When Lake Mary resident Gene Devaney started a thread on BeerAdvocate.com last Wednesday, his intention was to merely gather a few hundred bucks in donations to help a friend who recently suffered the tragic loss of his wife. The outpouring of support from the craft beer community in the days…
Yup – that’s really the title of a recent NPR piece that claims moscato, the sweet wine that comes from muscat grapes, is seeing a boom in sales from an untapped market. The story, which is getting a lot of play, quotes Danny Brager, the senior vice president of beverage/alcohol…
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. Contemplation; the work of both monks…
Peace A Pizza in Boca Raton might have been flying under your radar as ‘just another pizza place’, but if you’ve been in during the past few months, you’ll have noticed a bit of a change: posters topped with logos like Cigar City, Dogfish Head, and Left Hand! Yes, gone…
As the first weekend of summer reared its hot and sun-filled head, the second-annual Palm Beach Craft Beer Festival was there in downtown West Palm Beach to quench its thirst with beer from across the state, across the country, and across the world. Florida brewers including Due South, Miami Brewing…
There were lots of shenanigans to be had, as well as beers, at the Palm Beach Craft Beer Festival Saturday. Perhaps the most bold was J.Wakefield Brewing’s new move: oyster beer shots. Are we kidding? No. This is serious business. There is something to be said for sticking raw seafood…
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. Some beers you drink and savor…
Successful middle-aged guys don’t always make life-changing career moves, but when they do, they form brewing companies. At least the guys at Lagerhead Brewing Co. do. They are the newest of the Florida brewers at Saturday’s Palm Beach Craft Beer Festival at the Meyer Ampitheater, and they are ready to…
Just in case you haven’t noticed: the weather is heating up. From right about now and for the next six months, every time you walk out that door, it’s going to feel like a sauna. Luckily, a nice refreshing cocktail can help you forget about the impending season of pain…
Trappist beer lovers, be aware: There may be a water problem brewing for the famed trappist abbey Rochefort. In the latest edition of Belgium’s De Standaard newspaper, Editor Dries Van De Smet describes the situation that is unfolding in the small Belgian town of the same name. See also: -…
What’s better than starting the weekend with a a few drinks with friends? When someone else picks up the tab! On Friday, June 21, we’re picking up the tab for you (and all your friends) at our Happy Hour Mobile App Party at the Historic Downtowner Saloon. See also: -…
Terminator, Robocop and Transformers: what do these movies all have in common? They don’t tell us how robots will bring us beer, and that’s just damn rude. Even more terrifying is that Hollywood may be predicting the future of humanity. With the ubiquity of drones and the NSA surveillance dragnet,…
A bright red ‘Brewery’ sign, lit up in the waning Florida sun, is all that beckons patrons to this little retail bay amidst a shopping plaza in Davie. Behind this humble exterior is the inner workings of The Mack House, a nano brewery building upon the pedigree of beers established…
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. Summer is right around the corner,…
Chances are you like drinking beer, but don’t really know much about it. Sure, you can tell the difference between a Budweiser and mocha porter, and you might know that you prefer a hoppy IPA over a malty stout. Heck, your palate might even catch onto the spicy notes of…
One of Las Olas’s more recent tenants is celebrating its one year anniversary this week, with festivities spanning five days. American Social, at 721 E. Las Olas Blvd, started off in the late spring of 2012, and has grown into a craft beer bar/restaurant destination for the young professionals of…
The beer world is full of funny names, one-off releases, and interbrewery collaborations. It’s an industry that takes pride in its sometimes-whimsical nature. Sometimes you just have to geek out, whether you’re a sports geek, videogame geek, or beer geek (maybe all of the above?) to touch only the tip…
If you’re wondering what to do with your Saturday, may we suggest an afternoon filled with free booze and Real Housewives? Though Mas Vino Wine & Spirits has been open a few months now, it waited to have a grand-opening celebration until it could host one of epic proportions. Thus…
In a bit of brew news, Floridians will have to wait just a bit longer to find Founders Centennial IPA or Breakfast Stout in local bars and restaurants. The brewery has run into some trouble. See also: – Founders Brewing Co. Making Its Way to the Sunshine State – J…
Western Boca Raton has little in the way of interesting beer spots, but Chef Daniel of the Sybarite Pig has decided to make it his mission to bring good beer to the Mission Bay area, and this past weekend saw the appearance of sour beer master Johnathan Wakefield of the…
It was a good run while it lasted, but for Bobby Gordash and Holy Mackerel Beers, the time has come to part ways. Today, Gordash starts his next endeavor as brewer representative and craft-beer alchemist for the Florida Beer Co. in Cape Canaveral. Gordash started Holy Mackerel Beers in 2006…
Pork and beer, is there no better combination? How about sour beer and pork? This weekend at the Sybarite Pig in western Boca Raton, a festival of sour beers will descend upon the establishment. With the world famous Avery-led Boulder Sourfest in its’ 4th year, the proprietors of the Pig…
