American Craft Beer Week is Monday, May 14, through Sunday, May 20, and in addition to the official beer week events hosted by Brown Distributing, many South Florida bars and restaurants are tapping into the region’s growing appreciation for the fermented arts. Big City Tavern in Fort Lauderdale is riding…
Proving they’ll take every chance they can to throw down the party stein, Biergarten Boca Raton will host a day-long Cinco de Mayo fiesta on Saturday, May 5. The bash is 11 a.m. to 2 a.m. with food and drink specials running all day long. The German restaurant/bar will feature…
For folks looking for a laid back version of Hukilau, head to BX Beer Depot in Lake Worth for a Friday night tiki themed beer tasting. One of the benefits of South Florida, reads the website, “is being able to have a tiki hut and not look crazy.” “We are…
Holy Mackerel founder and head brewer Bobby Gordash will visit World of Beer in Coconut Creek tonight for a mini-tap-takeover and meet-and-greet with fans of the Florida-brewed beer. Gordash and World of Beer will serve Panic Attack, Special Golden, and Mack in Black in addition to a special limited-edition batch…
The largest celebration of tiki culture in the country starts Thursday at Mai-Kai and runs through Sunday, a recognition of the modern tiki movement. With three days of music, food, and drink, the weekend offers an opportunity to drink with tiki barman and author Jeff Berry, who will expound on…
Late last week, with tongue firmly in cheek, Dogfish Head released a spoofy infomercial for its Randall Jr. The device, which retails for $19.99, is a cost-effective beer infuser alternative to the brewer’s pricier and much more complex Randall 3.0. South Florida beer expert John Linn — baron of beer…
Tax day is tomorrow, April 17, and whether we owe money or are getting a refund, most of us can agree that the tax accountant, relentlessly figuring out tax rules and punching numbers on a calculator, usually gets no love… until now.Oceans 234 in Deerfield Beach has heard the plight…
Tax day is right around the corner on Tuesday, April 17. While the lucky might be getting a check from Uncle Sam, most of us have something to pay. Either scenario is an occasion to drink. We’ve lined up a handful of bartender recommendations for their choices of what to…
Northern Palm Beach County will soon get to see what all of the party-bus fuss is about when the bus loop so popular in Fort Lauderdale and Delray Beach expands to West Palm Beach. The first West Palm Beach Bus Loop will roll out Friday with routes connecting participating bars…
How do you reinvigorate the played-out concept of the speed date? By combining it with the event du jour: a beer tasting. If you’re single and looking to mingle and love to talk hops, malt, and suds, consider the Beer Taste Speed Date this Thursday night at the Coffee District…
When The Grateful Palate in Fort Lauderdale — which recently made the Clean Plate Charlie list of “South Florida’s best places to sip wine” — welcomed sommelier David Hults in mid-February, the wine expert came with some ideas on a revamped happy hour to replace the restaurant’s existing after-work deal…
What do you get when you trap a whiskey distiller and a brewmaster in a room together? One hell of a drink, is what we’re thinking. Actually, what you get is John John Dead Guy Ale, which is the collaboration of Rogue brewmaster John Maier and Rogue spirits master distiller…
Read on for today’s roundup of Floridacentric links. Today’s focus is on drinks.1. Wicked Dolphin Artisan Rum will be the newest booze made in Florida. Created from molasses, water, sugar, and yeast and distilled in aged barrels, the first batches from Cape Coral will be ready by May and distributed by…
If there was one big winner from Saturday night’s Beerfest, it was the small brewer. The home brewers and the upstarts took home a couple of the biggest prizes from our Clean Plate Charlie awards, a remarkable feat considering the megabrewers that were present. Here, then, are our winners from…
Though prices at the chef-driven Cafe Boulud aren’t astronomical, it is fine dining and the check will reflect that. Want to get a taste of what the kitchen can do without springing for a full meal? A spring beer tasting on Wednesday night will include tastings of six beers to be…
Misfit Home Brewers have been prepping for New Times Beerfest, where they’ll offer 105 gallons of home brew at their tents this Saturday. George Garcia started it all, brewing in college as a means of drinking cheap beer five years ago. Last year, he gathered Piero Rodriguez, and Robert Tejon…
Ditmar Perner, a manager at Biergarten Boca Raton, has been champing at the bit to host an authentic German brunch — or Frühschoppen — for nearly three months. Sunday, April 1, will mark the inaugural run, he said: “No joke.”The brunch is 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., with seats available…
Beer gets a lot of the editorial spotlight — hell, it even gets to be included in the name — leading up to the New Times’ Beerfest, but believe it or not, the shindig this Saturday isn’t only about brews. Yeah, it’s the marquee draw for many, but there also…
Bud, Coors, and Miller lovers, take note: Your barley water may be in trouble. According to a piece posted today on bloomberg.com, the light-beer industry is suffering in an age of craft beer, designer cocktails, and wine. Bloomberg reporter Duane D. Stanford cites “cabernet-loving baby boomers” and “millennials weaned on…
In anticipation of the upcoming New Times’ Beerfest (Saturday, March 31, in downtown Fort Lauderdale) Clean Plate Charlie has been talking with South Florida beer aficionados and experts about the state of beer in Florida and beyond. Earlier this week, we talked to John Linn of Brown Distributing, who said…
With the New Times’ Beerfest just a few short weeks away, Clean Plate Charlie is focused on all things beer and particularly the beer scene as it stands in South Florida. To get an understanding of where our region and our state are fall in line with national trends, we…
Beer is finally starting to earn some real respect, no longer having to always play second fiddle to its “more refined” rival, wine. So now that craft beer is enjoying a renaissance in the United States (and yes, even here in South Florida), it’s time to work on the image…
