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Axios
03-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Axios
Help us crown Tampa Bay's best brewery
Just in time for Beer Week, we're looking to crown Tampa Bay's best brewery. Why it matters: Tampa Bay is lucky to have dozens of amazing breweries, from giants like Cigar City to boutique spots like Ybor's Sky Puppy. Our friends over at Creative Loafing have a pretty exhaustive list here, if you're interested. State of play: There are so many, in fact, that narrowing down the list to a 16-slot bracket was maybe the hardest thing we've ever done. (We expect a Pulitzer in the mail any day now.) We came up with this list based on reader responses to last week's callout, geographic variety and Kathryn's experiences sipping brews around Tampa Bay. (Yacob isn't much of a beer guy — feel free to make fun of him.) We paired breweries by location, profile and overall vibes. It's not a perfect science, OK?! Your favorite brewery may not be included. If you didn't respond to our callout, sorry not sorry. If you did, next pint's on us. Vote below! The bracket will continue all week, with the grand finale on Friday. And as a fun bonus, Yacob and Kathryn will pick a night in the coming weeks to hang out at the winning brewery — and we'd love for you all to join us! Details to come. Stay tuned.
Axios
27-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Axios
What to know about Tampa Bay Beer Week
Tampa Bay Beer Week 2025 kicks off this weekend, which means it's time to celebrate our thriving craft beer scene. State of play: The festivities kick off Friday and run through March 9, when Dunedin's 7th Sun Brewery hosts its 13th annual Hangover Day with dog-themed beers and live music. This year's lineup features more than 60 events from special brew releases to fundraisers to an inaugural golf tournament. Find a few of our favorites below and the full calendar of events at Tampa Bay Beer Week's website. Yes, but: We also want to hear from you. Next week, we'll run a best brewery bracket featuring 16 local contenders. What's your favorite Tampa Bay brewery? Why should it make the cut? Hit reply or email us at [email protected]. 🍓 StrawBEERy Fest Weekend: What is this, a crossover episode?! Cheers the start of Beer Week and the Florida Strawberry Festival with limited-edition brews including a strawberry lemonade gose and a strawberry chocolate stout. 2pm Friday-8pm Sunday, Rapp Brewing, Seminole 💃 Females of Foam: Hear from a panel of some of the best women in the biz and sip on brews from Green Bench Brewing Co., Gulfport Brewery + Eatery, Magnanimous Brewing and more. 6-9pm Wednesday, Green Bench Brewing Co., St. Petersburg 🤘 Emo Night: Like your angsty teen years, but with brews from Cambridge, Md.-based RaR Brewing and a special release "Taking Off Sunday" frosted lemonade sour from RaR and Tampa's Florida Avenue Brewing Co. Organizers will also raffle off two tickets to Vans Warped Tour in Orlando, the stuff of emo dreams. 7pm-10 pm March 6, Florida Avenue Brewing Co., Tampa
Yahoo
22-02-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Beer Week kicks off in Bay Area
SAN FRANCISCO - Beer Week kicks off Friday night around the Bay Area, and breweries all around are ready. Local breweries are ready to serve up a pint, but are also keeping an eye on global politics. Beer Week is an opportunity for beer lovers to get a taste of some of the best brews the Bay Area has to offer. 21st Amendment Brewery is hosting a brews and bites night, bringing together two things people seem to love: beer and food. "Go to the San Francisco Beer Week website, and it's the entire Bay Area," said Shaun O'Sullivan from 21st Amendment. "All the way from Santa Rosa, I think down to Santa Cruz and out towards Sacramento and East Bay…At our production brewery in San Leandro we have the kick-off event for the East Bay." While beer may be fun for consumers, it's also big business. O'Sullivan said when 21st Amendment started nearly 25 years ago, there was room to grow. "Craft beer has gotten huge. Back when we first started in 2000, there were seven or eight breweries in San Francisco and I think at the peak in the last few years it was up to 45 or 50," said O'Sullivan. Eddie Gobbo from Harmonic Brewing said the San Francisco Bay Area Beer Week is an opportunity for people to try the product local brewers have been perfecting. "The high care that we put into the making of our beer and running tap rooms in a community-focused way, it is different than big beer and we're proud of it," said Gobbo. While brewers are asking people to think locally, brewers are thinking globally. Geopolitics threatens to increase canning costs with the Trump administration placing tariffs on aluminum. "You know this is a passion industry, we're donating a lot of time for something we love," said Gobbo. "So, when we get hit with additional costs it really hurts us and makes the business much harder to sustain." Brewers may also face increased costs associated with raw ingredients. At 21st Amendment Brewery, they sometimes rely on ingredients from Canada. The difficulty for many smaller breweries will be finding that balance point where they can purchase what they need, and not have to raise prices to the point where customers balk. "Customers will only pay so much for a glass of beer," said Gobbo. "So, you find yourself kind of in a conundrum where you can't charge too much more, but your costs are going up. So, that puts a strain on the breweries." Organizers say the winter months can be a little lean for breweries, so they're encouraging those of legal drinking age to take part, find a local brewery and hoist a pint. While it is called Beer Week, this week actually has 10 days of activities at breweries around the Bay Area starting Friday through next Sunday.
