Thanks for visiting my Beer Blog. I am an engineer, home brewer and lover of craft beer. My job allows me to travel so I am always looking for the best brewpubs, breweries and craft beer bars. As of APR 2020 I have checked in over 2702 unique beers on “Untapp’d”. Send me a friend request at “BobsBeerBlogUSA” to check out the locations and beers I have rated.
I live in the Tampa, FL area with my wife of 30+ years and we have two children that graduated from Florida universities. Emily graduated from the University of Florida and now lives in New Jersey working in the environmental office of a large manufacturer. Conner graduated from the University of Central Florida and now lives in North Carolina working as a mechanical engineering for a German automated equipment manufacturer. We are empty nesters and are trying to take advantage of all the travel options we both have with our businesses. My wife is a lean/six sigma/ISO manufacturing consultant (www.marnieschmidt.com) and I have a technical sales rep business marketing hardware into the US defense and commercial markets for unmanned aerial vehicles (www.uavpropulsiontech.com). I represent companies in Austria, Spain, Switzerland, France, UK, Singapore, Finland, Sweden, Canada and Germany and travel to these countries at least once a year. This gives me lots of opportunities to visit several places that serve my favorite beverage. I thought it would be fun to start a beer blog to chronicle the places I have visited and some of the beers I have tasted.
My blog will focus on US, Finland, Singapore, Australia, Austria, Spain, Switzerland, France, UK, Sweden, Canada and Germany as well as any other place I have to travel in the world. Since I live in the Tampa area, there will be lots of posts on Tampa beer spots. Tampa is becoming a great beer destination with new breweries starting every year. Cigar City Brewing is gaining global recognition as a great brewer of beers and is putting Tampa on the map as a craft beer destination. My favorites in Tampa at the moment are Coppertail Brewery located in Ybor City and Hidden Springs located in Tampa Heights. Coppertail has great beers, a great space w/food, and offers tours. Hidden Springs has great gose/berliner’s and a great stout. Their IPA’s including their ZFG (Zero Fucks Given session IPA) are also really good. Here is a great website with more info on Tampa Bay area breweries. http://thebrewerybay.com/
Here is a map (APR 2020) of the global spots on Bobsbeerblog:
I am also an inventor and wrote a book on inventing called “Inventor’s Workshop – How to Develop and Market your Inventions”. Ebook, paperback, and audio versions are available on Amazon and you can learn more by visiting http://www.inventorsworkshop.us.
One of my inventions is PolarPint which is a beverage container that allows you to add ice to keep a drink cold without diluting. Perfect for keeping your beer cold when outside. Click on this PolarPint presentation link for more info.
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Bob Schmidt – The Beer Traveler
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