This past Saturday, September 28th, the Funky Buddha Lounge and Brewery saw their epic third anniversary party, complete with waffles, Peruvian dishes, and a host of amazing beer releases. The crowd was full of founders and supporters, beer nerds and beer newbies. Below is the experiences of this humbled writer,…
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. You’ve probably seen a bottle in…
Prepare your liver for the brewery party of the year. This coming Saturday, September 28, the Funky Buddha Lounge and Brewery in Boca Raton will host a daylong festival celebrating its third anniversary. Starting at 4 p.m. and lasting until close at 2 a.m., the Funky Buddha Lounge will be…
This coming Sunday, September 29, at 4 p.m., homebrew shop and craft beer hangout BX Beer Depot will host a beer and cheese pairing featuring renowned Belgian style brewery Ommegang from New York state. See also: Ten Best South Florida Craft Beers…
Say, for a moment, you’ve got only one night to spend in South Florida. How would you sample the local beer scene? Luckily, we’ve assembled a list of some of the best and brightest locally produced beers. With new breweries opening seemingly every few months and the beer culture expanding…
This past Saturday, deep in the residential wilderness of the Riverside Park neighborhood of Fort Lauderdale, homebrewing pilgrims flocked to the veritable mecca of craft beer in Broward County, the Riverside Market. There, a dozen enthusiastic homebrew teams and individuals arrived to participate in the End of Summer homebrewing competition…
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. It’s one of the most sought-after…
Planning on going out for a night on the town this weekend? Maybe hitting up a few bars for their beer selections or maybe grabbing a couple of pints at your local brewery? Or maybe you’ve got yourself a couple of six-packs of Founders Porter and a copy of Grand…
It was a decent night for some homebrew. The clouds had remained relatively light, and the temperature had finally dropped to below 80. At the nearly empty, save for dozens of people lugging cases of brown bottles, Gulfstream Park Thursday night, the South Florida beverage distributor Gold Coast put 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. When a beer is sold in…
When you have a good thing, it doesn’t take long for people to show up. For Johnathan Wakefield and his upcoming brewery, it didn’t take long at all. Wakefield launched his CrowdBrewed funding campaign on Monday, and only 30 hours later, his goal of raising $55,000 to help “pimp out”…
Cinnamon. Allspice. Nutmeg. If these words make you think of cool autumn evenings, the changing of leaves, and fresh baked pies, then you’re probably a big fan of pumpkin beers. Of course, we don’t get much in the way of change for autumn; nothing much more than a slow months-long…
Master of sours and noted Miami homebrewer Jonathan Wakefield is seeking to infuse some extra cash into the opening of his Wynwood-based brewery, set for opening “in January 2014,” according to the brewer himself. J. Wakefield Brewing has launched a fairly massive crowd-funded campaign to raise $55,000 on the relatively…
Homebrewers, clear your calendar. Fans of experimental brews might want to do the same. In two weeks, on September 21st at 7 p.m., Fort Lauderdale’s venerable craft beer hotspot The Riverside Market will be hosting a homebrewing competition to mark the end of summer. See also: Top Ten Craft Beer…
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. I try to keep it South…
As the world moves toward complete autonomy, what with self-driving Google cars and automatic payment systems, the desire to remove as much human interaction from life has never been higher. Society is enamored of the idea of self-checkout and “do everything yourself without bothering anyone” systems, so it’s no surprise…
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. Labor Day. The traditional end of…
Beer is back on TV. It’s been almost three years since the airing of a craft beer oriented television program. We’re referring to the short-lived Brew Masters series from Discovery Channel, that brought Dogfish Head Brewing’s Sam Calagione into our homes every week for a month and a half. See…
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 swamp ape. Florida’s bigfoot. This…
Did you book your tickets for the Funky Buddha Brewery / Hot & Soul food pairing dinner for tonight? I hope you did, because the event is sold out. But fear not: The five-course dinner (with items like Hop Gun IPA, paired with Hop Gun-braised pork cheeks with Yukon Gold…
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 taking a look…
Nestled in the corner of a nondescript and 1960’s era cluster of retail stores on the southwest corner of Atlantic Boulevard and A1A, Brother Tuckers is a small establishment that might be seeing the end of days due to the inevitable spread of modern development. According to sources, the eight…
