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Magnanimous Brewing’s third tasting room opened Feb. 2, taking over 7venth Sun Brewing Company’s old brewery and taphouse at 6809 N Nebraska Ave.
Magnanimous Brewing's third tasting room opened Feb. 2, taking over 7venth Sun Brewing Company’s old Tampa brewery and taphouse at 6809 N Nebraska Ave.
The award-winning brewery’s two Tampa locations are less than five miles apart, a seemingly odd choice for a business, but Magnanimous Brewing co-founder Mike Luckacina explained the decision in a short conversation with Creative Loafing Tampa Bay.
For one, the original Magnanimous location on Florida Avenue has a roof leak. Luckacina said the building’s landlords refuse to correct the issue, despite potential impending electrical damage. Magnanimous has four to five more years on its lease but won’t be able to renew it once it’s up.
So for Magnanimous—which would have had to find a new place anyways—the old 7venth Sun building was the perfect fit because it already had the space the company needed to brew their beers. Instead of looking for a new facility that would be more expensive to convert, Luckacina’s team opted to start up the new location and spend way less than they would a total remodel. All Magnanimous did to the old 7venth Sun was throw up TVs and retile the bathrooms.
The higher brewing capacity also allows Magnanimous—which has another location in Bradenton—to produce more beer, a much needed feature since they brew for other companies including King State and its recently-shuttered taphouse The Brutalist. Luckacina explained that brewing today isn’t as profitable as it was years ago, so being able to pick up contracts from other breweries is lucrative.
Despite the proximity of the two locations, the Florida Avenue spot—which opened out of an old church in 2020—hasn’t seen a significant dip in business over the two weeks that Magnanimous Seminole Heights has been open.
“It’s a completely different crowd,” Luckacina said about the new regulars up the road. He added that Seminole Heights patrons are also happy to have a more community-focused business in that location rather than the building being converted to another storage facility or office space.
To honor the new digs, Magnanimous brought back not one or two, but four Hazy IPAs to the tap list the week of the new location’s opening. The tasting room in Seminole Heights boasts 24 taps, 10 arcade units and TVs. Food trucks are announced and updated on the brewery’s social media pages.
The new tasting room hours vary, with doors open from Wednesday through Sunday.
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