Beer Festivals/Events In Florida

[Brewajas]

I was just wondering if we could compile a list of small(at local breweries, tastings, food pairing events) and large(festivals, competitions) beer related events across Florida for anyone interested. I'm honestly not familiar with anything other than a tasting in Naples at the Decanted once a month for $5 and that's thanks to chrisguerra who's a fellow homebrewer.'

BTW the next tasting at Decanted is Wed, Dec 22nd from 5:30pm -8:00pm $5
1410 Pine Ridge Rd. Suite 21 Naples, FL 34108

[krahnilogikal]

Jacksonville has a regular beer festival. The 2011 festival is on May 20th at the Veterans Arena:

Jacksonville Craft and Import Beer Festival

[ParaCAD]

I love beer festivals!

[Tony3696]

Panama City has a few tastings a week, but they are never all that great. We need a brewery here!

[crouchingwombat]

I think it's great that most of the post on this forum are related to beer and beer drinking. I guess that is what you get when you cross promote forums.

Brewajas, there are quite a few beer festivals around Florida all year round. I suggest you google the topic and go from there. Some will not be very good so look for reviews before you drive all over Florida.

[kaizer]

There is a BeerFest in Tampa at CentroYbor. Usually its in the March timeframe, but this particular one is alot of fun. Awesome craft brews too

[agodfrey11]

The beer festival in Pensacola is a good one. Lots of breweries participate. Here is the website:

Emerald Coast Beer Festival - September 9 & 10, 2010 Pensacola Florida

[BrentIndeed]

Every day at my house, we have a craft beer festival... funny thing is my house is also a brewery (sub-nano sized). Yep that was not remotely helpful.

I did post a thread about places to find craft beer in Palm Beach county, including Brewery's and such here: http://www.cityprofile.com/forum/west-palm-beach-boca-raton-boynton-beach/pbc-places-find-craft-beer-6983/

[NiceWinkPoly]

I encourage everyone to check out OKTOBERFEST TAMPA!! It's a really big event with lots of German Oktoberfest beer, good music, brats and games. It's right on the water 1 mile north of downtown - so you can even get dropped off by boat!

The 2nd annual Oktoberfest Tampa event will be at The Heights Waterfront on October 14, 15 & 16 --2011.

Feel free to check out their website: Oktoberfest Tampa | The Heights Tampa

or join them on FB & Twitter for more info, pics & funny videos:


http://Facebook.com/OktoberfestTampa
Oktoberfest Tampa (OktoberfestTPA) on Twitter

Prost!

If anyone has any questions, feel free to email nicol@oktoberfesttampa.com