South Florida Beer Week 2013 continues to grow with another event added in Broward. The Hollywood Craft Beer Pub Crawl on January 24 visits four different pubs, each featuring limited edition beers from a different Florida brewery, including Cigar City Brewing, Tequesta Brewing, Due South, and Holy Mackerel. A$10 donation, which directly…
Boca’s reputation as a place for old rich people to live out their final days on gated golf courses makes it easy to forget that the city is home to a major university. And wherever there are college kids, there’s a thirst for cheap beer and plenty of it. Enter…
If you’re like us, your New Year’s resolution was to get more exercise and drink more beer. If those two goals sound like they’re somewhat conflicting, think again..because we’ve found the most awesome of races to sign up for — The Tap ‘N’ Run!This 4K race is a healthy fun run…
Champagne: the classic New Year’s Eve drink. You toast with it, cheer with it, drink it straight from the bottle Diddy-style.Of course, champagne isn’t for everyone — especially when taste largely depends on how much you want to spend.Sure, there are uber-cheap knock-offs (think cava, prosecco and Cooks) that taste…
Is everything too loud this morning? If you partied so hard on New Year’s Eve that your hair hurts, you need to act fast to ensure New Year’s Day isn’t spent shriveled in a ball on the couch. Clean Plate Charlie has been searching high and low this week to…
Every man and his dog has some kind of at home hangover remedy: greasy food, bananas, coffee, ceviche, aspirin, whatever. Some actually help. Others ease the pain. The rest do nothing.Whatever the case, we’ve decided to look up some of the weirder options. Hopefully, you won’t have to test them…
Happy New Year! The over-priced parties, the drunk drivers, the immense pressure on the midnight kiss forever dividing the happily coupled from the desperately single… We hope it will be magical. But New Year’s Day will remind you that you’re 365 days older and less able to handle your liquor.Your…
Wine is a tough subject. Sparkling wine, even more so. Champagne, Cava, Prosecco, Dry, Sweet, Extra Brut, WTF… the options are endless. The possibility for a hangover: potentially catastrophic.New Year’s is around the corner and whether you like it or not, you and your friends will be celebrating with some…
All those lovey-dovey holiday commercials making you feel guilty about your Christmas shopping procrastination? Don’t. According to a survey from the National Retail Federation, only about 11 percent of shoppers had finished up their gift list by December 13. So, everyone’s doing it. (Or not doing it, as the case…
Ah, the holiday season, a time for holiday parties and tons of food. While the holidays are always a great excuse to pig out on all those home-cooked goodies, it’s also a great reason to get slogged off festive cocktails and martinis with your extended family and friends. This year, celebrate…
T.S. Eliot famously mourned the world going out “not with a bang but a whimper.” Well, the crew at the Green Room in Fort Lauderdale have no intentions of ringing in the apocalypse in such a Debbie Downer fashion. They’ve got a banging party lined up for Friday, December 21,…
Wine and the bubbly get a lot of attention and love during the holiday season, but beer geeks know this time of year also brings lots of great craft brews out of the woodwork. In addition to a bevy of “winter only” offerings and special releases, ’tis the season to…
The holidays… ah, the time of year when you are expected to attend at least one party per weekend, and you must bring something — for your boss, secret santa, your great-aunt Sally, or just a friend of a friend throwing a party. The time of year when you’re supposed…
Craft drinkers — gird your loins and put your liver on notice, cause South Florida Beer Week is almost exactly one month away. The second annual celebration of homegrown and national craft beers kicks off on Saturday, January 19, 2013, and will wrap up with the seventh annual Jupiter Craft…
Clean Plate Charlie isn’t above formulating a holiday “wine plan” that consists solely of driving to Naples, pulling up to Trader Joe’s, and loading the car with cases of Two Buck Chuck. But in case you want to class it up a bit at your holiday mixers, or when giving…
The people at Tap 42 are playing Santa’s helpers this year with their “Crafts for a Cause” event, and everyone gets a treat!On Tuesday, December 18, bring in a canned food item (heck, bring in a bagful of canned goods) and you’ll receive a free craft beer on draft (up…
It was all over the new yesterday: the highly anticipated release of the best beer in the world. In some locations the beer sold out in less than four minutes. It was like the beer geek equivalent to Bridezillas at a bridal show–although, somewhat more civilized, we hope. Now that stocks…
Mai-Kai is one of Fort Lauderdale’s treasures. Though a rare gem now, in the 1950’s and 60’s the United States was filled with restaurant showplaces like Latin Quarter, Trader Vic’s, The Hawaiian Cottage, and Mai-Kai. These themed restaurants had elaborate decor, fruity and potent drinks, and, most likely, live entertainment.Many of these…
It’s no secret: obsession with beer is on the rise. Microbrews, German lagers, Belgian Ales, whatever. Even corporate restaurants have jumped on the specialty beer bandwagon–CPK being one. The one drawback: the price.However, one Belgian brew takes the cake in terms of demand and cost. Today, Westvleteren XII will be…
Ever been at an event or just out at a bar and you notice a couple of sexy young women being really nice to you and offering free liquor of a particular brand? You probably know they aren’t doing this because of your irresistible animal magnetism – you do know…
Daniel Naumko, owner of the new Sybarite Pig restaurant in Boca Raton, is a true beer geek. One of the defining philosophies at his business will be “special beers for special people.” It’s part of his mission to promote the art of good beer and the people behind it. “I…
Fun fact: South Florida is second largest wine consumption market in the country. That can mean one of two things; we have a ton of drunks, or a large population of individuals who enjoy the finer things in life. Let’s go with the latter.If you’re a wino or just an…
