- April 19, 2024
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Locals got a taste of three Ormond Beach breweries during the week-long event.
Ormond Beach knows how to drink.
Three local breweries and distributors celebrated American Craft Beer Week May 12 to May 18 with festivities and free samples. Volunteers for distributor S.R. Perrott was on hand with different beers to try at the Daytona Cubs' Beer Fest May 17. Perrott’s President Michele Connors said the company was proud and excited to participate.
“As an independent beer distribution company,” Connors said in a press release, “we are proud to invest in craft brewers and provide them with the support they need to reach retailer shelves and bar taps, helping consumers access a wide selection of beer brands.”
Vincent Morrisey, who works for S.R Perrott, helped organize Beer Fest five years ago.
“Every year we’ve been growing,” Morrisey said. “When I first started selling craft bear there wasn’t a lot going on. Now they are all over the place.”
“This is our first year doing it,” Cliff Stevenson of the Ormond Brewing Company said. “We’re the new brewery in town and we want everyone to know how awesome we are.”
Tomoka Brewery, another new Ormond Beach brewer, participated in the event for the first time this year.They hosted their own Sourfest May 16 to celebrate a beer that was popular a 100 years ago in Europe.
“With the craft beer movement and everything, it’s kind of coming back,” Owner Peter Szunyogh said. “We are a craft brewery so we like to do something special for it. Since we opened last July, it’s getting very popular. We want to keep making better beer.”
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(Courtesy of Tomoka Brewery)
