Delray Beach burger hotspot and 2012 New Times Best Palm Beach County Restaurant winner The Office is bringing New Belgium Brewing Company to the Ave for what the restaurant calls a ‘brew-tastic’ artisan craft beer dinner on Monday, October 26 starting at 6:30pm. Instead of the usual Office fare, which…
Every week, we take a look at a craft beer brewed in Florida. Follow #FloridaBeerFriday for more reviews of Sunshine State brews. Get out there and #DrinkLocal. Cider, again?! Yes, this week I’m taking a crack at another cider (last week I brought you some Hard Cider from Cigar City…
Prost! It’s the word you will hear time and time again at this year’s annual Oktoberfest at the American German Club of the Pam Beaches in Lake Worth. For the past 42 years, the social club has been raising funds through this event by putting on one of the biggest…
Were you at this years’ New Times’ Beerfest in downtown Fort Lauderdale at the beautiful Esplanade Park? If you were, you were one of thousands that got to participate in one of the longest running beer festivals in South Florida and experience beers that ran the gamut from dry Irish…
Every week, we take a look at a craft beer brewed in Florida. Follow #FloridaBeerFriday for more reviews of Sunshine State brews. Get out there and #DrinkLocal. This week I’m opening a can of Cigar City Cider & Mead’s Hard Cider, their stalwart and core cider in their lineup. But…
The United States Beer Tasting Championship, an organization that seeks to find well-made beers through a multi-tiered blind tasting process, recently completed their Summer episode of its annual tasting competition, now in its 21st year. A total of 655 beers from 162 breweries were examined across 16 different beer categories…
For the month of October, the fine folks over at Barrel of Monks Brewing in Boca Raton are supporting a charity the breast way they can: brewing up a beer. The Belgian-inspired brewery have created a Belgian Wit with Raspberries and Beets, which ends up coloring it pink, in support…
Every week, we take a look at a craft beer brewed in Florida. Follow #FloridaBeerFriday for more reviews of Sunshine State brews. Get out there and #DrinkLocal. This week I’m heading on over to Bangin’ Banjo Brewery in Pompano Beach to check out their malty and tropical forward beer Hop…
The latest Brass Tap location in Fort Lauderdale is poised to showcase something beyond a plethora of on-tap beer offerings: on site brewed beer. Yes, the tanks are in, the system is up and running, and they’ll begin brewing shortly. This is a new kind of undertaking for brew-pub chain…
Beerfest is legal! OK, so we’ve always held a legal festival, but this year, New Times Broward/Palm Beach’s “Original” Beerfest (presented by Isle Casino), turns 18 years old. For 2015, the premier soiree of suds in Fort Lauderdale will be returning to the picturesque Esplanade Park in downtown Fort Lauderdale…
Every week, we take a look at a craft beer brewed in Florida. Follow #FloridaBeerFriday for more reviews of Sunshine State brews. Get out there and #DrinkLocal. Florida Beer Friday is here again, and I’m heading over to my favorite beer store to pick up a six pack of Coppertail…
Perennial craft beer favorites Funky Buddha Lounge & Brewery in Boca Raton is celebrating its fifth anniversary on September 26th, 2015 starting at 3 p.m. The brewery will be releasing over 40 different beers including world famous favorite Maple Bacon Coffee Porter, the coconut white chocolate inspired Last Snow, pie-in-a-glass…
Barely six months ago the Palm Beach Zoo held their annual Brew at the Zoo event, which featured beers from all across the nation. The response was so great that they’ve gone and set up another one, only this time with a focus on hyper-local offerings. September 26 from 6…
Every week, we take a look at a craft beer brewed in Florida. Follow #FloridaBeerFriday for more reviews of Sunshine State brews. Get out there and #DrinkLocal. This week I’m taking a look at the Floridafest from Concrete Beach Brewery. This is the Miami-based brewery’s Oktoberfest-style Märzen (the famed amber…
It’s a typically sleepy weekday night, and about a dozen people occupy the tap room at Pompano Beach’s Bangin’ Banjo Brewing Company. Open for about a month, this brewery has already become a spot where locals descend after a day of work. I wanted to stop in to check out…
Every week, we take a look at a craft beer brewed in Florida. Follow #FloridaBeerFriday for more reviews of Sunshine State brews. Get out there and #DrinkLocal. As summer winds down, we’re going to take a look at a beer from Saltwater Brewery that encompasses everyday living in South Florida:…
Labor Day. The holiday we tip our hats to the many people before us who fought for our right to a shorter 40 hour work week, the establishment of the weekend, and for basic safe working conditions for every worker in this great nation. As the Department of Labor puts it,…
Every week, we take a look at a craft beer brewed in Florida. Follow #FloridaBeerFriday for more reviews of Sunshine State brews. Get out there and #DrinkLocal. This week we’re looking at Trapeze Monk from Big Top Brewing Company, an operation out of Sarasota, Florida. It’s labelled as a Belgian…
Today is the first day of September, if you can believe it, and the middle of the fall seasonal beer release calendar. Starting at noon today Funky Buddha Brewery in Oakland Park will be selling the perennial autumn beer, Sweet Potato Casserole Strong Ale. This 7.9% ABV brew is a sweet…
Every week, we take a look at a craft beer brewed in Florida. Follow #FloridaBeerFriday for more reviews of Sunshine State brews. Get out there and #DrinkLocal. As Tropical Storm Erika bobs and weaves in our general direction, questions are pondered by the greatest minds of our generation: “Do I…
Recent years have seen an influx in big name craft brewers expanding their reach into the Sunshine State: Founders Brewing came to Florida in 2013, and so did Sweetwater Brewing. Boulevard Brewing came September of last year. Now Duck-Rabbit Brewery, a ten-year-old operation in Farmville, North Carolina, is poised to enter…
Delray Beach’s 50 Ocean continues its 2015 Chef’s Summer Tasting Series with a multi-course “backwards dinner” on Tuesday, September 8, paired with the bold flavors of Tampa’s Cigar City Brewing. Here, patrons will get to do the most adult thing possible: have dessert first! Forward Beers In A Backwards Dinner…
