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 […]
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Breweries from Washington to Georgia come to St. Pete’s fermentation-forward ‘Foeder For Thought’ beer festival
The event at Green Bench Brewing Co. is part of Tampa Bay Beer Week.
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Bolts Brew Fest returns to Tampa this weekend, with nearly 200 beers to sample
It goes down Friday at Amalie Arena.
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The Tampa Bay Lightning’s beer festival, Bolts Brew Fest, returns to Amalie Arena this summer
Drown your sorrows, Bolts fans.
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Weekend Platter: Pass the cheese, winter beers & more
Learn to make seasonal tapas, sample Spanish cheese and more with these weekend events.
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Update: Sierra Nevada reveals styles for collaboration 12-pack (with video)
As part of Beer Camp, 30 breweries have teamed up with Sierra Nevada on a mixed pack of beer.
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Summer with Sierra: Big Beer Camp fest coming to Tampa
Tampa announced as one of Sierra Nevada’s Beer Camp Across America festival stops in June.
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Drink up: Bay area beer festivals for fall
When seeking local craft beer fests brimming with bubbly goodness this season, start here.
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TBBW 2015: A truly happy Hunahpu’s Day
Festgoers still packed the house at Cigar City’s annual Hunahpu’s Day, but the changes were felt.