If the proliferation of breweries wasn’t enough to convince you of the popularity of craft beer in South Florida, then maybe you’ll be swayed the rapid growth of a local beer club that’s attracted hundreds of members in one year. SFLHops, which was started by Stuart Skopit in Broward County…
The South Florida beer community has lost a dear friend. Javier Leal is remembered among friends as “Big Sexy,” “Big Guy” and a lover of local craft beer. Leal passed away in his home in Miami on December 26. He was 34 years old. Now, Davie’s 3 Sons Brewery —…
If you enjoy experiencing the proliferation of local craft beer in your community, then you should find it pleasing to know that beers from Pompano Beach’s 26 Degree Brewing Company will now be distributed throughout South Florida. Owner Greg Lieberman said he signed with Gold Coast Beverage, which covers all…
If you’ve paid any sort of attention to television in the last two decades, you should know who Mo Rocca is. You might know him as a correspondent with The Daily Show or, most recently, from starring alongside Charles Osgood with CBS Sunday Morning. Journalism wasn’t exactly his original forte, yet…
Rick Allen lost his left arm in a horrific Corvette wreck in 1984 — but that didn’t stop him from working as the drummer for English rock band Def Leppard. He carried on with a custom-made, cutting-edge drum kit and led the band through its most successful single, “Pour Some…
Another West Coast brewery is making its way to the Sunshine State. Tampa’s J.J. Taylor is set to distribute San Francisco’s 21st Amendment Brewing Company in Florida. Starting January 25, Tampa-based J.J. Taylor Distributing will start pushing 21st Amendment beers to retail outlets across its 17-county coverage area. Unfortunately, they…
Soon you will be able to find LauderAle beers outside its brewery. Since its founding in 2013, LauderAle has only been available in the nano brewery’s tap room. After nearly three years of building a successful following of devoted locals, its finally ready to get into distribution and will be…
Is a business being culturally insensitive, or even racist, for having a Taco Tuesday event? What if they hire mariachi players dressed up in sombreros? Is it cultural celebration? Or cultural insensitivity? LauderAle Brewery faced was accused of the latter last week regarding their Taco Tuesday event. Since December 1, LauderAle brewery’s…
If you are in desperate need to fix your hangover, Wayback Burgers is giving away free Spicy Sriracha Grilled Cheese sandwiches on New Years Day, Friday, January 1. The deal is good for all Wayback Burgers locations in the U.S., including in between the hours of 11 a.m. and 9 p.m…
Originally form Massachusetts, JoJo (AKA Joanna Noëlle Blagden Levesque) was only 13 when she recorded her first album. Her debut single, “Leave (Get Out),” reached number one on the Billboard Pop Songs chart in June 2004. Since then, JoJo has gone on make several movies, including RV, starring the late…
Ever since the brewing industry took hold in Florida, it seems that the Sunshine state is attracting beers from afar. This includes Green Man Brewing Company from North Carolina, Asheville’s second-oldest brewery which announced it would begin South Florida distribution in November. Now, South Florida zythophiles will have a chance to…
Hanukkah begins at sundown on Sunday and there’s a kosher-certified craft beer to pair with your latkes. Two craft beer establishments in Fort Lauderdale are paying homage to the Jewish festival of light with He’Brew beer, otherwise known as the “chosen beer” that’s proudly brewed by Shmaltz Brewing Company out of…
Here’s a scoop: Baskin-Robbins is selling scoops of ice cream for $1.31 on October 31, which also happens to be Halloween. No tricks, just all treats during this All Hallow’s Eve. It’s not like the ice cream chain is giving ice cream away like candy. Imagine if that were the case:…
A.J. Fazendin, the man behind Prescribed Spirits, is set to debut his new brand of gin at the Craft Spirits Festival in Coconut Grove on Oct. 8. This moment has been months in the making for Fazendin, who’s been trekking back and forth between Miami to Fort Lauderdale, where he…
What’s better than beer at the Great American Beer Festival? Seeing your local brewery representing and this year nine breweries across Broward, Miami-Dade and Palm Beach counties will be pouring at the GABF in Denver from September 24-26. It’s the most ever for the region since the GABF began in…
It’s hard to find a craft cocktail with locally-made gin in Broward County. It’s even harder for a small-time distiller to make it without boatloads of money. A.J. Fazendin is changing that. By contracting with another distiller, Fazendin is able to follow through with his dream of becoming a distiller…
The northern part of Florida is about to get funky. Oakland Park’s Funky Buddha Brewery is expanding their distribution reach into Jacksonville on August 18. It doesn’t stop there. Customers in Gainesville, Tallahassee and the rest of North Florida will see Funky Buddha in stores beginning on September 1. And…
A group of 22 Sikh men are on a hunger strike to protest their custody at the Immigrations and Customs Enforcement Krome Service Processing Facility, according to Shalini Agarwal, an attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union in Miami. Agarwal said the men began the hunger strike on July 25…
Other than fast food, where else can you feed yourself with one dollar? Probably not in many other restaurants. Morton’s The Steakhouse tries to answer at least part of that question by offering filet mignon steak sandwiches for only a buck on August 13. It’s just a little deal Morton’s…
Blind Monk, a bar and tapas joint flowing with both wine and beer expertise in West Palm Beach, is celebrating its fifth anniversary on the weekend of August 15 and 16. One, or two, year anniversaries are special, but it turns out that the five year anniversary is a particularly…
This past May, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a lower court’s decision and ruled that police did not violate Quartavious Davis’ Fourth Amendment rights preventing unreasonable search and seizure when they failed to get a warrant to use cell-phone records as the sole evidence to convict him in…
While Uber is set to suspend operations in Broward County on July 31, a similar ride sharing smartphone app sends designated drivers to take your drunk ass home. The app is called BeMyDD and instead of sending drivers with cars, it sends drivers to drive your car. It sounds weird,…
