Eat Street, the Cooking Channel show that highlights the best food on wheels is returning to south Florida to shoot some food trucks. We know our trucks are high quality, but we also suspect the fact that the production crew is from Canada has something to do with their filming…
The cans versus bottle debate will probably rage on forever, but here is some evidence to prove that bottles are better than cans when it comes to craft beer. It’s true that light damages beer, which makes it taste skunky. But there is a dark side to can production that…
If geography was any indication of beer geekdom, then the people of Iceland will soon be able to drink a beer made with whale meat. Steojar Brewery has partnered with Hvalur, a whaling company, to brew a 5.2 percent whale meat lager that hearkens back to their Viking brethren. Brewery…
As much as we like to be in on a local secret, it’s pretty cool when one of our favorite products from South Florida gets some international recognition. Everyone already knows the finest oranges, purest honey, longest-lasting tomatoes, and Gatorade — the best hangover cure ever — come from the…
Hoppy new year! Every Friday, we take a look at a beer brewed in the Sunshine State, giving analysis to the burgeoning craft beer movement of Florida. Ah, the sweet stout. Also known as the milk or cream stout, it is one of the six subcategories of stouts recognized by…
Have you heard the good word? Delray Beach has its own production brewery and taproom at the western corner of Atlantic Avenue and Interstate 95. That big red barn? Yep, that’s it. You might be used to driving right past it, as it’s just on the edge of a decidedly…
Happy New Year! Now get your wallet ready for the first massive beer festival of 2014. Funky Buddha Brewery in Oakland Park will celebrate the release of its first (kind of) public bottle release of Maple Bacon Coffee Porter, a 6.4 percent abv superflavorful and correct-in-the-name culinary beer that has…
Starbucks sent a cease-and-desist letter to Exit 6 Pub and Brewery in Cottleville, MO earlier this month after the mega-corporation discovered that one of the brewpub’s customers named a beer ‘frappicino’. The discovery was made by the coffee giant after searching the website, Untappd, a social network for beer drinkers…
Time to rejoice, beer fans, for the beginning of the year harks the beginning of our coveted Third Annual South Florida Beer Week – returning from January 18 through January 25th. “Working with local breweries and retailers, South Florida Beer Week will bring Floridians a wide variety of events all…
It’s the pilgrimage that Floridians and beer drinkers from around the country talk about every year. In the ancient days, we’d worship Ninkasi, or Silenus, or Aegir, but now, we pay tribute to the arts and sciences of craft beer. March 8th, 2014 will be the next grand pilgrimage to…
If you’re planning a New Year’s eve party at home, you’ve got to have some bubbly for a midnight toast. You could just buy a case of Champagne, or you could make Emeril’s awesome Champagne punch…
Chances are by this time tomorrow you’re not going to feel so well. From mild dehydration to headaches to stomach pains to full on vomiting, you’re probably going to be feeling the aftereffects of New Years Eve. Or, we hope so, at least. New Years Eve is celebrated all over…
It’s hard to believe, but 2013 is fast becoming a memory. That’s OK, because the new year will surely bring a host of new adventures, opportunities…and the third annual South Florida Beer Week. The 2014 edition of the festival will return from January 18 – 25, bringing a week filled…
Should Old Acquaintance be forgot… at least we have Florida made beer. Every Friday, we take a look at a beer brewed in the Sunshine State, giving analysis to the burgeoning craft beer movement of Florida. With the holiday season wrapping up, and New Year’s Eve right around the corner,…
Ah, Christmas, a whole day of watching the kids unwrap presents while you stay happy with that holiday variety pack bought days earlier. Lets just hope you left one for Santa. Bust out the case of Christmas ales because you’ve got the week off (hopefully) and nothing else to do…
The wait is over for the opening of the next brewery in Palm Beach County. Delray Beach’s Saltwater Brewery is scheduled to open its doors at noon on Monday, December 30, and start a new age of locally produced beer in Delray. See also: -Ten Geekiest Beers to Bring Out…
Maybe you’re one of the 155 Funky Buddha Brewing Founders’ Club members and all of this is old news to you. But for everyone else, you’ve probably noticed a stream of Facebook and Instagram posts of friends with excited faces and blue bottles in hand. This past weekend saw the…
Like the sands of the hourglass, these are the beers in our glass… beers from Florida! Every Friday, we take a look at a beer brewed in the Sunshine State, giving analysis to the burgeoning craft beer movement of Florida. It looks like a lager, and acts like a lager…..
It’s hard to be an elf. All that time cooped up in the North Pole, slaving away in Santa’s sweat work shop, and then to have that jolly old man get all the credit! It’s a hard-knock life for an elf. Once the toy-making has come to an end on…
Everyone sing along…on the 12th day of Christmas my true love gave to me: 12 winter warmers, 11 spiced ales, 10 seasonal ciders, 9 artful malts, 8 full pints, 7 hops combos, 6 six-packs, 5 fruit and spice, 4 ginger beers, 3 honey and clove, 2 nutmegs, and a merry…
It’s officially one week until Christmas. If you’ve run out of friends or family you enjoy spending time with this holiday season, at least you have beer. And if you’re long overdue for a cold brew, maybe you’d be willing to work for it. Just don’t go around trading any…
New Year’s Eve parties will be ringing in 2014 soon, and if you’ve decided to host a shindig at your own digs, you’ve probably been mulling over what flavor Jell-O shot you’ll be serving. But if you’d rather have the real thing without all the mess, waiting, and mixing –…
