Six Ten Brewing Launches Distribution

Six Ten Brewing partners with Brown Distributing

(Tampa, FL) – Six Ten Brewing opened the doors to their brewery and tasting room in February of 2014. The 3300 square foot facility is located at 7052 Benjamin Road and sits just south of the canal in the Town and Country neighborhood of Tampa. The three vessel, ten barrel brew house was custom built by Premier Stainless Systems of Escondido California and was engineered specifically for Six Ten Brewing.  The first kegs are expected to be tapped in early March to celebrate Tampa Bay Beer Week.

Co-founders, Christopher and Leslie Johnson began planning the opening of their brewery in late 2012 when they made the decision to leave their careers in the corporate world to follow their passion for craft beer and dream to open their own business: “We left the 9 to 5 behind us, our future is all about 6:10”.

Chris, who has been brewing for over 20 years, was a founding member of Tampa’s first home brewing club the Tampa Bay B.E.E.R.S. back in 1990.   He started brewing competitively about four years ago and his creations have won numerous medals in local, regional and national brewing competitions.  Leslie has always had the desire to own her own company and operating a brewery is without a doubt a challenge that satisfies her entrepreneurial dream.

Six Ten Brewing offers a variety of hand-crafted ales and lagers made with the finest quality malted barley, hops, yeast and water.  These beers are available to the public in the brewery tasting room which also offers beer to go in growlers, bottles, and kegs.

Six Ten has built a large and loyal customer following and now believes the time is right to begin distribution so their hand crafted brews can reach a larger audience.  “We believe that Brown Distributing really understands what Craft Beer is all about and that they are the best partner to help us reach our goals.  We couldn’t be happier.”   Distribution of Six Ten beers will begin at the end of February, just one year from their public opening and just in time for Tampa Bay Beer Week.

Six Ten Brewing offers a variety of hand-crafted ales and lagers made with the finest quality malted barley, hops, yeast and water.  These beers are available to the public in the brewery tasting room which also offers beer to go in growlers, bottles, and kegs.

To keep up to date on the status of the brewery, connect with Six Ten through their mobile app which can be downloaded from the Apple and Google Play stores, their website (www.sixtenbrewing.com), social media (Facebook/SixTenBrewing and Twitter @SixTenBrewing) or by email hello@sixtenbrewing.com.

Cigar City Releases 2015 Beer Calendar

Hold onto your seats Floridians! As of yesterday, Cigar City has published their official 2015 release calendar as an early holiday gift. And with that you can plan on seeing a few of your favorites more often compared to 2014, as well as a few removed. Some awesome changes Include the extremely popular and sought after White Oak Jai Alai and Cubano Espresso, which will be rotating each other out every other month. While we will be seeing less of others such as Minaret Nitro.

So happy holidays folks! Now go enjoy some great CCB beers!

Help Tampa Become #1 Best Beer Town in USA Today Poll

USA Today is polling the United States for their Readers Choice Best Beer Town and are crowning the winner in October.

“Craft beer is taking the nation by storm, and you have until Monday, OCT. 13 at NOON to vote for your favorite beer town in the USA. Our panel of beer experts picked 20 of the nation’s best cities for beer-centric travel; each offers an excellent brewery scene, great beer bars and gastropubs and a special place in beer history. Vote once per day until the contest ends.”

We in Florida all know the amazing beers being brewed and showcased at breweries, bars, stores and restaurants around the Sunshine State but unfortunately the rest of the country might not know yet. Being that Tampa is the only Florida city in the race, help bring the crown home to FLA!

What do the experts have to say about Tampa?

“Tampa is home to more than 30 breweries and brew pubs, with more opening every day. The inventive and progressive lineup of breweries started in “Cigar City” keeps the offerings fresh and relevant, while the Florida sunshine makes Tampa an excellent place for enjoying a brew outdoors, even in the dead of winter.”

Of course,  this is just a snap shop of the amazing craft beer renaissance going on in the Tampa Bay Area and not just in Tampa but St. Pete, Tarpon Springs, Pinellas Park, Largo, Dunedin, Sarasota… the list goes one. So please vote here: http://www.10best.com/awards/travel/best-beer-town/ and help Florida bring home the title! Feel free to vote once a day as well.