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It’s one of the most wonderful times of the year here at the BeerWise Podcast because it’s time for our annual Tampa Bay Beer Week podcast. This year, I am joined by Elise Sweeney and Chris Fairchild from the Tampa Bay Beer Week Organization.  

Chris and Elise are talking about what’s new for 2024, what they are looking forward to, the new Tampa Bay Brewers Alliance, and where the organization is headed in the future.

This podcast was recorded on Monday, February 26th, so I’m happy to release it faster than a hazy IPA.

Are there any guests you would like to hear on the show? Reach out! I’m on social media at FL Beer News or Mark at florida beer news dot com to let me know your opinion. 

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 Florida Beer News and this podcast are now on PATREON! I have begun new fundraising efforts for the website and podcast in hopes of making some updates and changes. Check out patreon dot com slash Florida Beer News (spelled out) for information on how you and your business can help fuel our growth and get some cool rewards. 

That’s all for now, until next time when I’ll be back to talk about what’s going on in the world BEERWISE. Cheers and happy Tampa Bay Beer Week. 

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Cigar City Brewing founder Joey Redner joins us in this episode of the BeerWise Podcast. 

Joey Redner built one of the most iconic breweries in Tampa's history, but that is not what he intended when writing Cigar City Brewing's initial business plan. Joey insists that he never intended for the brewery to grow as big as it did, and Joey shares what he has learned and some business thoughts on craft beer. Joey and Mark also talk about Joey's origin story in craft beer and the early days of Cigar City Brewing up to the day that Joey sold the brewery and a little bit on what he's been doing since the sale. 


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It was a fortunate coincidence that I had my recorder handy during August's Florida Brewers Guild Conference, as both men were in attendance and had some time to sit down and talk about their journeys as brewers and record some of the names of brewers who have come and gone from Florida breweries. Ron and Madison talk about what it was like sharing information between breweries before email and the internet and other differences between their start in brewing and their current state of affairs.

Ron Raike is the brewmaster at Playalinda Brewing Company and Madison Roane is the Vice President of Production at Florida Avenue Brewing Company. The two brewers have each been brewing beer professionally in the Sunshine State since the 1990s and have traveled worked with and worked for many other brewers and breweries in Florida History. Ron began his career brewing in the Orlando area, including a stint at what may have been the first airport brewery that brewed beer onsite at an airport - the Shipyard Brewpub in Orlando International Airport - and has transitioned between several breweries to his present position at Playalinda Brewing. Madison began brewing at McGuire's Brewpub in Destin and "followed a girl down to Tampa" and worked at Cigar City Brewing for years until transitioning to his current position at Florida Avenue Brewing in Wesley Chapel.

The initial interview was Ron's idea - except this was before COVID, and it took several years to get both of these guys in the same room.  The interview is worth a listen if only for the banter about hard seltzer and milkshake IPAs.

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Thanks for joining us in the journey of the BeerWise Podcast, hosted by Mark DeNote – editor of Florida Beer News.

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In this episode, I am joined by Jim & Brittey Barrie of Barriehaus Beer Company

Barriehaus is a lager-focused brewery in the heart of Tampa Bay, located one block off of 7th Avenue in Ybor City and 5 minutes away from some of Tampa's premiere breweries and meaderies. Barriehaus Beer Company has made a name for themselves by focusing their energies and their tap list almost exclusively on lagers.  

In this interview, Jim and Brittney talk about the formation of the brewery and Jim's unique history with lager brewing as a fourth-generation brewer following in the steps of his family. Jim and Brittney are forthcoming about why they chose to open a brewery in Tampa, what continues to inspire them and what happens when their brewing dreams ran headlong into the COVID-19 pandemic. 

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About Barriehaus Beer Company
BarrieHaus Beer Co. is a community-centered microbrewery founded on the passion of family tradition, a love of innovating, and the enjoyment of the world-class lager beer.

In this episode, I am joined by Dave Doble of Tampa Bay Brewing Company. 

One of Tampa Bay’s iconic and well-visited breweries, Tampa Bay Brewing Company is celebrating 25 years in July 2022. Visited by both Michael Jackson and Guy Fieri, many visitors know TBBC for its welcoming pubs in both Ybor City and Westchase. 

In the mid-1990s, the City of Tampa did not have many options for craft beer until John and Vicki Doble put their faith in their son Johnny’s vision of opening a homebrew store called the Brew Shack. Johnny and his family grew that store into a brewpub and one of Tampa’s first ‘destination’ breweries. Once the pub opened, Johnny was the head brewer and Dave Doble left the family business to train as a pilot. Dave talks about when his brother tragically died in a fire in 2003, how he decided return to the brewery his family had founded. 

In our interview, Dave talks about that return and how he and his family decided to grow TBBC’s business to its current heights. Dave also talks about changing the TBBC beer lineup and how the brewery’s growth has been helped by Reef Donkey, a GABF Bronze-medal winning pale ale named for the Amberjack, a game fish which lives in Florida’s wrecks and reefs.

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Join the BeerWise Podcast as Mark talks to Charlie Meers of Magnanimous Brewing. 

Magnanimous Brewing is one of Tampa Bay's newest breweries, but its staff is full of familiar faces and friends who have worked around Tampa Bay for close to a decade. 

Mark and Charlie talk about building and opening a brewery during the global pandemic of 2020 and what it took to get Magnanimous Brewing off the ground. 

Charlie talks about his fondness for beer and people, how the brewery reflects its owners, and a man named Sprinkles. 

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