The Florida Breweries Report – December 2019

Ten new breweries in December 2019 cap year that saw 75 new Florida breweries.

Monthly Highlights

  • Ten new Florida breweries in December 2019: Holy Mackerel (Wilton Manors), Unseen Creatures Brewing & Blending (Miami), Emerald Republic Brewing Company (Pensacola), Barriehaus Beer Co. ( Tampa), Big Hammock Brewery and Bites (Ocala), Fort Walton Brewing Company (Fort Walton Beach), Liquid Garage Co. (New Port Richey), Bayboro Brewing Co. (St. Petersburg), Five Branches Brewing (Tarpon Springs), and The Joinery (Lakeland).
  • One Florida brewery upgraded from a brewpub license (CMBP) to a production brewery  license (CMB) in December 2019: Unrefined Brewing (Tarpon Springs). Breweries with a CMB license can start fill growlers, sell bottled or canned products for consumption off premises, and sell to licensed distributors. Where a brewery upgrades its license, the tables below denote the CMBP license with * and the CMB license with ^.
  • In December 2019, the total number of licensed breweries stood at 373 (this number has been updated to reflect breweries that are now defunct). Of those, 366 breweries reported taxpaid sales in December.
  • Month-to-month taxpaid sales increased by 3.49% in December 2019. Total taxpaid sales during the rolling last-twelve-months (LTM) rose by 0.14%. Compared to December 2018, LTM taxpaid sales were up by 4.27% in December 2019.
  • For reporting breweries, the average taxpaid sales per brewery in December 2019 was 26.48 barrels, a monthly increase of .51 barrels per brewery.
  • In December 2019, Florida breweries’ taxpaid sales accounted for 0.80% of all beer sales in Florida (8.0 out of 1,000 beers sold).

Would you like The Florida Breweries Report as an Excel spreadsheet? Reports for this month and all months back to January 2015 are available at this link: https://brwlng.co/FLBreweries.

Florida Breweries Monthly Taxpaid Sales

The next table shows each Florida brewery’s taxpaid sales volume for the month of December 2019. Not every Florida brewery makes retail sales in a taproom or brewery.

Florida Breweries Report – Reported Monthly Taxpaid Sales for December 2019

wdt_IDMonthly RankRanking ChangeBreweryCitySales (in barrels)
1Cocoa Beach Brewing Co.Cocoa Beach
2Hollywood BreweryHollywood
3Hollywood Brewing Co.Hollywood
4Premiere BreweryFt. Lauderdale
5Holy MackerelWilton Manors
6Krome Brewing CompanyMiami
7Prision Pals Brewing Co.Doral
8Oyster City Brewing Co. (15 Ave D)Apalachicola
9LaBelle Brewing Co.LaBelle
10Sugar Sand BrewerySebring
Monthly RankRanking ChangeBreweryCitySales (in barrels)

Florida Breweries’ LTM Taxpaid Sales

Our next table shows retail sales by each brewery for the last 12 months (LTM) ending December 2019.

Florida Breweries Report – LTM Reported Taxpaid Sales for December 2019

wdt_IDMonthly RankRanking ChangeBreweryCitySales (in barrels)
110Crooked Can Brewing Co.Winter Garden2,530.46
2213 Daughters BrewingSt. Petersburg1,976.15
33-1Annheuser BuschJacksonville1,971.21
440Wicked Barley Brewing CompanyJacksonville1,405.87
553Fort Myers Brewing Co.Ft. Myers1,346.28
660Twisted Trunk Brewing Co.Palm Beach Garden1,340.23
77-2Cigar City Brewing Co.Tampa1,330.25
88-1Intracoastal Brewing CompanyMelbourne1,299.13
991The Waterfront BreweryKey West1,263.74
1010-1Funky Buddha BreweryBoca Raton1,246.81
Monthly RankRanking ChangeBreweryCitySales (in barrels)

Florida Breweries’ LTM Growth in Taxpaid Sales

Our next table looks at the change in each brewery’s LTM taxpaid sales from last month. This provides an estimate of a brewery’s growth rate from one month to the next, at least to the extent of retail sales. The rightmost column identifies breweries that have less than 12 months of reported taxpaid sales.

Florida Breweries Report – LTM Reported Taxpaid Sales Monthly Growth Rate for December 2019

wdt_IDMonthly RankRanking ChangeBreweryCityMonthly Growth RateLess than 12 Months Reported
Monthly RankRanking ChangeBreweryCityMonthly Growth RateLess than 12 Months Reported

Florida Breweries With No
Reported Activity

Each month, a number of breweries report no retail sales or other taxable activities. The next table lists the licensed breweries that reported no activity for the twelve months through December 2019.

Florida Breweries Report – No Reported Taxable Activity through December 2019

wdt_IDNo Reported Taxpaid Activity
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2
3
4
5
6
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8
9
10
No Reported Taxpaid Activity

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