Brewery News Archives - Crooked Thumb Brewery

May 13, 2024 By ctbwebmaster in Brewery News Comments Off

Grandpa Jack’s Pils wins Gold

Grandpa Jack’s Pils won a gold medal at the 2024 Best Florida Beer Pro competition in the German Style Pilsner category. This competition is held every year and is open to all Florida breweries. Winners are announced at Brewer’s Ball, an event hosted by Best Florida Beer during Tampa Bay Beer Week, featuring tastings of the medal-winning beers.

Grandpa Jack’s is one of Crooked Thumb’s original beers and is consistently an award-winning beer and tasting room favorite! This Pilsner won Best in Show and Gold at the Best Florida Beer Oktoberfest competition in 2021; Gold at Best Florida Beer 2020 and Silver at Best Florida Beer 2019.

March 8, 2018 By ctbwebmaster in Brewery News, Uncategorized Comments Off

Best Florida Beer – Brewers Ball

Tampa Bay Beer Week is here keeping us busy and well hydrated! Sunday was Brewer’s Ball sponsored by Best Florida Beer. This is an annual event where awards are given to the top three brews in a variety of beer styles. It is a great opportunity to taste the best of the best Florida beers and get together with old and new friends in the Tampa Bay brewing community. Crooked Thumb was honored to receive a Silver Medal in the lager category for Harbor Lager. This is a favorite beer among the Crooked Thumb staff and it was nice to see it recognized. Congratulations to brewers Kenjiro Tomita and Jason Toft for creating this award winning brew!

Harbor Lager

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February 22, 2018 By ctbwebmaster in Brewery News, Uncategorized Comments Off

Girl Scout Cookie Inspired Beer Release

This weekend February 24th & 25th, 2018, Crooked Thumb Brewery will hold it’s 3rd annual Girl Scout Cookie Inspired Beer Release. This has become one of the most popular events at Crooked Thumb as well as one of the most popular Tampa Bay beer releases of the year. It started when one of the owner’s daughter planned to sell cookies at the brewery with her Girl Scout troop. The team at Crooked Thumb had the idea to try and create beers with the same flavors as the legendary cookies. The beers were a huge hit with customers and every year the event grows larger. This year will be the first that some of the beers will be sold in bottles. Mint Chocolate Imperial Stout and S’mores Imperial Stout will be sold in 22 oz bottles as a limited quantity release. Only 700 bottles will be sold and they are expected to go quickly. These Imperial Stouts as well as a Chocolate Peanut Butter Porter and Chocolate Coconut Doppelbock will be available on draft in the tasting room starting Feb. 24th at noon. Girl Scout troops will be in the beer garden selling cookies Saturday from noon til 7pm and Sunday from 1-4pm. Food will be available for purchase from Dog Dayz Hot Dogs Saturday and East Coast Catering Sunday (Fresh Mex bowls, tacos & nachos.)

Crooked Thumb Brewery is a production brewery with tasting room and beer garden in Safety Harbor, Florida located at the top of Tampa Bay. The brewery is open seven days a week. Live music and food trucks are featured on weekends and the brewery hosts special events throughout the year. Crooked Thumb beer is distributed throughout the Tampa Bay area in restaurants, bars and retail in kegs and cans. Core beers available in cans include Shade Tree IPA, Grandpa Jack’s Pils and Grapefruit Gose. Special release bottles are available several times a year.

Crooked Thumb Girl Scout Cookie Beers

January 29, 2018 By ctbwebmaster in Brewery News Comments Off

Chili Cook-Off

Drinking beer while sampling over 20 different chilis – yes please! It’s no surprise that the Chili Cook-Off is one of our most popular events of the year. This weekend chili cooks competed with a variety of creative and delicious chili with ingredients such as chocolate, pumpkin and bacon and heat levels ranging from mild to over the top hotness. The brewery beer garden was packed with tasters trying an assortment of chili and enjoying fresh brews. Three lucky winners went home with cash prizes but hopefully all of our cooks had a good time surrounded by appreciative patrons. The best part of the day was seeing how the brewery is so much more than just a place to get a beer, it’s truly a gathering of the local Safety Harbor and Pinellas County community and Tampa Bay beer lovers. If you missed it this year, be sure to save the date next January!

