Growing up on the East Coast in the 1970s the height of beer fantasies was the then-mythical Coors, which was only brewed and sold west of the Mississippi. A handful of national brands filled the local shelves but, with the exception of some locally available smaller brewers like Iron City in Pittsburgh, there was little beer choice.
Nearly 50 years later the craft beer revolution is in full swing and the landscape has changed. Hundreds of craft brewers have opened nationwide. The impact is no less significant in Florida. Dozens of craft beers are now made by quality brewers throughout the state—St. Petersburg (Cycle Brewing), Tequesta (Tequesta Brewing), Gainesville (Swamp Head Brewery), Wynwood (Wakefield Brewing, Wynwood Brewing), Dunedin (7venth Sun Brewing), Boynton Beach (Due South Brewing), Oakland Park (Funky Buddha), Doral (M.I.A. Brewing), Tampa (Cigar City Brewing) and many more. And like in Florida, hundreds of craft breweries have proliferated throughout the country.
