First Magnitude Brewing Company

09/04/2026

Just like Gator Football season, CHOMP Hazy IPA is baaaaack!!

Sink your teeth into this heavily dry-hopped hazy boi that brings juicy and tropical waves of citrus, mango, and coconut, and finishes a touch drier and lighter on its feet, too, so it’s crisp, refreshing, and downright chompable, if you will. ABV: 6.5%

Enjoy this one standing up and hollering for the Gators 🐊

Available in cans to go now, on tap soon, and yes, we’ve got the gator merch to match. Jerseys included.

09/03/2026

Yacht rock is setting sail tomorrow, docking right here in the b**r garden as the live music for the very first Kick-off Friday of the season officially launching us into the first Gator Football Weekend. 🐊🏈

Bully For You (David Graham) brings three hours of buttery basslines and effortless falsettos from 6-9 PM, the kind of smooth sailing that makes you want to name a boat you don’t own.

Grab a cold one, find your spot in the b**r garden, and let the evening drift on by. Stubbies Sausages (Stubbies Pop-up Sausages) and Taino Roots (Iván Pérez Medina 🇵🇷 🌴 🥥) are on dinner duty, so all you have to do is show up and let the night do the rest.

See you tomorrow. Anchors aweigh. ⚓

09/02/2026

Dust off your dirndl, lace up your lederhosen, scrub out your stein; it’s Oktoberfest time! 🍻

Magtoberfest, our Oktoberfest celebration, returns to The Source on Saturday, September 19th, 12–11 PM.

The b**r lineup leans full German fest mode: Magtoberfest Märzen, Fest Bear Festbier, Zugspitze Bavarian Cold IPA, This Weizen’s on Fire Smoked Dunkelweizen, Pumpernickel Rye Porter, and Wakulla Hefeweizen. Basically six ways to say PROST!

Live music runs 12–7 PM with traditional Oktoberfest vibes from The Klezmer Katz and Oktober Festers. Food trucks Stubbies, Mayflower, Vegan Gator, and Verde Spice are covering every craving. And once the brass winds down, the big screen takes over for UF vs. Auburn at 7 PM.

Prost, Gainesville. It’s going to be wunderbar. 🤙

08/31/2026

Gator football is back, baby. 🐊🐊🐊 There’s a new coach, a new energy, and that familiar delusional(?!) optimism we get every single August.

And with football comes one of our favorite traditions: Kickoff Fridays are back too. Every Friday before a home game, we’re kicking off the weekend early with live music in the b**r garden, and this week that means yacht rock legends Bully For You (David Graham) taking over Friday 9/4 from 6-9 PM. Smooth sailing into game day, basically.

Speaking of game day: Saturday we’ve got UF vs. FAU up on the 16 ft. screen in the b**r garden, kickoff at 7:45 PM. Come watch with us, or grab b**rs to go for your tailgate. Either way, good b**r belongs at the party.

Here’s what the whole week looks like:

TUESDAY 9/1 — 3-10 PM
Food Truck: Tommyknockers Mobile Kitchen
🤓 FM Brainaholics Trivia — 7 PM

WEDNESDAY 9/2 — 3-10 PM
Food Truck: Eim Thai Food Truck
🏃 Running Tabs Run Club — 6:15 PM

THURSDAY 9/3 — 3–10 PM
Food Truck: Germain’s

FRIDAY 9/4 — 2-11 PM
Food Truck: Stubbies Pop-up Sausages + Iván Pérez Medina 🇵🇷 🌴 🥥
🎸 Kick-off Friday ft. Live Yacht Rock from Bully For You David Graham

SATURDAY 9/5 — 12–11 PM
Food Truck: THE BEST BRAZILIAN BARBESKEWERS + Soul Spice
🔸🔹UF vs. FAU - Kickoff @ 7:45 PM

SUNDAY 9/6 — 12–8 PM
Food Truck: Soul Spice
🦅 Birds and Brews - Guided bird walks with — 5:45 PM

Let’s go, Gators. 🐊

08/28/2026

Let’s talk about David Hunter Turner and the wonderful humans behind it for a sec.

