Mocama Beer Company

Mocama Beer Company brews in Fernandina Beach and pours in its own taproom, and it takes its name from the Mocama — the coastal Timucua-speaking people who lived along this stretch of the Georgia and Florida coast for thousands of years before Europeans arrived.

Disclosure first

Mocama Beer Company sponsors our sister site, Things to Do in Fernandina Beach, which is published by the same company, Grow Wild Agency Inc.

We are telling you that at the top of the page rather than the bottom. This listing is editorial — it is here because it is one of a small number of places brewing on the island, not because of any arrangement — and if a commercial arrangement extends to this site, the listing will carry a visible Sponsored label everywhere it appears, including in our JSON data feeds. See our editorial policy.

What it is

A production brewery with a taproom rather than a brewpub — the beer is made on site and the room exists to serve it. That is a different proposition from a restaurant bar: the beer is the product, the food offer is usually limited or absent, and the hours are typically shorter than a bar's.

Why it matters on this island

Amelia Island's drinking is concentrated in eight blocks of downtown bars, most of which pour other people's beer. A working brewery gives the island something it otherwise buys in, and the taproom register — communal tables, no view, beer as the reason you are there — is a genuine change from the waterfront rooftops.

There is also distilling on the island, at a small downtown operation, which together with the brewing makes a short and genuinely local drinks tour possible on foot or with a very short drive.

Practical notes, and the important caveat

Taproom hours are shorter than bar hours and often exclude days a restaurant would be open. Production breweries commonly close early in the week, and a taproom can be shut on an evening when Centre Street is busy.

We have not confirmed the address, phone, current hours, what is on tap, whether food is served, or the dog and children policy — and taprooms vary widely on those last two. Check before you go.

What we will not do

Describe beers we have not drunk, publish a rating, or repeat someone else's score. This site carries no review scores in its pages or its structured data and a build check enforces that. For what is pouring this week, the brewery's own channels are the source.

Where it fits in an evening

Early, before dinner. A taproom is a first-drink venue rather than a last one, particularly given the hours. Then downtown for dinner — the historic district is a short distance away and everything in it is walkable once you have parked.

Getting home

Ride-share coverage on Amelia Island is thinner than in a city, particularly late and particularly out to the south-end resorts. If you are drinking and staying south, arrange the return before you need it.