E-Malt.com News article: USA, FL: Accomplice Brewery & Ciderworks opens in West Palm Beach on July 10

Accomplice Brewery & Ciderworks began full official production on July 10, meaning that they are now legally an operating brewery, New Times Broward-Palm Beach reported on July 13.

Accomplice Brewery & Ciderworks’s owners Matt Stetson and Felonice Merriman are positioned to bring a new approach to the beer culture of South Florida by tapping into a market that's been hereto-forth underserved.

"I do weird things that they don't normally do in beer making," Stetson said. "I started applying wine techniques to beer."

"We are trying to distinguish ourselves from everyone else. Because there's a million [beers] out there, we don't want to make those types of beers."

Because of this, Stetson ends up with beers that don't necessarily fit into the traditional style categories that the Beer Judge Certification Program (BJCP) and Brewers Association put forth for their competitions and general naming conventions.

"We have seasonal delegations to our beers," Stetson said, explaining that as the seasons change, so will the recipes.

As for the name, Accomplice Brewery & Ciderworks is fairly straightforward.

"We share a lot," Stetson says of his partner Felonice. "I realized before I met her, if you're going to have any sort of business whatsoever, you need help, you can't do everything single-handed. You need someone to help with promotion, recipe generation. You need help, you need partners in crime, you need accomplices. Beer's better with friends, and they're your accomplices. Everything is built on this idea that you can't, won't or shouldn't do it by yourself."


17 July, 2015