What is Florida Weisse? On the trail in the Sunshine State

What is Florida Weisse? On the trail in the Sunshine State | Craft Beer Channel

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What is Florida Weisse? On the trail of the Sunshine State's own beer style! | The Craft Beer Channel
This week Jonny and Brad are in St Pete & Clearwater, Florida! This beautiful piece of paradise in Tampa Bay is famous for its white sand and sunsets, but should also be known for it's AMAZING brewing scene. In the first of a four part series, we explore the region's own beer style - a heavily fruited sour beer known as Florida Weisse - and the incredible people behind it.
WE VISIT:
De Bine Brewing Company - / debinebrews
7venth Sun Brewery - 7venthsun.com/
Arkane Aleworks - www.arkanebeer.com/
Pair o' Dice Brewing Company - www.pairodicebrewing.com/
Crooked Thumb Brewery - crookedthumbbrew.com/
FOR MORE INFO ON ST PETE & CLEARWATER:
www.visitstpeteclearwater.com/
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@ansont 5 жыл бұрын

Great work. As a Tampanian here, you really did a great job on your homework on where to visit! Thank you for a beautiful video!!

@TheCraftBeerChannel 5 жыл бұрын

Means a lot from a resident, lots more to come too, including our highlight of the trip - Green Bench!

@ansont 5 жыл бұрын

The Craft Beer Channel Khris at GB is just so incredibly well-versed in the Intricacies of beer and brewing, I look very forward to seeing that episode! Cheers!

@hoganschaak6579 4 жыл бұрын

You all need to go down to Portland OR. We have 300ish breweries in the state and multiple mostly sour beer places. They all try to stay in state, so word might not spread, but the scene is great!

@Birdmanondaweb 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for visiting Pinellas county. We're very proud of our brewing scene here. I love being a part of the brewing culture and I hope you guys had a great time. Cheers!

@TheCraftBeerChannel 5 жыл бұрын

We had the ABSOLUTE BEST TIME. The places, the people, the beer, the beaches, the art, the Cuban sandwiches. What a part of the world. We'll be back.

@troyrayan9554 3 жыл бұрын

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@lionelezequiel7570 3 жыл бұрын

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@westleytravis6538 3 жыл бұрын

@Troy Rayan Yup, have been watching on flixzone for since december myself :)

@the_thirsty_samurai 5 жыл бұрын

I absolutely love (and know) every single one of the breweries/peeps you talked to!!! Amazing video. Great job.

@danboutell9363 5 жыл бұрын

Ahhh! I live here and have been to all those breweries! Love the sour scene here in Pinellas County.

@Vinnie13 5 жыл бұрын

I've always wanted to go to Florida for the Everglades, now I also need to go for some kick ass sours! Great video highlighting a scene I'd never really heard of.

@OysterBoysBrewingCo 3 жыл бұрын

Great video, looks an amazing place to visit.

@ale-iensbrewery8871 5 жыл бұрын

Another great video, makes me thirsty just watching. The beers look so good. Inspiration to try news brews. Thanks guys, keep em coming.

@76phat 5 жыл бұрын

Wicked clip lads what a brilliant scene!

@1408Zodiac 5 жыл бұрын

Perfect timing 😍 planing to make my first kettle sour soon so alot of inspiriaton here. If it turns out better than my accidental sour saison im happy 👌

@Cheebahhawk504 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome Video! Glad to see you enjoying Tampa Bay's beer scene and sharing it with the world. If you are still in town I would have to encourage you to visit Ulele Spring Brewery. Would love to show you around and share some of our beers with you!

@TheCraftBeerChannel 5 жыл бұрын

Sadly we are long gone but we will 100% be back some time soon. We had a fantastic time.

@theoldoakbrewhouse7859 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome!! Inspired me to make an fruitbeer😀 great job guys🍻🤘

@davidellis6468 Жыл бұрын

Me going to St Pete's is all your fault boys! (kinda) Great videos, hoping to enjoy it as much as you did.

@vigneshmuralidharan4692 5 жыл бұрын

awesome work as usual!

@tuomonurminen6320 5 жыл бұрын

Great..very inspiring!

@barrycranston5122 5 жыл бұрын

Excellent.

