Bradenton's Motorworks Brewing To Host 1st Moonlite Market

BRADENTON, FL – Motorworks Brewing, 1014 9th S.t W, Bradenton, is launching its inaugural Moonlite Market featuring 30 local vendors Friday, March 30 at 6 p.m.

The event will include a Beer Garden Bazaar”with vendors spread throughout Motorworks’ Beer Garden, showcasing local makers’ original arts, handmade crafts, one-of-a-kind foods and more.

Grammy-nominated powerhouse Ari & The Alibis will bring their blend of funk, rock, samba, soul and blues to the garden from 7 to 11 p.m.

Coinciding with the event will be the can release of Motorworks Brewing’s Bizarre Gardening Accident Kumquat Florida Weisse. The brewery will be tapping two specialty kegs of Bizarre Gardening Accident to mark the occasion: one dosed with blackberry plus a passionfruit and carrot version served on nitro.

In addition to craft beer, there will be wine and cocktail offerings along with a food truck.

Motorworks Brewing’s Moonlite Market will take place the last Friday of each month.

Motorworks Brewing is in the heart of Bradenton’s expanding downtown entertainment corridor. Converted from a 1923-era automobile dealership—complete with a concrete ramp that was used to shuttle cars from the ground floor to a second-floor service area—the 27,000-square-foot building houses Motorworks’ full-production brewery and tasting room.

Motorworks Brewing also boasts the largest beer garden in Florida, complete with a spacious deck built around a 150-year-old oak tree, two professional bocce ball courts, a dozen cornhole sets, life-sized Jenga, an outdoor music stage and 22-foot projection screen.

The taproom offers an evolving lineup of seasonal, small-batch brews alongside Motorworks’ award-winning core beers: V Twin Vienna Lager® (Bronze Medal, 2014 Great American Beer Fest), Intellectual Property Ale IPA, Pulp Friction Grapefruit IPA (Gold Medalist, 2017 Best Florida Beer Championships), Midnight Espresso Coffee Porter (Silver Medal, 2016 Best of Craft Beer Awards) and Rollcage Red Ale (National Grand Champion, 2017 & 2015 U.S. Beer Tasting Championship).

In addition to its award-winning beers Motorworks Brewing offers an expansive wine list and a full liquor bar.

For more information, visit Motorworks Brewing’s website.

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