Props Brewery Announces Expansion

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Props Brewery & Grill recently posted on Facebook about their plans for expansion:

Props Brewery & Grill is excited to announce that our expansion has begun. Remodeling has started so we can put in more seating area as well as more storage and production area for our beer. Our 3 new fermenters are scheduled to arrive this week. It is only a coincidence that the unit we are moving into is unit B17, the same name of the WWII workhorse called the Flying Fortress.

According to their website, the three fermenters mentioned in the post are three new 15 barrel (bbl) fermenters. They also plan to begin distribution in late Winter / early Spring.

Great news about this local brewery, make sure to check out their website and follow them on Facebook to keep up with their expansion progress.

2013 Best Florida Beer Championships

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The 2013 Best Florida Beer Championships (BFBC) were held this February and our local breweries made an impressive showing. Pensacola Bay Brewery, Props Brewery, and McGuires (Destin) all participated in the competition and each brewery brought home multiple medals:


Pensacola Bay Brewery

3 Gold, 1 Silver, 3 Bronze

Gold Medals:
* De Luna Kolsch
* Vanilla Pumpkin Porter
* Blackbeard Stout

Silver Medals:
* Lil Napoleon IPA

Bronze Medals:
* Sawgrass Wheat
* Banyan Brown Ale
* Riptide Amber


Props Brewery

2 Silver, 1 Bronze

Silver Medals:
* Four Kings
* Prop Oil

Bronze Medals:
* Flying Coffin


McGuires Irish Pub (Destin)

1 Silver, 2 Bronze

Silver Medals:
* Chocolate Cherry Chipotle Imperial Stout

Bronze Medals:
* Millennium Ale
* McGuires Dry Irish Stout


Detailed results for the pro competition can be found here. Make sure to congratulate our local breweries on their performance, preferrably in person while drinking some of these award winning brews.

The BFBC also held a Homebrew competition and our local homebrew club, Escambia Bay Homebrewers, showed that homebrewing is alive and well in the Pensacola area winning three 1st, one 2nd, and two 3rd place awards. Overall Escambia Bay Homebrewers finished an impressive 6th among the 18 Florida homebrew clubs that competed. The detailed results for the homebrew competition can be found here.