Epoca Brewing

Epoca Brewing is a craft brewery operating out of a suite on NE 13th Avenue in North Miami, a light industrial and commercial area typical of where small South Florida breweries set up their brewing operations and taprooms rather than a retail storefront on a main boulevard.

As a brewery, Epoca produces its own beer on site, typically offering a rotating selection of styles available by the pint or flight in an attached taproom, along with cans or growlers for customers who want to take beer home after a visit.

The taproom setting is usually casual and industrial, built around the brewing equipment itself, and often hosts food trucks or limited snack menus rather than a full kitchen, drawing craft beer drinkers from North Miami and surrounding areas looking for something beyond a standard bar.

Small breweries like Epoca have become a more visible part of Miami-Dade County’s food and drink scene over the past decade, typically locating in warehouse or light industrial space where rent is lower and there is enough room for brewing tanks, a pattern that fits its NE 13th Avenue address in North Miami.

Flights of several small pours are a common way a taproom like this introduces new customers to its lineup, letting visitors compare a handful of styles before committing to a full pint of a favorite.

A flight of four small pours, letting a first-time visitor sample the full range of what is currently on tap, is typically the best way to get acquainted with a small brewery like Epoca before settling on a favorite style.

Because the brewery operates from a light industrial suite rather than a storefront on a main road, most customers find it specifically because they were looking for a local taproom rather than stumbling on it while driving down Biscayne Boulevard.

Independent breweries like Epoca typically depend on building a loyal local following through the taproom itself before expanding distribution to bars and restaurants elsewhere, which means a visit to the North Miami taproom is often the most direct way to experience the full range of what the brewery produces.

Because the brewing process itself takes time, from mashing grain through fermentation to packaging, a small brewery’s tap list changes on its own schedule rather than a daily one, so regulars at a taproom like Epoca’s tend to check in periodically to see what has rotated onto the board since their last visit.

Epoca Brewing is an independently owned craft brewery rather than a large regional or national beer producer, giving North Miami a homegrown option for craft beer brewed on site.