Brewery 6: Daytona Beach Brewing Company, Daytona Beach, FL

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Brewery six on the 2015 Florida Brewery tour is the Daytona Beach Brewing Company. Daytona Beach Brewing opened in 2014 and is located, wait for it, in a light industrial warehouse area (blame zoning laws). It is located on the mainland side of Daytona Beach and is only a couple of miles from the Daytona International Speedway. It was night when we visited and the place was a bit hard to find, but finally we just looked for a warehouse with some cars in front of it and that turned out to be it.

Daytona Beach Brewing Company

Daytona Beach Brewing Company

When we visited a good size crowd was inside enjoying some Florida craft beer. They had 11 taps with 7 of them being brewed by Daytona Beach Brewing. I went for the Daytona Red (5.3%) while Jill ordered the Psamathe IPA (5.8%) Both beers were good but the IPA seemed to have a bit more body. We noticed the Imperial Belgian Stout (9.2%) on the blackboard and asked for a sample taste. I’m a sucker for a good imperial stout but I still had a hour and a half drive home so didn’t want to have a whole glass. The 9.2% was very well hidden. In fact I commented that I didn’t taste that much alcohol. The girl behind the bar must have thought I was ‘dissing the beer as she went and talked to the owner/brewer. A few minutes later the owner (and brewer) Alan (Fawcett) came over and we had a nice chat with him about not only the Imperial Belgian Stout but other beery things as well. One of the nice things about this brewery tour is meeting some of the people behind all of this tasty craft beer. We are pretty low key beer folks and don’t do much announcing of our journeys, either before the visit, or while we are there, but we do enjoy these face to face (and mouth to beer) meetings.

Daytona Red

Daytona Red

Next time I hope I have a driver so I can have a whole glass of the Imperial Belgian Stout. Heck if I have a driver I’ll have two. It tasted gooooooood.

*Daytona (and Daytona Beach) got its name from an early business man Mathias Day, Jr. In 1871, Day built a hotel on the west side of the nearby Halifax River. It went out of business in 1872 (bad reviews on Trip Advisor ???) and Day lost the title to the land. However when the area was incorporated in 1876, the residents named the new city Daytona to honor Day. Thankfully they didn’t pick Dayville or Mathiastown or something like that.

**Bonus information tidbit. The aforementioned Psamathe IPA is named for Psamathe, the Nerid goddess of sand beaches. The named literally means “Sand Goddess” .

Daytona Beach Brewing Company
482 Fentress Blvd Unit N
Daytona Beach , FL 32114

http://www.daytonabeachbrewingcompany.com/

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