Florida Beer Blog

Note: Central Florida’s craft beer community was dealt a blow last week as we learned about the passing of Orange Blossom Brewing’s founder Tom Moench. He was an absolutely fantastic brewer and a stalwart of craft beer in the area, and we were very lucky to bring him on the Florida Beer Podcast back in 2023. Please enjoy the following article about one of their finest beers as we wrap up our week…

I knew that I knew that, of the four beers in the local Raglan Road-exclusive flight, Tri Wishes immediately jumped out at me. Not for any particular Irish reason, but knowing it had been brewed by Winter Garden’s Crooked Can Brewing it seems like I might have had this before. And I have had it before, on tap at the Crooked Can Tap Room in Winter Garden itself. In fact, if you look all those…

Around the year 841 CE, group of burly Vikings founded a city on the banks of what would soon be known as the river Liffey. Inspired by a pool of blackish water in the area, they named it Dubh Linn, or ‘black pool’ in early Gaelic. That is, of course, entomology for the name of the city of Dublin, capital of Ireland, and rather fun place to be. Continue reading Brew Review – Dubh Linn by…

I would absolutely love to be in the kitchen at Raglan Road. If you’ve never been, Ragland Road is a massive Irish Pub-style concept in the heart of Disney Springs. It’s been there since the area was Pleasure Island, in the same spot where the Pleasure Island Jazz Company used to be. That was a great spot, having seen Pretty Boy Freud there many moons ago, spending more time than I care to…

There’s a very interesting subset of art that the military has used on the side of ships and planes and whatnot that I find absolutely fascinating. It definitely reached a zenith during World War II with some amazing designs, quite a bit of which featured either scantily clad women or Donald Duck. Hopefully not both. Continue reading Brew Review – Buzzin’ Bee by Veterans United

The first time my family and I visited Two Frogs Brewing in Tarpon Springs was not too long after they had opened. In fact, it was a good 7 or 8 years ago. I should know this better, only since they just celebrated their anniversary recently. At that time it was a charming spot, built into an old store in the heart of downtown, clearly with some history that the owners did everything they could…

There are a lot of things on our planet that have the moniker of Seven Serpents. But it’s incredibly easy to nail that down all the way to the bottom when you look at the fact that today’s beer is a Dark Mexican Lager. This indicates the Seven Serpents in question belong to the hair of Chicomecoatl, the ancient Mexican goddess of Agriculture and Sustenance. Continue reading Brew Review – Seven…

Terpenes do not get you high. They are merely a flavor and aroma chemical found in certain plants such as cannabis (good ol’-fashioned weed!). As for their usage and regulation, I can’t say I’m too terribly familiar with that. Continue reading Brew Review – Snoop Juice by Stormhouse Brewing

I’m going to be a stupid American here for a few minutes. I took a look at the kornol available on the draft list at St. Pete’s 3 Daughters Brewing and immediately thought a few things. One, are they just translating ‘cornhole’ as a snippy nod to craft beer culture?Second, will a juniper ale taste like Christmas? What I got was a quick history lesson in Norwegian culinary culture. The kornol is…

It’s funny that I have written about beer long enough to watch the trends as they come and go. Not too long after I started this humble blog, the trend that came in were saisons. Everybody had a saison, or the more generalized farmhouse ale, or both. They were always just there. Nobody went too crazy with them, everybody sort of went right down the middle in terms of style, and you could almost…

It is becoming increasingly difficult to find a brewery that makes brown ales due to its undeserved place as a pariah in the craft beer community. Somehow the brown became disavowed by beer drinkers, a relic of a time since passed and with a flavor just as easily dismissed. And that’s possibly the furthest thing […]Brew Review – Hooter Brown by Oyster City Brewing @OysterCityBeer

Well… this is a bit sad to write this tag, since the evening before our interview with Bootleggers Brewing was released, they announced their closure to take place at the end of August 2025. It’s a difficult time for breweries, unfortunately, with several having announced or are about to announce closures. A large part of this is, as with Bootleggers and many others, unscrupulous landlords that…

Leaven Brewing has seemed to find a perfect spot in being cheeky, but not so cheeky to be annoying. They have the certain perfect temperature of being a little fun, a little zany, but still pretty even keel. Regardless, there’s still a bit of cheekiness in the beers. In fact there’s even a beer on tap they call Cheeky Blonde, and that is definitely going to be a beer for another post. Continue…

As I teased at our episode of the Florida Beer Podcast recorded at last year’s North Miami Brewfest, it’s an exciting time for Miami-Dade based Prison Pals in Doral and Unseen Creatures in Miami. There’s been a synergy of sorts as they are both under new ownership, and it’s been fantastic to watch. It’s definitely time for me to reach out and get updated interviews from both of these…

The plaza where Celebration Brewing lives is kind of amusing if you know anything about the socially accepted lore of the Town of Celebration. First, it’s not a city. It’s unincorporated Kissimmee, FL. This is important. Second of all, yes, Disney had a hand in building it, but they have long since divested any control over the community. Continue reading Brew Review – Walter Wit by…

Clermont is a fun little city. I don’t get there much these days. My main method of arrival would usually be on the West Orange Trail, or whatever they call it once West Orange Co. transitions into Lake Co. But it’s there, home of the Citrus Tower, one of Central Florida’s oldest tourist attractions and something I’ve always wanted to do. It also has what looks to be a vibrant and growing…

Orlando’s craft beer scene is lamentably spread out. As with any normal municipality, most of the really good ones are concentrated downtown. But Orlando has kind of a second municipality if you think of the attractions area as its own sort of entity. Disney’s on the west, Universal to the east, and SeaWorld is in the center. Also in the center is the Rosen School of Hospitality and Tourism…