Fort Myers Brewing Firm is celebrating 10 years in enterprise and can mark the event with a four-day tenth Anniversary Celebration Feb. 23-26 that options greater than 50 rotating specialty craft brews, meals vans and reside music.
Based by husband-and-wife duo Rob and Jen Whyte, Fort Myers Brewing opened its doorways in 2013 as Lee County’s first microbrewery, promoting a number of brews from a 400-square-foot taproom. Right this moment, Fort Myers Brewing is among the largest craft brewers within the state with a 22,000-square-foot operation and signature line of award-winning brews and seltzers.
“We had been new to city after we began our brewery and hoped that the enterprise would assist us make a number of new buddies,” mentioned brewery Co-owner Jen Whyte. “We by no means dreamed that Fort Myers Brewing can be what it’s as we speak, and it’s all due to Southwest Florida embracing us all these years in the past.”
The brewery’s anniversary celebration options 4 days of beer releases that may rotate the faucets all through the weekend. Amongst this yr’s signature brews is Fort Myers Brewing’s tenth Anniversary IPA, a ten% Double/Imperial IPA. Additionally on faucet are the brewery’s in style Nevah’ Evah’ hazy IPA, Electrical Triceratops 3 IPA and the worldwide award-winning Chocolate Stout. The brewery can be releasing limited-edition anniversary swag that features commemorative 16-ounce pint glasses, snifters, T-shirts and extra. All objects shall be out there for buy within the taproom throughout the occasion, together with choose canned specialty brews.
“Plenty of laborious work goes into making our brews, and our tenth Anniversary IPA is a particular one for our brew crew,” mentioned Co-owner Rob Whyte, whose ardour for homebrewing led to the launch of Fort Myers Brewing a decade in the past. “Reaching 10 years is a giant milestone for our workforce, and we’re celebrating the way in which we all know finest – with a celebration. Our anniversary celebration shall be our greatest one but, and we’re trying ahead to celebrating with all of the followers and buddies who’ve cheered us on through the years.”
A longtime vacation spot for the area’s thriving meals truck and music scene, the brewery is welcoming 14 completely different meals vans and 7 reside performances for households, buddies and pets to take pleasure in all weekend lengthy. Meals shall be dished up by new and longtime meals truck companions, together with Depraved Streatery, Mobstah Lobstah, King’s Tacos & Burritos, the brand new Smokin’ Oyster Brewery Meals Truck and extra. The celebration may even highlight reside reveals by Ralph Curtis Band, Rock Republic, Chris Bepko, Jeff Lyons and extra.
The total occasion schedule consists of:
Thursday, Feb. 23 (2 to 10 p.m.)
- Meals Vehicles: Mad Brunch, Smokin’ Oyster Brewery Meals Truck, Cositas Connoisseur, Island Vibez Grill, Pryceless Island Grill Meals Truck
- Reside Music: Chris Bepko (3 p.m.), Briz & Woman (7 p.m.)Friday, Feb. 24 (2 to 11 p.m.)
- Meals Vehicles: Depraved Streatery, South Pizza Co., Mobstah Lobstah, Cositas Connoisseur, Mambo
- Reside Music: Matt Walden (4 p.m.), Rock Republic (7 p.m.)Saturday, Feb. 25 (Midday to 11 p.m.)
- Meals vans: Depraved Streatery, Viet Yum, King’s Tacos & Burritos, Solely Doubles, Beau’s BBQ
- Reside music: Virgil Cain (1 p.m.), DJ Nate (4 p.m.), Ralph Curtis Band (7 p.m.)
Sunday, Feb. 26 (Midday to eight p.m.)
- Kick the Keg Celebration
- Meals vans: Mad Brunch, Don’t Give Up, Mambo
- Reside music: Gator Nate (midday), Jeff Lyons (4 p.m.)
The four-day celebration shall be held at Fort Myers Brewing Firm, 12811 Commerce Lakes Drive, Suite 28, in Fort Myers.
About Fort Myers Brewing Firm
Established in 2013, Fort Myers Brewing Firm was the primary microbrewery to open in Lee County and continues to steer Southwest Florida’s surging craft beer motion. Based by Rob and Jen Whyte, Fort Myers Brewing carries a signature line of flagship beers along with seasonal brews and small-batch specialties. Its ales, pilsners, stouts, IPAs and laborious seltzers are winners of a number of prestigious awards, together with a gold on the 2022 World Beer Cup, golds on the Greatest Florida Beer Competitors and Nice American Beer Competition, and Grand Nationwide Champion on the 2021 and 2022 U.S. Open Laborious Seltzer Championships. Fort Myers Brewing was named “Greatest Massive Brewery in Florida” in 2016 and acquired the Enterprise Resiliency and Innovation of the Yr Award on the Lee County Financial Improvement Workplace, Horizon Council and Horizon Basis’s 2021 Trade Appreciation Awards. Its beers are poured at 1,600 places, together with bars, eating places and shops, together with grocery, bundle and comfort shops. The brewery is positioned at 12811 Commerce Lakes Drive, Suite 28, in Fort Myers.
For Extra Info:
https://fmbrew.com/
