Best Breweries in St. Pete-Clearwater

You may have visited the very popular 3 Daughters Brewing in St. Pete. There's are many reasons it's a mainstay in the craft beer scene in St. Pete-Clearwater. It's a fun spot with events ranging from trivia to yoga to concerts. It's family-friendly, with tabletop shuffleboard, ping pong, darts and other games. And, of course, it offers the refreshing and delicious craft brews that have helped 3 Daughters grow into one of the largest independent brewers in Florida. You'll also find a menu of pub-style bites with some healthy options, too. In 2025, 3 Daughters won top spot among "Best Breweries" in the annual Besties Awards. Their Clearwater Beach location won #1 Brewery in 2024.

If you're looking for a spot with innovative craft brews and that friendly local feel, Two Frogs is your kind of place. Set in a historic building in Tarpon Springs, this hoppy spot's bartenders are super-friendly and share insights about what to see and do in the area.  In 2025, in addition to being named among the best breweries in St. Pete-Clearwater, Two Frogs was also named "second best small brewery in Florida."  

Just off the Pinellas Trail in charming small-town Dunedin, HOB Brewing Company began in 2009 as a 250-square-foot beer bar with craft brews from all over the world on tap. Eventually, owners Andy Polce and Rick Clemo – longtime friends and avid homebrewers – decided to take the next step and make the business a true brewery. In 2019, HOB Brewing Company opened its doors, with a large outdoor patio and recreation area. 

The brewery offers 22 taps of their beers, such as the Mango Hefeweizen, Dunedin Orange Lager, Splashin' Around IPA and Butter Blonde. Check out their calendar of events, with "Live Music Sundays," trivia and bingo on other nights, and community fundraisers throughout the year.

The expansive, 6,000-square-foot Crooked Thumb Brewery calls tiny downtown Safety Harbor home. Here, brewers craft a wide variety of beers such as Harbor Lite Lager, 757 Gold Ale, Shade Tree IPA and more. 

Crooked Thumb's biggest claim-to-fame, however, is its annual release of Rule #7 Hurricane Pale Ale, inspired by local TV meteorologist Denis Phillips, who created a list of seven “Hurricane Rules” to help viewers during the season. The first six are pretty standard warnings. But Rule #7?  “Stop freaking out... until I tell you to. We're fine."

On your visit, relax in the family-friendly beer garden shaded by a canopy of trees, while enjoying live music, yard games, trivia nights and other events. Grab a seat at a picnic table and play one of the board games from the collection inside and, on weekends, enjoy snacks or a meal from one of the local food vendors.  

Community is important at Green Bench Brewing Co., with its spacious beer garden and tasting room where customers can relax and mingle over some of the lighter brews, such as Bench Life American-style light lager and Postcard Pils American-style pilsner, or hoppy offerings such as Skyway Hazy double IPA  and Sunshine IPA. 

In 2019, Green Bench opened Webb's City Cellar, a second tasting room next door that features barrel-aged wild ales, mixed-culture sour beers, ciders and meads. Webb's City Cellar was a 2024James Beard semi-finalist in the "Outstanding Bar" category. 

Both tasting rooms share the family-friendly beer garden, which hosts many events like yoga classes and community fundraisers such as the annual "Webbsminster Dog Show."