For the past several years, if you’ve cracked open one of our cans and thought “damn, that label goes hard,” that’s OFV. They’ve been the hands behind our can art, making our b**r look as good as it tastes. Plus they’re the folks behind much of our sweet event art, too!

But the Back to Swamp Bash this Saturday is about more than good design. It’s an homage of Florida’s natural beauty and those who help conserve it. AND it’s a fundraiser for year 3 of the Old Florida Vibes Scholarship, which supports students studying art activism, environmental communications, climate change, water quality, wildlife conservation, wild land management, and recreation, so they can go make a real difference in protecting the earth.

Here’s all the deets about this Saturday 8/29 from 4-10 PM — RAIN OR SHINE!

🐊 Conservation Conversations with a stacked lineup of local voices in wildlife, water quality, and climate work — 5-8 PM — on the Front Patio

🎨 Art Market with a huge lineup of local artists and makers — around the b**r garden + front of the brewery — 5-10 PM

🦎 A Reptile Preservation Institute experience Reptile Preservation Institute

🖼️ Old Florida Vibes studio sale

🌭 Sausage for Scholars by Register Sausage

🦪 Florida oysters from Southern Oyster Co.

And live music runs the whole evening:
🎸 Daryl Hance Daryl Hance — 4:30-5:30 PM
🎸 The Tom Smith Band — 6:00-7:00 PM
🎸 Uncle Mosie — 7:30-8:30 PM
🎸 The Hulagans — 9:00-10:00 PM

Come check out all of the talented folks being showcased across the brewery, grab a pint, and celebrate Florida, and while you’re at it, raise a glass to Old Florida Vibes, we’re lucky to call you our people. 🤙🍻

08/28/2026

08/24/2026

We packed a bestselling author, so many local artists, conservation folks, and SO MUCH live music into this week. Come hang out. We’ll be here all week!

Thursday, bookgram brings Between the Pages to the Drift Patio: an evening with Lauren Groff, community partners, and the reveal of our Gainesville Reads keynote speaker (yes, we’re excited about that one too). Live music from Thomas Allain

Friday, our monthly Art Walk rolls through with live music from Damsel, plus local makers doing what they do best! 6-9 PM.

Saturday, David Hunter Turner brings Back to Swamp Bash to the brewery featuring conservation conversations, a Reptile Preservation Institute experience, an art market stacked with local artists, live music, and Sausage for Scholars, all in support of the Old Florida Vibes Scholarship fund!

Here’s this week’s full lineup ⤵️

TUESDAY 8/25 — 3-10 PM
Food Truck: Cheffrey’s 👨🏻‍🍳
🤓 FM Brainaholics Trivia — 7 PM

WEDNESDAY 8/26 — 3-10 PM
Food Truck: Thai Us-A Roll
🏃 Running Tabs Run Club — 6:15 PM

THURSDAY 8/27 — 3–10 PM
Food Truck: Vegan Gator
📚Between the Pages bookgram fundraiser

FRIDAY 8/28 — 2-11 PM
Food Truck: Eim Thai Food Truck + Soul Spice
🎨 Art Walk with live music from Damsel — 6-9 PM

SATURDAY 8/29 — 12–11 PM
Food Truck: Vegan Gator
OFV Back to Swamp Bash — 4-10 PM ft. Live Music, Conservation Conservations and Art Vendors!

SUNDAY 8/30 — 12–8 PM
Food Truck: Frenchmen Street Food

See you at The Source!

08/18/2026

Democracy is thirsty work. 🗳️🍺

Today’s the day, Gainesville! Florida’s primary election is happening right now, polls are open until 7pm. Get out there, cast your ballot, then swing by the taproom with your “I Voted” sticker for a free pint of one of our core b**rs. On us.

