The 17 Best Tampa Breweries

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What are the best Tampa Breweries you absolutely must check out? Well, we’ve done the work to figure that out for you! We have sampled their brews, spent time in their taprooms, and read all the online reviews to come up with our take on the top Tampa Breweries to explore this year! 

Tampa Breweries

Tampa is a city on Florida’s Gulf Coast known for its lively waterfront, which attracts tourists and locals alike. The Tampa Riverwalk, along the Hillsborough River, is a Tampa hot spot that offers scenic views and opportunities for activities such as biking, rollerblading, and picnicking.

Tampa is also home to a number of tap rooms and breweries, making it a great destination for craft beer lovers. Tampa’s craft beer scene has actually been exploding over the past couple of years, with tons of new breweries popping up all the time.

Tampa is also home to several festivals dedicated to craft beer, including the Tampa Bay Beer Week and the Cigar City Brewing Invitational. These events are a great way to sample a wide variety of beers from different breweries, and they’re also a lot of fun. So if you’re interested in exploring the world of craft beer, Tampa is a great place to start.

What are the top breweries in Tampa?

When it comes to craft breweries, Tampa has a lot to offer. Out of Florida’s 400+ breweries, nearly a quarter of them are within a short drive or walk from downtown Tampa. That’s a lot of breweries in the Tampa area!

From creative small-batch breweries to local staples, there’s a craft brewery for everyone. For those looking for something unique, Tampa is home to several creative breweries that specialize in unusual flavors and experimental brewing techniques. For those who prefer more traditional styles, there are also several local breweries that focus on classic American ales and lagers.

Whether you’re looking for a light and refreshing lager, classic blonde ales, mouth-puckering sours, or bold and intense imperial stouts, you’ll find it in Tampa.

Below, we’ve listed some of the best breweries in Tampa, FL, that you simply cannot miss.

How we picked the best Tampa Breweries?

With every ‘top breweries’ post that we write, we make sure to do diligent online research to determine who makes it on our list. From reading online reviews and reviewing beer selections, to checking other authority websites and of course, sampling their beers. We do our best to take all the information we collect and give you our opinion of the top breweries in Tampa.

However, we know we aren’t perfect and if we’ve missed a Tampa brewery that you think should be on this list, contact us and let us know who the brewery is and we’ll do our best to include them!

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If you think a brewery deserves a spot on our list, Vote for them! If you’re a brewery looking to update your information or get in touch, contact us!

The Best Tampa Breweries

Alright, let’s get to it, shall we? Here’s our list of the top Tampa Craft Breweries!

Cigar City Brewing Co.

Cigar City Brewing Co.
Cigar City Brewing Co.

Cigar City Brewing, named after Tampa’s roots in the cigar industry, is a craft brewery full of rich culture and history. They have three locations in the Tampa Bay area; their main brewery and taproom on Spruce Street, their downtown taproom across from the AMALIE Arena, and another in the Tampa International Airport!

Their Spruce St. location has a full-service kitchen serving food that pairs well with all of their 24 brews on tap. With 8 year-round brews, including their ever-popular Jai Alai IPA, and tons of seasonal and special release brews, you’ll always have tons of options at Cigar City Brewing.

Customer Review: Best brewery in Tampa – love the white oak IPA and pretty much everything they have here.

Ulele Spring Brewery

Ulele Spring Brewery
Ulele Spring Brewery

Ulele is a well-loved restaurant on the Riverwalk, just North of Downtown Tampa. Their on-site brewery is actually the first on-site brewery in Tampa Heights! Go for the food, but stay for the expertly crafted beers. Made with only the best ingredients and tank-to-tap freshness, you really can’t go wrong. Take a brewery tour of their facilities or sit back and relax in their outdoor beer garden.

Customer Review: Great locally sourced seafood, using native ingredients. Everything from the beer to the ketchup is made in-house and the atmosphere is great with indoor and outdoor dining space

Coppertail Brewing Co

Coppertail Brewing Co
Coppertail Brewing Co

Coppertail Brewing Company, located in historic Ybor City in a 100+-year-old building, is a testament to old-world Tampa. Creatively decorated with reclaimed wood and railway tracks, this unique brewery is not one to miss.

They have 20 craft beers on tap at all times, four of which are part of their year-round core offerings and the rest are delicious seasonal and specialty releases that are unfiltered and truly outstanding. Brewery tours are offered on the weekends and give you a glimpse into the impressive process that goes into making the amazing brews at Coppertail Brewing.

Customer Review: Great selection of craft beer and delicious food! Sliders and smoked fish dip were favorites. Very clean. Outdoor seating available.

