Tampa Bay brewery boom

2012 saw the debut of several local breweries — including these five favorites.

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7thsun Brewery

Photo: Todd Bates

7Venth Sun Brewing Company

1012 Broadway Ave., Dunedin, 727-733-3013

Brewers: Devon Kreps, 35; Megan O’Boyle, 26; Justin Stange, 30; Mike Lukacina, 31

Dunedin’s brewing dream team focuses on craft beer and collaboration. 7Venth Sun opened a little over a year ago to rave reviews from beer nerds everywhere.

“From the moment I stepped in and tasted the Key Lime Berliner Sublime, I knew something special was happening,” beer critic Sean Nordquist says of 7Venth Sun. “Owners Justin Stange and Devon Kreps have taken a tiny space in Dunedin and turned it into what very well could be the Next Big Thing in Florida craft beer.”

The recently expanded tasting room and brewery at 1012 Broadway focuses on Belgian-style beers, IPAs, second-use spirit barrel aged beers, and oak aged sour beer.

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