Gaines Street and the surrounding area is
one of Tallahassee's oldest economic
hubs and over the last few years has
been going through an exciting renaissance.
Thanks to the initiative and vision of
the City Commission and citizen groups,
the City of tallahassee undertook
massive infrastructure improvements in
the area, which paved the way for new
developments and helped reinvigorate the
vibrant, bustling district. Although
there's always room for new construction,
there is already a flourishing community
here, including a few businesses taking
advantage of the popular microbrewery
trend. Take a look!
While the craft beer movement
is booming across America,
Tallahassee brewers are tapping into a
thirsty market. Today, we're getting
behind the scenes at the city's first
distributor. Let's go inside.
I'm here with Proof's dynamic duo - Byron and Angela.
Thank you for having us here today.
Our pleasure. Thanks for coming.
So tell us what makes Proof unique?
A couple of things. First off, of course, we're Tallahassee's first
distributing brewery, so the beer.
Just like a chef will manipulate
ingredients to make a fine meal, we use
only the finest malted barley hops and
the purest water to make a unique and
superior product. And the second thing
that we really feel like makes us unique
is fact that, I always say, our clientele base
is really large. It's from 18 months to 81 years old.
Now, let's go behind the scenes and see how it's made.
It smells so good back here!
Yeah, we're bottling up a limited
release beer today. Right behind us, as
you can see, is our brew house and our
cellar floor. This is where we make our
beer. And we brew on this side. We ferment
on this side and then package on the back side.
This is where the magic happens.
While proof is on one end of
the Brew District, we're going to head
down Gaines Street to the other end and
see Township.
I'm here with Matt Thompson at Township
where they even serve Proof beer in their giant steins.
A lot of proof beer. A lot!
Well, tell us a little bit about the Brew District.
So back in, I think, 2015,
we created the Brew District between
Madison Social, Proof, Grasslands and Brass Tap.
What we wanted to do is provide
unique experiences for Tallahassee to go
out and kind of see the area. I think a
lot of people from Tallahassee haven't
been down here in a while, and they don't
know all the change that has actually
happened. So we created this. In our first
event, we had people from all ages. It was the Tallahassee Beer Mile.
So now fast-forward - Township - where we are today,
another one of our projects, opened in
December 2016, and so we are now part
of the Brew District as well, and we look
forward to providing many a pub crawl
for Tallahassee to enjoy to see what we
have going on down here.
And if you haven't been down to the Brew District or to Township,
get out and explore Tallahassee!
