SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – APRIL 01: Nick Calder-Scholes, head brewer at One Drop Brewing carries raw Australian cane sugar to boiling water during the first step in making sugar wash on April 1, 2020 in Sydney, Australia. Brewers and distillers across Australia have transitioned from making craft beer and spirits to hand sanitiser in response to the global COVID-19 pandemic. In the Sydney suburb of Botany, One Drop Brewing Company have turned their craft beer micro-brewery into a hand sanitiser production facility. In addition to using their own distillation equipment to make small quantities of hand sanitiser, the brewery is repurposing their existing fermentation equipment to make large amounts of sugar wash for a nearby gin distillery to assist their production. Effective hand sanitisers have an ethanol content of at least 60 per cent and with demand surging due to coronavirus (COVID-19), alcohol producers are stepping in to help maintain supply. (Photo by Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images)
One thing, of many, that I love about SWFL is the number of breweries we have, and a new brewery is coming to Fort Myers.
At the corner of Fowler Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard is an old church that has been a few different things over the years, but nothing ever stuck. Soon, however, there will be a new brewery taking over that building called Swamp Cat Brew Co.
Swamp Cat owner Chris Gutierrez told NBC2 that they'll be renovating the church to give it a modern feel, but still keeping a bit of its history.
The hope is that project will be ready by early next year, and they plan on building an outdoor beer garden, indoor seating and full-size kitchens for food vendors.
There's already about 20 breweries in SWFL in Marco Island, Naples, Bonita Springs, Fort Myers, Cape Coral and LaBelle but with the way that microbreweries have gained popularity especially over the last few years, it's exciting that we'll be getting another one. And with a name like Swamp Cat, they're definitely embracing the Florida vibe.
20+ Breweries In Southwest Florida
Today is National Beer Lovers Day and it's so cool that here in Southwest Florida we have a lot of breweries to celebrate, over 20 of them in fact.
It seems these days there's a silly holiday everyday, however this is one that I can get behind. And if you enjoy beer too, you are literally doing as the Romans do as beer and drinking it dates that far back.
What better way to celebrate than to throw back a cold one and exchange some great beer quotes from some notable drinkers.
"Beer, it's the best damn drink in the world." — Jack Nicholson
"I've only been in love with a beer bottle and a mirror." — Sid Vicious
"Milk is for babies. When you grow up you have to drink beer." — Arnold Schwarzenegger
"Some people wanted champagne and caviar when they should have had beer and hot dogs." — Dwight D. Eisenhower
"I'm a beer man. I tried to drink whiskey and Scotch, but I don't get it. It smells like a girl who didn't shower and just splashed a lot of perfume on." — Mads Mikkelsen
"I'm gaining weight the right way: I'm drinking beer." — Johnny Damon
20+ Breweries in Southwest Florida:
Ankrolab Brewing Co.- Naples
Big Storm Brewing- Cape Coral
Bone Hook Brewing Co.- Naples
Coastal Dayz Brewery- Fort Myers
Crazy Dingo Brewing- Fort Myers
Eight Foot Brewing- Cape Coral
Fort Myers Brewing Co.- Fort Myers
Hopsized Brewing- Bonita Springs
LaBelle Brewing- LaBelle
Marco Island Brewery- Marco Island
Millennial Brewing Co.- Fort Myers
Naples Beach Brewery- Naples
Palm City Brewing Co.- Fort Myers
Peace River Beer Company- Punta Gorda
Point Ybel Brewing Co.- Fort Myers
Riptide Brewing Company- Naples & Bonita Springs
Scotty's Bierwerks- Cape Coral
Oil Well Craft Beer- Ave Maria
Ceremony Brewing Company- Bonita Springs
New Brewery Fort Myers
