Like the sands of the hourglass, these are the beers in our glass… beers from Florida! Every Friday, we take a look at a beer brewed in the Sunshine State, giving analysis to the burgeoning craft beer movement of Florida. This week, we’ll be looking at an easy drinking beer…

Known throughout the beer industry as the Beer Hunter, charismatic author and champion of good beer Michael Jackson left an impression on the beer movement that has yet to be replicated since his untimely passing in 2007. His landmark 1977 book, The World Guide to Beer, set America’s sights back…

Forget your previous plans of waiting in line for hours just to get your hands on another cheap television, or that new-fangled Chinese-made plastic hype toy that’s the “must-have” gift of the holiday season. This year, it’s time to get social, not psycho, with a plethora of local beer events…

Having recently smashed through a crowdsourced funding campaign via Crowdbrewed, Jonathan Wakefield has passed through another checkpoint in the journey to opening a brewery and taproom in Miami: a distribution deal. J. Wakefield Brewing will be signing on with local distributor Gold Coast, who also handles breweries such as Sweetwater…

Our favorite food-centered holiday, Thanksgiving, is quickly approaching. You might already be brining. In a few days, the turkey will be ready to be carved (maybe a free-range one this year?), the stuffing will be stuffed… then unstuffed, and the gravy boat will sail off into the sunset. What better…

Craft beer in a can. It’s the new wave of the craft beer age sweeping across the country, and it’s finally hit Palm Beach county. Out of the 2,538 craft breweries in the United States, only 365 of them produce beers for canning, and according to craftcans.com, only 9 of…

Ever since Michael and Steven Fagien opened Jazziz, taking over and renovating space in what was once the International Museum of Cartoon Art in downtown Boca Raton, proponents of the complex and finger snapping musical genre of jazz have had a slick and modern place to watch national and international…

This past Friday, the Florida Beer Company came out to Pompano’s Vega Lounge to give the public a taste of what’s brewing for its upcoming 2014 production season. FBC brewer Bobby Gordash and area representative Corey Brysman were on hand at the chic beer, wine and cigar bar offering up…

Friday’s here, so it’s time for beer. Every Friday, so long as the creek don’t rise, this beer enthusiast will take a look at a Florida beer that, hopefully, should be readily available in a local shop or on tap at your favorite bar. There are still a few beer…

For most people, ordering beer from a bar is as simple as looking at the chalkboard and picking something that sounds interesting. The same usually goes for whomever orders the beers for that establishment: check out a distributor’s price sheet and see what’s available. Craft beer bar Tap 42, on…

Friday’s here, so it’s time for beer. Every Friday, so long as the creek don’t rise, this beer enthusiast will take a look at a Florida beer that, hopefully, should be readily available in a local shop or on tap at your favorite bar. This week we’re back in Davie…

Friday’s here, so it’s time for beer. Every Friday, so long as the creek don’t rise, this beer enthusiast will take a look at a Florida beer that, hopefully, should be readily available in a local shop or on tap at your favorite bar. We’re back to a beer from…

The veritable beerfest. As the weather improves, it’s become more and more pleasant to spend a couple of hours outside drinking a lot of craft and imported beer. And while most beer festivals focus on a solid spread of beer producers from across the country and around the world, this…

Friday’s here, so it’s time for beer. Every Friday, so long as the creek don’t rise, this beer enthusiast will take a look at a Florida beer that, hopefully, should be readily available in a local shop or on tap at your favorite bar. Sometimes a good name is hard…

Beer and musicians are a union that goes back to the first bars that offered guitarists an open tab if they’d play all night.. It’s no surprise, then, that when musicians look for an interesting avenue for promotion, they look towards beer as a way to make their mark. It’s…

To the west of Interstate 95, on a parcel of land adjacent to the CSX railway in Delray Beach, sits a massive, white-roofed, red-painted structure. It is both a repurposed barn and an important piece of South Florida history. It is also the future home of Saltwater Brewery. As the…

Friday’s here, so it’s time for beer. Every Friday, so long as the creek don’t rise, this beer enthusiast will take a look at a Florida beer that, hopefully, should be readily available in a local shop or on tap at your favorite bar. Experimental and concept beers are a…

The Great American Beer Festival was held this past Thursday, Friday and Saturday in Denver, Colorado, and South Florida brewers descended on the Mile-High City complete with their A-games, but it wasn’t enough to secure any medals. Due South Brewing Co. and Funky Buddha Brewery represented the Broward/Palm Beach area,…

Friday’s here, so it’s time for beer. Every Friday, so long as the creek don’t rise, this beer enthusiast will take a look at a Florida beer that, hopefully, should be readily available in a local shop or on tap at your favorite bar. The festival of Oktoberfest is one…

Ever since the Mack House, Holy Mackerel’s tap room and nano brewery, lost its brewer Bobby Gordash back in June, owner Larry Hatfield has been front and center in bringing about Mack House 2.0, with the first step involving hiring a new brewer. That brewer is finally revealed as Tamarac…