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Tap 42 Hosts Cigar City Tap Takeover Tuesday, Features Rare Brews

Attention Florida Beer Geeks: your much beloved brewery, Cigar City will be taking over the lines at Tap 42 next week. And the spot will be featuring some very rare beer-lovers delights. Clean Plate Charlie spoke to Tap 42's Creative Director and Craft Beer Director Lauren Bowen about the chosen b ... More >>

Broward Homebrewers Aim to Take Their Craft Out of the Garage

Basic beer brewing is a simple enough process that long-extinct civilizations in Egypt and ancient Sumeria were able to do it. A source of starch -- beer makers use anything from malted barley to rice husks -- is steeped in hot water to extract the sugars. The liquid is strained and poured over yeas ... More >>

Funky Buddha Brewery in Oakland Park Hiring Staff

Now that the big news of Funky Buddha Brewery's grand opening date of June 1 has been announced, the brewery needs some hired hands to run the joint. The brewery is currently seeking bartenders, wait staff, and back-of-house staff. Individuals must be energetic, enthusiastic, and self-motivated wi ... More >>

Holy Mackerel Wormwood Imperial Stout: A Beer That Gets You High?

If you cannot find a bag of chronic this 4/20, there is a beer on tap at The Mack House that could at least aid you in your quest to get high. The beer is Wormwood Imperial Stout. It is brewed with the same plant, or artemisia absinthium, from which the highly alcoholic drink absinthe is distilled ... More >>

Winetasting Week

Step Up the Thursday-Night Steak Dinner

Five South Florida Food & Drink Events This Weekend: Jupiter Craft Brewers Festival and More

As South Florida Beer Week winds down, livers across the region breathe a sigh of relief. But not so fast; there's still a few brewed events on the weekend agenda to keep you from sobering up for too long. After the jump, find those, plus a few other food- and drink-related happenings this weekend i ... More >>

For A Cause

BBQ Battle Royal

Don’t Put a Cork in It

Crafts For All

Wynkoop to Release Rocky Mountain Oyster Stout Made With Bull Testicles

It's times like these -- when one needs a really good joke about tea-bagging -- that one wishes Clean Plate Charlie had Daniel Tosh on the payroll. Wynkoop Brewing Company out of Colorado announced this week that it will begin nationwide distribution of its infamous Rocky Mountain Oyster Stout. "Roc ... More >>

South Florida Dining Events This Week: Blue Moon Fish Company and More

Sad news over the weekend with word that Neil Armstrong, the first human to walk on the mother-effing moon for Christ's sake, passed away. You can pay homage to the man -- and the wonders of the universe in general -- at a blue moon party on Friday night at Blue Moon Fish Company in Fort Lauderdale. ... More >>

Annual Home Brewer's Brew Off: Only 100 Advance Tickets For Sale

Calling all home brewers: the 5th Annual Home Brewer's Brew Off is currently looking to fill a few remaining spots for the upcoming locals-only home brewer competition taking place on Sunday, Nov. 4.If you have an amazing recipe for your favorite ale, stout, porter or pilsner, now's the time to shar ... More >>

Five South Florida Food & Drink Events This Weekend

Today is Friday the 13th and luck is on the side of food and beer lovers in South Florida. This weekend is packed with opportunity to over-indulge in craft beer, burgers, rich French food, and other goodies. After the jump, find a list of five food and drink events this weekend in Broward and Palm B ... More >>

The Perfect Wine Pairings for Your Memorial Day Barbecue

Picture it now. It's a hot and humid. The sun is shining in the clear blue sky. The sounds of gently lapping waves roll in. The lingering aroma of lighter fluid, the forenote, atop the scent of burning charcoal. The grill is warming up. The barbecue is about to begin.With Memorial Day this weekend, ... More >>

Randy Houser at the Round Up on May 24

Big City Tavern Gears Up for American Craft Beer Week With Beery Menu Additions

American Craft Beer Week is Monday, May 14, through Sunday, May 20, and in addition to the official beer week events hosted by Brown Distributing, many South Florida bars and restaurants are tapping into the region's growing appreciation for the fermented arts. Big City Tavern in Fort Lauderdale is ... More >>

Due South Brewing Co. to Open May 12

Boynton's Due South Brewery announced a May 12 opening to coincide with American Craft Beer Week from May 14 to 20. The brewery, owned by Mike and Jodi Halker, at 2900 High Ridge Road, will produce Caramel Cream Ale, Roasted Cocoa Stout, Atlantis Ale, and an Espresso Porter, among others. Those ... More >>

Food & Drink Events this Week in Broward and Palm Beach

SFMission.com via Flickr Creative CommonsIt's time for Day of the Dead in South Florida. ​As you shake off your post-Halloween sugar and alcohol crash -- and hang out the "sexy tax code specialist" costume to dry from the weekend's deluge -- rest assured that there are still plenty of fun food and ... More >>

Oktoberfest in South Florida: A Survival Guide

Ron Jeremy at Crown Wine and Spirits, Spearmint Rhino Today

Ron de JeremyRon Jeremy is in Fourt lauderdale and West Palm Beach on a rum tour. ​If you have to ask who Ron Jeremy is, you're probably no fan of porn or pop culture. The Hedgehog, as he's called, has been named as one of the "Top 50 Porn Stars of all Time" by Adult Video News and is in the Guine ... More >>