@KurtsCocktails 4 жыл бұрын

So happy that you took this deep dive (including your other videos) into the Pinellas Country beer scene! If you come back to the area, check out the breweries in the City of Tampa. Hidden Springs Ale Works has taken the sour scene by storm here. And of course, I’m sure you have Cigar City Brewing on your radar. And Thrillist recently named Angry Chair the best brewery in Florida.

@christofferaikin7381 5 жыл бұрын

Production value on this series is way better than it needs to be. Great content.... Cheers!

@TheCraftBeerChannel 5 жыл бұрын

Haha. Thanks, always trying to up our game and compete with the wine world, which gets all the budget.

@gustavomartinez7575 5 жыл бұрын

There is already a bjcp style developed in brazil, its called catharina sour!

@jenniferKosharek 5 жыл бұрын

Hey, you showed my street art, thanks! xoxo

@TheCraftBeerChannel 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome thanks for swinging by! The street art scene there is incredible. Lots more footage of it coming in our video next week.

@Mikeg6283 4 жыл бұрын

Debine is so close to me in palm harbor. Next time check out tarpon for Greek food and for silver king brewing and two frogs brewing!

@ThomasLeskin 5 жыл бұрын

Great video guys! Look forward to your other videos on the area as well. It was also great meeting you when you were here! I just made a Passion Fruit Florida Weisse myself, which turned out awesome. Cheers 🍻

@TheCraftBeerChannel 5 жыл бұрын

hey! Yeah it was good to meet you - I think you snuck into the 7venth Sun bit in the vid!

@ThomasLeskin 5 жыл бұрын

@@TheCraftBeerChannel Yeah, sorry about that. I was there on my laptop doing a bit of work then you guys came out to interview and started and I realized I was in the shot so tried to keep my head down

@JakeOBeer 5 жыл бұрын

As a sour beer lover it is great to hear the backstory of this sub style. Kettle sours can be divisive beers but done right they are sublime. Brick are the best at it in the UK for me

@JakeOBeer 5 жыл бұрын

PS I now need to add Florida to my beer destination list, so thanks for that!

@TheCraftBeerChannel 5 жыл бұрын

Haha you are welcome! If you love beaches and beer I dunno where could be better...san diego perhaps.

@AndrewLynch9 5 жыл бұрын

Killing it! Been trying to work out the best time to add fruit. This gives a great insight :)

@TheCraftBeerChannel 5 жыл бұрын

Great to know! We were amazed to hear Devon say she used them whole just before serving.

@jonathanbrewster7823 5 жыл бұрын

Great video! Just shocked nobody mentioned J Wakefield. I’m a South FL craft drinker since 2011. Wakefield and PEGs Cantina (Cycle) were the first to do these. From my understanding, Wakefield is the father of the Floridaweisse

@TheCraftBeerChannel 5 жыл бұрын

So the story we have found and had backed up is that the first Florida Weisse - so kettle wheat sour with enough sweet fruit to balance the acidity - was brewed by Cigar City in collab with Jonathan Wakefield back when he was homebrewer. So they share the honour of brewing the first. Most of the guys we spoke to were ex-Cigar City brewers. In fact, most of the amazing St Pete/Clearwater scene is born out of ex-CC brewers!

@ansont 5 жыл бұрын

The Craft Beer Channel CCB and Rapp Brewing!

@mikedodge1322 4 жыл бұрын

Yes, what Craft beer channel said is true, but yes, most people give J Wakefield credit for developing the first, but he is notoriously, umm, we will say, not the most friendly person in the industry. I would give 7th Sun, CCB, Coppertail, Cycle, and Rapp much credit as well.

@2dgScotland 5 жыл бұрын

Gonna have to go to Florida, who would've thought that they would have so many cool breweries!

@TheCraftBeerChannel 5 жыл бұрын

I know right?! We were blown away!

@mikedodge1322 4 жыл бұрын

Nice video guys! I just recently found your channel. I actually own a craft beer bar and restaurant about an hour from there thought this was a great representation of the Florida beer scene. Nice work!

@TheCraftBeerChannel 4 жыл бұрын

Wow thanks so much Michael! Great to hear that from a local. We hope to come back some day. We absolutely loved the area.

@staj37 5 жыл бұрын

You guys are great. I always look forward to your videos. Will you be attending LCBF this weekend?

@TheCraftBeerChannel 5 жыл бұрын

hey! We will. We're there Friday and Saturday and doing live shows both days.

