Background Three friends – Michael, Shawn and Jon opened Bugnutty Brewing Company in 2013. All three are involved in the brewing. Michael works at nearby NASA; Shawn is retired from the Air Force, where he worked on jets and rockets; …

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Background In 2005, Brent Hernandez opened his bar on the second floor of one of the oldest buildings in Winter Park. The bar was often said to resemble the bottom deck of a pirate ship. They called it Redlight Redlight …

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Background – Cocoa Beach Brewing Company Chris McCall, owner and head brewer at Cocoa Beach Brewing Company opened in 2008. This small brewery resides in a little house and garage located in one of the oldest buildings in world famous Cocoa Beach. …

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Background John Cheek’s Orlando brewing opened 2004. They are Orlando’s oldest independent brewery and is Florida’s only certified organic brewery. There is only six organic breweries in the United States. Orlando Brewing’s first home was in a warehouse that was seized …

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Background The The Collective Brewing Project is housed in a 1925 building close to Fort Worth’s Near Southside neighborhood.  They opened in August of 2014. Mike Goldfuss, co-founder and co-owner, opened the brewery full-time with his partner, Ryan Deyo, who is a …

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Background The Outer Banks Brewing began as a concept in 1992 while the founders, Eric Reece and Aubrey Davis were Peace Corps volunteers alongside Tina Mackenzie in Thailand. Aubrey had grown up spending summers at his grandparents’ place on the …

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Background Clay Yarn and Mike Bishop opened Big Storm Brewing Co. in 2012. The two met while students at the University of South Florida. After college, Bishop worked as a financial adviser and Yarn in commercial insurance sales. Both lost their …

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Background What options exist if you are a smaller brewery and have maximized your current output?  You can find the money to start an expensive expansion, you can utilize contract brewing where you find another brewing facility with some capacity available …

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Barley Mow Brewing – Unfortunately this Largo Brewery has closed. We visited the Barley Mow Brewing tavern in Largo. It has a dark, cozy tavern feel inside and a patio area where one can find occasional live music. They were …

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Background – Mad Beach Craft Brewing Brewers Matthew Powers and Alex Garcia opened Mad Beach Craft Brewing in October 2014. Matthews background began with wine making. Experience Mad Beach is a large brewpub on the second floor of a shopping area. A …

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