"You Shall Not Pabst."
That's just one of the beers – a New Zealand hopped saison brewed by Bombardment Brewing Co. – that we're looking forward to tasting at Orlando Weekly's annual Orlando Beer Festival. The fest, now in its third year, happens in Festival Park (2911 Robinson St.) Saturday, Nov. 11.
Just as you can't judge a book by its cover, you can't judge a beer by its name, but nevertheless we're happily anticipating You Shall Not Pabst, as well as Ten10 Brewing's "Teaches of Peaches" peach cobbler brown ale, and just for originality of ingredients Crooked Can's cucumber gose, Rock Pit Brewing's jalapeño cream ale, Tactical Brewing Co.'s chocolate coffee peanut butter porter and Castle Church's All Saints Einbecker Medieval Ale. (What even is medieval ale? Guess we'll find out Saturday.)
While there's no 100 percent guarantee that a certain beer will be on hand on the day of the event (nothing in life is a sure thing!), here are 46 breweries – all but three are Florida operations – that will be repping their wares in Festival Park; each will have multiple brews on hand.
Accomplice Brewing & Ciderworks, West Palm Beach
American Craft Aleworks, West Palm Beach
Big Storm Brewing Co., Clearwater
Big Top Brewing Co., Sarasota
BJs Restaurant and Brewery, Orlando
Black Cauldron, Orlando
Bold City, Jacksonville
Bombardment Brewing Co., Orlando
Boricua Beer, Altamonte Springs
Bowigens, Casselberry
Brew Club of Seminole County
Brew Hub, Lakeland
Broken Strings, Orlando
Castle Church Brewing, Kissimmee
Central 28 Beer Co., DeBary
Crooked Can Brewing Co., Winter Garden
Dead Lizard Brewing Co., Orlando
Dees Brothers Brewery, Winter Springs
Ellipsis Brewing, Orlando
Fat Point Brewing, Punta Gorda
First Magnitude Brewing Co., Gainesville
Florida Beer Co., Cape Canaveral
Guinness, Dublin, Ireland
Hop On Central Florida Brew Tours, Orlando
Hops Boss Brewery, Winter Park
Hourglass Brewing, Longwood
Infinite Ale Works, Ocala
Kona Brewing Co., Kailua Kona, Hawaii
Magic Hat Brewing Co., South Burlington, Vermont
Ocean Sun Brewing, Orlando
Orange County Brewers, Orlando
Orlando Brewing, Orlando
Reprise Brewing, St. Cloud
Rock Brothers Brewing, Tampa
RockPit Brewing/Orlando Homebrew Supplies, Orlando
Roque Pub, Orlando
Sanford Brewing Co., Sanford
Sea Dog Brewing Co., Orlando
Slim Pickens Cider & Mead, Tampa
SunCreek Brewery, Clermont
Tactical Brewing Co., Orlando
Ten10 Brewing Co., Orlando
Tomoka Brewing Co., Port Orange
Toll Road Brewing Co., Orlando
Wops Hops Brewing Co., Sanford
Wynwood Brewing Co., Miami
