Coppertail Madness Bracket

The cancellation of NCAA March Madness had the bracketologist in all of us itching for something to fill out and some sort of competitive anything to follow. We decided that it’s time we find out who our fan favorite label character is by pitting them against each other in a 16 “team” popularity contest.

The brackets went live last Thursday via social media and closed down last night at midnight. Whoever picks the outcome perfectly will be showered in beer (figuratively). Today marks the first day of fan voting to determine who moves on. The entire tournament ends on April 9th and the CHAMP will be announced on the 10th.

There are a number of interesting match ups and after filing out some brackets internally we ended up in heated arguments over some of the selections.

Some highlights of the first round are the “Tag Team” match between the moon lit skinny dippers, the Night Swim couple, and WHAT IS THIS? A surprise entry from the long retired couple featured on Wheat Stroke?!?!?! This was a tough one. Night Swim is one of our flagships. Our bread winners. BUT, Wheat Stroke won some of us over with nostalgia.

The 7th Street Chicken and Pax Odeon matchup was a rough one too. The chicken is a Ybor icon. How can we vote against our home town mascot? But Pax has that rich storyline. Hyperbolic, some of you may remember, was an unknown space traveler in search of Coppertail based on an astrological hunch. We later learned the traveler’s real name was Pax Odeon and it may have been hinted that not only was he traveling through space, he was time traveling … or so he says. How do you choose?!

Lastly we pinned Kiko “The Great Fisherman” Santiago vs our favorite REAL LIFE fisherman, Captain Jack. Jack is the only actual human being in this bracket but it was still tough. (Sorry Jack and we will see you in November for Stone Crab)

Tune in everyday for bracket updates.

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Still rowing

We’re still rowing through these rough waters. Making some difficult decisions. Taking some punches. Thankfully we are still selling beer. Be sure to support your local grocery stores, local gas stations and convenient stores, local bottle shops and more now then ever, your local breweries. We appreciate the hell out of everyone who has come in for to-go food and beer. You are helping us stay afloat through all this.

Just a reminder that we are open 7 days a week (11:30am to 7pm) for take out food and beer. We are filling Crowlers and NEW growlers. You can order online at http://coppertailbrewing.com/menu or give us a call at 813.450.1781.

Online Ordering

We set up online ordering for food and BEER! Simply click the big orange button on this page https://coppertailbrewing.com/menu and place your order. Everything will be ready and waiting for you when you get here.

Our full menu is available and everything we have in cans and bottles in the to-go cooler.

More To-Go talk starring Austin

Our bartender James (@onward.productions on IG) put together this awesome video. We needed a little laugh.

If you happen to get tired of eating instant ramen and canned beans OR if you are running low on beer, we are here for you. Full menu available for takeout as well as any packaged beer. 813.450.1781

MENU
https://coppertailbrewing.com/menu

PACKAGED BEER
https://coppertailbrewing.com/taplist

Stay safe. Don't forget to wash your hands!

Latest Info and To-Go Talk

As a licensed restaurant we are still able to serve food and beer. We are still operating at a 50 person maximum limit and closing at 10pm to comply with social distancing. This is well under the 50% capacity mandate. This is well below the required 50% required at the moment. All menu items are available for pick up and to-go orders can be placed by calling the tasing room direct at 813.450.1781.

Our full menu can be found here https://coppertailbrewing.com/menu

Daily specials will be posted on Social Media when available.

Currently we have the following packaged beer available to-go

• Free Dive IPA

• Unholy Trippel

• Night Swim Porter

• Independent Pilsner

• Florida Special Lager

• Upgrade Session IPA

• Sunken Grove Citrus Gose

• Ahti Rum Barrel Aged Imperial Stout with Strawberry, Blackberry and Coconut

• Hop Skull #9 IPA

• Antimatter Wild Ale with Blackberry, Raspberry and Buddha’s Hand

• Tropical Foeder Wild Ale

• Soul Finger Wild Ale

We will fill NEW growlers and crowlers. Unfortunately due to sanitary regulations, we will not fill customer owned growlers.

Our staff is diligently keeping up with constant sanitization of the tasting room and kitchen.

Changes are happening daily so follow us here or on our social media. Thank you all for your continued support. Stay Safe. Stay Healthy.

A sampling of our menu.

The cooler is stacked!

The Deep Clean

There will be a lot of questions and lots of open ended situations in the near future. We feel that this open communication is good for our fans and quite honestly cathartic for us. We will try to be as transparent as possible. And the plan for this is not “doom and gloom”. Think of it as more of an open conversation or virtual bar to keep friendly words flowing. If we can’t have a beer together in person, let’s have a virtual one … (queue can cracking noise)

This morning our amazing staff suited up and deep cleaned the entire building. Every surface was thoroughly sanitized and disinfected. Starting today and until further notice we are business as usual with a 50 person capacity to limit interaction for patrons and staff. Basically if there is not a chair available, we are already at capacity. The cleaning procedures and staff procedures are on-going. Nightly deep cleans are the new norm.

Deep Clean Crew member, James, hitting the bar top.

For those of you that prefer to not be in public but still would like a beer or lunch, we are doing all food to-go and our cooler is stocked with packaged beer. We will be filling crowlers and new growlers. We will not be filling personal growler containers. We want to insure that our equipment only touches containers that are sanitary by our standards.

Every square inch …

We will keep everyone updated throughout this whole situation. We appreciate everyone’s support. Stay safe. Stay healthy. We’ll get through this.