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Behind the Booze - Interviews, Season 1

Episode 014 | Behind the Booze – Coppertail Brewing Interview with Rich Glatt and Zeus Cordeiro

The Boozy Blondes

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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.

Season 1, Travel - Where to Drink

Episode 009 | Keel & Curley Farm

The Boozy Blondes

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The Boozy Blondes dug out their boots, hats, overalls and plaid and spent the day down on the farm – Keel Farms…and Winery…and Brewery. Yes, so many fun things all on one piece of property! Quick background – Keel Farms was started by Joe Keel in 1981 across 10 acres in Plant City, Florida. In 2003 it transformed to a nursery for blueberries, and Joe used the end of year crop of blueberries to make wine. His first batch was 10 gallons.

By 2013 the farm expanded to 35 acres and regularly produced craft beers and ciders…along with the wine, of course. In 2018 Joe’s son Clay and his wife Carmen took over and focused on making the farm a family friendly, fun place to visit with dedication to sustainability and community.

The DOE is Dog Rose Crewing Company’s Lion’s Head Honey Sour, a 5.2% kettle sour with honey made by the bees posting up in the lion’s head at the Bridge of Lions in St. Augustine!

Keel Farms is definitely a destination, and the girls loved every minute spent on the farm. They happened to visit on Halloween, and there was a special event that day benefitting a big dog rescue. Because of its popularity the girls arrived right at 11am when it opened to try to get a table (they had called weeks prior to make a reservation, but they were already booked up – so, plan your trip well in advance). You know how important food is to the girls, and if they wanted to try a variety of ciders, wines and beers, they need to start with a good base!

Because of the special even, Keel Farms was offering the deal of a lifetime – at least it felt like the deal of a lifetime that day. If you said at the bar, for $10 you could get a bottomless flute. With your flute, you could try ANYTHING Keel Farms had on tap! This was a dream come true for the Boozy Blondes! (And Phil!) They tried almost everything on tap and both agreed the favorite was the seasonal pumpkin cider.

The food was delicious. They shared the fried gator tail as an appetizer, which had a surprisingly beautiful presentation! Rainer had the Cubano, Molly had the Wine Smash Burger and Phil & Chrissy split the Blue + Bleu Smash Burger.

After tasting until their hearts’ content, the girls got full sized pumpkin ciders and took off to explore the farm (and walk off those burgers). Keel Farms encourages guests to wander the property with a drink in hand, and the girls did just that. They had booked a tour, and Elizabeth was their tour guide. Full of dad jokes and an expert tractor driver, Elizabeth took the group through the production site and spent a little time with the Boozy Blondes following the tour (listen to her interview in this episode).

There is so much to do at Keel Farms, the girls want to go back as soon as they can. When they return, some must-dos include:

  1. Talk to Omar, head brewer
  2. Try Pecan Brown Ale
  3. Attend another event supporting the community
  4. Bring more friends
  5. Yoga in the vineyard
  6. Other tours (especially if Elizabeth is the tour guide)

Make sure to follow Keel & Curley Farms on its Facebook and Instagram pages to keep up with all the fun events they host throughout the year like trivia nights, live music, wine and flower arranging, charcuterie board making, 5k wine runs, etc.

As always, share your experience with the blondes! If you’ve been to Keel & Curley Farms, share your pictures and tell them about your experience through the Anchor app or in the comments below!

Season 1, Travel - Where to Drink

Episode 002 | St. Pete Ale Trail: 3 Daughters Brewing, Green Bench and More!

The Boozy Blondes
Boozy Blondes & Crew in St. Pete

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Pack your bags (and at least 70% of your friends) and join the Boozy Blondes as they explore the St. Pete beer scene! Saint Petersburg, Florida, is in Pinellas County which is home to 47 breweries! 17 of these are in St. Pete, and during this trip Chrissy and Molly made it to 6. Check out all the stops on the “Gulp Coast!”

The Drink of the Episode (DOE) is Beach Blonde Ale from 3 Daughters Brewing in St. Pete – perfect for the Boozy Blondes. Beach Blonde Ale is a blonde ale, light and refreshing, 5% ABV.

Fun fact – Chrissy celebrates her birthday twice every year. August 3rd and December 3rd. December 3rd is her actual birthday, but growing up in NEPA, winter birthdays are no fun. It’s typically gross weather, cold, maybe snowy. So she switched her birthday to August so she could celebrate in the summer with pool parties! The tradition stuck, and now (decades later) the blondes still celebrate big in August. All this to say, the St. Pete trip was in celebration of Chrissy’s birthday.

Boozy Blondes at The Hollander Hotel

They booked rooms at the Hollander Hotel, a historic boutique hotel in downtown St. Pete. The hotel has a beautiful pool area complete with private cabanas perfect for an afternoon birthday celebration. The Tap Room Bar & Grill is on site offering 21 beers on tap and craft cocktails. And the food is delicious! The girls enjoyed both brunch and dinner at the Tap Room.

Following an afternoon at the pool the blondes walked the short distance to Sea Salt for Happy Hour. Sea Salt offers drink and appetizer specials from 3pm to 6pm daily.

Saturday was pub crawl day! The Boozy Blondes set out to tackle as many breweries as possible out of the 17 in Saint Petersburg. First stop Right Around the Corner.

The Boozy Blondes and Crew Halloween 2016

Right Around the Corner is the perfect place for nostalgia and competition. From N64 to PlayStation, you can relive your glory days tearing up the track in Mario Kart as Princess Peach (if you’re Molly) or Wario (if you’re Chrissy). Who is your go-to character?

*Side bar, one of the best Halloweens ever, the blondes rounded up a group of friends, tied balloons to their beach cruisers and raced to downtown St. Augustine as the cast of Mario Kart! The Boozy Blondes love Mario Kart. Has anyone played Beerio Kart?

Chrissy on the Skee Ball court

Anyway, there is Skee Ball and Air Hockey, pinball, vending machines full of surprises and a great selection of craft beer. Molly had the Just Like Old Times (Berliner Weisse with lactose, vanilla and orange) and Chrissy enjoyed the Palmer Arnold (sour).

The next stop on the tour was 3 Daughters Brewing. This is a large operation and offers multiple event spaces for your group. The day the girls visited, 3 Daughters released two beers:  a peanut butter marshmallow blonde and mango habanero IPA.

After a flight and hot dog bites the girls moved on to Pinellas Ale Works (PAW). This brewery offers an extensive beer list. It’s a very pet friendly brewery and during happy hour $1 from each beer sold is donated to a local shelter.

Next stop was Avid Brew Company for “Christinas” and regular sized hot dogs. Christinas are half light lager or pale ale and half kombucha. Avid is a smaller brewery with a cute outdoor space.

The final stop was Green Bench and Webb’s City Cellar. They share a beer garden and Webb’s offers Mead. The girls tried all four of the local mead options on tap. Webb’s was closing down for an evening event so they hung out in the beer garden for a while – the boys got beers from Green Bench. *video of naming meads* So technically, the girls hit 6 stops on the Gulp Coast Craft Beer Trail. Green Bench and Webb’s each count individually. As of November 2021, the passport is now offered digitally so you can keep track of your stamps on your phone!