6. CLASSIFIEDS REGIONAL SOUTHERN BREWERY FOR SALE: - Facilities & Equipment less than a year old in a prime market. - Currently producing 24,000 BBLs annually with room to grow. - Regional brewery in a low competitive market place serving a large population base. The brand is well established in its home market with two popular labels and a growing distribution network. - Established business that recently moved to new "state-of-the-art" facility - Strong local market presence - Few competitors in region market - High keg to case sales ratio - Expandable production and bottling facilities - Established distribution channels - Pro forma sales growth being realized - Recently entered two large markets For more information, please contact: Shane C. Senior, CFA - Vice President, Corporate Finance William R. Hough & Co. 100 Second Avenue South, Suite 800, Saint Petersburg, FL 33701 727-895-8877 (direct), E-Mail: ssenior@hough.com ===================================================================== Thanks to:Craig Cook, Gary Fritze, Ken Koenig, Beth Minor, George Poncy, Gordon Ryerson, Ed Schumacher, Brandy Thompson and Woody Willis, Until next issue, cheers! The Beer South Beer Bwana |
4. CALENDAR Here's a round up of upcoming beer festivals. Additional details for most events may be found on the Beer South calendar. http://beersouth.homestead.com/Calendar.html July 27-29 14th Oregon Beer Festival - Portland OR Always the last full weekend in July, it's one of the year's largest and most important festivals featuring 72 beers with over 40 from Oregon craft brewers. The theme this year is,"2001: A Beer Odyssey." http://www.oregonbrewfest.com/ August 13 4th Microfestivus - Roanoke VA A regional craft beer festival benefiting the historic town square. For more information contact: Krista Vannoy (540) 855-3644 or kvannoy@wpcrealtors.com August 24 -26 The Great Southern Beer Festival - Memphis TN This is the debut of this new 3-day festival on Mud Island that offering a strong music line-up, regional homebrew competition, brewing displays and brewerania exhibits. Among the anticipated performers are B.B. King, Buddy Guy, Cheap Trick and John Hiatt. An advance purchase 3-day pass is only $33. For complete details see: http://www.thegreatsouthernbeerfestival.com August 25 8th Southern Brewer's Festival - Chattanooga TN Big River Brew Works again hosts Tennessee's oldest craft beer festival. September 15 5th Great Smokies Brewgrass Festival - Asheville NC One of the south's premier events featuring regional craft brewers and bluegrass music. This year's headliner will be Tony Trischka. September 27-29 20th Great American Beer Festival - Denver CO This is the big one. Everyone needs to go at least once to see the size and scope of America's largest beer festival. Not to mention Denver is well worth a visit. Watch for our a recap on how Southern brewers fared at this most prestigious event. http://beertown.org/GABF/index.htm October 6 2nd Capitol City Oktoberfest - Arlington VA October 6-9 60th Brewers Association of America conference - Chicago IL October 13 3rd Carolina BrewMasters Octoberfest - Charlotte NC |
3. RESOURCES Did you know that Beer South has a resource page containing many helpful beer links? If you like to check out brewpubs and micros when you travel outside the south, our links page has a list of many other regional beer guides. Check it out at: http://beersouth.homestead.com/Links.html |
1. NEWS The big news that broke as the last Buzz went to press was that Florida rescinded its law restricting the size of beer bottles. Governor Jeb Bush signed into law the legislation which will allow Florida beer and cider to be sold in all size containers 32 ounces or smaller. The bill eliminates a decades-old ban on retail sale of any beer bottle or can that isn't 8, 12, 16 or 32 ounces. The measure takes effect October 1 and should increase the availability of domestic craft beers (some are available only in 22-ounce bottles) and imports (which occasionally use metric) that may be sold state-wide. Cheers to our comrades in the Sunshine State! Big Buck Brewery and Steakhouse (BBUC), the Wisconsin-based chain with designs on the Nashville market, has been granted additional time to comply with the NASDAQ minimum $1.00 bid requirements. They now have until October 22 to meet the guidelines in order to remain listed on the exchange. At press time, the company's stock was trading in a range from 75 to 95 cents. Think you might be worthy of the title "Beer Drinker of the Year?" Two of the last four winners have been from the South, including last year's winner, Cornelia Corey of Clemmons NC. If you think you have what it takes, we urge you to enter the 2002 contest. The deadline for entry into the 2002 competition is November 8, 2001. For complete details see: http://www.wynkoop.com/ |
