Author: Ray Roa

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Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief in August 2019. Past work can be seen at Suburban Apologist, Tampa Bay Times, Consequence of Sound and The Daily Beast. Products and media for review consideration should be sent to 204 E. Henderson Ave., Tampa, FL 33602.

The collaboration between JDub’s Brewing Co. and Creative Loafing is produced by Channelside Brewing Co. JDub’s and Creative Loafing’s ‘Beer Can Building Beer’ coming off the canning line at Channelside Brewing Co. in Tampa, Florida on July 12, 2024. Thirty-six years after it popped out of the ground, Tampa’s “Beer Can Building” is finally getting the respect it deserves. This morning, a five-person team topped off and packaged about 100 cases of “Beer Can Building Beer,” a new guava wheat ale from JDub’s Brewing Company and Creative Loafing Tampa Bay. Brewed by Michael Beard and his team at Channelside Brewing,…

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