Take a trip with the Boozy Blondes to the historic side of Tampa, Ybor City, as they tour Coppertail Brewing Company with Richard Glatt and Zeus Cordero. Coppertail has been serving its delicious beer since 2014. Its name came from owner’s daughter who made up a story about a giant fish monster that lives in Tampa Bay. They thought that was the perfect name and even created a backstory for the Coppertail.
Oddly enough the DOE is not from Coppertail. The girls drank their crowlers before recording this episode, so they cracked cans of one of their favorite winter beers, Last Snow by Funky Buddha. Last Snow is a 6.4% coconut and coffee porter; Molly claims this beer tastes just like a blended up Samoa Girl Scouts cookie.
The Wolfpack traveled to Tampa for Rainer’s birthday weekend. First stop Coppertail, followed by Busch Gardens Bier Fest, rounding out the weekend with a visit to Keel & Curley Farms. (The Boozy Blondes have episodes covering all of these adventures – Busch Gardens Bier Fest releases May 19, 2022.)
Coppertail Brewing Company is the #1 independent craft brewing company in the state of Florida. Fun fact – the building was a former Hellman’s Mayonnaise factory! It is two stories with 20 beers on tap, wine, delicious food and event space. The brewing operation and offices are on site along with a testing lab and canning operation. Another fun fact – Coppertail is the first brewery in the US to use volumetric filling on its canning line. This ensures all cans are filled EXACTLY the same.
The girls each got their own flights including Rum Honey Grapefruit Florida Weiss (4% Florida Weiss), Sunken Grove Sour (4.3% fruited gose), Day Swim (6.1% coffee porter), The Return of the Carolina Scorpion (12% Imperial Double Stout), Rum Passion Fruit Lime Sour (4% Florida Weiss) and Mexican Guava Frank (3.5% Florida Weiss).
After the flights Rich and Zeus toured the girls through the entire facility. It’s huge. Listen to the interview and tour with Rich and Zeus and learn about the brewing process and the story why Coppertail Brewing is so successful. Have you tried home Brewing? Rich and Phil swap home brew fail stories at about 33 minutes in. Maybe you can relate, but hopefully not!
Coppertail believes it is extremely important to give back to the community that supports it. You can find causes it supports on its website and even suggest your own! You can give back too – to a friend. Coppertail has a “beer it forward” program so you can buy someone a beer for his or her next visit! Make sure you are following us on Instagram and re-share our Coppertail episode post for a chance to win a Coppertail beer from the blondes (if you’re going to be visiting Coppertail in the future, of course).*
As always use social media to keep up with current Coppertail happenings – Facebook and Instagram.
*US only. Instagram and Coppertail are in no way affiliated with or responsible for this giveaway.
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