Food & Drink Events This Weekend in Broward/Palm Beach Counties

The trucks will be lined up all over the block(s). ​As we slowly -- one might even be tempted to say, painfully slow -- divest ourselves of the long, sleepy, hot hurricane-filled summer, the calendar is filling with food and drink events stacked end to end throughout Broward and Palm Beach Countie ... More >>

Ales on the Avenue Tonight in Delray Beach

​This week is American Craft Beer Week, which means there are a host of beer events each night through Sunday. Tonight, one of the coolest events of the week goes down in Delray Beach. Ales on the Avenue is a full-fledged pub crawl hosted by a host of Delray Beach restaurants and Fresh Beer, Inc. ... More >>

Radio Personality Paul Castronovo Hosts Wine Tasting Event

Big 105.9 Castronovo: It's five o'clock somewhere​Paul Castronovo is best known as the wise-cracking morning show co-host of Big 105.9's Paul & Young Ron Show. On his top-rated morning show, Castronovo isn't shy about sharing his love of food, fishing and wine, so it's a natural progre ... More >>

Ten Must-Try Beers at the Jupiter Craft Brewers Festival

Got stout?​The Jupiter Craft Brewers Festival is less than a week away, and with it comes over a hundred amazing craft beers from Florida as well as nationwide. With that many brews on tap, making your way from booth to booth sampling will be something like a scavenger hunt. To cross everything of ... More >>

Ritz-Carlton and Via Luna Host Napa Wine Tasting

​Decoding wine speak can often be a puzzling experience. But drinking a wine that's actually called Puzzle? That's some crazy, self-referential smack right there. Puzzle, from acclaimed Napa winery Newton Vineyards, will be one of the five wines on display at next Thursday's (December 2) Newton Wi ... More >>

Learn to Brew Your Own Beer This Saturday at BX Beer Depot

​Teach a man to drink, and he can get drunk. But teach a man to brew, and he can get drunk whenever the hell he wants.Learn to brew for yourself this Saturday, November 6, at BX Beer Depot. The homebrew supply shop and informal beer garden is hosting an all-grain brewing class in honor of National ... More >>

Beer of the Week: Happy Anniversary

​Unrepentant beer drinkers, rejoice! Each week, Clean Plate Charlie will select one craft or import beer and give you the lowdown on it: How does it taste? What should you drink it with? Where can you find it? But mostly, it's all about the love of the brew. If you have a beer you'd like featured ... More >>

Meet and Drink With Bob Gordash at Crown Wine and Spirits

​Bob Gordash is one of the few people doing great things for beer in South Florida. His Gordash Brewing Company is based out of Fort Lauderdale and makes Holy Mackerel Golden Ale, a Floridian take on a strong Belgian brew, and Mack in Black, its darker older brother. It's one of the few local beer ... More >>

Half-Price Beer by Brewzzi - With a Password - for American Craft Beer Week

Celebrate American Craft Beer Week in Boca or CityPlace's Brewzzi brewpub.

Cheap Wine That Doesn't Suck: Down Under 2009 Cabernet Sauvignon

​How cheap can a wine get and still not suck ball bearings through a straw?  Try three bucks.  If that sounds cheap enough to you, try the 2009 Down Under Cabernet Sauvignon. For less than it would cost to sniff the cork of some fancy-pants wine with a name you can't pronounce, you can g ... More >>

Top Beers of the Jupiter Craft Brewers Festival

​The Jupiter Craft Brewers Festival went down this weekend, and again it turned out to be one heck of a beer event, drawing more than 3,000 fans of craft beer to Roger Dean Stadium near Abacoa Town Center. The four-and-a-half-hour event featured more than 50 beer booths, and each of those had at l ... More >>

Winos Rejoice

Beer of the Week: Bell's Amber Ale

John Linn​Unrepentant beer drinkers, rejoice! Each week, Clean Plate Charlie will select one craft or import beer and give you the lowdown on it: How does it taste? What should you drink it with? Where can you find it? But mostly, it's all about the love of the brew. If you have a beer you'd like ... More >>

Cheap Wine That Doesn't Suck: Good, Cheap Pinot

Photo by Flickr user chickeninthewoodsCheap pinot noir is a moron. Cheap, good pinot noir is an oxymoron.     Pinot noir, you see, is the Sarah Palin of grapes -- flighty, erratic, unpredictable, hard to handle -- though unlike the nitwit from Wasilla, the result can be anything ... More >>

The Tool You Need is a Corkscrew

Chow Time

A Pool With A View

You’ve Got Good Taste!

SoBe Wine/Food Fest Tix Go On Sale

Wine by the Numbers

No Dalmatians at this event

Best Wine Selection in a Restaurant

Morton's of Chicago

Best Kosher Restaurant

Baraka Restaurant

Best Beer Selection

Wild Oats Natural Marketplace

Best Wine Selection in a Restaurant

City Oyster

Best Restaurant on a River

Mezzanotte

Foodstuff

Gala French Wine Trade Tasting

Night & Day

November 20-26, 1997