There are still nearly 70 days until the Tampa Bay Lightning’s 2025-26 season opener, but that didn’t stop hockey fans from filing into Amalie Arena to warm up their beer-drinking muscles. Bolts Brew Fest—the Bay area’s only arena-sized, super air-conditioned, beer festival—returned to downtown Tampa last Friday, complete with Denis Phillips greeting fans and the festival’s own signature Blue Line Blueberry wheat ale brewed by our pals at Channelside Brewing.
