Swamp Head Brewery is a brewery in Gainesville, Florida and is frequented by graduate and professional students, faculty, and locals. Year-round offerings include Wild Night Honey Cream Ale, Cottonmouth Belgian Witbier, Stump Knocker Pale Ale, Midnight Oil Oatmeal Coffee Stout, and Big Nose IPA along with many different seasonal and limited release beers. Swamp Head brews their beer using a 30 Barrel brewhouse (930 Gallons) and is located on SW 34th Street just south of Archer Road and near I-75 in Gainesville, Fl. Swamp Head focuses on using Florida ingredients in their beers whenever possible. This has been showcased in beers like Wild Night, which uses locally sourced honey and Midnight Oil, which uses locally roasted organic coffee beans.
In 2011 Swamp Head won a total of 11 awards at the Best Florida Beer Championships. Two of the awards were best in show for Darkwater Floridian Dark Ale (Black IPA) and second best in show for Smoke Signal Smoked Porter.