Fry up the latkes and pass the sufganiyot. Shmaltz Brewing Company, makers of HE’BREW beer, finally did something it probably should have done a long time ago: brew its first Hanukkah beer. Called Hanukkah, Chanukah: Pass the Beer, it’s a dark ale brewed with eight malts, eight hops, and comes…

If the bitterness of missing the first two days of Hop Week at Tequesta Brewing Company has already set in, don’t worry the week is not over. The brewery is celebrating Hop Week, coinciding with the annual harvest of humulus lupulus, or the seed cones of the hop plant. Several…

There are some people who dress in costume for Oktoberfest, and then there are some who just want to drink beer. At American Social, steins will be filled to the brim this year for Oktoberfest. Oktoberfest began last Friday, but the steinfest at American Social starts today. The two-week fall…

Whole Foods Market hired Dave Ohmer to make beer for the grocer as it prepares to open a brewpub inside one of its newest stores. The store, which will be located inside the BLVD Place building in Houston, opens November 6 and will contain a 40-seat brewpub with 20 beer…

Ahoy, Funky Buddha Brewery announced last week that it is launching a craft beer cruise for the sailing masses. The cruise is a partnership between Funky Buddha, Celebrity Cruises, and Be Well Travel. Funky Buddha’s beer-themed cruise is scheduled to depart on a Millenium-class Celebrity Cruise ship on March 12…

Tequesta Brewing Co, a small production brewery that grew from a modest brewpub at the Corner Cafe and Brewery and then into its own microbrewery next door, has begun construction on an additional brewery at the corner of PGA Boulevard and Ellison Wilson in Palm Beach Gardens. Co-owner and brewer…

National IPA Day may not be an official holiday, but the Grease Burger, Beer and Whiskey Bar will temporarily take away the bitterness from a long day at work with a multitude of India pale ales on August 1. In addition to its selection of 120 beers, Grease will make…

It’s the end of July, summer has not yet peaked, but all Cancer birthdays have ended for the year. What does this mean? Nothing, however Stache 1920’s Drinking Den wants to give you a free cocktail made with Mandarine Napoléon during The Emperor’s Social Bar event on July 31. The…

LauderAle, Fort Lauderdale’s newest brewery, opened its doors to the public over the weekend and the turnout was so great that it almost ran out of beer. But then again, the brewery runs on a one-barrel system and the people of South Florida apparently love local craft beer. See Also:…

When someone buys you a drink at a bar, there is no excuse to avoid taking the offer, especially when there is AirTab, a new app that lets you take that drink for a later time. The app, which debuted Monday, allows users to buy someone a drink remotely and…

Peureux Perfect Vodka, the premium vodka company based in Palm Beach Gardens, took a gold medal at the 2014 International Craft Awards Competition in Los Angeles from May 5 through 10. The vodka was judged in the Ultra Premium Spirits category among over 120 brands of spirits, including rum, tequila,…

“Drink with a purpose” is a line probably heard sometime early in your drinking career. And that is all the bartenders in the Barman’s Fund ask from you when they dedicate one bar shift per month to earning tips for charities. Founded in 2011 by Brooklyn bartender Brian Floyd, the…

Bourbon enthusiasts are set to participate in the second annual “Bourbon on the Brain” world class tasting event at Steak 954 on Friday, May 23 at 7 p.m. Tickets are $1,000 per person and 100% of the funds raised will support University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Neurology Department…

A year has not quite passed since the grand opening of the Funky Buddha Brewery in Oakland Park and owners K.C. and Ryan Sentz announced yesterday that they will be expanding brewing capacity by eightfold. Meanwhile, the anniversary party will be thrown on May 31 from noon to 10 p.m…

Once the circus has left town, what else is there to do? Attending the Lagunitas Sessions event by Lagunitas Brewing Company at Tap 42 tonight starting at 7 p.m. Only thing is, there will not be any dancing bears or clowns on unicycles, but there will be pin-up models and…

It’s that time of year again: Get high and drink some beers. There will probably be no getting high at the Riverside Market and Cafe, but there will be lots of beer-drinking this April 20 with a special tapping of a Lagunitas Waldo’s Special Ale. As expected, the keg-tapping will…

Songkran, the Thai traditional new year — better-known as the Water Festival — is all about getting blasted with water and beer, and this year it landed on Sunday, April 13. You missed out on celebrating the festivities in Chiang Mai or Phuket with the hundreds of thousands who gathered…

Even though Game of Thrones has its own official beer, every television show needs a proper, matching cocktail. Leave it to Stolichnaya, then, to come up with one: the Mother of Dragons cocktail. It’s not endorsed by Game of Thrones and not available anywhere, it’s just a drink anyone can…

Whole Foods Market has always carried a unique selection of craft beers, but now it looks as if the supermarket chain is getting into the business of making its own brew. To do it, the Texas-based chain wants to hire its first brewmaster to make beer in-house at one of…