Civil Society Brewing released four-packs of two of their flagship hop-forward beers this past Saturday to a crowd of beer enthusiasts that didn’t mind waiting in line to snap up their allotment of cans. Abacoa’s downtown brewery brought in a canning line to package up 16 ounce cans of Pulp, their…

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. Collaborations are a time for brewers to get together and come up with something fun and exciting to brew. Or to simply reconnect…

Women-centric High Heel Brewing is coming to Florida in mid-June, bringing with it a duo of craft beers aiming to fill what master brewer Kristi McGuire calls “a gap in the market” of product that targets women. “There isn’t a beer that’s speaking to them,” she says. It may come…

This summer is looking to be all about the melon: watermelon to be precise, and it’s going right into your beer.  That’s right, everyone’s favorite member of the family Cucurbitaceae (you know, those vine-like flowering plants that the Japanese like to make into cubes) is poised to take 2016 by…

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. Let’s keep the IPA train rolling from last week, and head out to Brewzzi in Boca Raton to sample one of their brewmaster’s…

The up-until-now undefeated four-and-oh host brewery Barrel of Monks Brewing fell to one of South Florida’s titans of brewing, Due South Brewing Company, last night in the fifth of a series of monthly beer and food pairing events slated to roll on for all of 2016.  The event pits two…

It’s the ultimate way to recycle brewers spent grain and save animals: using the husks and grist of brewers barley to make biodegradable and edible six pack rings that hold cans of beer. (Maybe restaurants along Hollywood Beach should look into now that an obscure law banning non-biodegradable packaging east…

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. This week I traveled into the heart of one of Fort Lauderdale’s industrial areas to visit Khoffner Brewery USA and try out their…

Your weekends are about to get crafty with a duo of brewery anniversary parties – and they’re being thrown by neighbors.  First up this coming weekend is their fourth anniversary party at Due South Brewing Company on Saturday May 14. Only four years ago Due South opened its doors in…

This past weekend, on the evening of May 6 in the Terrace Ballroom at the Philadelphia Convention Center, Funky Buddha Brewery took home a gold medal at the World Beer Cup; an international event awarding the best in the industry that takes place every two years. With over 200 highly qualified…

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. I walked into Devour Brewing Company on a Sunday afternoon looking for a beer to sample and review, and found myself face-to-face with…

Devour Brewing Company will introduce limited South Florida distribution beginning in June 2016. The Boynton Beach brewery, which opened slightly less than a year ago, has signed up with the small and relatively new Beerstream Distribution Company, seeking to make its beers available around Boynton Beach, southern Palm Beach County,…

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. This week I’m taking a look at one of the core distributed offerings from Coppertail Brewing Company, their Free Dive IPA. I’ve previously…

It’s not an anniversary party per-se, but Saltwater Brewery’s Mass Confusion festival is back for its second year this Saturday, April 30. The now officially annual event highlights the brewery’s Belgian tripel, named Don’t Get Confused. For the fest, Don’t Get Confused will undergo dozens of different small-batch treatments (adding…

On Thursday April 28, the Young Professionals Association of Delray is showcasing the entrepreneurial spirit of craft beer by highlighting five local brewers from their respective breweries to participate in a panel event sharing their stories. Broadcaster Kavita Channe will lead the event starting at 5:30pm in the Fieldhouse at…

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. This week, I picked up a four-pack of Funky Buddha Brewery’s latest year-round core beer, Hop Stimulator, a 9.5% ABV, 88 IBU double IPA. The…

The fourth Monday of every month, Barrel of Monks Brewing in Boca Raton opens its doors to host the Brewery Throwdown, an event that pits its beer-pairing knowledge with that of another guest brewery. The first matchup saw Barrel of Monks go up against Tampa’s iconic Cigar City Brewery. Then it…

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. This week, I’m picking up from last week’s focus on a Mosaic pale ale and taking a look at a beer using a…

This Friday April 15, forget finding a place to go for Tax Day, because New Belgium Brewing Company is putting on a full day of fun with their wood aging expert Eric Salazar. Salazar has been a part of the wood aged beer program at New Belgium since 1997, which…

Look out South Florida, the beer buzz from Funky Buddha Brewery is about to get stimulated by the release of their third year-round beer, the Hop Stimulator.  This is a beer three years in the making that will be joining their current lineup of Floridian and Hop Gun in that…

South Florida will soon see an influx of beers from San Francisco’s own 21st Amendment Brewery. Founded in 2000, 21st Amendment Brewery has since become a popular brewpub in the heart of San Fran, building a community of beer lovers most recently attuned to their release of Hell or High…