Cold Storage Craft Brewery Opens Door to Public

Seminole Heights' first microbrewery aims to offer beer fans a midday respite from the frenzy of holiday shopping. will open its doors to the public with a tour and tasting from 1-4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 17, at 4101 N Florida Ave.

For $10, visitors get a Cold Storage logo glass and a choice of three samples of the microbrewery's four current brews. Cold Storage's sole seasonal, Florida Avenue Reserve, will likely bow out on Saturday until its next seasonal run, according to the business' managing partner, Bruce Talcott. "It's an amber ale that's well-balanced with the hops," said Talcott. "It's about 38 IBU," he said, referring to International Bittering Units, "which is medium-hopped, but it's well-balanced with a caramel taste."

With a nod to Seminole Heights' growing reputation as a microbrew haven, we at Patch dutifully provide this run down of Cold Storage's other three offerings:

Florida Avenue Ale

• American wheat ale with a hint of lemon
• features American two row pale malt, malted wheat, Perle, German Hallertau and Tettnang hops
• golden color with slight veil
• 11 IBUs
• 4.7 percent alcohol by volume

Florida Avenue Blueberry

• American wheat ale with a hint of blueberry
• two row pale malts and malted wheat
• golden color with slight veil
• 10 IBUs
• 4.5 percent alcohol by volume

Florida Avenue IPA

• American India pale ale
• dry hopped with Cascade hops
• two row pale malts
• pale amber color
• 50 IBUs
• 5.6 percent alcohol by volume

And if it occurs to you, you might consider telling the Cold Storage folks "happy birthday" before you leave. On Saturday, the microbrewery also marks its one-year anniversary.