Tampa Bay Brewing Company

Tampa Bay Brewing Company
Tampa Bay Brewing Company

Tampa Bay Brewing Company is known for its innovative beer full of interesting flavors. They’re especially known for their hoppy beers, sours, and fruit-forward Berliner Weisse varieties. Every week they release a new beer, which keeps beer lovers like us coming back week after week. Plus, they host live music on their outdoor patio every Friday!

Customer Review: Solid spot to grab a beer in Tampa. Plenty of variety on draft, IPAs, seasonal beers, sours, lager, pale ales… 20+ options and all we tried were good, about half of the draft list in flights.

Zydeco Brew Werks

Zydeco Brew Werks
Zydeco Brew Werks

Zydeco Brew Werks is a unique brewery in the Ybor City area of Tampa Bay. Their taproom has an industrial chic vibe and often hosts live music and great times. What sets them apart from other breweries is their mouthwatering food menu full of New Orleans Style eats. Their tap list full of ever-popular beers tend to be more on the lighter side, moving away from the traditional IPAs and embracing more European-style beers and easy-drinking lagers.

Customer Review: Food atmosphere and drinks. Ybor is awesome and this place is a jewel. Killer beer of course, but the cocktails are absolutely on point. The po’ boys, especially the market fish po’boy, is out of this world!

7venth Sun Brewery

7venth Sun Brewery
7venth Sun Brewery

7venth Sun Brewery is one of the most creative breweries in Tampa. This brewery started out in Dunedin, Florida, and eventually expanded to Tampa Bay in 2017. Their welcoming and comfortable tasting room on Nebraska Ave. is where you can try all of their wild creations, from wheat beer and Berliner Weisse to imperial stouts and IPAs.

Plus, if you’re a fan of sour beers, you must visit them for their Acid Tuesday beer releases! Every week they release a new, small batch sour beer which is nothing short of a creative masterpiece.

Customer Review: Love this brewery. If you’re looking for unique, interesting, and flavourful beers check this place out. They make excellent sours, Belgians, and lots of IPAs with unique flavors like banana, peanut butter, passion fruit and more.

Florida Avenue Brewing Co.

Florida Avenue Brewing Co.
Florida Avenue Brewing Co.

Florida Avenue Brewing Company is located just outside of Tampa, in Wesley Chapel. Though their story began on Tampa’s most notable road, Florida Ave. They’ve outgrown their original brewery space since then, but they’ll carry the name with them wherever they go, taking pride in all things Florida. From fruited Berliners to hazy IPAs, they brew all of their beers with fresh, local ingredients to yield the finest brews in the state.

Customer Review: Great place to gather with friends for some great craft beers, wine or signature cocktails! The food selection is excellent and everything we had was delicious! We will be back!

Angry Chair Brewing

Angry Chair Brewing
Angry Chair Brewing

Angry Chair Brewing Company is known for its stouts, and let us tell you, they won’t disappoint! The sweet stouts are filled with truly decadent ingredients like coffee, coconut, cacao nibs, and even marshmallows! They also try their hand at lighter and traditional-style beers as well. They’ve even won an award for their pilsner! With 25 beers on tap at any given time, you’ll have tons to choose from in this tap room.

Customer Review: You definitely have to vost Angry chair brewery. They have everything for everyone. From sours to stouts to hazy IPAs it a must try. We can’t wait to travel back. Keep up the outstanding work. Cheers

Hidden Springs Ale Works

Hidden Springs Ale Works
Hidden Springs Ale Works

Hidden Springs Ale Works is all about their creative and imaginative brews. They have an impressive list of sours that rotates with the seasons and are a great example of how far they will go in terms of flavors. Just look at their Man Child Sour, a Peanut Butter and Jelly Inspired Sour Ale, could even imagine such a thing?!

Plus, they’re always hosting fun events in their taproom, just check their events page to see what’s going on this week!

Customer Review: Love Hidden Springs! Amazing assortment of craft beers including sours, IPAs, etc. Enjoyed everything we had. Can’t wait to go back!

Rock Brothers Brewing

Rock Brothers Brewing
Rock Brothers Brewing

Rock Brothers Brewing is one of the most unique breweries in Tampa, marrying craft beer and music with the ultimate goal of supporting great artists by co-creating great beer. They work with bands every step of the way, from recipe inception to artwork design, and naming the beer itself. This creative idea gives fans the ability to connect with their favorite bands on a deeper level. Join them for live music and great beer at one of Tampa’s favorite breweries.

Customer Review: Such a cool vibe, the bartender was amazing! We enjoyed the beers we ordered, and did some samples of some interesting ones for sure! Can’t wait to go back to see some live music upstairs next time.

