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Drink Like a Local   
 

Everytime I take a trip or go on vacation, I make an effort to visit breweries nearby and every bar I go to I always see a local beer on which gives me a chance to try it since I am not from there. I am amazed to see all of the Florida breweries in town nowadays to do the same thing for locals and for visitors. It's great to Drink Like a Local.  

 

What does "Drink Like A Local" mean? Many of you have heard this before. If you go to Italy, the locals drink Peroni or Birra Moretti; in Ireland it's Guiness and Murphy's; in Texas it's Shiner, Maine...Shipyard. Michigan...Bells.  In Florida...what are we drinking?

There are a handful of craft breweries working to put Florida on the map for the awesome craft beer being produced right here in the Sunshine State. We feel it's important to support these guys in every way we can and enjoy the brews that are being produced down the street, rather than across the country or ocean. More importantly... Local = Fresh. So whether you're a Florida Native or visiting from out of town, support Florida Breweries and Drink Like A Local. 

 

The Drink Like A Local facebook page shows you where the local breweries in Florida are located as well as where bars, restaurants, stores and other retailers are located with beers from Florida to drink. This page also shares what the breweries are up to as well as any local events to attend to drink like a local.  

 

Your support and love of craft beer is the reason these breweries are becoming more and more abundant. Thank you for drinking like a local. 

 

Cheers, 

  

Brown Specialty Team

UPCOMING EVENTS
Craft Beer Tasting at Market Liquor, Tallahassee
01-18-2013, 5:00 PM, TALLAHASSEE 

Craft Beer Tasting on Jan 18th at Market liquor in Tallahassee from 5-7pm featuring all Nectar Ales: IPA, Red Nectar, and Hemp Ale (Humboldt Brown). ...»

 

01-19-2013, 12:00 PM, TALLAHASSEE 

Craft Beer tasting at Earthfare in Tallahassee on Jan 19th from 12-2pm featuring Samuel Smiths Organic Apricot, Samuel Smith Organic Cherry, Sea Dog Blue Paw, and Left Hand Milk Stout. ...»

 

01-20-2013, 6:00 PM, WINTER PARK 

B&B Junction's grand opening in Winter Park is this Sunday. Join them for some great dining and craft beer with a Cigar City Tap Takeover inside and on the patio featuring Jai Alai, Humidor Black IPA, Minaret Nitro, Vienna Lager, And Josh Brengle's Double IPA. Also featuring the entire Tampa Ray's baseball team with a signing and giveaways for the grand opening. Meet your favorite players. ...»

 

01-21-2013, JACKSONVILLE 

Jan 22 - Pele's Wood Fire, Cigar City beer dinner, $65. ...»

 

01-23-2013, 4:00 PM, JACKSONVILLE 

Cigar City Pint Night at Engine 15, Wed Jan 23. Meet Travis, the Cigar City Rep. Buy a pint of Cigar City beer and keep the glass, while supplies last. ...»

 

01-23-2013, 5:30 PM, PENSACOLA 

Shipyard Craft Beer Tasting, Wednesday the 23rd at Wine World Pensacola from 5:30-7:30pm. ...»

 

01-24-2013, 6:00 PM, ORLANDO 

Shipyard Spotlight at Nona Tap Room on January 24th starting at 6pm. Spotlighting Sea Dog Blue Paw, Sea Dog Raspberry, as well as Monkey Fist IPA, XXXX IPA, Applehead and more! Giveaways throughout the night by the Shipyard rep! ...»

 

01-24-2013, 6:00 PM, TALLAHASSEE 

ABC Craft Beer Tasting: Thursday, January 24, 2013, 6-7pm. Address: 5454 Thomasville Road, Tallahassee. Join us for a two hour craft beer tasting featuring various beers such as Shipyard, Inlet Monk in the Trunk, Cigar City and a few giveaways. Pick up your favorites that you can find all in the store. ...»

 

01-30-2013, 4:00 PM, JACKSONVILLE 

Engine 15 in Jax is having a Pint Night featuring Brewery Ommegang! Buy a pint of any Ommegang beer and keep the glass, while supplies last. From 4-7pm. ...»

 

01-31-2013, 6:00 PM, WINTER PARK 

From 6pm-close, Taps in Winter Park is having a Swamp Head Tap Takeover. Drink like a local with the following brews: Hoe Hoe Hoe, Dough Ball, Bods of Islay, Saison du Swamp, Catherine's Inspiration, and My Thai. ...»

 

02-01-2013, CLERMONT 

World of Beer Clermont will be featuring Bell's Oberon as bottle of the month. Each Bell's Oberon drinker this month will receive a raffle ticket for each bottle they drink. The raffle will be drawn at the end of the month and will be a special basket filled with beer schwag goodies. ...»

