Why are you seeing the Red Sox? Go see the O's. I'm going to tell Scmuck about this.

I know I've enjoyed the beer from A1A Aleworks (http://www.a1aaleworks.com) but that's in St. Augustine and far from Naples.

You might want to check out some other beer listed at the website below. Let us know what you like. I may go to Florida this summer and will want to try out some new beer.

http://www.bestfloridabeer.org/pro/pro2007.html

I had Key West beer last Winter when I was in Florida. I bought it in Punta Gorda. Not bad.

I'd check out beeradvocate or ratebeer to find some places near you that sell quality brews. I remember some beers from Tampa Bay and Dundin not being bad last time through. While in the keys, we stuck to Key West lager, which is apparently brewed in Melborne.

Take the brewery tour at Yuengling in Tampa. (The brewmaster once worked at the old Baltimore Carling plant on the beltway). Also check out Florida Beer Company in Melbourne. They are about 20+ - miles north of Vero Beach and have several highly rated beers.

I was at a Chevy's in Orlando and the menu said ask your server about locally brewed beer. He sugested Bud Light since it was brewed in Tampa. Couldn't argue but I ordered XX Amber instead.

St. Somewhere is a relatively new brewery in Tarpon Springs, FL (six miles from Naples) that makes some decent Belgian-style offerings.

I've seen stray bottles make their way up norht but haven't tried any yet.

http://www.saintsomewherebrewing.com/

Sigh......... My statement about Florida beers has long been that, fundamentally, there's no hope for the serious beer geek south of Charlotte. Now that Georgia has changed its laws to allow stronger beers in, that may have changed, but it's still, by and large, light lager and "unchallenging" beer country throughout the South. The brewpub scene is dominated by the Hops chain (the less said, the better); the good brewpubs/breweries (Titanic, Dunedin, Sarasota, Abbey, etc.) are too few and far between for the population; and the supermarkets and convenience stores serving 40-ouncers of Miller Lite and sixers of Corona should serve as a blunt warning to everyone up north that lobbies for mass distribution and supermarket sales. I spent five days turning Miami upside down, with some guidance; the absolute best/most exotic beer I could find was a Belgian framboise that's downright easy to get in this area's liquor stores. I've done better than that (several Belgians, Normandy cider, and Scottish imports) in a second-rate store in Howard County.

The last time I was in Florida, I spent a night as the guest of a beer-loving business associate in Jacksonville, and asked him where we found good beer and wine there. His response: "actually, my parents still live in Reisterstown, Maryland, and every time I go up north to visit them, I stop at this place in Baltimore [on York Road at the city/county line] and get a six-month supply........"

Rob, considering your choices for vacations with regards to beer, might I suggest Saudi Arabia next? But for now, since we have no idea exactly where you're going in Florida, may I suggest Pubcrawler.com as the most geographically savvy beer search engine for your needs?

The Yuengling tour in Tampa is well worth it. The Landshark you sampled is not a craft brew - it is brewed by A-B in Jacksonville.
The best true Florida beer that you could get down there would probably be Key West or Bayside.

There are no decent beers brewed here in the Panhandle. There are liquor stores that sell imports, but nothing local. sheesh.

n is for no good beer on the Emerald Coast.