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Beer of the Week: Oskar Blues Brewery "Gubna" at Tryst in Delray Beach

Nicole Danna​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 li ... More >>

Q&A With Craft Beer Lover Kenny St. Cyr From Fresh Beer

Kenny St. Cyr​Kenny St. Cyr may have one of the most mantastic jobs in all of South Florida.It doesn't have anything to do with owning your own sports team, and it doesn't grant him celebrity status -- yet. And, no, he's not a photographer for bikini-clad models. St. Cyr is just an ordinary g ... More >>

In the Biz: Interview With Rockstar Bistro's Jeff Green

Courtesy of Rockstar Bistro Jeff Green ​Rockstar Bistro, which opened late last year, offers tapas and large plates with a rock-star twist. Owner Kyle Pintarelli and executive chef Nick Little provide a place to eat, drink, and hang. We caught up with bartender and catering manager Jeff G ... More >>

[UPDATED] Get Your Brew On at Whole Foods' Beer-Off

​Update: Whole Foods has reached capacity for the beer-off. However a representative of the Coral Springs store said that people cancel frequent and to call back closer to the date to see if spots are available.To honor this year's ritual of very large, steroid-addled dump trucks beating the crap ... More >>

Jupiter Craft Brewers Festival Is New and Improved For 2011

​More beers, a larger local contingent, and a much bigger space are all on the docket for this year's Jupiter Craft Brewers Festival, going down January 28 and 29 at Roger Dean Stadium in Jupiter. Oh and plenty of drinking, dancing, and people dressed as Trappist monks. That too.The annu ... More >>

Double Fist Beer and Wine at Johnny V's

Johnny's going to be doing some double fisting next Tuesday.​Las Olas' Johnny V is putting a new spin on the beer- and wine-pairing thing. Tuesday, December 7, at 7 p.m., the restaurant will host "Micro Beer Versus Micro Juice," a five-course dinner in which each course comes with both a beer and ... More >>

Brew Masters Puts Craft Beer in the Spotlight

Sam Calagione hosts Discovery Channel's new show about craft beer, Brew Masters.​All I have to say is, boy, am I thirsty.Update: Apparently I wasn't the only one who thought the Blue Moon commercials were ridiculous.Brew Masters, a new television show starring Dogfish Head Beer owner Sam Calagione ... More >>

Brew Masters Premiers on Discovery Channel

​They've got reality programs about food innovators, food trucks, and farm-to-table restaurants. Now Discovery Channel is bringing craft beer into the reality mix with its new show Brew Masters.  Brew Masters debuts on November 21 at 10 p.m. and stars none other than Dogfish Head founder Sam ... More >>

Beer of the Week: Great Divide 16th Annivesary Wood-Aged IPA

​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 >>

Beer of the Week: Shipyard Pumpkinhead Ale

​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 >>

Octoberfest Beer Dinners All Month Long at the Office

Beers at the Office? Good call.​There's been a ton of interest in Octoberfest this year -- maybe it's because beer has become a bigger deal in South Florida than ever. The Office (201 E. Atlantic Ave.) is getting in on the act now. The Delray Beach gastropub's Octoberfest plans sound pre ... More >>

Gordash Beer Sampling, NFL Sausage Sunday, and More This Week at World of Beer

​World of Beer is blowing up this week. There's tons going on at the always-busy Coconut Creek watering hole, enough to keep you occupied almost every day of the week. The happenings start tonight at 7 when local brewer Bob Gordash, owner of Gordash Beer Co., will stop in to sample his latest beer ... More >>

Doggie Bag: This Week in Charlie

Head to World of Beer this Saturday at 3 p.m. for a Grand Opening Celebration.​Flavor Palm Beach kicks off next week, and here are a few good deals to consider.Health Inspectors got serious last month as they shut down 15 South Florida restaurants for a litany of gross violations.Think you can pou ... More >>

Beer of the Week: Dogfish Head Sah'tea

​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 >>

Taste Gastropub: Mediocrity Reigns at Allen Susser's New Delray Beach Eatery

Food Event on the Radar

Four Seasons Chef Darryl Moiles wants you to raise a glass to the Florida coast.​• With oil continuing to spill into the Gulf and moving towards Florida's coastlines, our local waters are in dire straits. It's appropriate, then, that June 8 is World Oceans Day, a world-wide recognition of the im ... More >>

