Since it’s South Florida Beer Week, I’ve got beer in the loop. Among my fixations are coffee beers in which I’ve gone so far as to combine beer and coffee, which is a desperate and terrible idea. The origin of my longing is Mikkeller Breakfast Geek, which is so beloved…
When you’re at the Craft Brewers Festival in Jupiter this Saturday, be sure to find the local brew from Due South. It’s the last time you’ll be able to try it before Mike and Jodi Halker open their brewery at 2900 High Ridge Road in Boynton Beach later this season…
We’re filing this post under High Suckage Factor. According to the Palm Beach Post, an ordinance was passed yesterday that would make it more difficult to buy alcohol in downtown West Palm Beach.Ordinance No. 4394-11, which was passed on January 23, restricts “the sale of alcoholic beverages for off-premises consumption…
While many of my food-focused friends have this Breville contraption so they can make themselves a glass of beet ginger juice in the morning, I was gifted the aluminum thing from the ’50’s that looks like a torture device. A family friend loved them so much that he bought one…
The Washington City Paper wrote last week on how difficult it is to keep Pappy Van Winkle in stock. The bourbon from Old Rip Van Winkle distillery has a cult following for its 15-, 20-, or 23-year-aged booze and has been a thing for quite a while now.”The strategy of…
As South Florida explores its taste for craft beer and gourmet brew tastings, we’re seeing more opportunities for local lessons in how an ale or a stout can complement a steak or cheese plate just as well as a bottle of vino could. On that topic, this coming Monday, PL8…
It’s never too early to plan for big events — weddings, birthdays, Christmas, Beerfest. We’re suggesting you place a big red circle around March 31, because that’s the day Beerfest 2012 takes over Huizenga Plaza in Fort Lauderdale…
February 4 is Dia Nacional Del Pisco Sour in Peru. We’re not sure if banks and schools are closed, but we imagine a country where work stops for the day to celebrate a cocktail, and we are happy.We see this as a great opportunity to improve foreign relations with our…
If you’ve always wanted to know more about wine and are looking for something to do this evening, look no more. The Best Cellar in Wilton Manors is hosting an educational winetasting tonight, January 14, from 8 to 10 p.m. For $15 (about the price of a movie and a…
Though I would have thought beer was kicking wine’s ass, a Gallup Poll of American adults taken last year concludes that the numbers of people who typically choose beer has declined nationwide, while those who choose wine has slightly increased. Hard liquor seeds third, though more people are drinking it…
Navigating the happy hour scene on Fort Lauderdale beach is no easy task. The choices of where to go are endless however the scene once you get there is the same — salacious meat markets, skeevy (but kind of wonderful) dive bars, and South Beach bar wannabes commingle on the…
“It’s weird that so many people are drinking stout in winter here, but they do,” said Jake, the manager at Tap 42, during one of several visits this past month. It’s natural to crave big beers during the cold weather. Yet we’re absolved from the cold and still, Florida sees…
The West Coast gets a lot of love in the craft beer world, but the Sunshine State slowly is emerging as a respectable source of quality quaffs. You can learn about one of the state’s most recognizable brewers at The Cigar City Beer Tasting event Friday at the Whole Foods…
What does the new kid on the block have to do to make friends? How about offering not one, but two happy hours?Kabuki, the recently opened sushi and tapas restaurant on Clematis Street, is offering a happy hour deal worth checking into.From 3 -7 p.m. daily (including weekends), Kabuki is…
January 23 through 29 is South Florida Beer Week, a sudsy beerfest during which local haunts Funky Buddha, Tap 42, World of Beer, and Laser Wolf sponsor tap takeovers to celebrate local brews. The kickoff is a Monday night pig roast at Lou’s Beer Garden. What about bacon?…
On Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, Rachel Maddow introduced him to a new discovery of hers — the pickleback. Maddow explained that the drink — part whiskey, part pickle juice — is a shot that cures what ails ya. She’s not crazy — she’s got a point! As an ultra…
New Year’s Eve is one jacked up holiday. Long known as amateur night, it’s basically one of two evenings each year (the other being Valentine’s Day, but don’t get us started on that one) in which people gladly pay $200 for some surf and turf and a glass of lukewarm…
When making dinner plans with friends, I usually ask something along the lines of, “What type of food are you in the mood to eat?” Recently, after two botched outings with friends, I’ve realized that the first thing I should ask is, “Are you gluten-intolerant?”Last month, I met with a…
No doubt at this point you’ve got a handle on what you’re doing for New Year’s Eve. Right? Right?! Slackers can find more than 100 ideas for NYE in the handy Broward-Palm Beach New Times calendar.But what about if you’re one of the peeps in the service industry who will…
Right around 9 o’clock last night, a cheer was raised in the kitchen. The overworked FedEx folk had finally delivered the barbecue.It was Texas barbecue, and for one of the ten individuals staying in our home for the holidays — Lance, he’s called — this is fable food, memory food…
It’s Christmas Eve and you have to get a last minute gift. Maybe you’ve been busy, maybe you got a call to come over for a party tonight at your sister’s house. Sure, walking in empty handed guarantees that next year you won’t have this problem of last minute purchasing…
As if you need an excuse to partake of a festive martini or highball this time of year, Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach is hosting an ode to all things shaken and stirred with “Cocktail Culture.”The 150-plus-piece exhibition features ads, accessories, fashion, and objets d’art that prove…