Here’s the thing about primaries. They don’t always get the hype of a big general election, but this is where a lot of the real decisions get made. Local races, county seats, the people who decide things like your property taxes, your schools, your roads. These are the elections that shape Gainesville day to day, and turnout is usually low, which means your vote carries even more weight.

So go vote. Then come tell us about it over a b**r. That’s the whole plan.

📍 Polls open until 7pm today
🍺 Free core b**r with your “I Voted” sticker

Here’s what’s going down this week ⤵️

TUESDAY 8/18 — 3-10 PM
Food Truck:
🤓 FM Brainaholics Trivia — 7 PM

WEDNESDAY 8/19 — 3-10 PM
Food Truck:
🏃 Running Tabs Run Club — 6:15 PM

THURSDAY 8/20 — 3–10 PM
Food Truck: Vegan Gator
👠 Drag Bingo — 7:30-9:30 PM — Hosted by Emma Gration🌞 benefiting Pride Community Center

FRIDAY 8/21 — 2-11 PM
Food Truck: Stubbies Pop-up Sausages + Soul Spice
Party for the Pets with the 6-8 PM

SATURDAY 8/22 — 12–11 PM
Food Truck: Verde Spice + Germain’s

SUNDAY 8/23 — 12–8 PM
Food Truck: Frenchmen Street Food

08/15/2026

This is the big one. Here’s your complete guide to Written in the Stars this Saturday 8-15. ✨

🍺 Swipe through for the full anniversary release lineup!
🎶 Music all day long, full schedule in the graphic, swipe through for set times.
🍻 Two bars running all day, so the line moves fast and the pours don’t stop. Grab a limited edition Zodiac Glass for $15 including a fill of anything on our menu $7 or under!
🛍️ A dedicated merch station in the warehouse, including limited quantities of our anniversary shirts and tanks, recent new merch releases, and our $15 sale rack, first come, first served.
🌮 Food trucks on-site all day to keep you fueled ft. Stubbies Pop-up Sausages + + Radha R Dainton 🇨🇴🇺🇸
🚽 Additional ~luxury~ bathrooms, because even a birthday party needs to think of everything.

12-11 PM. This is THE one, Gainesville. We can’t wait to celebrate with you!

08/14/2026

Who’s ready to get far out and funky? 🤙🙋‍♂️

Air… the element of movement, of things floating just a little above the ground, and honestly, that’s exactly the energy we’re going for at Far Out Funky Friday — the second stop on our four day, twelve year celebration! and if Wednesday’s dinner was about slowing down and getting grounded, tomorrow is about drifting, wandering, following the music wherever it takes you.

Live jazz and fusion carry the whole evening, the kind of music that gets a b**r garden moving without anyone really deciding to dance, it just happens.

🎷 5:00 PM — Atbash Atbash — A jazz fusion collective
🎷 7:00 PM — Jose Piñeiro Trio Jose Pineiro Trio — Three musicians, one avant-gardeJazz sound.
🎷 8:30 PM — Aisle 14 noëlle cunningham — A fusion jamband to close out the night.

An intimate lineup of local makers on-site for our Far Out Market; expect to leave with something you didn’t know you needed. Food trucks Caribbean Spice and Verde Spice will keep you fed all night.

Plus we’ll have a sneak preview exclusive release of Czech 1, 2, our anniversary Czech Dark L***r, on tap and available in cans tomorrow. Get a head start before Saturday’s big lineup drops.

And because twelve years means we’ve collected a lot of merch along the way, we’re clearing out the archives. Old Maggie logo shirts and retired designs, all $15 ($10 off!) starting tomorrow. If you’ve been eyeing something from years past, this is your shot! Limited sizes available!

5-10 PM. Come float on through and celebrate 12 Years of First Magnitude with us! 

PS: Keep scrolling for the Saturday and Sunday Lineup!