Hey, are you done with that coffee yet? Have a beer. Have a coffee beer. Then have another, and another. It’s good for your health. Just remember that three beer rule. Some people may be surprised at the sudden increase in beer literature in the last few years, and that’s…
Now that Halloween is behind us, it’s time for our thoughts to turn to turkeys, hot apple pie, and drinking for a cause at the second-annual Gobble Wobble Pub Crawl. The crawl starts this Saturday, November 9 at 4 p.m. and visits six different Fort Lauderdale bars, with each location…
Craft breweries can’t make big decisions lightly, especially when it comes to moving their product into new territory. Last August, Saint Arnold Brewing made the announcement yesterday to move into the Florida market. Saint Arnold signed with several Florida distributors, including Coastal Beverage Ltd., Gold Coast Eagle Distributing, Great Bay…
This weekend was a perfect weekend to walk around an outdoor festival and drink Florida-made beer. And that’s just what Clean Plate Charlie did during the first Brewers Guild Festival of South Florida, a sister event to the long-running Florida Brewers Guild Beer Fest held every March in Tampa. It…
Alcoholic or not, you shouldn’t get behind the wheel if you’re not in your right mind. But sometimes the designated driver wants to have fun too and not worry about getting baited at a DUI checkpoint. While the rest of your friends are doing tequila shots at the bar, stick…
As a young adult, I slugged down many a Midori sour. When I finally realized Midori is actually kind of gross, I moved on to the more classy Amaretto sour. My best friend thought white Russians were the way to go. He always ended up barfing at the end of…
Ever imagine what the beer equivalent to Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory would be? Well there’s no need to stretch your brain too much since odds are it would probably look a lot like the Coastline Festival this November 10 at the Cruzan Amphitheatre in West Palm Beach. The festival is…
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. We’re back to a beer from…
If there is anything you should know about sailors is that they like to drink. A lot. Starting yesterday, the the 54th-annual Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show has brought thousands of maritime professionals to town for a weekend of work and, well, copious drinking. Since we know there is going…
Tequila is great in pretty much every form: margarita, la paloma, on the rocks, straight up, shots, out of the bottle. We’ll drink it however it comes. While the sweet juice of the agave gods stands up perfectly well on its own, every now and then, we like to take…
The veritable beerfest. As the weather improves, it’s become more and more pleasant to spend a couple of hours outside drinking a lot of craft and imported beer. And while most beer festivals focus on a solid spread of beer producers from across the country and around the world, this…
Rise and shine, cupcake, and reach for that six pack. With only two more days to go before Friday, you have some serious thinking to do about what beer you’re gonna chug this weekend. Russian imperial stout, anyone? There is no doubt that beer contains a substance, alcohol, that is…
For a little while there many restaurants served up great food and fantastic wine, but lacked in the mixology department. Fortunately, we’ve moved on. Beautifully prepared food deserves mind-blowing cocktails to start off the night. You’ll find both at 3030 Ocean in the Harbor Beach Marriott Resort & Spa. While…
New breweries are cool, but when a brewery starts canning their product is even better because it expands availability to consumers. After nearly a year and a half in operation, Boynton Beach’s Due South Brewing has finally started canning its beer. Their first canned variety will be Category 3 IPA…
Whoever said Margaritas aren’t spooky enough for Halloween, obviously never had too many of them while sitting under a scorching sun. Seriously, while a traditional Margarita might not be identified with our favorite ghostly holiday, consider Cantina Laredo’s Ghost Flower Margarita…
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. Sometimes a good name is hard…
We all know mixology is experiencing a resurgence. From the comeback of classic cocktails like the bourbon-centric old fashioned and the Manhattan or the gin-based Negroni to the new interpretations from modern day mixologists, mixed drinks are in, and it looks like they are going to stay. Mixologist Luke Tullos…
Beer and musicians are a union that goes back to the first bars that offered guitarists an open tab if they’d play all night.. It’s no surprise, then, that when musicians look for an interesting avenue for promotion, they look towards beer as a way to make their mark. It’s…
OMG — when we received an email directly from Team Coco, we had no idea what was in store. Turns out, Conan O’Brien turned Triumph the Insult Comic Dog loose in Colorado for the Great American Beer Festival, where the politically incorrect dog finds out firsthand “what it’s like to…
If ever there was a genre of music that was inherently tied to the rise in cocktail culture, it would be jazz. From London jazz joints serving gin by the jug to American speakeasies creating interesting concoctions of whatever they could get their hands on during Prohibition, the drinks and…
Now that the government shutdown is over, brewers are back to business, the beer is flowing, and you can stop rationing your breakfast provisions. South Florida is gushing with beer. Saltwater Brewery is slated to open soon in Delray Beach, and MIA Brewing is currently under construction. But haters are…
To the west of Interstate 95, on a parcel of land adjacent to the CSX railway in Delray Beach, sits a massive, white-roofed, red-painted structure. It is both a repurposed barn and an important piece of South Florida history. It is also the future home of Saltwater Brewery. As the…
