![]() ![]() Pete is another brewery you won’t find around here. Ryeght Angle is the brewery’s flagship beer, a hoppy India pale ale brewed with rye.Ĭoncrete Beach Stiltsville Pilsner - This is the first time Concrete Beach, which opened just a few months ago in Miami’s Wynwood Arts District, will have its beers available in Southwest Florida. This smooth brown ale is brewed with chai, giving it a hint of spice.įat Point Ryeght Angle IPA - Fat Point is named for the brewery’s home, Punta Gorda. 41 and Fowler Street in Fort Myers, Old Soul is Southwest Florida’s newest brewery. Terrapin Liquid Bliss Chocolate Peanut Butter Porter Designated driver tickets are available for $10.īreckenridge 72 Imperial Chocolate Cream Stout Local cover band Soapy Tuna will play music.įor tickets, call the Miracle at 23 or visit. In addition to the nearly 100 beers to sample, local restaurants Stevie Tomato’s, Papa Murphy’s pizza and Cape Coral seafood bistro The Lobster Lady will have food for sale. The Hammond Stadium concourse can get compact with that many people, but the practice field should be more comfortable. With so many people, the new location gives a little more room to maneuver. Attendance could top 1,500, Seymour said. “It’s one of the reasons this event has such a great following.”įestival organizers again expected well more than 1,000 people to attend. “Each year we’re able to bring new flavors to the table,” Seymour said. Fort Myers’ Old Soul Brewing and Punta Gorda’s Fat Point Brewery will be on tap. Two of Southwest Florida’s newest breweries will have samples available. They come from all corners of the state - Miami, Tampa, Orlando, Jacksonville. Of that total, 29 are from the Sunshine State. This year festival puts an added emphasis on brews from Florida’s burgeoning craft beer scene.Īt last count, Miracle officials had 75 beers confirmed for the festival with more coming in the final days. The location has changed, but the quantity and quality of beer is the same. Tickets are $25 in advance, $30 the day of the event, and allow patrons unlimited samples. ![]() This year’s Ballpark Festival of Beers is 6 to 9 p.m. “It’s going to be a really nice atmosphere.” “It’s cool because people will be walking around the warning track as they sample beers,” Miracle general manager Andrew Seymour said. Because of construction at Hammond, this year’s event is on one of the minor league baseball team’s practice fields. First the festival was in the parking lot, then on the stadium concourse to give drinkers a true baseball feel.įor the 11th edition of the festival, attendees will sip craft beer on an actual baseball field for the first time. It packs the same rich, satisfying mouthfeel and spicy flavors of higher-alcohol winter brews.Southwest Florida’s biggest and oldest beer festival is back, this time with a new twist.įor the past few years, the Fort Myers Miracle has drawn nearly 1,500 thirsty suds lovers to Hammond Stadium for the Ballpark Festival of Beers. Its 5.2?percent alcohol by volume is small compared with many other spiced winter warmers, and it pours much lighter while retaining its balance. Lemon peel and nutmeg linger in a dry, light aftertaste. Each sip begins with a pleasantly fruity yeast flavor, quickly building to a sweet gingerbread or spice cake. Ginger, cinnamon and nutmeg mingle invitingly with a fresh-bread aroma of unfiltered yeast and wheat malt, and a touch of citrusy hop scents. Notes: The unfiltered seasonal presents a festive balance of winter spices and cloudy, robust, earthy wheat-beer flavors.Flavor: banana, spice cake, cinnamon, ginger, lemon peel, clove.Aroma: gingerbread, orange peel, wheat, yeast.Availability: the Andersons, Corner Stone Craft Beer & Wine, Crafted Drafts, Giant Eagle, Kenny Road Market, Kroger, Savor Growl, Weiland’s Market and Whole Foods Market.Price: $11.99 for a six-pack of bottles.Beer: Gingerland UFO, from Harpoon Brewery. ![]()
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