 

02-01-2013, 9:00 PM

House of Beer is having a Lazy Magnolia Spotlight Night on Friday, February 1st at 9pm. $1 off all Lazy Mag Brews Featuring: Timber Beast, Southern Gentleman, Jefferson Stout, Gulf Porter & Deep South Pale Ale ...»

 

02-02-2013, 4:00 PM, TAMPA 

Join the Ale and the Witch on Groundhog day as the shadows of the Barley Mow Brewing company taps appear for the first time on tap outside their own 4 walls. The Ale and the Witch is honored to celebrate this historic occasion and will feature a special cask on their beer engine from Barley Mow Brewing. In addition to the cask other selections will be poured from their wall of only American Craft brews. Live music is from 4-6pm with The Hot Tub Club and the beers begin to flow at 4pm. Join us for this special day. ...»

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Ballast Point Sculpin IPA

The Sculpin showcases bright flavors and aromas of apricot, peach, mango & lemon. The lighter body also brings out the crispness of the hops. It won a gold medal at the World Beer Cup 2010 in the International Pale Ale category. The Sculpin fish has poisonous spikes on it's fins that can give a strong sting. Ironically, the meat from a Sculpin is considered some of the tastiest. Something that has a sting but tastes great, sounds like a Ballast Point India Pale Ale. 7.0% ABV  

Ballast Point Big Eye IPA

If you have fallen for the IPA style like we have, Big Eye will be a welcome addition to your repertoire.  You'll revel in Big Eye's bitter, hoppy flavor thanks to the American Columbus and Centennial hops that are used to flavor and dry hop our flagship IPA. We thank our hops every day that the English loved their bitters-or else the IPA style may not have been born to help the beer survive the journey from Cape Hope to India back in the 18th century. 7.0% ABV 

 

Ballast Point Pale Ale

Our Pale Ale is skillfully crafted in the style of the Kolsch beers of Cologne, Germany.  We've chosen German hops for aroma, and rounded out the recipe with a blend of American and German malts. While it is very much like a Pilsner, our Pale Ale is fermented at ale temperatures, giving it a subdued fruitiness-a perfect compliment to the crispness of the wheat and maltiness of the Munich malt. If you like a lighter brew but also like the complexity of craft beers, then our Pale Ale is for you. 4.6% ABV

Ballast Point Black Marlin Porter

Like dessert? You'll love this: Black Marlin Porter with apple pie a la mode-try it! Black Marlin is a rich, dark and chocolaty Porter with a distinctive American hop character. It is a great beer to go with hearty foods and is surprisingly one of the few beers that goes well with dessert.  We also invite you to blend Black Marlin with Big Eye IPA for a treat we like to call the Black Eye. 6.0% ABV

Ballast Point Calico Amber Ale

Inspired by traditional English ESBs, our Calico Amber Ale is as American as it could be.  A rich complexity comes from four types of malt-but it's those distinct American hops that offer a crisp bitterness and unique floral aroma. To round out our traditional-English-yet-very-American Amber Ale, we use a proprietary yeast to develop a fruity, Madeira-like richness.  Try one today and find out what a gold medal beer tastes like! 5.5% ABV

Ballast Point Wahoo Wheat Beer

Summer days and ocean waves inspired our Belgian Witbier-styled Wahoo Wheat. Brewed to be light and refreshing with a unique citrus character that comes from adding orange peel and coriander to the boil. What gives our Wahoo Wheat-and other wheat beers-a hazy appearance is the unmalted wheat it's made from. A special yeast contributes to the refreshing tangy flavor-quite different from the banana and clovey Hefeweizens of Bavaria. 4.0% ABV

Ballast Point Victory at Sea

Two of the world's oldest beverages join forces to conquer your palate.  Victory at Sea embodies the art of masterful brewing by infusing a velvety Imperial Porter with pure vanilla flavor and specially selected, hand roasted coffee. The addition of cold brewed coffee to the beer lends a subtle roasted flavor to this robust imperial porter, blending perfectly with rich vanilla and caramel undertones.  By uniting two traditions, Caffe Calabria freshly brewed coffee and Ballast Point beer, we have successfully created an artisanal masterpiece. 10.0% ABV

Coronado Stupid Stout

This deep, dark, viscous brew stands up to other imperial stouts while standing out from the pack thanks to a harmonious infusion of two different hop varieties - Nugget and Centennial. Robust and chocolaty, with a spike of hop freshness, it's the perfect beer to warm up with as winter sets in. 10.0% ABV  

Coronado Blue Bridge Coffee Stout

Just as the iconic Coronado Bay Bridge connects our island home to the mainland, this java-tinged dry stout, brewed using dark roasted coffee beans from a local San Diego artisanal roaster, provides a bridge uniting craft beer drinkers with CBC's rich, flavorful SoCal brewing traditions. 5.40% ABV 

Look out for returning favorites like Innis and Gunn Rum Cask, Shipyard Applehead, Narragansett Bock, and Magic Hat Seasonal Pistil Dandelion Beer, and new products from Cigar City.
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BEER NEWS
St. Petersburg Readies for Three Brew Pubs

By Josh Boatwright, Tribune Staff 

 

ST. PETERSBURG --

While the Tampa Bay region is considered the heart of Florida's independent brewing scene, St. Petersburg has no craft breweries to call its own.

