My brother was telling me that the Tampa Bay area is becoming like a little toothless redneck version of Portland when it comes to brewing.
Have you driven on 275 or 4 lately? How about a drive through East Tampa/Seffner/Mango or the Pinellas Park/Lealman/Kenneth city area that I call the Redneck Sunni Triangle?Toothless rednecks? Tampa Bay is a oceanside metropolis of 4,300,000 million people, and the 14th largest television market in the US, a pro football team, pro hockey team, pro baseball team, and now 28 breweries.
By comparison, Portland is 603,000 people (80th TV market, 53 breweries).
Do you really think this town is full of toothless rednecks? Geez....
BTW, my brother was telling me that Portland is like a little deadbeat hippie stoner version of Tampa Bay
I am 53 now. I moved to Miami from Lexington, Kentucky when I was 8 and Tampa when I was 28. I have also lived in Dallas and Atlanta. The Tampa Bay area is MUCH more provincial than it likes to think and deep water is WAY too far offshore for real fishing. With that said, it does have its good points.....like beer!!!
As for brewing establishments in our area, I counted like 40 if you include the outlying areas like Sarasota/Brandenton and Lakeland.
That may be because Cincy is not an up and coming brewing town. It has been an established one for 150 years or more. It is just getting its second wind.
That may be because Cincy is not an up and coming brewing town. It has been an established one for 150 years or more. It is just getting its second wind.
LOL. Have you actually spent any time in Lealman, Pinellas Park or Kenneth City? Lealman and the Park has to have one of the highest "wino on stolen bicycle in dark clothing riding night trying to get killed" ratio of any city in the Southeast.
As for St. Pete, you vcan no longer rely on the old people to title the numbers because they are either dying or moving to the Villages. With that said, St. Pete is the only one of the three major burgs in the area that has a real downtown that stays open after 5 pm even if their isn't a game, so that counts for something.:rocking: With that said, the most sophisticated city that I have found in this area is still Sarasota. My family has been here since 1988 and has done very well. the area si certainly better now in many ways, but it is what it is. It may never be as so-fist-tee-kay-ted as the Tampa Yacht Club or Palma Ceia crowd would like to think.My brother went to XU and spent his senior year living on Mt. Adams. Cool neighborhood. I want to come up for Oktoberfest at some point.
the article on them said that Florida is still only 44th as far as craft brewers per capita in the US. Still a lot of room down here.That core area of Sarasota is my favorite part of this region of the state.
)
