Tampa Heights brewery Hidden Springs files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy 

Hidden Springs Ale Works in Tampa, Florida on Nov. 3, 2026. Credit: Ray Roa / Creative Loafing Tampa Bay Earlier this month, Hidden Springs Ale Works announced it was leaving the Tampa Heights block it has called home since 2015. This week it filed for bankruptcy. According to a Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization filed on Nov. 11 in the Middle District of Florida bankruptcy court, the local brewery was unable to negotiate an agreement with a new ownership group that terminated the existing lease after acquiring the building, located at 1631 N Franklin St. Hidden Springs, which was co-founded by Joshua and Jacqueline Garman and Austin Good, said in the filing that it currently has approximately $1.67 million in secured and unsecured debt, after annual gross revenue fell from $511,600 in 2024 to $403,390 in 2025. The company listed names of creditors in the records, including Celtic Bank Corporation, American Express, City of Tampa Utilities, Florida Dept. of Revenue, and