Giant Balls… Of Ice (For Just $1,000)

Oh, they’ve been around. For a while now. But a few weeks back Clean Plate Charlie stumbled onto a Japanese ball-perfecting machine. Sounds sort of lecherous. Right?Fortunately, it is not. Ice balls have become a popular means for improving the quality of spirits on the rocks. In fact, Macallan even…

Alcohol-Infused Ice Cream: It’s Here!

The breakthoughs in food science just keep coming. First it was the genetically-modified yeast in our beer, now it’s ice cream with distilled spirits somehow frozen into them.SnoBar is gracing Florida with its entire line of alcoholic ice cream indulgences. This isn’t a frozen daiquiri or a slushy treat with…

Three Tasty Fall Cocktails: Hot Maple Crown Royal and More

With the breeze and the cold front that passed through, fall is definitely in the air. Okay, so it may not be the same sort of crisp weather you find up north–but hey, it’s something. Whether you’re feeling nostalgic for the change of season or you just want to try a…

Anthony’s Coal Fired Pizza Teams Up with Due South Brewing

More than 75 locals and select media packed inside the Pompano Anthony’s Coal Fired Pizza on Wednesday to nosh on a four-course meal paired with select beers from Boynton Beach-based Due South Brewing. Even South Florida radio personality Paul Castronovo from the Paul and Young Ron morning show was visiting. The…

Genetically-Modified Beer: Is It Evil?

This week, scientists in Spain announced they had identified and isolated the gene in yeast that causes beer to foam. A blog about the discovery ran on NPR’s food blog, The Salt, extolling the virtues of more resilient, longer -asting foam.Confused? So were the commenters on NPR’s Facebook page who…

Don King Boxing is Friday: Celebrate With a Knockout Punch

This Friday, November 16, Gulfstream Park will host a boxing doubleheader. The Don King event, which will be televised on Showtime, features two matches. Junior middleweights Omar “Oh!” Henry from Chicago will battle “King” James de la Rosa from San Benito, Texas in the first match. The second match pits…

Hey, Mitt! Alcohol-Free Whiskey Coming to a Store Near You

If Mitt Romney wins the election tomorrow, he’ll have something to celebrate with. Alcohol-free whiskey. Now, whiskey is not a wimpy drink – quite the contrary. This particular form of spirit is typically equated with cowboys, grizzled old men and drinkers who know what they’re doing. It takes balls (at…

Watch Man Hold 45 Glasses in One Hand to Break World Record (Video)

We’re pretty clumsy here at Clean Plate Charlie. We trip over things, walk into doors, and break things. Especially glasses. That’s why we love Ikea, home of the six-piece wine glass set for two bucks.So we’re adding the following to our list of things we can never accomplish (alongside climbing…

The Best Beers For Halloween (and Where to Get Them in South Florida)

For a craft beer enthusiast, the most horrifying Halloween brew would be a watered-down, mass-produced, soulless barley pop. But one needn’t go the taste-free route in order to be festively freaky on Wednesday. The American microbrew and niche beer scene has enthusiastically risen to the occasion of creating celebratory and…

Blood Red Freaktoberfest Lager Has 6.66% Alcohol

For a long time, Halloween was all about the kiddies. But in today’s Peter Pan complex of a society, growing up and letting go of the games and traditions of our youth never seems to happen. And so Halloween has grown up, too. Instead of silly pranks and adorable ghosts, we’ve…