Tag Archives: beer and food

Florida Beer Bites: We’re back, in more ways than one

Posted on October 23, 2015 by Gerard Walen

Happy Friday, Beer in Florida readers. It’s been a while since I’ve done one of these Florida craft beer roundups. Four years almost to the day, as a matter of fact. (Here’s the last one from October 28, 2011, if … Continue reading →

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Florida brewery count breaks the 150 mark

Posted on August 8, 2015 by Gerard Walen

Florida craft breweries continue to open at a dizzying pace, according to the latest update of this site’s Florida Brewery Map and List. The previous update on April 30 revealed 139 operating breweries in the state, with 28 on their … Continue reading →

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Bad A** Beer Fest celebrates a Florida brewery pioneer, and Florida breweries

Posted on July 28, 2015 by Gerard Walen

Friday’s full moon will rise over a festival celebrating a craft beer community far removed from that of July 31, 1995, when Tampa Bay Brewing Company first established itself as a business. The nation’s beer lovers found themselves in a … Continue reading →

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FROM THE ARCHIVES: (June 15, 2015) Clothing-optional beer festival can be enlightening

Posted on June 15, 2015 by Gerard Walen

The beer festival started at noon, but I arrived around 10:30 a.m. to get set up for my book signing. I rolled up to the gated community’s guardhouse, got my name checked off the list, and proceeded to the vendor … Continue reading →

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