Spring hill, fl this wed-sat

That Total Wine has a solid selection. To my knowledge there are no open breweries in Spring Hill. However, it is not far from Big Storm, which is a solid brewery and that in turn is not an awful drive from Wild Rover. I am personally a fan of both.

 

Spring Hill is for the most part a craft beer waste land, I know all to well. One store, Beer Frog, has a decent selection but check dates on IPAs if you go there.

 

Like mentioned the beer frog or I drive south on 19 to the abc in hudson (spring hill abc is horrible), universal liquors, b-21, luekens. Or I drive to tampa to jans wine and boos, tw by ccb, ccb, ccb brewpub, abc on west kennedy, or whole foods. No good breweries, rookies on 19 has some beer that may be from a local brewery or orlando. I dont think its anything outstanding. If youre looking for breweries i like ccb, cycle, rapp. Dunedin brewery had a cool atmosphere but the beers didnt impress me.

 

I wasn't 100% sure where Spring Hill was so I Googled it. It looks to me like your going to want to hit 7venth Sun first, then Cycle, and then Rapp. I kinda makes sense that way because its a percfect loop.

 

Theres a shitty howard johnson walking distance to ccb. Its cheap and old but Ive seen worse. I think theres also a hilton within walking distance. St pete and Dunedin arent really the same area as where ccb is, 20-30 mins away at least I believe. And if strip clubs are your thing youll be in heaven at the ho jo/ccb area!

 

The Holiday Inn Express or Best Western in Dunedin are good and right in the middle of the little downtown area. Two Breweries and some good restaurants that mostly have good beer. Certainly a family(and dog) friendly area to visit. I know there are a few hotels in middle of downtown St. Pete but haven't stayed in them to give an opinion. I'm sure the big name hotels are fine there.

 

Rt 60 is shut down at Rt 19 in Clearwater due to bridge damage, and may not be open until Thursday (maybe). This is a major temporary traffic nightmare. Pay a toll out of the airport and use the Veterans up to 54 or whatever is your best route to Spring Hill.

Also, while at CCB and TW, walk over to Whole Foods next to Home Depot and TW. Sometimes they have goodies in the beer section.

 

There are TW coupons in today's, (Wed), Tampa Tribune. Front section, page 13. Travelers frequently leave newspapers behind at the airport.
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CCB and/or the brewpub should be your first priority. Cycle would be next on my list in terms of beer quality, but it is out of the way and tiny and you never know whats going to be available. 7th Sun is also well worth your time if you are anywhere near Dunedin (but thats a big "if"). Rapp is good, but IMO quite a bit overrated, that being said it is in a somewhat central location and if your near it at some point, check it out. Everything else I have tried in the area is not worth going out of your way for.

I'm not sure id even bother with any stores if I were you, most of these breweries sell bottles/cans or fill growlers and I can't imagine theres much in the stores you would be excited about relative to what you can get at home.

 

Beer frog is worth a stop, not a big fan of the bar next door though (evom). I used to frequent that place but now they usually have about 24 taps of average beers (think wheat beers and sam seasonals) and rarely have any good stouts.