Florida Beer Co. Readies A New Craft Pilsner; We Preview It

This summer (go ahead and use your best Don LaFontaine voice), the Florida Beer Co. is looking to introduce a pilsner beer to its lineup: Sunshine State Pils. This pilsner will join the family of lagered beers from FBC, including Florida Lager, and beers of the Key West and Hurricane…

Funky Buddha to Release More Moro Blood Orange IPA

Summer is here which means a proliferation of fruit-tinged beers will hit the market in the next few months. Funky Buddha celebrates the marriage of fruit and hops with its next bottle release – More Moro Blood Orange IPA. See also: Funky Buddha’s Small Batch Bottling Of A Fan Favorite,…

Florida’s Big Storm Brewery Coming to South Florida Bars This Week

Nestled between New Port Richey and Land O’ Lakes in Pasco County lies a small town called Odessa. With slightly more than 7,000 residents, it’s the quintessential “sleepy suburban town.” Unlike most small towns, though, this one has a brewery: Big Storm Brewery. Big Storm is the product of Mike…

Newest Game of Thrones Beer “Fire and Blood” Now Available

Game of Thrones fans, prepare yourselves. Brewery Ommegang’s third installment in its series of licensed Game of Thrones beers is set to be released today, Monday, March 31. Fire and Blood, as the beer is called, is a red ale complete with some interesting ingredients like licorice root and ancho…

Florida Beer: Maple Bacon Coffee Porter From Funky Buddha Brewery

It’s #FloridaBeerFriday. Every Friday, we take a look at a beer brewed in the Sunshine State, giving analysis to the burgeoning craft beer movement of Florida. We’ve covered it for ‘Maple Bacon Coffee Day’ in January. It’s been hailed in various national publications, including Draft magazine. It is a monumental…

Tsukuro Launches New Happy Hour Special and Lunch Menu

There is no time of day that excites us the way happy hour does. It not only involves cheap drinks and inexpensive eats, but it washes away the pain of the workday. Numerous options for after work intoxication abound luckily; however, you can never have enough of a good thing…

Riverside Market Throwing Spring-Break Homebrew Competition

Sure, you like craft beer. Maybe you even like it a lot. Maybe you like it so much, you can detect the differences among Samuel Smith’s Oatmeal Stout, Rogue’s Shakespeare Oatmeal Stout, and Founders Oatmeal Stout just from a whiff of the nose. If the latter sounds like you, chances…

Mixologist John Lermayer Makes Us Some Smoky Scotch Cocktails

Let’s be honest here: Scotch is an intimidating drink. Like a Grand Cru Bordeaux, it elicits images of upper-crust socialites dressed to the nines, sipping ridiculously expensive beverages out of snifters in front of a fireplace framed by elegant Afghan hounds. Or, at least, distinguished gentlemen like Ron Burgundy. Point…

Florida Beer: Vice IPA From Miami Brewing Company

It’s #FloridaBeerFriday. Every Friday, we take a look at a beer brewed in the Sunshine State, giving analysis to the burgeoning craft beer movement of Florida. Welcome back beer fans. We’re heading out to the store and picking up a can from the latest South Florida brewery to begin full…

Whole Foods Seeking to Hire Its First Brewmaster

Whole Foods Market has always carried a unique selection of craft beers, but now it looks as if the supermarket chain is getting into the business of making its own brew. To do it, the Texas-based chain wants to hire its first brewmaster to make beer in-house at one of…