5. PROFILES IN BREWING by Bobby Bush, author of "Beer & Loafing" Ron Raike - The Shipyard Brewing Company, Orlando, Florida There are brewpubs in old churches, brewpubs in bowling alleys, brewpubs in defunct banks, but there's only one brewpub in an active US airport. Founded in the 19th century shipyard town of Kennebunk, Maine back in 1992, Shipyard Brewing Company prospered, growing to the point that a 100 barrel brewery was established in 1994 in Portland, aine just to keep up with demand. In '97, under the guidance of owner Fred Forsley and brewmaster Alan Pugsley, Shipyard reached far south to the airport terminal in Orlando, Florida to establish their third brewpub. And Florida native Ron Raike was just the man to make it work. Feeling trapped in a University of Central Florida computer engineering masters program, Raike suddenly took a mid-term left turn into brewing. He's had no reason to look back. Crowned the Southeast's Homebrewer of the Year in 1995-96, brewing came much more naturally to Ron than 0's and 1's. He signed on with Shipyard, training on the seven barrel brewhouse at Kennebunkport's Federal Jack's Brew Pub and later on the 100 barrel system in Portland. So Ron was well prepared for the job when he returned to his home state in 1997 to open The Shipyard Brew Pub, which is technically a microbrewery with an adjacent pub. In spite of Florida's arcane beer laws, Shipyard thrives in the hectic airport environment. Working with a 20 barrel system, Ron keeps five beers on tap at The Shipyard Pub, which is just across the tiled hallway from the glass-walled brewery in terminal A, and Shipyard Brewport in terminal C. Four of the five are Shipyard standards. Shipyard Export, the bars' best seller, is a medium bodied, sweet foretasting and low bitter finishing American Golden Ale. Light Ale is just that, light and an interesting bicycle brew. Old Thumper, judged the 1988 English Supreme Champion beer, is brewed with a recipe licensed from England's award-winning Ringwood Brewery. It is an enticing hybrid, falling somewhere between an English Strong Ale and an ESB, while Bluefin Stout, served nitro creamy, is a smooth, dark and foreboding classic Irish stout. Seasonals include an American Wheat-style Summer Ale, Fuggles IPA, UK-style Shipyard Brown Ale and the stronger, dark Winter Ale. Raike was an early member of the extremely busy Florida Brewers Guild. He served as the association's State Director for three years. This group was instrumental in remedying Florida's ridiculous bottle law which effectively stopped metric size imported bottles and 22 ounce microbrewery bottles at the state line. Anxious to reap the rewards of the Guild's hard work, Raike hopes to install a bottling line in his brewery in 2002. The revised law, it's interesting to note, does not allow bottles larger than 32 ounces, take-home growlers are still forbidden in Florida. Shipyard brewed just over 1000 barrels in each of the last two years. It was all consumed in Florida, but not all at the airport. Shipyard kegged beer is distributed from Jacksonville to Cocoa Beach. Raike also brews six different contract beers which are served at other area establishments. Even the beer produced at the airport must take a 45 minute trip to a downtown distributor and back just to be served legally at the airport pub. In my humble opinion, the best beer in the huge state of Florida can be found in the Orlando International Airport. Who cares if your flight is on time? Shipyard Brewing is a traveler's delight. 9333-W Airport Blvd., Orlando, FL 32827-4399 407/825-6473 Read more by nationally recognized beer writer Bobby Bush at: |
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July 2001 Newsletter |
