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The Brew Garden
904 N Mcmullen Booth Rd
Clearwater, FL 33759

The Brew Garden is a upscale new hangout in Clearwater serving up a cornucopia of indulgent delights. The overall theme is Belgian—which can be seen by the lovely mural of a street in Bruges on one of the walls. They have over 30 delicious brews on tap (many Belgians) as well as large imported bottles and some regular bottles of more common beer. This place is far more than the average tap house though. They are open from dawn ‘til midnight offering delicious Kona coffee and espresso drinks with unbelievable pastries (usually filled with Belgian chocolate), as well as sandwiches and various hors d'oeuvres to enjoy with a goblet of Abbey ale. The service there is fantastic and the owners are all great people. The atmosphere is classy but casual and everyone is very friendly. It is a nice place to hang out without being surrounded by frat boys, AKA perfect. Every Wednesday this month they are having a different beer company coming and giving away swag and samples, I’ll be there!

Some of the beers they offer on tap: St. Bernardus Apt 12, Unibroue Terriblé, Maudite, & Trois Pistoles, Young’s Double Chocolate Stout, Chimay Triple, Duchesse De Bourgogne, Delirium Tremens, Cigar City Bolita Brown Ale, Arrogant Bastard, and many more.

For a full list of what they have to offer visit http://thebrewgarden.com
or check them out on MySpace at www.myspace.com/thebrewgarden

- Justin

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Beardsman March 2009 Contest In Review

Today is April 3rd, 2009 and this is the first installment of the Growers Gazette. This is where you can find all kinds of bearded news from the last month. The First ever Beardsman Beard & Moustache competition was on March 28 th and was a monumental success. Everyone had a killer time. 100 beards made it out to the extravaganza, and together we raised $1557 towards the Beardsman Foundation. The event was covered by some local media. You can read those articles here. TBT / Tampa Tribune / Tampabay.com


Sponsors, Donors, and Special Thanks
I would like to personally thank a handful of people/organizations that helped this event to happen, and be such a success.

Sponsors:
Dunedin Brewery - Venue/ Major Sponsor of the event
Website: http://dunedinbrewery.com
Natures Food Patch - Grocer providing healthy, alternative, vegan friendly food for event
Website: http://naturesfoodpatch.com
Daniel Mrgan - Artist responsible for all poster/flyer designs
Website: click here
Artisticuts Landscaping - Provided raw materials for trophies

Raffle Donors:
Dunedin Firehouse Subs- Providing gift cards
Website: http://firehousesubs.com
Clearwater Moniques Tattoos - Providing $100 in Gift Certificate
The World of Beers - Provided Gift Certificates
Brady Williams, Manager of the Rays Minor League Baseball Team - Phillies/Rays Official World Series Merchandise
Atomic Tattoos - Providing Merchandise/Gift Cards
Website: http://atomictattoos.com
Countryside Moes South West Grill - Providing gift cards
Website: http://moes.com
Sean Fitzgerald -
Ybor Art Studio - Free Potery Lesson

Special Thanks
The Dunedin Brewery - Hosted the Event
JP Marra - Assistant Event Director
Justin Becese - Head Judge
Adam WIlliams - Judge
Chris Denny - Judge/ Beardsman Representitve
Lex Carr - Beardsman Representitive
Big Mike - Beardsman Representitive
Jocelyn Nunez - Responsible for the trophies
Yvonne Rygiel - Responsible for the trophies

I have posted about 100 or more pictures from the contest on the Beardsman Myspace page. More will be coming soon as they pop-up.