As a trend picks up more steam, everyone wants to get a piece of the action. The craft beer world is no different as the greedy beverage monoliths of the world start taking jabs at the little guy, not to mention the battling between the giants. Whatever happened to the…
Did you book your tickets for the Funky Buddha Brewery / Hot & Soul food pairing dinner for tonight? I hope you did, because the event is sold out. But fear not: The five-course dinner (with items like Hop Gun IPA, paired with Hop Gun-braised pork cheeks with Yukon Gold…
A new beer bar has opened in the Abacoa shopping center in Jupiter. With a focus on more than just craft beer, here you’ll find an enormous selection of high-end European beer — many from Germany, England, and Belgium. The specialty focus is something missing from the area’s local beer…
Cigar City Brewing is taking over the taps at Tap42 and you know when this happens, it’s serious business. How serious? Serious enough for Tap42 to raffle off one bottle of Cigar City’s prized Barrel-Aged Hunahpu’s Imperial Stout. The takeover begins at 7 p.m. and that’s when you start collecting…
In South Florida, vodka tends to be the spirit of choice. With the lifestyle and weather down here, it totally makes sense: it’s light and refreshing, low in calories, mixes well with anything, and it doesn’t have much depth. Not to mention, martinis are just fun — and oh, so…
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. This week, we’re taking a look…
The crew at Funky Buddha may be innovators in the local south Florida beer scene, but it seemed as though the guys were so busy brewing up their Hop Gun IPA, they forgot they were in the 21st century. Translation? Funky Buddha hasn’t had an interactive website — until now…
Many bar and restaurant industry veterans in South Florida hail from far off cold Northern climes in search of warmer, easier living and the chance to make a comfortable — and rather fun — living. Although, we do have a few homegrown heros in Broward and Palm Beach. Bogart’s Bar…
Nestled in the corner of a nondescript and 1960’s era cluster of retail stores on the southwest corner of Atlantic Boulevard and A1A, Brother Tuckers is a small establishment that might be seeing the end of days due to the inevitable spread of modern development. According to sources, the eight…
You’re only halfway through the week and already that celebratory barrel-aged you saved for the weekend is calling your name, but first make sure it’s not spoiled from a Lactobacillus infection. Let another edition of This Week In Beer News hold you over to the weekend. This week went relatively…
Do you like craft beer? How about your local craft beer bar? If you’re reading this right now, I hope you answered “yes” to both of these questions (or, frankly, I question your sanity). Why are we even asking such obvious questions? Because the Brewer’s Association, through their website CraftBeer.com,…
It’s time to man the battle stations because Stone Brewing is leading Stonehenge, a brew-d’etat of tap takeovers when they commandeer (nautical term) all taps at all World of Beers across the nation on August 22. And this whole time you thought it was just heap of boulders in the…
‘You drink my beer, but I’ll drink yours too!’ No, we’ll never get tired of screaming these (modified) “The Trooper” lyrics, from Iron Maiden’s album Piece of Mind. The Crimean War-themed hit single resonates as a icon of 1983 British metal. All of that musical background, though, is more suited…
Intricately intertwined in the folklore of the South Pacific, islanders from this remote pocket of the globe would drink this intoxicating pepper root, kava, for its relaxing, blissful properties. It took almost 3,000 years for this potent plant to reach our shores. But now that it’s here at the Mystic…
Mojitos are kind of like the patron cocktail of South Florida. It makes sense: they’re refreshing, tropical, and they herald back to the birth-land of many of our region’s inhabitants. Originally from Cuba, the drinks were traditionally made up of white rum, sugar cane juice, lime juice, sparkling water, and…
The usual tap takeover is when a brewery takes over all of the beer taps in a bar and calls it a day. A reverse tap take over is when South Florida’s Craft Brewjas bring the masses to the taps. And that’s exactly what’s happening this Sunday when Orlando’s Tap…
What do you do when your craft brewery doesn’t serve food? You bring the beer to some of the best restaurants in south Florida and co-host awesome beer pairing dinners. That’s exactly what Funky Buddha’s been doing lately — and it makes for an amazing evening of beer and food…
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. There are days when I really…
Hold onto your pints Floridians because Founder’s Brewing finally makes its debut across the state, arriving to vendors beginning the week of August 19. The Grand Rapids brewery chose Brown Distributing in Florida to bring their product to the masses. This is a full roll-out that includes taps and bottles…
The great thing about beer is that you can find it everywhere. It’s the ‘American’ drink; thanks to our beer-making founders from Britain, our welcoming arms towards the German immigrants in the 19th centuries, and it’s relatively blue-collar appeal in the beverage market. The city of Davie holds some of…
Having the prefix master before your title indicates you know what you’re doing. Master gardeners are experts in the field of horticulture. Master’s degree prove a persons authority in a given field. The Masters Golf Tournament brings together the best golfers in the world. You get the point. Adam Seger…
Another week down, another case of beer destroyed. This is not to say that this week in beer news didn’t make you drink a few extra. On the weekends we hope that you at least didn’t forget to chug. Last week we saw a few local things going on: Funky…