Crooked Thumb Chili Cook-Off

Chili Cook Off Winners

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Crooked Thumb Brewery Beer Garden

Crooked Thumb Brewery is located in Safety Harbor, Florida at the top of Tampa Bay. Part of the Pinellas County Ale Trail, Crooked Thumb is one of Tampa’s largest and most popular breweries with a spacious tasting room and large tree covered beer garden. Core beers are available in cans and seasonal brews are released in limited quantity bottles. Crooked Thumb hosts a variety of events throughout the year and has live music and food trucks on weekends.

January 18, 2018 By ctbwebmaster in Brewery News Comments Off

Project Green Thumb

Crooked Thumb Brewery / Green Bench Brewing Collaboration

Green Bench Brewing’s head brewer, Khris Johnson joined up with Crooked Thumb brewers Kenjiro Tomita and Jason Toft for a collaborative brew last week. The beer’s working name “Green Thumb” is not only a mashup of the brewery names but is appropriately named as the brew will be ready for Earth Day, April 22nd. The brew is a wild IPA featuring Azacca, Amarillo and Huell Melon hops. Omega Yeast Labs “Bring Da Funk” blend of wild yeasts will make for a funky brew. Look for this one late April on tap at both Crooked Thumb Brewery in Safety Harbor and Green Bench Brewing in St. Petersburg.

January 10, 2018 By ctbwebmaster in Brewery News, Uncategorized Comments Off

Live Music Saturday

Weekends at the brewery frequently feature live music. This past Saturday Sunset Bridge Band played to a packed crowd in the tasting room. In comfortable weather (like we usually have here in Florida) bands perform outdoors in the beer garden on the patio under a canopy of trees. Food trucks are available on weekends for snacks and light meals. Featured music styles include Americana Rock, Bluegrass, Classic Country, Cajun inspired, reggae and more. There is so much great local talent in the Tampa Bay area. We are fortunate to get a variety of amazing musicians from large bands to duos to one-man(woman) acoustic songwriters. Check the event page here on the Crooked Thumb website or our Facebook page for upcoming music and events.

Crooked Thumb Brewery is conveniently located at the top of Tampa Bay, near Tampa, Clearwater, Palm Harbor & St. Petersburg. Check out the brewery for an entertaining evening of live music an try our huge selection of brews.

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December 31, 2017 By ctbwebmaster in Brewery News, News, Uncategorized Comments Off

Best of 2017

Crooked Thumb had another great year in 2017. Today we look back at the year’s events and milestones and feel so fortunate. We are grateful to everyone who supports the brewery and allows us to continue to do what we love – make and serve amazing beer! Some of 2017’s highlight: Canning of three core beers, first bottles released, first barrel-aged beers released, approximately 85 unique beers brewed, 1200 barrels of beer produced, beers on tap at Tropicana and Spectrum Fields, Chili Cook-Off event, Girl Scout Cookie beer release, Spring Fest, Oktoberfest, Drink Pink breast cancer awareness fundraiser and beer release, Rule #7, Halloween Party, Holiday Party, Trivia Nights, tons of Live Music and much more. We have made new brewery friends and deepened friendships with old ones. Here’s to more good times and good beer in 2018!

Crooked Thumb Brewery 2017

Crooked Thumb Brewery is located at the top of Tampa Bay in Safety Harbor, Florida. Part of the Pinellas Ale Trail, Crooked Thumb has a spacious tasting room overlooking their production facility as well as a large beer garden covered by a canopy of trees. Weekends at Crooked Thumb feature live music, food trucks and a variety of events.

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October 20, 2015 By ctbwebmaster in Brewery News 4

Crooked Thumb Brewery | Preview Weekend

Now Open in Safety Harbor!

Last weekend we threw our doors open to the public for the first time. Friday and Saturday evenings we offered a preview into what we’ve been up to at the brewery. It was great to finally see our vision of a place where the community could gather together over great beer and conversation come to life. We watched as young and old walked, biked and drove over for a visit. They came from just around the corner to across the state. We truly appreciate everyone who came out to show their support for a locally owned independent business and the craft beer community. The brewery is still a work in progress as we iron out some kinks and finish up the tasting room space. All the positive feedback received so far helps propel us along. We will have limited hours again next weekend as we move along toward completion. If you missed last weekend’s preview come see us this Friday and Saturday October 24th & 25th from 4-8pm.