Tag Archives: Tampa

Archangel landing in Tampa to create a new brewery

Posted on March 8, 2011 by Gerard Walen

Most homebrewers who stick with it long enough eventually dream of opening a brewery. Few do. Even fewer have such passion and drive that they uproot their lives and move to a new city to make the dream a reality, … Continue reading →

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Beer Bites: Long-expected and unexpected beer festivals

Posted on March 4, 2011 by Gerard Walen

One of the biggest beer festivals in Florida will be happening Saturday … and I won’t be there. I’ll give you a moment to compose yourself at this awful turn of luck. Well, not really awful. It’s just that I … Continue reading →

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Burt Reynolds bringing ‘Smokey and the Bandit’ to Tampa, without a load of Coors

Posted on March 2, 2011 by Gerard Walen

I’m old enough to remember when you couldn’t buy Coors beer east of the Mississippi, so any time some dude made a road trip to the Western states,  he usually returned to Florida with a case or two of the … Continue reading →

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Beer Bites: News and Updates from Florida’s Craft Beer Scene

Posted on February 25, 2011 by Gerard Walen

I’ll be taking a road trip for beer Saturday on Florida’s West Coast, starting at the Celebrate Sarasota festival in the afternoon, where I’ll have to limit my intake of beer because I’ll be next heading up to the Dunedin … Continue reading →

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