During out short stay in Pensacola in February 2021, we visited nearly a dozen craft breweries. That’s a lot of beer, folks. Aside from brewing some pretty darn good beer, each brewery had its own unique vibe.   Which one(s) would you go to if you were ever in the area? To help you decide, we put together the “Classy Beer Awards” based solely on our non-expert opinions and first impressions. Basically, the idea is to just talk about what stood out to us about each brewery and pick a “overall” winner.   We realize others may have different experiences and different opinions. And, keep in mind this is all in good fun. All of the breweries are winners in our opinion.   We also look forward to buying a few more rounds next time we are in the Pensacola area to see if our our first impressions change.

I had an equal amount of fun making the award itself.  Seriously, folks, you won’t want to miss the first couple of minutes of this video about the award.

Here’s a list of the venues we visited (in alphabetical order).  I’ve included “time codes” in the video so that viewers can jump to specific breweries if desired. But again, you probably don’t want to miss the intro.

Time Codes:

0:00​ – Introduction
1:45​ - CCB Theme Song
2:19​ - Judging Criteria / Disclaimers / Viewer Feedback Request
4:45​ - A Little Madness
6:23​ – Beardless Brewhaus
8:29​ – Big Top Brewing
10:40​ – Coastal County Brewing
12:08​ – Gulf Coast Brewery
14:04​ – Odd Colony Brewing Company
16:03​ – Pensacola Bay Brewery
17:19​ – Perfect Plain Brewing Co
19:25​ – Spahr Brewing Company
20:50​ – St. Michael’s Brewing Company
22:27​ – Ye Olde Brothers Brewery
26:13​ – Camera Work Apologies
26:52​ – B-Roll / Outtakes

Cheers!

I also wrote a song about Pensacola. Verse 4 is dedicated to the breweries.

For more videos/blogs on Pensacola, check out:
Five Flags RV Park in Pensacola — A wonderful RV park!
Pensacola: Parks and Pelicans — Graffiti Bridge, Downtown Pensacola, and more!
Fort Pickens: Biking, Beaches & Battlegrounds — A bike ride that is a true bucket list!