The Florida Breweries Report – July 2015
Florida breweries’ monthly taxpaid sales were up 5.29% in July 2015.
Continue ReadingThe Florida Breweries Report – June 2015
Florida breweries’ taxpaid sales for June 2015 were nearly 1,000 barrels higher than one year ago.
Continue ReadingFlorida Property Owners Want Breweries
More and more property owners want to include breweries in their commercial spaces. As one example, here’s a listing for a commercial development in Eustis looking for a brewery tenant. Property owners recognize that brewery/taprooms bring in people.
Continue ReadingThe Florida Breweries Report – May 2015
From the Panhandle to South Florida, new Florida breweries debuted in May 2015.
Continue ReadingChoosing Trademark-Safe Names: 5 Questions
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 ReadingThe Florida Breweries Report – April 2015
Number 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 ReadingThe Florida Breweries Report – March 2015
Florida 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 ReadingHow to Take Advantage of Florida’s 2015 Beverage Law
When 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 ReadingThe Florida Breweries Report – February 2015
New 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 ReadingThe Florida Breweries Report – January 2015
Florida 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....
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