5. PROFILES IN BREWING by Bobby Bush, author of "Beer & Loafing" Ron Raike - The Shipyard Brewing Company, Orlando, Florida There are brewpubs in old churches, brewpubs in bowling alleys, brewpubs in defunct banks, but there's only one brewpub in an active US airport. Founded in the 19th century shipyard town of Kennebunk, Maine back in 1992, Shipyard Brewing Company prospered, growing to the point that a 100 barrel brewery was established in 1994 in Portland, aine just to keep up with demand. In '97, under the guidance of owner Fred Forsley and brewmaster Alan Pugsley, Shipyard reached far south to the airport terminal in Orlando, Florida to establish their third brewpub. And Florida native Ron Raike was just the man to make it work. Feeling trapped in a University of Central Florida computer engineering masters program, Raike suddenly took a mid-term left turn into brewing. He's had no reason to look back. Crowned the Southeast's Homebrewer of the Year in 1995-96, brewing came much more naturally to Ron than 0's and 1's. He signed on with Shipyard, training on the seven barrel brewhouse at Kennebunkport's Federal Jack's Brew Pub and later on the 100 barrel system in Portland. So Ron was well prepared for the job when he returned to his home state in 1997 to open The Shipyard Brew Pub, which is technically a microbrewery with an adjacent pub. In spite of Florida's arcane beer laws, Shipyard thrives in the hectic airport environment. Working with a 20 barrel system, Ron keeps five beers on tap at The Shipyard Pub, which is just across the tiled hallway from the glass-walled brewery in terminal A, and Shipyard Brewport in terminal C. Four of the five are Shipyard standards. Shipyard Export, the bars' best seller, is a medium bodied, sweet foretasting and low bitter finishing American Golden Ale. Light Ale is just that, light and an interesting bicycle brew. Old Thumper, judged the 1988 English Supreme Champion beer, is brewed with a recipe licensed from England's award-winning Ringwood Brewery. It is an enticing hybrid, falling somewhere between an English Strong Ale and an ESB, while Bluefin Stout, served nitro creamy, is a smooth, dark and foreboding classic Irish stout. Seasonals include an American Wheat-style Summer Ale, Fuggles IPA, UK-style Shipyard Brown Ale and the stronger, dark Winter Ale. Raike was an early member of the extremely busy Florida Brewers Guild. He served as the association's State Director for three years. This group was instrumental in remedying Florida's ridiculous bottle law which effectively stopped metric size imported bottles and 22 ounce microbrewery bottles at the state line. Anxious to reap the rewards of the Guild's hard work, Raike hopes to install a bottling line in his brewery in 2002. The revised law, it's interesting to note, does not allow bottles larger than 32 ounces, take-home growlers are still forbidden in Florida. Shipyard brewed just over 1000 barrels in each of the last two years. It was all consumed in Florida, but not all at the airport. Shipyard kegged beer is distributed from Jacksonville to Cocoa Beach. Raike also brews six different contract beers which are served at other area establishments. Even the beer produced at the airport must take a 45 minute trip to a downtown distributor and back just to be served legally at the airport pub. In my humble opinion, the best beer in the huge state of Florida can be found in the Orlando International Airport. Who cares if your flight is on time? Shipyard Brewing is a traveler's delight. 9333-W Airport Blvd., Orlando, FL 32827-4399 407/825-6473 Read more by nationally recognized beer writer Bobby Bush at: |
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1. NEWS The big news that broke as the last Buzz went to press was that Florida rescinded its law restricting the size of beer bottles. Governor Jeb Bush signed into law the legislation which will allow Florida beer and cider to be sold in all size containers 32 ounces or smaller. The bill eliminates a decades-old ban on retail sale of any beer bottle or can that isn't 8, 12, 16 or 32 ounces. The measure takes effect October 1 and should increase the availability of domestic craft beers (some are available only in 22-ounce bottles) and imports (which occasionally use metric) that may be sold state-wide. Cheers to our comrades in the Sunshine State! Big Buck Brewery and Steakhouse (BBUC), the Wisconsin-based chain with designs on the Nashville market, has been granted additional time to comply with the NASDAQ minimum $1.00 bid requirements. They now have until October 22 to meet the guidelines in order to remain listed on the exchange. At press time, the company's stock was trading in a range from 75 to 95 cents. Think you might be worthy of the title "Beer Drinker of the Year?" Two of the last four winners have been from the South, including last year's winner, Cornelia Corey of Clemmons NC. If you think you have what it takes, we urge you to enter the 2002 contest. The deadline for entry into the 2002 competition is November 8, 2001. For complete details see: http://www.wynkoop.com/ |
