Monthly Archives: September 2014

Native Brewing Co. founder plans brewery in South Florida

The founder of a Florida-based beer company, which has contract-brewed its offerings for years, announced today that he will bring it home to South Florida and open a brewery. Adam Fine started Native Brewing Company in 1999, eventually putting four … Continue reading

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Cigar City Brewing featured in new Travel Channel web series

“Microbrew Madness,” a short-form web series, launched today on the Travel Channel website. TravelChannel.com produced 16 webisodes featuring four hosts. One of the six-minute videos chronicles a visit to the tasting room of Tampa’s own Cigar City Brewing. Host Lori … Continue reading

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Florida hits 100-brewery mark

I just finished updating the Florida Brewery Map and List on this site, and according to my counting, the Sunshine State now has 103 operating breweries, and another 31 on the way. Those are remarkable numbers considering that not all … Continue reading

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Brew Hub partner brewery opens in Lakeland

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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