Drink some cider with your Thanksgiving meal. There, I said it. But first, some history; then we get to the recommendations. “To the settlers of this new country, the apple represented the perfect homestead fruit,” Ben Watson writes, author of Cider, Hard and Sweet: History, Traditions, and Making Your Own. An…
Bob Higginbotham wasn’t kidding last week when he said the competition was going to get more difficult. The first week of semifinals came with a whole new set of rules and four bartenders competing against each other. In past weeks, three bartenders have shown up to compete in two rounds,…
If you love to drink beer, and also love to learn about it, there’s some good news. An establishment place in West Palm Beach offers a special class where you can do both. In 2013, The Blind Monk general manager Jason Hunt founded the Monk Beer Academy. The classes take…
Dark beers for a dark day. Looking for something interesting to do on Black Friday (you know, that shopping ‘holiday’ the day after Thanksgiving) but don’t want to wrestle with crowds fighting Battle Royale style over discounted plasma televisions or cheaply made plastic tablets? Why not take a trip down…
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. Miami’s Concrete Beach Brewery has been supplying our market with bottled beers of Rica, their wheat IPA, and Stiltsville, their pilsner, for almost…
Regular guy goes up against two formidable women in a bartending competition. Regular guy wins. Sometimes, life can be surprising. Sweetwater’s Andrew Luzenko is a professional who takes his trade very seriously and didn’t seem intimidated by his co-competitors’ feminine charms. Jessie Bell, a statuesque blonde who tends bar at 3rd…
Mark the day: Friday, November 20th. That’s when Jupiter’s, and downtown Abacoa’s, Civil Society Brewing Company will begin to serve beers to the public, starting at 6 p.m. The facility has been in stages of construction and town council negotiation for the past year, and is now ready to open…
There’s a 110-year-old speakeasy in downtown Delray Beach, and like a time traveler from the distant past, it has returned to its 1908 home in a hidden spot on Atlantic Avenue. In January, Caffe Martier expanded into the space formerly occupied by the Brazilian restaurant Gol!, upping its size by more…
Perhaps the most sought after beer in the Samuel Adams lineup (or, wait, is it really Old Fezziwig? Yes, but I digress…) is the uniquely fashioned and extremely high alcohol content beer called Utopia. This semi-annual offering — this is the ninth batch they’ve brewed since 2002 — offers a…
The holidays are a busy time of year, so why not cross off part of your Christmas shopping to-do list by attending a holiday party this Saturday, November 21st (from 2 to 6 p.m.) at Barrel of Monks Brewery for their Father Christmas beer release party. The Boca Raton-based brewery…
Bartending competitions where no one knows what’s going on are always fun. That was this week’s Bar Brawls, hosted by Max’s Social House in Delray Beach. The three local bartenders who faced off against one another this week were on equal footing for the first round of Bar Brawls when…
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. The inspiration for 42 Truths American Pale Ale from Funky Buddha, brewed exclusively for Tap 42, comes from the ancient Egyptians. The Forty-Two…
Congratulations, you made it through yet another working week. You might as well give yourself a pat on the back to celebrate — or better yet, a drink or three. This weekend in Broward and Palm Beach counties, choose from a wine release, Movember fundraiser, halfway to Cinco de Mayo…
It’s Maple Bacon Coffee Porter time again. The Broward-based Funky Buddha Brewery has set the date for its most sought after annual release and street festival for January 9. But before you mark your calendars, there are a few changes to the 2016 event you should know about. And record…
Forget going to the bar for a drink. Instead, let the bar come to you. That’s the idea behind Craft Cartel, the new cocktail catering company founded by South Florida mixologists Bobby Brown and Rich Monis, and Boynton Beach’s Sweetwater Bar & Grill co-founder Sean Iglehart. Together, the trio has…
It’s interesting to watch how momentum builds behind a trend once things start to change. For the longest time, Floridian beer lovers fought for — and never thought they’d get – the 64 ounce growler that was the industry standard everywhere else in the country. Your average non-beer nerd had…
Starting this Wednesday, November 11th, the Funky Buddha Brewery in Oakland Park will no longer be just a massive production brewery, as the Craft Food Counter & Kitchen begins to serve food to taproom drinkers. Jeff Vincent, a South Carolinian and veteran head chef who most recently brought acclaim to…
This Wednesday may have seen the rowdiest group of bartenders for Delray’s Bar Brawls competition yet. Randy Rapposelli of Brule Bistro (the guy who didn’t show up for the Bar Brawls draw party on September 30th) finally graced the crowd with his hitherto unknown presence. Alain Camacho brought tequila expertise…
Move over craft beer. South Florida is about to welcome one of its first ciderworks into the local craft brewing scene, and it’s starting with Accomplice Brewery and Ciderworks in West Palm Beach. After more than a year of planning and prepping, Accomplice founders and senior wardens Matt Stetson 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. Labeled as “Miami’s first craft production brewery, in the heart of Wynwood Art District”, Wynwood Brewing Company has been producing quality beers from…
North Carolina brewers can’t get enough of Florida, it seems. Just this past August, Duck-Rabbit Brewery, which also hails from the Tar Heel State, opened up its distribution onto our fair shores. Now prominent Asheville brewery Green Man Brewery will be joining their companions at Duck-Rabbit, and other craft brewers…
So you like to drink all the wonderful and diverse beers that are available today? Why not up your beer experience by learning how to brew beer yourself at home during the aptly named Learn To Homebrew Day, an event-centered day established sixteen years ago by the American Homebrewers Association…
