The September curse strikes again, as Florida breweries suffer another down month.
Monthly Highlights
- Eight new Florida breweries in September 2019: American Icon Brewery (Ft. Lauderdale), Dangerous Minds Brewing Co. (Pompano Beach), Strange Beast Brewpub & Pizzeria (Miami), Lemonstreet Brewing Co. (Jacksonville), Four Stacks Brewing Co. (Gibsonton), Hiatus Brewing Co. (Ocala), Hammerstein Brewing Co. (Largo), and Ormond Garage (Ormond Beach).
- No Florida brewery upgraded from a brewpub license (CMBP) to a production brewery license (CMB) in September 2019. 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 September 2019, the total number of licensed breweries stood at 372. Of those, 355 breweries reported taxpaid sales in September.
- Month-to-month taxpaid sales fell by 7.09% in September 2019. Total taxpaid sales during the rolling last-twelve-months (LTM) rose by 0.26%. Compared to September 2018, LTM taxpaid sales were up by 10.01% in September 2019.
- For reporting breweries, the average taxpaid sales per brewery in September 2019 was 24.96 barrels, a monthly decrease of 2.76 barrels per brewery.
- In September 2019, Florida breweries’ taxpaid sales accounted for 0.90% of all beer sales in Florida (9.0 out of 1,000 beers sold).
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Florida Breweries Monthly Taxpaid Sales
The next table shows each Florida brewery’s taxpaid sales volume for the month of September 2019. Not every Florida brewery makes retail sales in a taproom or brewery.
Florida Breweries Report – Reported Monthly Taxpaid Sales for September 2019
| wdt_ID | Monthly Rank | Ranking Change | Brewery | City | Sales (in barrels) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 141 | Grayton Beer Company | Santa Rosa Beach | 296.51 |
| 2 | 2 | -1 | Crooked Can Brewing Co. | Winter Garden | 197.62 |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | Funky Buddha Brewery | Boca Raton | 132.42 |
| 4 | 4 | 13 | Wicked Barley Brewing Company | Jacksonville | 131.33 |
| 5 | 5 | -1 | Annheuser Busch | Jacksonville | 123.27 |
| 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 Daughters Brewing | St. Petersburg | 116.09 |
| 7 | 7 | -2 | Coppertail Brewing Co. | Tampa | 110.46 |
| 8 | 8 | -6 | The Waterfront Brewery | Key West | 110.17 |
| 9 | 9 | 11 | Big Top Brewing Co. | Gainesville | 99.58 |
| 10 | 10 | 49 | Florida Beer Company | Cape Canaveral | 95.35 |
| 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 September 2019.
Florida Breweries Report – LTM Reported Taxpaid Sales for September 2019
| wdt_ID | Monthly Rank | Ranking Change | Brewery | City | Sales (in barrels) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Crooked Can Brewing Co. | Winter Garden | 2,452.11 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Annheuser Busch | Jacksonville | 2,323.97 |
| 3 | 3 | 1 | Cigar City Brewing | Tampa | 2,220.74 |
| 4 | 4 | -2 | Concrete Beach Brewery | Miami | 2,166.98 |
| 5 | 5 | 0 | Funky Buddha Brewery | Boca Raton | 1,733.55 |
| 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 Daughters Brewing | St. Petersburg | 1,523.62 |
| 7 | 7 | 0 | Coppertail Brewing Co. | Tampa | 1,365.63 |
| 8 | 8 | 1 | Wicked Barley Brewing Company | Jacksonville | 1,226.66 |
| 9 | 9 | -1 | Intracoastal Brewing Company | Melbourne | 1,220.57 |
| 10 | 10 | 0 | Veza Sur Brewing Co. | Miami | 1,082.52 |
| 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 August 2019
| wdt_ID | Monthly Rank | Ranking Change | Brewery | City | Monthly Growth Rate | Less than 12 Months Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 210 | Azalea City Brewing Co. | Palatka | 200% | * |
| 2 | 2 | 178 | Oyster City Brewing Co. (17 Ave D) | Apalachicola | 152% | * |
| 3 | 3 | 170 | Orchestrated Minds Brewing | Ft. Lauderdale | 117% | * |
| 4 | 4 | 203 | Unrefined Brewing | Tarpon Springs | 113% | * |
| 5 | 5 | 80 | Kombucha 221 B.C. | Sarasota | 96% | |
| 6 | 6 | -1 | High Springs Brewing Company | High Springs | 90% | * |
| 7 | 7 | 245 | Grayton Beer Company | Santa Rosa Beach | 67% | * |
| 8 | 8 | -2 | Cracy Dingo Brewing Company at Southern Fresh Farms | Ft. Myers | 54% | * |
| 9 | 9 | -7 | Eight-Foot Brewing^ | Cape Coral | 37% | * |
| 10 | 10 | 5 | McK’s Tavern | Daytona Beach | 33% | * |
| 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 September 2019.
Florida Breweries Report – No Reported Taxable Activity through August 2019
| wdt_ID | Brewery |
|---|---|
| 1 | through September 2019 |
| 2 | Hollywood Brewing Co. |
| 3 | Yeasty Brews |
| 4 | Raw Brewing Company |
| 5 | American Icon Brewery |
| 6 | Dangerous Minds Brewing Co. |
| 7 | Premiere Brewery |
| 8 | Invasive Species Brewing* |
| 9 | Krome Brewing Company |
| 10 | Intuition Ale Works (Production Brewery) |
| Brewery |
About The Florida Breweries Reports
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