Visiting Orlando- Look Here First Summer 2018

It seems that the Orlando area is not being updated in the new St Pete/Tampa thread. Thats fine Orlando is beginning to have a large number of breweries and coming into its own.

The lists are in no particular order I will let all of you fight it out as to what is good and what is not.
They all make at least a few good beers.


ORLANDO area
Recommended Breweries & Brew Pubs
Ellipsis Brewing (near Orlando Airport)
Ten10 Brewing (Downtown)
Red Cypress
Half Barrel Prject
Crooked Can Brewing (Winter Garden)
Cask & Larder (Great Food)
Redlight Redlight brewery and beer bar
Bowigens Brewing
Hourglass Brewing
Ocean Sun
Deadly Sins
Black Cauldron /Broken Strings
Dead Lizard
Orange County Brewing
Bear & the Peacock
Wolf Branch Brewing (Eustis)


New brewerise opening in 2018
Tactical Brewing
Ivanhoe Park Brewing
TollRoad Brewing
SunCreek Brewing (Cleremont)


Highly Recommended Beer Bars
Tap & Grind
Thirsty Topher
World of Beer - 5 locations (check WOB app for map and tap lists)
Brass Tap - Multiple locations
Rogue Pub
Celery City (52 taps)
GBls Bottle Shop (21 taps)

Highly Recommended Bottle Shops
Knightly(Orange Blossom Trail location only)
GB's Bottle Shop
Big C Liqour
3 Total Wine locations(check website for stock) Altamonte store has a growler station)
Various ABC locations: (Apopka Vineland store is closest decent beer selection to Disney)
Lake Mary & Winter Park ABC's have growler stations

(A Few) Beer-centric Restaurants
Oblivion Taproom
Cask & Larder
The Smiling Bison
Gnarly Barley
Market on Magnolia (formerly Frank & Stiens)


The Sanford Area has 4 breweries and some great beer bars
Deviant Wolfe
Sanford Brewing (Great food)
Wops Hops Brewery
Inner compass Brewing
Central 28 Brewing - in DeBary about a 15 minute drive (well worth it)
A distillery (Lagerhead) and a 5th brewery are opening hopefully by the end of the year or early 2019


Beer Bars and restaurants
Celery City (Best beer bar in the area) 52 taps with huge outside area
Buster Bistro - Belgian inspired food and beer selection
West End (Dive bar with a really good draft selction)
Willow Tree Cafe - Authentic Germand food, entertainment and Beer.
Smiling Bison great food with a decent selection of local beer.

Orlando Area BA listings - http://www.beeradvocate.com/place/city/80/

Orlando Beer Map http://www.orlandobeerguide.com/orlando-beer-guide-maps.html


Disney Tips
For those traveling to Disney, many places throughout the parks and resorts now serve craft beer.

Yes variety in the parks is limited. Yes it's expensive to buy beer in the parks or at your hotel.

Yes you can bring your own beer to Disney resort pools.

Thank you Bknarr for doing the leg work for all this time.

 

Did not know about Oblivion... I know it was sold. Thats a shame

Even though Ravenous did move to that building, the bar and the Beer is still Called Cask & Larder. I will carify it.

 

I have had there stuff at Beerfests. I pour for Ellipsis sometimes and the past 2 fests they were right next to us.

 

UNIVERSAL
Since I know I’ve searched Universal many times, I figured I’d post a specific thread after a short visit this weekend. I will basically post about what I found unique. Yuengling and Blue Moon are all over both parks. I did not search every inch of the place to be sure.

Universal Studios - In Springfield, the Duff brewery offers three beers (I believe all by Florida Beer Co). I only had the regular Duff. It was fine. In Harry Potter World, you will find two unique beers. There is Wizard’s Brew (a very solid sweet leaning stout) and Dragon’s Scale (a mildly hoppy red). There’s a beer cart in NY area across from Starbucks and Louie’s. They have 4 locals including Jai Alai and Orange Blossom Pilsner.

Islands of Adventure - Hogs Head in Harry Potter had the two previously mentioned beers plus a 3rd which was malty offering in the Scottish Ale style (Hog’s Head Brew). To be honest, I didn’t see much else in Islands.

City Walk - Again, here you will find Yuengling and Blue Moon at walk up carts like it is growing in trees. I found the selection at NBC Grill to be vast and certainly worth a look. Clearly the largest selection was here with probably upwards of a hundred cans, bottles and drafts. In general, there was nothing hear that knocked my socks off though. The Cow Fish had a nice, but small selection of craft including about six drafts. Each of these two places had Two Hearted which was probably the best beer at each.

Stayed at Portofino Bay and I’d say each venue there (pool, bars, restaurants) had one pretty good craft selection (including Jai Alai and Funky Buddha Hop Gun).

 

Castle Church Brewing is being built off of Hofner. Beer from them I have had at festivals was pretty good. It is usposed to be a brewery and a church. Not sure how that will work out.

Also I was reminded of Orlando Brewing. ( I would not waste your time). They are Orlandos Oldest and only Organic brewery. You will find them at most of the toursit attractions but not at any serious creft beer bar.

 

Suncreek beer that I had at festival was good. TollRoad actually opened this week. Have not had any of their beer I dont think or dont remember it.

 

You are right. I forgot about those guys. Met them at the Seminole county brew fest. Good people and the beer they had there was fantastic.

 

10 W Illiana St, Orlando, FL 32806 I think its near Michigan and Orange. Not open yet

 

Looks like Orange City is going to be getting a brewery. Some of the team from Busters Bistro in Sanfor purchased the Buffet City building. I am sure it will be at least a year before they open.
But more good things coming to the Orlando and surrounding areas.

 

Toll Road Brewing in Eustis is open as is Ivanhoe Park, just down the street from Ten10