@nickgobling 5 жыл бұрын

It'll be great to see you guys check out the Australian beer scene. Breweries like Prancing Pony with their India Red Ale and Willie the Boatman with their Old Salty Melon Gose are really taking Australian brewing to a new level.

@TheCraftBeerChannel 5 жыл бұрын

We would love to, but it's so far away! One day we WILL come.

@brianhoffmann1481 5 ай бұрын

Come back and hit Miami. Your missing amazing Sours in Miami from J Wakefield and Spanish Marie.

@KCJbomberFTW 3 жыл бұрын

Miami Weisse is too perfect 🤣

@JeanPaulLopes 5 жыл бұрын

Florida Weisse is so similar to brazilian Catharina Sour style. Both are near to be added to BJCP

@TheCraftBeerChannel 5 жыл бұрын

They are indeed. Eyeing up a trip to Brazil now!

@JeanPaulLopes 5 жыл бұрын

@@TheCraftBeerChannel Awesome! there are so many good breweries and brewers here. There is only one big problem: Brazil is like USA, a continental country with a huge latitudinal extension. Here where I live in south now is near 9ºC and in north is 30ºC. This diferences bring us a enormous numeber of styles and beers. Ifo you come to south (Porto Alegre - there are to many breweries here) visit "Taberna MF" in Gramado. They have about 100 taps with own beers (blends, lambics, wood aged).

@finnafishfl 2 жыл бұрын

Have you visited cigar city>?

@nathantrout2234 5 жыл бұрын

Is it just a berliner weisse with fruit? They've been popping up in the UK from time to time for a few years.

@TheCraftBeerChannel 5 жыл бұрын

Pretty much, though it seems the style is also about balance - so a much lower acidity than a Berliner would probably have. We've seen a few in the UK for sure, but seems to have started out here around 2012-13.

@PaulJames-uz5yl 5 жыл бұрын

can we get any of the beers from these nice breweries in the UK?

@TheCraftBeerChannel 5 жыл бұрын

Sadly not as they are too small right now however 7venth Sun have just done a collab beer with Queer Beer Brewing Project so there will be a small amount of that around the uk!

@PaulJames-uz5yl 5 жыл бұрын

@@TheCraftBeerChannel nice!!

@COUNTSTEFF 5 жыл бұрын

Hey guys if you come to South Florida hit me up I can hook you up at some really good breweries there are some really great breweries down here also I have a 1966 Cadillac convertible so we will be traveling in style

@NigelLegg 5 жыл бұрын

So I guess the Miami Weiss I had in the Waterloo Tap in March fits into this style. Can't remember the Brewery or the fruit in it, just remember the name....

@TheCraftBeerChannel 5 жыл бұрын

Seems to be an homage to the style, happening all over the world now.

@KCJbomberFTW 3 жыл бұрын

7:40

@FelipeFanan86 5 жыл бұрын

So it's a basically Catharina Sour.. brazilian style

@TheCraftBeerChannel 5 жыл бұрын

Very similar it would seem!

@brians460 5 жыл бұрын

I'll have to give Joe and Dan a big high 5 tomorrow. Not sure how the list was decided on or when it was recorded but the list was missing an amazing hidden gem brewery. Good list though. I know people from two of the breweries pretty well.

@TheCraftBeerChannel 5 жыл бұрын

Who did we miss!?

@brians460 5 жыл бұрын

@@TheCraftBeerChannel Small Nanobrewery in Clearwater called Grindhaus Brew Lab.

@iflanzy 5 жыл бұрын

So is a Florida Weisse just a kettle sour with an occasional twang?

@TheCraftBeerChannel 5 жыл бұрын

I have no idea what you mean by occasional twang...

@JoeeBebop 5 жыл бұрын

It looks like you guys are in an elevator around 8:40. Cheers.

@TheCraftBeerChannel 5 жыл бұрын

hahaha - an elevator with a brewery would be some next level skyscraper.

@pradyotgautam5603 5 жыл бұрын

Indians subscribers like here

@notforwantoftrying1 5 жыл бұрын

Never understood the appeal of sour beers, if you drink more than one it nukes your entire palate.

@TheCraftBeerChannel 5 жыл бұрын

How strange - I think most people see it the other way and use sours (particularly ones without fruit) to cleanse their palate between big hoppy or roasted beers! We certainly do.