The Florida Breweries Report – June 2019

Florida brewers’ monthly taxpaid sales growth down again in June 2019, while LTM taxpaid sales growth stays positive (barely).

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A whopping seven new Florida breweries joined the ranks in May 2019, bringing the count of new breweries this year to 28.

It is possible for a Florida brewery to both sell liquor and fill growlers, and there are two ways to go about it.

Florida’s new Hemp Law became effective July 1, 2019, and with it “hemp” beer (and other products) is now legal in Florida. However, federal and state regulations still limit use of hemp in alcoholic beverages.

Florida Breweries lost ground in monthly taxpaid sales, even while positive LTM growth continued in April 2019.

From a regulatory standpoint, making beer and wine (including cider or any other fruit-derived alcoholic beverage) is possible, but it requires a couple of extra steps especially if the same equipment or premises will be used in production of both beer and wine.

For the first time, Florida Breweries sold over 10,000 barrels of taxpaid beer in March.