The Distiller’s Story: Fish Hawk Spirits

Fish Hawk Spirits makes farm-to-bottle spirits from Dunnellon, Florida Matthew Bagdanovich is a native Floridian who learned a trade and moved back to his home state to start a business.  While that business, Fish Hawk Spirits, works each day to craft farm-to-bottle...

Team Cone Rib Sale 2018

Team Cone Rib Sale 2018 Team Cone is proud to announce the annual 2018 Rib Sale is going on now and open to the public.  For a $20, Team Cone is selling a slab of ribs, cooked and packaged for pickup.  All proceeds will go to Saint Jude Children’s Research...

What is a Hazy IPA?

Clearing up the haze on IPAs When 2018 was a young New Year, many national breweries decided to add “hazy IPAs” or “New England IPAs” to their portfolio of beers. With these changes, some beer enthusiasts were left asking questions like...

Congratulations to Best Florida Beer medal winners

Congratulations to Best Florida Beer medal winners! Team Cone knows that the breweries that they work with make World Class beer and then every so often when those breweries go to competition and are awarded accolades for their beers.  This past weekend, on Sunday,...

Girl Scout Cookie Beer Pairings

In a world where cookies and milk dominate the dessert plate, a new challenger emerges when beer comes into play. Now is that time of year when those adorable Girl Scouts are unavoidable with their smiles and their Samoas, give one beer a shot and milk will be in the...

The Brewer’s Story: Copp Brewery

On the surface, Crystal River, Florida is known more for its clear waterways and beloved slow-moving sea cows than for craft beer, at least for now.  Crystal River’s first craft brewery and its loyal following were both built by former math teacher Fran Copp.  As a...