Six Ten Brewing Company

Six Ten Brewing Company
Six Ten Brewing Company

Six Ten Brewing Company has a loyal following of beer lovers, always excited for their truly amazing seasonal selections of craft beer. Along with delicious beer, they also have a variety of mead, cider, wine, and craft cocktails. The brewery itself is dog friendly, and they even have their very own brewery dog! Pop in for fun games, weekly bingo, and the occasional food truck!

Customer Review: Awesome brewery! The beers taste amazing, they have great food options & above & beyond to make you feel like part of the family

Magnanimous Brewing

Magnanimous Brewing
Magnanimous Brewing

Magnanimous Brewing is relatively new to the Tampa brewing scene but they’ve been making a splash since day one. Their brewery has a laid-back and welcoming vibe, making it the perfect place to wind down with an expertly crafted beer. With nearly 20 beers on tap at their Franklin St. location, we’re sure you’ll find your next favorite here.

Customer Review: Great brewery with their own beer and full coffee menu. Oat Milk Draft latte is amazing coffee drink. Must visit in Tampa!

BarrieHaus Beer Co

BarrieHaus Beer Co
BarrieHaus Beer Co

BarrieHaus Beer Co. is a community-centered microbrewery that focuses on unique craft lagers and ales in a welcoming and friendly atmosphere. Founder, Jim Barrie, has had a family tradition of brewing that goes all the way back to his great-great-great-grandfather! Their brews have won many awards over the years, and their friendly and knowledgeable bartenders are great for recommending the perfect beer for anyone.

Join them in their beautiful beer garden with outdoor seating or indoors for weekly and monthly events in the taproom!

Customer Review: A great chill, beer spot in Ybor city. The beer garden has plenty to do and they serve up some of the best locally brewed lagers. The entire staff were super friendly and knowledgeable. Will definitely be going back.

Southern Brewing and Winemaking

Southern Brewing and Winemaking
Southern Brewing and Winemaking

Southern Brewing and Winemaking started out as a homebrew/winemaking supply store and has since expanded to brew their own creations in-house on an “amped up” homebrew system. They craft everything from craft beer, wine, and cider, to mead, kombucha, and nitro coffee, with a total of 40 taps running at all times!

Guests love their great outdoor patio with fire pits, water fountains, and a lush landscape, accompanied by rotating food trucks to grab some food! The beautiful taproom also hosts events like Trivia Wednesdays, live music, and more.

Customer Review: Great spot to relax and unwind with a great beer. Definitely enjoyed the outside seating, it was a beautiful day for it. We enjoyed some sours and they did not disappoint. Will definitely be back!

The Wild Rover Brewery

The Wild Rover Brewery
The Wild Rover Brewery

The Wild Rover Brewery is a British-inspired brewery and pub with a full British-inspired food menu and live music every weekend! Their weekly live music is quite the hit in Tampa, featuring local artists and Tribute Bands that feature music from Iron Maiden, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, The Eagles, and more!

On tap, they have a variety of English-style brews like Bock in the Saddle, Easy Livin’ English Bitter, and Mild Rover English Dark Mild. They also have a full bar that serves liquor, wine, cider, and some of the best mead in the area!

Customer Review: The bands are great! Food and service is good. Enjoy ourselves everytime we go

Bay Cannon Beer Company

Bay Cannon Beer Company
Bay Cannon Beer Company

Bay Cannon Beer Company is a hidden gem of a brewery in West Tampa. They have an aesthetic appeal with Tiffany blue couches and a bar top overlooking the street, perfect for people-watching. Though their tap list is short, what they do have on tap is of exceptional quality. Plus, they have a few guest taps as well, sometimes offering different options such as mead or cider.

Customer Review: Great spot for a good brew. Definitely recommend. The bartender was very friendly and had a great conversation with other patrons. Loved the vibe!

Woven Water Brewing Company

Woven Water Brewing Company
Woven Water Brewing Company

Woven Water Brewing Company is known for its diverse and unique selection of beers. They have some of the best hazy IPAs and smoothie sours in the city, if not the country. Thick, vibrant, and flavorful beers are definitely what they do best. It has a hipster vibe that is friendly and welcoming to everyone, and dogs too!

Customer Review: A must visit in the Tampa region. A small, eclectic and delicious brewery with unique options, incredibly fun staff, and a top-notch atmosphere. Free wifi and food trucks on the weekend make this one of my favorite spots in the area!

Enjoy the best breweries in Tampa!

Make sure to go and check out Tampa’s best craft breweries, grab a locally brewed pint (or 2) and support your local brewers!

If we’ve missed a brewery on our list that you think should be added, contact us and let us know who the brewery is and why you think it should be added to our list of the top breweries in Tampa!

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