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Unrefined Brewing

Unrefined Brewing

312 E Tarpon Ave, Tarpon Springs, FL 34689

Unrefined Brewing started back in 2019. A group of friends took a trip to New Orleans to celebrate a 40th birthday during Mardis Gras. In typical fashion, they came home with a brewery in Tarpon Springs, Florida.

 

While in New Orleans, they stayed at an old French Quarter Firehouse and officially signed on for what would become Unrefined Brewing at the Avenue Pub. Their main Tribute goes out to the Russian Imperial Stout with Coffee and Chicory on 1732 St Charles Ave.

 

This was one of our favorites so far, great beer, great place, and great history. 

Overall Experience

Unrefined Taproom
Unrefined Beer

Unrefined sees brewing as more of a cooking experience with a longer wait, several weeks or more, until you finally get to experience what they created.

 

Their goal is to develop and brew their beer with only the finest available ingredients. While not always the most economical route, it is their belief that this delivers the most ideal flavor profile for the beers.

 

In the past, they have tried supplementing ingredients with extracts, but the desired flavor profile does not come through and the taste ends up “chemically” or just “off” in general. By going with natural ingredients, while limited with some of their releases by the seasonality of the ingredients, this will ensure each of their customers have the absolute best possible beer drinking experience.

 

Some breweries focus on consistency, they strive towards excellence. Mother Nature is not always consistent when it comes to taste, summer peaches always taste a little bit better than peaches at other times of the year, for example. With their dedication towards utilizing natural ingredients and the natural seasonality of these ingredients, the separate batches will not be exactly the same, they will be influenced by the time of year, each order of fruit, chocolate or any of the wide variety of other ingredients they utilize to brew the beers.

 

They believe that this variety is a good thing, and the variations will often be indistinguishable to most. By focusing on small batch brewing, they can focus on the quality of our product, ensuring that they consistently deliver excellence.

You can really tell they care about each batch and after trying their beers and talking with the staff, it's clear they're not in it for the margins, and only want to exceed their customers expectations. You really get that at home feeling when you're there. If you're in the area you need to check out unrefined. 

Official ratings and Brewboyzz Flight for your first time at Unrefined

4. Sirius Blackberry Imperial Stout - 8.9

3. The Pit of Despair Stout - 9.1

2. It's Coffee It's Peppermint It's Delicious Stout - 9.2

*1. Rum Barrel Aged Vanilla Gourdalicious Pumpkin Ale - 9.2

Overall Brewery Grade: B-

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