2. BREWING CHANGES Closings GA / Atlanta - Black Bear Brewing Company NC / Charlotte - Johnson Beer Company (As we went to press, we received news that they have ceased brewing and intend to declare bankruptcy. More on this next issue.) TN / Knoxville - City Brew |
3. RESOURCES Did you know that Beer South has a resource page containing many helpful beer links? If you like to check out brewpubs and micros when you travel outside the south, our links page has a list of many other regional beer guides. Check it out at: http://beersouth.homestead.com/Links.html |
4. CALENDAR Here's a round up of upcoming beer festivals. Additional details for most events may be found on the Beer South calendar. http://beersouth.homestead.com/Calendar.html July 27-29 14th Oregon Beer Festival - Portland OR Always the last full weekend in July, it's one of the year's largest and most important festivals featuring 72 beers with over 40 from Oregon craft brewers. The theme this year is,"2001: A Beer Odyssey." http://www.oregonbrewfest.com/ August 13 4th Microfestivus - Roanoke VA A regional craft beer festival benefiting the historic town square. For more information contact: Krista Vannoy (540) 855-3644 or kvannoy@wpcrealtors.com August 24 -26 The Great Southern Beer Festival - Memphis TN This is the debut of this new 3-day festival on Mud Island that offering a strong music line-up, regional homebrew competition, brewing displays and brewerania exhibits. Among the anticipated performers are B.B. King, Buddy Guy, Cheap Trick and John Hiatt. An advance purchase 3-day pass is only $33. For complete details see: http://www.thegreatsouthernbeerfestival.com August 25 8th Southern Brewer's Festival - Chattanooga TN Big River Brew Works again hosts Tennessee's oldest craft beer festival. September 15 5th Great Smokies Brewgrass Festival - Asheville NC One of the south's premier events featuring regional craft brewers and bluegrass music. This year's headliner will be Tony Trischka. September 27-29 20th Great American Beer Festival - Denver CO This is the big one. Everyone needs to go at least once to see the size and scope of America's largest beer festival. Not to mention Denver is well worth a visit. Watch for our a recap on how Southern brewers fared at this most prestigious event. http://beertown.org/GABF/index.htm October 6 2nd Capitol City Oktoberfest - Arlington VA October 6-9 60th Brewers Association of America conference - Chicago IL October 13 3rd Carolina BrewMasters Octoberfest - Charlotte NC |
6. CLASSIFIEDS REGIONAL SOUTHERN BREWERY FOR SALE: - Facilities & Equipment less than a year old in a prime market. - Currently producing 24,000 BBLs annually with room to grow. - Regional brewery in a low competitive market place serving a large population base. The brand is well established in its home market with two popular labels and a growing distribution network. - Established business that recently moved to new "state-of-the-art" facility - Strong local market presence - Few competitors in region market - High keg to case sales ratio - Expandable production and bottling facilities - Established distribution channels - Pro forma sales growth being realized - Recently entered two large markets For more information, please contact: Shane C. Senior, CFA - Vice President, Corporate Finance William R. Hough & Co. 100 Second Avenue South, Suite 800, Saint Petersburg, FL 33701 727-895-8877 (direct), E-Mail: ssenior@hough.com ===================================================================== Thanks to:Craig Cook, Gary Fritze, Ken Koenig, Beth Minor, George Poncy, Gordon Ryerson, Ed Schumacher, Brandy Thompson and Woody Willis, Until next issue, cheers! The Beer South Beer Bwana |
