apologies and events..

For those who do read, I am sorry for the lack of updates/posts in the last few weeks. Lots of fun stuff happening around the Tampa Bay area for our own little version of "beer month". For my part in this month of events organizing the Stogie and Stout held at the brewery it has been in the works for months and is finally getting to the event itself. This Saturday if you are in the Tampa Bay area or can be here this is a beer tasting like no other. I have assembled over 30 Stouts, Porters, Brown Ales, and Doppelbocks for tasting and will on Saturday change every tap in the brewery to one of these nubian beauties. We will even add some taps by bringing in our beer trailers. You can still get tickets if you are interested at dunedinbrewery.com. Check this out for a taste:

Just a few of the beers we will be featuring for this year's Stogie and Stout
Terrapin Wake n' Bake Oatmeal Imperial Stout	Left Hand Smoke Jumper Imperial Porter
Stoudt's Fat Dog Oatmeal Imperial Stout	Lefthand Milk Stout
Rogue "Paul" Black Lager part of John's Locker Series	Duck Rabbit Baltic Porter
Thomas Creek Doppelbock	Duck Rabbit Milk Stout
Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout	Terrapin Monster Series "Dos Cocoa"
Dunedin Brewery Leonard Croon's Old Mean Stout	Ayinger Celebrator Doppelbock
Sea Dog Hazelnut Porter	Shipyard Pugsley Series Imperial Porter
Flying Dog Gonzo Imperial Porter	Shipyard Imperial Porter
*CASK* Cigar City Maduro Brown Ale	Avery's Czar Imperial Stout '07

My favorite little watering hole Oldsmar Taphouse celebrated a year last week with a party and a few special goodies on tap and in bottles. Cigar City bottles even showed up there, although that was the only case that existed in the world at this point and I am sure it did not last long. I am glad I was able to get one while it was there.. Yummy!! Can't wait until those guys are up and running. The OTH has also been awarded by ratebeer.com the coveted ranking of the "Best Beer Bar in America" and #3 in the World. Awesome!! I think it is well deserved, of course I am biased but it is tough to beat..

The #2 beer bar in the U.S. just happens to be in Orlando, and to me eventhough I have only been there once holds a special place in every Florida beer lover's heart as well (hopefully) is Redlight Redlight. Brent and crew are seriously devoted to their craft and go out of their way to have some of the most amazing offerings I have seen in Florida including one of my absolute favorites Cantillion Foufoune (sp?) on tap, which I very reluctantly missed but is still very special. Brent also has a few pins (5 gallon casks) which he sends out to breweries who are willing to fill them and is able to get things on his hand pump that otherwise would not be available. I was able to be there a few weeks ago and they had 5 smoked beers on tap! How much fun is that?? Well, perhaps not much if you don't like them but for me it is almost heaven. If you are in Orlando I would not miss Redlight Redlight, while it is a little out of the way of the more well known areas of Orlando it is well worth the trip.

More to come, in the mean time..

Cheers!!