Over the Weekend: Social Media Beer Tasting @ Coffee District

A fair bit of beer was sampled at the Social Media Beer Tasting, Saturday at the Coffee District.​This weekend I trucked up to the Coffee District in Delray Beach to take part in the Social Media Beer Tasting, an event designed to bring together folks who sell, hock, write about, talk about, and o ... More >>

Beer of the Week: Dogfish Head Aprihop

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 >>

Doggie Bag: This Week in Charlie

Say... that's not the real Johnny V!​This week on the blog:A Haitian Top Chef partners with Whole Foods to cook for his homeland.Hurricane Grill and Wings debuts its newest store in Boca Raton.OG American restaurateur Fred Harvey gets profiled in a new book, examined in this segment from NPR.Our 1 ... More >>

Doggie Bag: This Week in Charlie

John Linn"Grown-up" tater tots from The Office in Delray Beach are topped with bacon crumbles and creme fraiche. Read our first impressions of the joint here.​This week on the blog:We show you how to recreate La Cigale's char-grilled artichokes.Patty Canedo gets physical with a box of lobsters in ... More >>

Beer of the Week: Dogfish Head Squall IPA

​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 >>

Chow 13 Profiles Food Movers and Shakers

Courtesy of Chow.com, illustration by Frank Stockton.Dogfish Head founder Sam Calagione searches for the lost brew.​Chow.com, that home for intrepid foodists popularly known as Chowhound, published the Chow 13 last week, its list of the 13 most influential food fighters of 2009. The article is ess ... More >>

Florida Doesn't Have a Top 50 Craft Brewer

Source: Brewers Association​At least not according to the Brewers Association, the organization that advocates for the craft brewing industry. Out of the top 50 craft brewers in the country, Florida isn't represented by one. In fact, Florida is among the states with the fewest number of breweries ... More >>

Beer of the Week: Sierra Nevada Anniversary Ale

John LinnThey say it's your birthday...​ One of the reasons I really love homebrew is the chance it gives you to learn what individual beer ingredients taste like. Make enough brews with centennial hops, and you start to detect its bitter citrus flavor when you taste a beer. If you add chinook or ... More >>

Food Events to Sink Your Teeth Into

​Have you been to Tryst yet? I visited Delray Beach's Official Beer and Tapas Clubhouse on Tuesday night, and I was reminded again how great this place is. With exposed brick, dark wood, and antique furniture, it has the vibe of a retro speakeasy (since there's no secret password, it's packed to t ... More >>

At Charm City Burgers in Deerfield Beach, Getting Messy Is Half the Fun

Weekend Blog Watch

via Whisk​Although Clean Plate Charlie is the only food blog you really need to read daily, some people just can't get enough. Here are some highlights of other food blogs.The South Florida page of Dine Mag is packed with news of upcoming chef related events and plenty of reviews of eateries. Most ... More >>

BX Beer Depot Podcasts Go Live

One of the great things about BX Beer Depot is that it's more than just a place to find a wide selection of craft beer for sale. It's also a destination for like-minded guys and gals to gather and discuss brews: what they like, what they don't like, and what they downright love. No matter what time ... More >>

Escaping Captivity at The Lodge Beer & Grill

The Lodge's draft beer board dominates a whole wall.​My favorite thing about The Lodge, a bar that serves a wide selection of craft beer in Boca Raton, is watching people get converted. On a recent visit, a pack of college kids from up the block at FAU swarmed in and grabbed seats next to us at th ... More >>

There Will Be No Blood

Grease's burgers are poorly cooked and conceived.

Beer Fit For Barbecue at Angelo & Maxie's Tonight

Months after it first kicked off, Angelo & Maxie's Thursday night craft beer tasting hosted by Fresh Beer Inc.'s Chris Montelius is still going strong. And tonight's holiday-centric entry should be particularly fun. Everybody knows that beer and barbecue go together like Schlitz and a hangover. ... More >>

Beer Me!

Episode I: Attack of the Beer Clones

Beer of the Week: Dogfish Head Palo Santo Marron

Unrepentant beer drinkers, rejoice! Each week, Short Order 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 in Beer of ... More >>

Interview with Beer Wars' Director Anat Baron

Anat Baron poses with brew.It's going to be a beer-filled kind of week, folks. First, New Times' Original Beerfest is only five days away. If you haven't grabbed your tickets yet to the four-hour celebration of import and craft brews, you can pick them up here. Second, this Thursday is the opening o ... More >>

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