There are only so many hoppy, reserve, barrel-aged names to go around. This means that more and more otherwise happy, brotherly-loving brewers, vintners and distillers are taking aim at each other over company names and product names that may or may not be infringing on one another. Before deciding your next beer MUST be named Brewers’Law Lager, or whatever,...
Continue ReadingNumber of licensed Florida breweries topped 150 for the first time in April 2015. Monthly Highlights Three new breweries are included in this edition of The Florida Brewery Report: Concrete Beach Brewery in Miami, Goat Lips Deli & Dinner House in Pensacola, and House of Brewz Taps & Tapas in Ft. Myers. In April 2015, the total number of...
Continue ReadingFlorida breweries increased monthly taxpaid activity by nearly 20% in March 2015. Monthly Highlights Four new breweries are included in this edition of The Florida Brewery Report: Crooked Can Brewing Co. in Winter Garden, Silverking Brewing Co. in Tarpon Springs, Las Tapas Restaurant & Brewery in The Villages, and Tomoka Brewing Co. in Port Orange. In March 2015, the...
Continue ReadingWhen Governor Rick Scott signed into law CS/SB 186, he largely ended Florida’s state of growler confusion. However, the 2015 beverage law–which is now known as Florida Law 2015-12–will do much more to improve the status of craft beverages in Florida when it becomes effective July 1, 2015. This article describes how Florida’s breweries, distilleries, distributors, and vendors can...
Continue ReadingNew Twisted Trunk Brewing Co. lead Florida breweries to 4.44% growth in February 2015. Monthly Highlights Two new breweries are included in this edition of The Florida Brewery Report: Coppertail Brewing Co. in Tampa and Lake Tribe Brewing Company in Tallahassee. In February 2015, the total number of breweries licensed within the past 12 months stands at 137. Of...
Continue ReadingFlorida starts 2015 by adding six new breweries. Monthly Highlights Six new breweries are included in this edition of The Florida Brewery Report: J Wakefield Brewing in Miami, Florida Keys Brewing Co. in Islamorada, Destin Brewery in Destin, 1010 Brewing Co. in Orlando, Twisted Trunk Brewing Co. in Palm Beach Garden, and Barrel of Monks Brewing in Boca Raton....
Continue ReadingFlorida breweries ended 2014 with double digit growth in taxpaid sales. Monthly Highlights Two eagerly anticipated new breweries are included in this edition of The Florida Brewery Report: Angry Chair Brewing in Tampa and Infinite Ale Works in Ocala. In December 2014, the total number of licensed breweries stands at 135. Of those, 116 breweries reported taxpaid sales. Month-to-month...
Continue ReadingThe Florida Legislature’s 2015 session kicks off in less than a month, on March 3, 2015. If you enjoyed our posts during the last legislative session about the bills that promised to promote or destroy, respectively, Florida craft beverage industry, then head over to to FloridaCraft.org. We’ll be posting legislative updates on Florida Craft’s website, leaving the Brewers’ Law...
Continue ReadingAs previously reported, the ABT has adopted a new policy requiring all taproom license applications to be reviewed in the Tallahassee district office. The new policy was announced in an email from Marie Fraher, the ABT’s Chief of Licensing, in an email to ABT licensing personnel. We obtained a copy of Ms. Fraher’s email by public records request, and...
Continue ReadingHuge jump in month-to-month taxpaid sales in November 2014. Monthly Hightlights No new wineries in this edition of The Florida Wineries Report. In November 2014, the total number of reporting wineries stood at 69. Of that number, 38 reported taxpaid sales for the month. Month-to-month taxpaid sales were up a whooping 49.5% in November 2014. Total taxpaid sales during...
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