This Saturday
Creative Loafing and local breweries to celebrate the release of CL’s annual Drinking Issue at Meet the Brewers
(Feb. 23, 2016 – Tampa, Fla.) — Join Creative Loafing and local breweries on Sat., Feb. 27th, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. to celebrate the release of CL’s annual Drinking Issue at Meet the Brewers, where 20 of Tampa Bay’s very own brewers will be on-site mingling with an intimate crowd—a unique opportunity to sample your favorite local brews and rub elbows with the brewers behind them!
With more than 40 beers being poured, Meet The Brewers will offer something for everyone: light and refreshing pilsners and wheats, hoppy IPAs and pale ales, malty reds and brown ales, fruity blues and ciders, boozy quads and trippels, tart sours and saisons, and more.
The intimate nature of this event will give attendees access to brewers from each participating brewery to ask questions and learn more about their favorite or up-and-coming local brews. In addition, both full pours and sample-size pours will be offered at the event, allowing attendees to enjoy the beer selection at their convenience without long lines.
Participating breweries & beer being poured include:
Big Storm Brewing Co. – Wavemaker Amber Ale & Helicity Pilsner
Tampa Bay Brewing Company – Old Man Olde Ale & Reef Donkey
Six Ten Brewing – OWC & CBGB
3 Daughters Brewing – A Wake Coffee Blonde Ale & 4 Redemption Bourbon Barrel Aged Quad
Brew Bus Brewing – You’re My Boy, Blue! & Rollin’ Dirty Irish Red Ale
Saint Somewhere Brewing Company – Eté San Fin & Cheval
Brewers’ Tasting Room – Bad Badger Hefeweizen & Bad Badger Imperial Oatmeal Stout
Motorworks Brewing – V-Twin Lager & Midnight Espresso
Rock Brothers Brewing – High Road Ale & Nare Sugar Brown
Darwin Brewing Company – Circa 1926 Tangerine Wheat & Pirata Pils
Mastry’s Brewing Co. – Sun Salted Ale & Rainy Season Saison
Crooked Thumb Brewery – Florida Grapefruit Gose & Abbey of the South Trippel
Rapp Brewing Company – Gose & Ginger Beer
Big Top Brewing Company – Ashley Gang Imperial IPA & Okefenokee Imperial Stout
Cigar City Cider & Mead – Wise Prick Cider & Peach Habanero Cider
Pair O’ Dice Brewing Co. – Clearwater Honey Cream & Hop Bet Red IPA
Marker 48 Brewing – Pine Island IPA, Mermaids Milk Stout, & Nurse Rachet Cherry Sour
Coppertail Brewing Co. – Free Dive & Purple Drank
Mad Beach Brewing – Kalypso Key Lime Cider & Halletoren Quad
Brew Hub – Key Billy & Diver Down
General Admission is $35 in advance and $40 at the door. VIP is $80 in advance and $85 at the door. This event has sold out in the past. Creative Loafing is encouraging folks to purchase their tickets in advance to guarantee admission.
General Admission includes 16 beer sampling tickets, each good for a 3-ounce taste. Four beer sampling tickets get a full 12-ounce pour. VIP includes a VIP-only hour from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. where attendees can enjoy unlimited beer sampling (unlimited sampling available during VIP hour), 20 beer sampling tickets to use after VIP hour, and complimentary pizza and pork bomb with chips by New World Brewery.
Additional drink tickets will be available for purchase for $1 each.
Tickets can be purchased at cltampa.xorbia.com/meetthebrewers. For more information on Meet The Brewers 2016 and to view photos and videos from previous years, visit cltampa.com/meetthebrewers.
Please use the following hashtag for all digital promotions: #CLBrewers
About Creative Loafing
Creative Loafing is an award-winning alternative, weekly newspaper and website committed to providing Tampa Bay with an independent perspective, up-to-the-minute local news, and a comprehensive listing of local happenings. Creative Loafing offers readers’ unique monthly events and CL Deals, a locally focused platform featuring dining and event experiences at half-off their regular price. For more information about Creative Loafing, visit cltampa.com and cldeals.com.
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