2015 Berliner Bash on the Bay?

No, last year it was at Green Bench and they said that going forward they would be at JWB in Miami. St Pete is still worth a vacation, and there are plenty of great breweries to visit.

 

EDIT *Damn it...jloomis beat me to it

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news...but the Berliner Bash most likely won't be in St. Pete this year. While Peg's did host the Berliner Bash in 2012 and 2013, last year's bash ended up being held at Green Bench (in downtown St. Pete). J Wakefield (the unofficial organizer/host) previously stated that the 2015 Berliner Bash would be in Miami. It's possible that either Cycle/Peg's (especially with them forming a "new" brewer at Peg's focused on sours) or Green Bench might continue to have a local Berliner festival in the futurebut nothing has been announce yet.



A post from last year for reference:

Update on Berliner Bash
Posted March 25, 2014


Several announcements went out on Monday from the breweries involved in what used to be the “Berliner Bash on the Bay” hosted by Peg’s Cantina in Gulfport.

First, Cycle Brewing announced:

Unfortunately the Berliner Bash at Peg’s Cantina as it was called the past few years, is postponed. We are sorry to say that we will not be hosting this event this spring as we had hoped but you can check out J Wakefield Brewing for what Jonathan is planning instead, the Master of Florida Weisse will be making something happen for all the fans of the style.
In other news, its March, its another fantastic day and we have a record (for us anyway) 19 beers on tap downtown!

When asked in the comments of the post, Doug from Cycle Brewing responded with:

What you may not have known was the real work and effort to put this particular event together came from Jonathan Wakefield and this year we just didn’t feel that we could do the event as well as it deserves to be done. We are not saying we wont do it again, just that our plans to get it put together this spring turned out to be too ambitious.

J. Wakefield Brewing gathered no moss, and quickly moved the venue a few minutes to the north in Saint Petersburg:

This an update on the Floridaweisse Bash. It is still on for April 26th. Due to circumstances it will no longer be held at Pegs/Cycle brewing. This year it will be held at our friends Green Bench Brewing location in St. Pete. After this year it will be moved to Miami from then on. Both Green Bench and I will be posting more details in the next few days so keep an eye out.

So the Bash is still on, it will just be a little further to the north. Keep that bottle of Tums handy and the calendar marked for April 26th.

Posted Mar 25 , 2014