Cuba s oldest brewery is now Miami s newest: This week, Cervecería La Tropical will officially open its first brewery on U.S. soil in Wynwood.
Miami’s newest brewery will celebrate its grand opening on Friday, February 19. The custom-built, 28,000-square-foot space includes a taproom, a restaurant, and an outdoor botanical garden, as well as a live-music stage.
Founded by the Blanco-Herrera family in Havana in 1888, La Tropical became a source of national pride, recognized as one of Cuba s largest and most successful beer brands. The brewery was nationalized amid the Cuban revolution in 1960, and the government operated it continuously until sometime around 2010. Owing to a lack of capital and investment, the physical plant, located near a section of Havana known as Kohly, was closed, though the company s beers continued to be brewed in a new facility on the island. (Constructed in 1904, the old brewery s tropical gardens, Jardines La Tropical, are the only aspect of the o