Shamrock Pub Owner Derek Anderson gave me a heads-up last week that he had a 2008 Dogfish Head 120 Minute IPA (Dogfish Head Craft Brewery; Milton, DE; Imperial India Pale Ale; ABV: 20.0) on tap, and we stopped by on Saturday afternoon to give it a try. Needless to say, the years have been very [...]
I had the privilege of drinking three outstanding beers when I stopped by the Cigar City Brewing Tasting Room in Tampa this past Wednesday evening. Besides being crafted by Florida breweries, these beers shared another commonality in that each have an ABV of 9%. What drove me, literally and figuratively, to CCB that night was [...]
I had the chance to try a couple of ales from two of Tampa Bay’s newest breweries. While their respective styles are different, both ales are similar in their color and refreshing character. 7eventh Sun Belge D’Or (7eventh Sun Brewery; Dunedin, FL; Belgian Strong Ale; ABV: 7.9) is hazy golden in color, with savory notes [...]
There’s a brewpub chain in the Tampa Bay area called The Brass Ring, and we decided to check out the pub at their Brandon location recently. With the style of a classic English pub, 60 beers on tap and over 300 more in bottles, not to mention live music Thursday-Saturday, it more than lived up [...]
Until beers from Russian River Brewing Company are distributed in Tampa Bay and throughout the rest of Florida, one way to get a taste of the Santa Rosa brewery is to try a collaboration ale that they brewed with Boulder’s Avery Brewing Company. Avery Collaboration Not Litigation Ale (Avery Brewing Co.; Boulder, CO; Belgian Strong [...]
It was a special day on Saturday when Mr. Beery’s in Sarasota hosted a Rare Beer Silent Auction & Mac ‘N Cheese Cookoff to benefit the HelpHOPELive Southeast Lung Transplant fund in honor of Erin Coleman, with all proceeds going toward her double lung transplant. It was a full house that turned out to honor [...]
Marzens tend to be traditional Fall beers, but I had the chance to try a different take on this beer style at Crum’s Bar and Grill recently. Cigar City Marzen Spring Lager (Cigar City Brewing; Tampa, FL; Marzen; ABV: 5.5) is also known as Cigar City Oktoberfest Marzen when it’s released during the autumn months. [...]
You can add Crum’s Bar and Grill to a growing list of exceptional brewpubs in the Tampa Bay area. Located in downtown St. Petersburg, and owned by Chris Crum and Lanette Miller, Crum’s Bar and Grill offers craft beer, food, and live music in a hip casual setting. Speaking of which, there’s 52 selections of [...]
The last time I was at the Cigar City Brewing Tasting Room in Tampa, I learned something new. Did you know that bats pollinate blue agave plants, which provide the ingredient found in tequila? So it’s fitting that I tried a double cream ale, named for the bat, that’s aged in tequila barrels. Cigar City [...]