Pinellas Ale Works is diagonal from Cage Brewing along First Avenue South. Credit: Meaghan Habuda

Pinellas Ale Works is diagonal from Cage Brewing along First Avenue South. Credit: Meaghan Habuda


Local beer lovers will be pleased to know that the wait for downtown St. Pete's Pinellas Ale Works is over.

Thursday afternoon, the 15-barrel brewery at 1962 First Ave. S. unveiled its soft opening as this weekend on Facebook. Its doors will open to the public from 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday, and noon to 6 p.m. Sunday.

The area first learned of PAW's plans for a brewery and tasting room near Tropicana Field back in 2014. That year, Dennis Decker, who founded the dog-friendly brewery with Matthew Brown, told CL there will be six regular taps and six that rotate, a large beer garden and extra seating on First Avenue.

The brewery's opening announcement comes just after the launch of Cage Brewing, which is diagonal from PAW and opened last weekend.

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This article appears in Jan 14-20, 2016.