Missing out on getting a bottle of Cigar City’s Brandy Barrel-Aged Hunahpu’s Imperial Stout means you have to wait at least a year until Hunahpu Day strikes again, unless a buddy stashed one for you. But Cigar City brewery has gone the way of Willy Wonka with a “golden ticket”…

New Belgium’s highly-anticipated craft brews have finally arrived in southeast Florida. New Belgium Brewing Company, known for its flagship beer Fat Tire Amber Ale, signed with Gold Coast Beverage Distributors which will begin distributing their beer beginning July 29, according to Gold Coast’s Craft and Import Specialty Manager Darren Dougherty…

American Craft Beer Week in South Florida is not over until the fat lady sings, or at least until the beer taps run dry at the Old School Beefest in Delray Beach. The pouring starts at 6 p.m. and goes until 10 in the Outdoor Pavilion at the Delray Beach…

Mother’s Day is an annual event dedicated to your first love–mom. If you’re racking your brain trying to come up with something different to do this year, try thinking outside the box. Perhaps mom would enjoy kicking back with brewski? After all, she might just be as tired of burned…

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 with a passion for…

The history of craft beer in Mexico traces its history to before the Spanish conquest when the natives brewed fermented beverages with ingredients ranging from corn, cocoa beans to agave. One of them is a drink called izquiate or tesgüino, which is brewed with corn. Then the Conquistadors introduced barley,…

Hollywood-based brewpub Organic Brewery is now distributing locally, marking a other victory notch on the belt for local commercial brewers. Although Organic Brewery is a brewpub, they acquired their distribution license this month, allowing beer heads in South Florida to enjoy Organic’s brew from abroad, like in Dade County. This…

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 buzz for Funky Buddha Brewery in Oakland Park is getting more intense as time closes in on its official opening date, which begs the question: when is the opening?”We’re looking late May for an opening,” said KC Sentz of the Funky Buddha to Brett Hubbard, host of the South…

With the rapid rise of the craft beer industry, experts are needed to convey the vast knowledge of beer. Thus began the Certified Cicerone Program in January 2008.Jason Hunt, assistant general manager of The Blind Monk in West Palm Beach and Oklahoma native, is the Florida representative for the program…

There has been much anticipation for the new Funky Buddha brewery since it broke ground last November in Oakland Park. In an email sent yesterday, Funky Buddha owner Ryan Sentz gave a brief update on progress happening at the new location. See Also: – Funky Buddha Lounge Expands Brewery to…

There is a new brewpub in Broward, the Tampa Bay Brewing Company Tap House in Coral Springs, and they are hosting their grand opening party tonight.The festivities begin at 7 p.m. with a ribbon cutting ceremony, followed by the Celebrity Mug Club auction, where staff will be auctioning off mugs…

Brewzzi, a Palm Beach brewpub, scored a total of ten medals at the 2013 Best Florida Beer Championships on Saturday in Tampa, winning two gold, four silver, and four bronze medals.Due South Brewing Co. of Boynton Beach also came away with several medals, winning four silver and three bronze…

Ratebeer.com, an online beer forum and rating system, has ranked Funky Buddha Lounge and Brewery number 34 on the list of Best Brewers in the World for 2013. The brewpub is the only South Florida brewery to make the list. Go, Funky Buddha!…

For beer snobs, their love of beer comes in a close second only to their true loves. But there is nothing that says “I love you” more on Valentine’s Day than getting them a six’er of chocolate beer. Brewers make chocolate beers in a variety of ways, whether adding chocolate…

Hey, Broward, if you love local beer and you want to find the source, then you don’t have to go far, because Holy Mackerel brewer Bobby Gordash opened the Mack House, a brewpub specializing in nothing but Holy Mackerel brews. The new brewpub houses Gordash’s new Holy Mackerel nano brewery, and…

Some companies use cheesy videos with horrible actors to train their employees. The military uses combat scenarios. Gold Coast Beverage Distributors, Inc. throws homebrewing competitions. Last Thursday, the ever-faithful associates of Gold Coast Distributors assembled at America’s Backyard for the fourth year to hold a private homebrewing competition against each…

Oktoberfest celebrations are happening in South Florida through October 21, and since beer is a fundamental part of the two week celebration, it may help you to know a thing or two about it. See Also: – The Craft-Beer Craze Finally Finds Florida – Oktoberfest 2012 in South Florida: Celebrations…

The Funky Buddha Lounge, the Boca Raton brewpub and hookah bar known for its speakeasy vibe, announced Friday that it will expand its brewing operation to Oakland Park. Part of a vision for a new culinary arts district in Oakland Park, the new brewery will reside in an 18,000-square-foot building…

While the Germans get ready to rage across the pond for Oktoberfest (the real one in Munich begins this Saturday, September 22), the Organic Brewery in Hollywood Beach is gearing up for the flood of tourists that will soon inundate the beach for winter and parts of spring. Situated directly…

Awards for the 18th-annual U.S. Beer Tasting Championships were announced this weekend in Manchester, New Hampshire, and Big Bear Brewing Co. in Coral Springs came away a big winner. Its Paw Print IPA won the Grand Champion award in the category of India pale ales. There are 15 categories –…