The Florida Breweries Report – May 2020
In the middle of Florida’s COVID-19 shutdown, Florida breweries managed to increase monthly taxpaid sales by over 30%.
Monthly Highlights
- The Florida Breweries Report reflects data published by the Florida ABT, which is available online here. The ABT monthly publishes the taxpaid sales for each brewery and distributor. Unfortunately, the ABT does not publish breweries’ sales to distributors. This means that the Florida Breweries Reports reflects only breweries’ taxpaid sales, which are generally made in its taproom.
- Four new Florida breweries in May 2020: Coastal County Brewing Company (Pensacola), SOF Brewing (Tallahassee), Mocama Beer Company (Fernandina Beach), and Craft Life Brewing (Hudson).
- No breweries upgraded from a brewpub license (CMBP) to a production brewery license (CMB) in May 2020. 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 May 2020, the total number of licensed breweries stood at 398. Of those, 299 breweries reported taxpaid sales in April.
- Month-to-month taxpaid sales increased by 30.91% in May 2020. Total taxpaid sales during the rolling last-twelve-months (LTM) fell by 1.34%. Compared to May 2019, LTM taxpaid sales were down by 4.02% in May 2020.
- For reporting breweries, the average taxpaid sales per brewery in May 2020 was 21.28 barrels, a monthly increase of 5.07 barrels per brewery.
- In May 2020, Florida breweries’ taxpaid sales accounted for .65% of all beer sales in Florida (6.5 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 May 2020. Not every Florida brewery makes retail sales in a taproom or brewery.
Florida Breweries Report – Reported Monthly Taxpaid Sales for May 2020
| wdt_ID | Monthly Rank | Ranking Change | Brewery | City | Sales (in barrels) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Annheuser Busch | Jacksonville | 402.86 |
| 2 | 2 | -1 | 3 Daughters Brewing | St. Petersburg | 224.99 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Crooked Can Brewing Co. | Winter Garden | 202.98 |
| 4 | 4 | 18 | J Wakefield Brewing | Miami | 175.19 |
| 5 | 5 | 89 | Twisted Trunk Brewing Co. | Palm Beach Garden | 152.96 |
| 6 | 6 | 5 | Intracoastal Brewing Company | Melbourne | 124.34 |
| 7 | 7 | -1 | Swamp Head Brewery | Gainesville | 123.61 |
| 8 | 8 | 2 | Fort Myers Brewing Co. | Ft. Myers | 113.79 |
| 9 | 9 | -1 | Brew Hub | Lakeland | 104.98 |
| 10 | 10 | 2 | Calusa Brewing | Sarasota | 103.81 |
| Monthly Rank | Ranking Change | Brewery | City | Sales (in barrels) |
Florida Breweries’ LTM Taxpaid Sales
Our next table shows retail sales by each brewery for the last 12 months (LTM) ending May 2020.
Florida Breweries Report – LTM Reported Taxpaid Sales for May 2020
| wdt_ID | Monthly Rank | Ranking Change | Brewery | City | Sales (in barrels) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Crooked Can Brewing Co. | Winter Garden | 2,353.08 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Annheuser Busch | Jacksonville | 2,340.89 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 Daughters Brewing | St. Petersburg | 1,900.25 |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | Funky Buddha Brewery | Boca Raton | 1,431.65 |
| 5 | 5 | 2 | Intracoastal Brewing Company | Melbourne | 1,280.99 |
| 6 | 6 | -1 | Wicked Barley Brewing Company | Jacksonville | 1,276.20 |
| 7 | 7 | -1 | Cigar City Brewing | Tampa | 1,200.88 |
| 8 | 8 | 0 | Coppertail Brewing Co. | Tampa | 1,141.04 |
| 9 | 9 | 1 | Veza Sur Brewing Co. | Miami | 1,119.19 |
| 10 | 10 | -1 | Proof Brewing Co. (1320 South Monroe) | Tallahassee | 1,087.55 |
| Monthly Rank | Ranking Change | Brewery | City | Sales (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 May 2020
| wdt_ID | Monthly Rank | Ranking Change | Brewery | City | Monthly Growth Rate | Less than 12 Months Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 108 | Wet Dogs Brewing | Lake Placid | 3767% | * |
| 2 | 2 | -1 | History Class Brewing Company | Panama City | 400% | * |
| 3 | 3 | 132 | The Kelsey City Brewing Company | Lake Park | 296% | * |
| 4 | 4 | 110 | Bay Cannon Beer Company^ | Tampa | 232% | * |
| 5 | 5 | 118 | Ology Brewing (Kerry Forest Pkwy) | Tallahassee | 202% | * |
| 6 | 6 | 94 | Cultured Collective | Orange Park | 128% | * |
| 7 | 7 | -3 | Mammoth Oak Brewing Company | Leesburg | 122% | * |
| 8 | 8 | -5 | Beardless Brewhaus^ | Milton | 69% | * |
| 9 | 9 | 5 | King Maker Brewing | Jacksonville | 66% | * |
| 10 | 10 | 111 | The Tubby Pig Brew Pub | Ft. Myers | 56% | |
| Monthly Rank | Ranking Change | Brewery | City | Monthly Growth Rate | Less 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 May 2020.
Florida Breweries Report – No LTM Taxable Activity through May 2020
| wdt_ID | Brewery | City |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bay Street Brewery & Bistro | Eustis |
| 2 | Bowigens Beer Co. | Casselberry |
| 3 | Brewers' Tasting Room | Tampa |
| 4 | Commerce Brewing | Largo |
| 5 | Cycle Brewing | St. Petersburg |
| 6 | Eight-Foot Brewing* | Cape Coral |
| 7 | Florida Distillers Company | Auburndale |
| 8 | Florida Distillers Company | Winter Haven |
| 9 | Heartbreakers Beer Garden | Islamorada |
| 10 | Hollywood Brewing Co. | Hollywood |
| Brewery | City |
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