I am familiar with the area and have been going for years. I know that there arent really any standout breweries in the immediate area. I wanted to know if there are any good stores to buy cool beer. Places that have noteworthy stuff that I wouldn't be able to get in the Northeast. Ive looked but always seem to come up empty and get a case of Modelo or something. Also, I dont really like total wine. The selection overwhelms me. Thanks!
How deep in naples are you? most of the better stuff is in fort myers/cape coral IMO. As far as breweries I do like South Cypress in the Brass Tap. No 3 Craft Beers and Southland Taproom are the only two bottle shops in the general area and they're in cape coral/fort myers respectively. Southland is pretty new and I havent been there yet but No 3 usually has a decent selection
I've been in "Gas Stations" that have a decent selection of quality beers in South Fl. Liquor stores in the Naples area are expensive. Cigar City offerings are likely to be fresh with more choices than in N.E.
Damn. One post about a bottle shop in Fort Myers and another post from a Rhode Island guy about buying Cigar City from a gas station. Guess Naples is as much of a beer dead zone as I previous thought! Guess i'll have to stash some fresh CT brews in my checked bag.
Maybe this thread will be of some help. https://www.beeradvocate.com/community/threads/naples-fl-recomendations.582205/
Read this thread and the one linked by @Amendm. Want to find a great bottle shop near/in Naples, FL while I visit this next week. Don't want the big box beer stores. Will travel to Fort Myers if necessary. I read other threads about Number 3 but cannot find it on this site or searching google. Also, are there any releases, specials, etc this week that I can hit up? Cheers, Scot
Number Three is actually No. 3, that will return results. There aren't really any bottle shops in bonita/naples unfortunately, the only two in the area are No. 3 and Southland Taproom in Cape Coral/Fort Myers respectively. If you're flying in, Palm City is a brewery that is close to the airport that is pretty good. They primarily focus on NE style IPAs, and usually put out 1-2 new cans a weel. Momentum in Bonita is ok, they have been canning as well. South Cypress is the only brewery in Naples I really enjoy (believe they do crowlers at least), besides that the beer options are pretty meh. Total Wine has a bunch of beer but the large majority of it has been sitting warm on the shelves for an eternity. Also it's not really the best time to visit the area, Covid cases are drastically increasing.