 

After years of planning, working with city officials and searching for the right space, though, three breweries plan to open downtown this year.

 

The friendly competitors will appeal to diverse palates, from lighter wheat beers to rich, complex pale ales. Their goals range from building a reputation among connoisseurs to becoming a regional competitor in the Southeast.

 

One of the biggest challenges they all face is opening in the downtown area, where space is limited and costs are high. While many craft breweries start off producing beer in remote industrial parks, where the rent is cheap, St. Pete's future brewers have waited it out to find the right place downtown.

 

Breckenridge Brewery Releases New "Truth in Beervertising" Spoof Commercials 

By: Johnny Fullpint  

 

Denver, CO - December 13, 2012 - Breckenridge Brewery pokes more fun at the advertising tactics of large U.S. breweries with four new spoofs in its series, "Truth in Beervertising." The series, starring the brewery's own employees for on- and off-camera talent, now has ten spoofs in its portfolio. Todd Thibault, Director of Marketing for Breckenridge Brewery, expounds, "The entire staff has a blast making these videos. I think viewers enjoy the harmless fun we poke at all of us in the business of beer. I can't wait to make the next set!" 


The Denver market can catch these short tongue-in-cheek commercials during Fox31 broadcasts. They can also be found on the brewery's web site at www.breckbrew.com/videos.

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For Two Veterans, Craft-beer Vision Comes to a Head 

By: Mike Hixenbaugh 

 

VIRGINIA BEACH - Thomas Wilder wasn't expecting to go to war when he walked into a National Guard recruiter's office as a naive 18-year-old in early 2003. Five years later, when he and a friend started goofing around with homemade beer recipes in their kitchen, he wasn't expecting to open a brewery.

Yet, here he is.

 

Wilder spent a year building roads and providing security at a forward operating base in northern Iraq - "a defining period" in his life, he says - and later this year, he and fellow Iraq War veteran Neil McCanon plan to open a brewery in Virginia Beach.   

The old high school buddies are the latest in a growing line of local homebrewers to turn their hobby into a small business - part of a nationwide boom in the craft beer industry.

 

 If all goes as planned, Young Veterans Brewing Company will be the fifth brewery to open in South Hampton Roads in three years.

 

"This is a huge area, the market is still relatively untapped - no pun intended - and there is room for everyone," said McCanon, an Army reservist who works as a drill sergeant at Fort Story. "We hope to bring something a little bit different to the table."

 
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VOLUME 11
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Upcoming Events
St. Petersburg Readies for Three Brew Pubs
Breckenridge Brewery "Truth in Beervertising"
For Two Veterans, Craft-beer Vision Comes to a Head
Hefeweizen Beer Cheese Dip
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Featured Beer
Cocktail
  

Modern Porteree

Ingredients

- 12 oz Red Brick porter

- 2 Tbsp maple syrup

- 1 oz sherry or maraschino liqueur 

- Orange peel, for garnish

 

Instructions

 

Pour the porter and maple syrup in a pint glass and stir until syrup is well-incorporated. Top with the sherry and garnish with a flamed orange peel.

 
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Featured Recipe

Hefeweizen Beer Cheese Dip  

By: Bridgette Jackson   

 

Level: Easy

 

This Hefeweizen based cheese dip is sure to cool the palette. This recipe is a great addition to any cookout as it can be served cold as an appetizer or warm, fondue style.

 

Ingredients

- 4 lbs grated cheese (use a blend of 75% White Cheddar, 25% cheese of your choice)
- 3/4 lbs cream cheese or Neufchatel
- 1/2 medium onion red or yellow minced
- 1/4 cup dry mustard

- 1 Tbsp. Worcestershire 

- 1/2 Tbsp. salt, kosher
- 1/2 Tbsp. garlic salt
- 2 1/2 cups Bischoff Hefeweizen or Ayinger Brauweiss
- 2 oz  feta or goat cheese crumbled

 

Hint:  You may want to halve or quarter the recipe as it makes quite a bit.

 

Directions 

 

Add cheeses, minced onion, Worcestershire, mustard, kosher salt and garlic salt together in a mixing bowl.  Blend ingredients together completely using a mixer.  While mixer is still running, slowly add beer until it is entirely incorporated.  

 

Can be served immediately or heated. 

 

Heated Option:
Heat the completed dip over the stove on low to medium heat stirring until smooth, or warm in microwave stirring in minute intervals until heated through.  This will create a fondue style appetizer.


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