Around The Brew Bend

Beer Society turns 3, records 100th episode of radio show

Beer Society turns 3, records 100th episode of radio show
In  August 2017, a group of craft beer enthusiasts gathered at the old Proof Brewing location in Railroad Square and discussed this newly formed...

Florida's craft beer laws could use a reboot

Florida's craft beer laws could use a reboot
In the 2.5 years since we launched the "Around The Brew Bend" craft beer column in the Tallahassee Democrat, the TLH Beer Society has never had a g...

Supporting local beer now is more important than ever

Supporting local beer now is more important than ever
Well, this sucks.  And by "this," we mean a lot of different things. It sucks that coronavirus cases in Florida have spiked. It sucks that this ...

Halpatter, Ology breweries join fight for equality, social justice

Halpatter, Ology breweries join fight for equality, social justice
Craft beer is a white male dominated industry and hobby. It's no secret.  Minorities and women make up a very small percentage of this worldwide mo...

Area breweries reopening tap rooms slowly and cautiously

Area breweries reopening tap rooms slowly and cautiously
The agility and innovation in our hospitality industry, specifically our breweries, has been awe-inspiring. To go from a potentially record-sett...

Proof supplies National Guard with hand sanitizer

Proof supplies National Guard with hand sanitizer
We've written a lot in this column over the past couple of months about the efforts of our breweries to not only maintain business during the co...

Local breweries joining national All Together campaign

Local breweries joining national All Together campaign
The premise was simple — do something, anything — and the outcome profound. When Other Half Brewing in Brooklyn, Stout Collective in Chicago and...

Ology lands state sanitizer contract, opens third location

Ology lands state sanitizer contract, opens third location
Two days, two big announcements from Tallahassee's youngest brewery on the area craft beer scene. Ology Brewing Company, which opened in June ...

Fools Fire, Southern Fields brewery openings on hold amid pandemic

Fools Fire, Southern Fields brewery openings on hold amid pandemic
There are lots of typical reasons new craft breweries sometimes see their openings delayed. From licensing, to funding, to construction, to staffin...

Local breweries adjust to Gov.'s statewide stay-at-home order

Local breweries adjust to Gov.'s statewide stay-at-home order
As the saying goes, "Sometimes, life throws you a curveball." And all of America — and the world — has been thrown some serious heat over the last ...

Braving an unhappy hour: Area breweries adapt to coronavirus crisis

Braving an unhappy hour: Area breweries adapt to coronavirus crisis
By the time this column goes online or hits papers, who knows how accurate it will be — that's the nature of our current times. Situational flui...

Big Bend craft breweries win five medals at Best Florida Beer competition

Big Bend craft breweries win five medals at Best Florida Beer competition
Another year, another huge haul of medals for the Big Bend's craft breweries at the Best Florida Beer Brewers Ball competition in Tampa. Four area ...
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