday starting at 4:30, New World Brewery (1313 8th Ave., Ybor City, (813) 248-4969) bossman Steve Bird fires up the grill. $5 gets you a plate of his smoked “yardbird” (that’s chicken to the layman), baked beans and garlic bread. Then there’s the regular happy hour draft specials to go along with.

New World always has some great beer on Tap. I have not had the chicken, but I can’t think of a better combination: BBQ and beer. Gotta get over there one evening and sample the offering.

Adam

Anyhow, I have been closely following the CCB blog since before they began construction on their brewery. It was great to read all the trials and tribulations involved in opening a microbrewery in Tampa.

To Joey, Wayne and the Gang: You all must be absolutely thrilled that your dream has now become reality. Many congrats and best of luck. Ya’ll are truly brewing some world class beer.

And now, I shall rip some information about CCB directly from their website

Cigar City Brewing is a 6,600 sq ft., 15 bbl production brewery in the business of hand crafting ales for the Florida market. Cigar City Brewing offers kegs and bottles for wholesale distribution to retail accounts and at the brewery via our Tasting Room and gift shop.

Yes we re-fill growlers! Provided they are 32 ounces or less or 128 ounces or more. And yes we have new growlers to sell as well

Regular Tasting Room Hours are:

11 AM till 5PM Wed. thru Fri.

Cigar City Brewing is located at:

3924 West Spruce Street Suite A
Tampa, FL 33607

Why don’t you stop by and have a growler filled? Check out their website for more information.

Later on, I will report on some of the many beers that CCB is producing. Until then . . .

Adam

Let’s zoom in a little closer on the tap custom built into the rear of the Volkswagen Beetle:

I wonder if beer really flows out of the back of that thing . . .

Adam

On shelves I have seen:

• Hop Devil
• Prima Pils
• Golden Monkey
• Hop Wallop
• Victory Lager
• The V-Twelve
• Helios Ale
• Wild Devi

Victory has a huge following are are pretty highly regarded for brewing great beer (according to many reviews online).However, tonight I picked up a 750 ml bottle of the Wild Devil. WD is a Belgian IPA brewed with “laboratory grown” Brettanomyces yeast. In the brewing business, Brettanomyces is generally viewed as a contaminant due to the funky “off flavor” it imparts into beer. However, some brewers use it successfully (some would argue this) to brew beer with.

Sorry Victory, but Wild Devil tastes and smells like rotten cheese with a hint of 5 day old diaper genie pail.

Adam

World of Beer already had multiple locations in Tampa (Westchase, Tampa Palms and Carrollwood), as well as a location in Melbourne and Sarasota. Their menu boats a line-up of 500 beers, many of which are on draft. The new location will also offer a limited food menu.

World of Beer
5226 4th Street North
St. Petersburg, FL 33703
Map/Location

Welcome to the neighborhood guys!

Adam