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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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Cigar City and Carnival usher in new era for craft beer

When I first read of the agreement by Carnival Cruise Lines to carry a couple of Cigar City Brewing’s beers, I was ecstatic. Not because I’m a big cruiser (I’m not, though I’ve thoroughly enjoyed the few I’ve experienced, except … Continue reading

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