Mosaic on the Wall Made from Bottle Caps

The other Saturday when we went to the grand opening of the Florida Keys Brewing Company (http://www. floridakeysbrewingco.com) in Islamorada, I got so carried away with the muralist that I posted about that I forgot to do the post about the beer and the event itself. Let’s start with the beer. It’s excellent, there’s a nice selection, and best of all, it’s brewed by folks who truly seem to love beer. As often happens around here, the only downside is not a lot of parking so going at peak times might be tricky. They don’t have a bottling capability at this stage, but they do have growlers and will be able to do local distribution to some of the restaurants. In a word, if you like beer – go see them. They don’t have food, although there was a special set-up for the grand opening and I’m not sure if they plan to have something like that periodically. I was told that there are a couple of restaurants in the area that will deliver there and that would seem to be a good arrangement.

As for art other than the murals, when we walked in to join the very happy crowd, we noticed a mosaic on the far wall and I assumed it was a standard mosaic. We walked closer and realized that whoever had created it (didn’t find out who that was), had used beer bottle caps. There was another one on the opposite wall that I could get to for a better photo and I always take delight when I see these kinds of things. I hope to pop back down and have a longer chat with the founders of the company after things settle a bit. I’m intrigued by how they brought it all together and how many different people played a part.

Close-up Of A Section Of The Bottle Cap Mosaic