Tripping Animals Brewing

Tripping Animals Brewing pours from a warehouse taproom at 2685 NW 105th Ave in Doral, and it has become the name Miami beer people say first when sours come up. The house style is heavily fruited, loudly colored, and wrapped in animal can art that collectors chase.

Time Out Miami covers the taproom as a destination in its own right, and BeerAdvocate logs hundreds of the brewery's releases across sours, IPAs, stouts, and lagers. The room itself stays family friendly, with 19 lines and multiple lounge areas.

Who would hate it? Lager purists who think fruit belongs in a bowl. There are clean lagers on tap, but the smoothie sours run the show.

The taproom keeps its industrial bones, then covers them in trippy murals that match the cans. Yelp reviewers flag the multiple seating areas and the steady calendar of large format festivals the brewery throws in its own backyard.

Start with whatever fruited sour is freshest; the rotation moves fast and the taproom pours it best. Most pours land under $10, and crowlers go out the door for whatever you regret not finishing.

The IPAs hit harder than the cartoon cans suggest, per BeerAdvocate ratings, and the stouts show up heavy in the cooler months. Skip nothing on a first visit; flights exist for a reason.

Weeknights bring Doral locals and beer traders; weekends add families, food trucks, and festival scale crowds when a release drops. Miami New Times keeps it on the city's brewery short list.

What regulars say:

• The sours are the best in South Florida, a constant across Yelp's 300+ reviews.
• BeerAdvocate users rate the brewery among Florida's most consistent for fruited styles.
• Reviewers recommend weekday evenings to dodge the weekend release lines.

Who it is for:

• Sour heads building a cooler run
• Groups that want beer without a nightclub attached
• Avoid if you need a downtown address; J. Wakefield Brewing covers Wynwood

The defining Miami sour brewery and a taproom worth the drive west. Go on a release day once, then go back on a quiet Tuesday like a regular.

Getting there: 2685 NW 105th Ave in Doral; driving or rideshare is the realistic play.

Timing: 4pm weekdays, noon weekends; Thursday through Saturday runs late to 1am.

Cost: Pours under $10, flights and crowlers in the teens.