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Celebrate the February Florida brewery boom (UPDATED)

Posted on February 20, 2015 by Gerard Walen

Florida breweries seem to experience a birth boom in February. It likely is only coincidence, but a plethora of grand openings and anniversary celebrations fills the craft beer geek’s calendar during the rest of the month. Granted, some of the … Continue reading →

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Brew Hub partner brewery opens in Lakeland

Posted on September 5, 2014 by Gerard Walen

The experiment called Brew Hub officially becomes reality today as the 51,000-square-foot “partner brewery” holds the grand opening of its tasting room in Lakeland. Briefly, the concept is to have a place for existing craft breweries and brewpubs to expand … Continue reading →

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Florida breweries are the focus at two September events

Posted on August 27, 2014 by Gerard Walen

Only a couple of years ago, it would have been extremely difficult for a craft beer bar to dedicate more than a few of its taps to beer produced in Florida, much less have a decent-sized beer festival dedicated exclusively … Continue reading →

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Florida Brewers Guild Beer Fest moving to more spacious venue in 2014

Posted on January 21, 2014 by Gerard Walen

The Florida Brewers Guild quietly leaked the information on its website that the annual Florida Brewers Guild Beer Fest, the official kickoff for Tampa Bay Beer Week, will move from Ybor City this year to Cotanchobee Fort Brooke Park on … Continue reading →

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