Mocama Beer Company is opening a brewery with taproom on South 8th

Telling the story of Mocama, the coastal region that stretches from what is now southern Georgia down through the Okefenokee Swamp to the west coast of Florida, Hamp Tanner says the word means coast or ocean. “Mocama is where you live, where you are, and it’s the people who live here."

  • Mocama Beer Company will offer beers of varying flavors, colors and aromas in its taproom on South Eighth Street, as well as at restaurants and retail locations in Northeast Florida and, in the future, southern Georgia. JULIA ROBERTS/NEWS-LEADER
    Mocama Beer Company will offer beers of varying flavors, colors and aromas in its taproom on South Eighth Street, as well as at restaurants and retail locations in Northeast Florida and, in the future, southern Georgia. JULIA ROBERTS/NEWS-LEADER
    Telling the story of Mocama, the coastal region that stretches from what is now southern Georgia down through the Okefenokee Swamp to the west coast of Florida, Hamp Tanner says the word means coas...

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