Background Equinox Brewing was Fort Collins’ sixth brewery, and its founders, the husband-and-wife team of Colin and Shannon Westcott, never sought to expand beyond the city. In the ‘90s and 2000s, as Colin brewed for Anchorage’s Midnight Sun and led …

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Background – St. Pete Brewing Tom Williams and his wife Michelle opened St. Pete Brewing in 2014. Tom has always had a love of beer. While attending Boston University, Tom was inspired by Sam Adams and began home brewing. After …

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Background Named after the iconic green benches that have marked St. Petersburg’s downtown sidewalks since the early 1900s, Green Bench Brewing paved the way for the city’s blossoming craft beer scene when it opened in 2013. Co-owner and brewer Khris …

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Background Doug Dozark opened Cycle Brewing in 2012. Doug started a “nanobrewery” at his parents legendary Gulfport Mexican joint Peg’s Cantina. He thrilled patrons in downtown St. Pete by opening a stand alone brewery on Main Street. Through the years …

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Background In 2012 Greg Rapp opened a kickstarter project to raise some funds to get Rapp Brewery opened. Greg Rapp  A homebrewer for more than 15 years, turned a hobby and an unfortunate, economically driven career downturn into a new …

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Background – J Dubs Brewing J Dubs Brewing beginnings : in 2003, a Soldier stationed at Fort Lewis, Washington, along with one of his buddies and armed with Charlie Papazian’s “The Joy of Home Brewing”, brewed his first (horrible) batch of …

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Background Dunedin Brewery was founded in 1995 by Michael Norman Bryant, following his deep passion for home-brewing. Officially brewing by 1996, the first keg to be delivered was an Imperial Brown Ale to Skip’s Bar & Grille in Downtown Dunedin. …

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Background Founders and industry veterans Justin Stange and Devon Kreps opened 7venth Sun Brewing in 2012 in Dunedin, Florida.  Devon graduated from Oregon State University with a degree in Fermentation Science.  Directly out of school, she was hired to brew …

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