As enthusiasm for craft spirits has swept through Fort Lauderdale, clear distilled gin from Prescribed Spirits has been par for the course for a little more than a year. But now owner A.J. Fazendin is changing it up with barrel-aged gin. Fazendin produced the gin using his own recipe and…
South Florida Distillers, makers of Fwaygo white rum, has marked its one-year anniversary with a special bottling. Starting this week, founding partners Joe Durkin and Avi Eisenberg will begin selling their first batch of aged Fwayo, an award-winning white rum aged in virgin white American oak barrels. Aging since February…
The success of Boca Raton’s Barrel of Monks Brewing is one of those indicators in the craft brewing industry that things are going well: state-of-the-art equipment, gorgeously designed tap room, niche Belgian beer offerings. This Saturday, March 26 from 2 to 6 p.m., the brewery will be hosting its very…
A half-decade ago, as new wave cocktail culture swept the nation, South Florida lagged behind. While people in cities like Chicago, New York, and San Francisco were already discovering the joy of a well-made Aviation, perfect Manhattan, or a solid Negroni, most South Floridians were still making do with frozen,…
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 a beer made as a collaboration between two of my favorite Florida west coast breweries: Green…
26 Degree Brewing Company has been growing by leaps and bounds over the past couple of months. They opened in September and soon began local distribution through Gold Coast Beverage. Now they’ll be adding culinary adventurers to that list. On Wednesday, March 23, the Pompano Beach brewery will be hosting a five…
You can now enjoy a cool glass of beer during match days at the International Polo Club, everyone’s favorite Wellington-based weekend activity, through the Funky Buddha Beer Garden. Yes, the Oakland Park brewery has devoted itself to the Sport of Kings by taking over a shiny metal-clad Airstream trailer and making…
The Ritz-Carlton’s Fort Lauderdale-based beverage manager James Camp isn’t just another mixologist. He’s also one well-travelled guy. Outside of South Florida, Camp has worked for the Ace Hotel Group in Southern California, The Regattabar Jazz Club in Cambridge, Massachusetts’ Harvard Square, and The Charleston Place Hotel in Charleston, South Carolina…
Corey Artanis’ brainchild, 3 Sons Brewing Company, took home three awards at this years Hunahpu’s Day Festival, which took place on March 12th at the Cotanchobee Fort Brooke Park in downtown Tampa. The annual festival celebrates the release of the much sought after Hunahpu’s Imperial Stout from Cigar City Brewing, and…
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. Previously known for its bikini contests and incredible feats of drinking, Shooters Waterfront has been moving toward a more casual-chic approach to its…
Local brewers and marine a-fish-ianado’s Saltwater Brewery have announced a partnership with Florida Distributing Company and J.J. Taylor Companies, Inc. to expand their distribution to the Tampa and Orlando areas. Since opening its doors at the end of 2013, the company has rapidly expanded, brewing 2,000 barrels (that’s 62,000 US…
Every year, the Best Florida Beer Championships are held to both promote the growing craft beer scene in the Sunshine State and to provide an avenue for the fun-yet-competitive nature that accompanies brewing. That competitiveness is seen from lowly homebrew competitions to the Great American Beer Festival, and, for Floridians,…
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 taking a look at a seasonal release from one of Florida’s most well-known brewers, Cigar City Brewing, by checking out…
Boynton Beach stalwart Due South Brewing Company is announcing today that they will be expanding their current facility by annexing the 12,000 square feet of the adjacent bay in their building. Combined, the brewery will soon total over 27,000 square feet. The construction for the new side of the facility…
Explosive growth has been the trademark of craft beer in South Florida for the past five years. From a low of just a few brewpubs and small breweries dotting the landscape here or there to the now-expansive list of newly opened breweries, ranging from tiny multibarrel houses to large production…
Over the past few decades, to be a bartender in South Florida meant nothing more than to literally tend bar. You’d find bartenders whipping up frozen piña coladas for the tourists, rum and Coke for the regulars, or pouring a fine wine or popping the top off a cheap beer…
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 out to Pompano Beach to take a gander at what new brewery on the block 26 Degree is up to,…
Brewers and brewery employees always talk about the industry being in a mode of “friendly competition.” That friendliness is about to get a little more fierce. The fourth Monday of every month, Barrel of Monks Brewing in Boca Raton opens its doors to host the Brewery Throwdown, an event that…
Dogfish Head Brewery brewer and founder Sam Calagione will be coming down to South Florida on Wednesday February 24th to share in an evening of spreading craft beer love. The industry veteran will be attending three events on Wednesday, the first at Riverside Market in Fort Lauderdale. Starting at noon,…
The margarita. So good, so potent, and so easy to drink too many. When it comes to refreshing alcoholic beverages, few concoctions compete with the margarita. Mojitos aside, it’s practically the unofficial drink of South Florida. While drinking them all day long is not generally good life advice, know that come…
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. Today, it’s time to delve into the musical arts with a sampling of Funky Buddha Brewery’s Iron and Barleywine, a big and boisterous…
Happy hour. Every establishment selling adult beverages has one. It’s that glorious magical hour (or three or four) when drinking away the stress of the day gets a little cheaper — which makes you a little happier. In South Florida — with its laid-back, tourist-friendly culture — there are so…
