https://video.emeraldcoastconnected.com/videos/watch/09e3ba96-9bac-419a-9998-e4fa9353c41f Mike is a retired military veteran, and he named the brewery for St. Michael, patron saint of the military and law enforcement -- then named every beer after a military unit or a first-responder profession. In a community this heavy with service members, that is not a marketing angle, it is the point. He describes himself as an artisan and a craftsman, and the comparison he reaches for is baking: "grain to glass -- we take grain and create this beautiful beer out of the grains and the hops and the water and yeast." All of it brewed on site, in the stainless you can see from the bar, with a beer garden out back. Veteran-owned, in Navarre on Florida 87. #craftbeer #brewery #navarre #veteranowned #localgem #emeraldcoast #shoplocal From the original Local Gems series, filmed in 2022. Hours, menus and details may have changed -- check with the business before you go. Wed, 12 Aug 2026 02:33:44 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://video.emeraldcoastconnected.com https://video.emeraldcoastconnected.com/lazy-static/avatars/7491a893-7d72-4069-b2ec-2eca07139ac2.png https://video.emeraldcoastconnected.com/videos/watch/09e3ba96-9bac-419a-9998-e4fa9353c41f All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://video.emeraldcoastconnected.com/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.