Thousands of people, some wearing viking helmets and lederhosen, descended on Coconut Grove’s Peacock Park for the third-annual Grovetoberfest. This celebration of beer featured more than 200 different beers — all available to sample at no extra charge. Brews ranged from limited-edition and seasonal offerings from large commercial breweries to…
All right; it’s that time of year. It’s the time in which we consume more pumpkin everything than we can possibly imagine. Whether it’s in pie, bread, muffin, M&M, beer, or even Oreo form, we have plenty of options for getting our fall gourd on. Speaking of which, bartender Kelsey…
Friday’s here, so it’s time for beer. Every Friday, so long as the creek don’t rise, this beer enthusiast will take a look at a Florida beer that, hopefully, should be readily available in a local shop or on tap at your favorite bar. Experimental and concept beers are a…
Two of Broward’s finest home brewers made the trek to Coconut Grove’s LoKal for the restaurant’s second annual home brewers bash…
Tending bar tends to be an extrovert’s game. You have to deal with other staff members and chat to dozens, if not hundreds, of customers on a daily basis — it’s almost like being onstage. For the most part, you’re not going to find many shy people behind the bar,…
Scotch is known to be a gentleman’s drink — it has to be if good old Ron Burgundy has a sweet spot for it — and gentlemen don’t drink cheap booze from plastic bottles, unless, of course, it’s really late and nobody is looking. When it comes to Scotch, there…
OK, so the partial government shutdown is affecting new brewery start-ups; not good. The upside is that homebrewers can still indulge in their craft. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for life; teach a man to brew beer and he drinks like a fish. So let This…
Another local homebrewer has done it again. Still basking in the success of winning gold at the National Homebrewers Conference, Tamarac homebrewer Russ Brunner brews home the gold again, this time at the Samuel Adams LongShot American Homebrew Contest last Friday. Brunner’s American Stout was chosen among two other winners…
As annoying as it may be for bartenders — it takes precious time away from serving other customers — muddling fresh fruit and herbs makes a huge difference in cocktails. From traditional mojitos to ubiquitous new specialties like cucumber basil martinis, freshly pressed ingredients are available all over the place…
The Great American Beer Festival was held this past Thursday, Friday and Saturday in Denver, Colorado, and South Florida brewers descended on the Mile-High City complete with their A-games, but it wasn’t enough to secure any medals. Due South Brewing Co. and Funky Buddha Brewery represented the Broward/Palm Beach area,…
Friday’s here, so it’s time for beer. Every Friday, so long as the creek don’t rise, this beer enthusiast will take a look at a Florida beer that, hopefully, should be readily available in a local shop or on tap at your favorite bar. The festival of Oktoberfest is one…
Bartenders have so many positive attributes, it’s hard to recognize everything they do: They make us feel better after a long, hard day, lend us an ear when we’re in need, make us feel special by remembering our favorite drink, get us drunk — obviously — and sometimes just give…
Ahh. Halloween; that time of year when it’s perfectly acceptable for normal adults to run around like a bunch of hooligans partying their asses off. Unfortunately, everyone else is also in the same mentality, making the bars absolutely insane. If you’re trying to avoid the onslaught of naughty nurses, sexy…
Does the government shutdown got you down? Hopefully not, because it ain’t shuttin’ down your ability to slam a few cold ones, and that’s a plus. On the ugly side of things, the shutdown has brewery startups on hold, preventing them from filing for permits, receiving inspections, getting labels/recipes approved…
If you’re looking to do a little early holiday shopping for the person who has everything (and money is no object), why not buy him or her a bottle of Scotch? Well, actually, not just any bottle of Scotch whisky. The Macallan M, a rare, limited-edition bottle of single malt…
A homebrewing class is a homebrewing class, but a homebrewing class with Florida Brewing Company’s Bobby Gordash is a chance to learn from an award-winning brewer who works for the state’s largest-production craft brewery. Starting at 6:30 p.m. at the Whole Foods Market in Coral Springs, Gordash will talk tricks…
Ever since the Mack House, Holy Mackerel’s tap room and nano brewery, lost its brewer Bobby Gordash back in June, owner Larry Hatfield has been front and center in bringing about Mack House 2.0, with the first step involving hiring a new brewer. That brewer is finally revealed as Tamarac…
We are a long way away from MetLife Stadium, but New York transplants don’t plan on trading the Jets anytime soon. And if they did, it certainly wouldn’t be for the Dolphins — not after Dan Marino’s dirty Fake Spike play in 1994. Over 500 strong, the South Florida Jets…
Another week in beer news: You need it like you need another pint of stout. So order up, chug, and repeat until you reach that moment of clarity. If you’re just not that into it, then stick to wine coolers and get bent. Shit’s getting crazy in beer land with…
Things seem to be getting a little frisky again at Feelgoods Rock Bar and Grill in downtown West Palm Beach as the manager was assaulted last Thursday and the suspect led off to jail. According to the police report, Feelgoods bouncers were escorting a man, identified as Michael Elias Salha,…
This past Saturday, September 28th, the Funky Buddha Lounge and Brewery saw their epic third anniversary party, complete with waffles, Peruvian dishes, and a host of amazing beer releases. The crowd was full of founders and supporters, beer nerds and beer newbies. Below is the experiences of this humbled writer,…
Friday’s here, so it’s time for beer. Every Friday, so long as the creek don’t rise, this beer enthusiast will take a look at a Florida beer that, hopefully, should be readily available in a local shop or on tap at your favorite bar. You’ve probably seen a bottle in…
