Oktoberfest

Red Robin Rolls Out Can-Crafted Beer Cocktails

Red Robin is not only known for gourmet burger creations, but also their take on beer. Now they are adding canned beer cocktails. This isn't the first time they've stepped beyond the beer comfort zone. Last October they introduced limited-time-only beer milkshakes in honor of Oktoberfest. See als ... More >>

O, Miami Food Poems: #itssomiami

Launched in 2011, The O, Miami Poetry Festival set out to bridge the gap between contemporary poetry and the Greater Miami audience. "Contemporary poetry is so diverse, fascinating and dynamic" said P. Scott Cunningham, founder and director of The University of Wynwood which produces the biannual po ... More >>

Miami's Best Eats and Drinks This Weekend

Chilly this morning, huh? This city is at her finest when we have 80-degree weather one day and 60 degrees the next. Makes us feel like L.A. but without all the earthquakes and cold ocean water. The weekend is supposed to be lovely. Sure, there's a drizzle or two expected on Saturday, but it won' ... More >>

Epcot's Alcohol: Drinking Around at the Booze Counters & Carts

If you're over 21 and without offspring, Epcot is the ideal Disney destination. After all, their 11 international pavilions feature alcoholic treats from the countries of origin. From Jagermeister to champagne, you can get your buzz on all over the world. Read also: - Disney Treats Make You Fat, Sa ... More >>

Ten Best Pumpkin Beers to Try This Harvest Season

Oktoberfest is out; pumpkin beers are in. But do they taste like a pie or a pumpkin? If you're feeling a little apprehensive about drinking brew made from an oversize gourd, remember that beer is beer and that no two pumpkin beers are the same. There is a history of brewing beer with pumpkin. During ... More >>

Grovetoberfest: A Celebration of Beer in Peacock Park (Pictures)

Though the Saturday morning skies were full of rain, the beer gods were smiling down on Grovetoberfest. By the time the gates opened on the event, held in Coconut Grove's Peacock Park, the afternoon was sunny and cool, allowing over 6,000 people to enjoy over 200 brews, live music, and food.Read Als ... More >>

Big Rod Ale Girl Dominica Westling: Schnebly Backstage (Video)

Back in August, Schnebly Miami Brewing Company set out to find a woman to be their Big Rod Ale Girl. Her beauty would be enshrined on tap handles across America.Schnebly's searched for a model who could not only conform to the pin-up style, but whose personality empowered women. They chose Miami mod ... More >>

Miami's Best Eats and Drinks This Weekend

All this talk of politics and debates gives us really bad heartburn. Sometimes we feel like Miss America, for whom the correct answer to everything is "world peace." Anyway, what also gives us heartburn is wine -- except wine is totally worth it. And thanks to Miami's best eats and drinks this wee ... More >>

Free Beer: Home Brewers Bash at LoKal Burgers and Beer Thursday and Friday

Miami homebrewers are back, and this Thursday and Friday they'll converge on LoKal Burgers and Beer in Coconut Grove to celebrate Oktoberfest with the first annual Home Brewers Bash. The event is a leadup to this year's Grovetoberfest on October 13. Besides tasting some homebrewed suds that you ... More >>

Oktoberfest in Brickell This Weekend: Schnitzel, Shattered Glass and Albert Beer-stein (Photos)

Oktoberfest in Germany this year wraps up on Tuesday, but the rage officially hit the East Coast Miami style, shattering the autumn apathy with two simultaneous festivals occurring in Brickell this past weekend. The Brickell Sam Adams Octoberfest, originally slated for Friday and Saturday only, was ... More >>

Key Biscayne's Wetlab to Re-Open as Rose's

For broke, beer-loving Miamians, the past few months without The Wetlab have been a painful lesson in withdrawal. This top secret watering hole known for its astonishingly cheap drinks, dog-friendly digs and Key Biscayne's best view has been shuttered since the end of May. But there's good news on ... More >>

Miami's Best Eats and Drinks This Weekend

Are you ready for the weekend? Of course you're not (because you're not finished reading this list). As part of our loving devotion to you, we've put together the best food-related things to do this weekend and all of them are worth a shot. Oktoberfest is here, so we've got beer. Hedy Goldsmith g ... More >>

Obnoxious Tourists Here: Brickell Oktoberfest, My Ceviche and Promotions Galore

Around October and through around April, those lovable tourists start flooding the streets of Miami wearing sun visors and holding flimsy Kodaks. Locals find themselves dodging groups of people speaking strange languages just to get to their favorite spots for a bite to eat. Thankfully, those same e ... More >>

Oktoberfest Features Pop-Up Bier Garden and Michelin Chef Wolfgang Ban

For the second year, Brickell is getting in on this Oktoberfest business and celebrating arguably the largest beer festival in the world. It all takes place this Friday, October 5. Part of this year's event is the Bier Garden Pop-Up Restaurant hosted by top Michelin-rated chef Wolfgang Ban. C ... More >>

Miami Oktoberfest Roundup: Grovetoberfest, The Federal, Fritz and Franz Bierhaus

Don some lederhosen and fill your stein, Oktoberfest 2012 is here. The Bavarian autumn holiday began several days ago but the fever is rising like the head of a freshly poured beer. And lucky for Miami, we all get to take the proverbial first chug at several locations around town in the following we ... More >>

A Beer Milkshake for Oktoberfest: Red Robin Gives it a Go

Red Robin, the Colorado-based gourmet burger chain, has upped its status to next level awesomeness by adding a Sam Adams Oktoberfest beer milkshake to its menu. Once thought to be a taboo fantasy of beer snobs and dairyphiles, this milk shake is a sure sign that Oktoberfest is right around the corne ... More >>

Free Beer Tasting Tonight at Gordon Biersch Brewery in Brickell This Monday

Free beer is hard to come by in Miami, so when a brewery like Gordon Biersch in Brickell offers free samples of beer, you best take advantage of it. From 6 to 8 p.m., free Belgian beer will be handed out in honor of "Belgian Respect Day", which entails gulping down suds from the French-speaking moth ... More >>

Celebrate Oktoberfest With Pop-Up Beer Garden, Munchen Brunching

Oktoberfest, that 200-year-old celebration that sees lederhosen and dirndl-clad lads and lassies turning the German town of Munich into a giant month-long frat party, is drawing near. But with flights to Europe pricing out at around $1,000 these days, you might want to plan your beer buzz a little c ... More >>

Florida Beer Company Says Bud Light Stole Their Blue Bottle Idea

​Now that craft beer has firmly established itself as more than a market niche, beer giants are looking to microbreweries for their next edge. To wit:Anheuser-Busch Inbev is going bottle to bottle with South Florida's Florida Beer Company and FBC is not too excited about it.Next month the bee ... More >>

Ten Best Music-Related Things to Do This Weekend Under $10

​We did it, y'all. We made it through the work week. We'll finally have a chance to disconnect from the workplace tonight at Happy Hour or catch a grimy metal show on Saturday night in Little Haiti. Whatever the case, we're free. And not to mention, it's pay day, and we've got a fat check burnin ... More >>

Germans Take Over Grove

Bay, Beer, Trains and Freaks: Food Trucks This Weekend

​Name your poison this weekend, because food trucks are out to serve you a side of entertainment with your street food.This weekend's food truck roundups offer high entertainment value with little out of pocket expense. Choose from viewing a beautiful sunset on the bay, hanging out in an antique r ... More >>

Fill Your Pubbelly With Beer

Ten Songs About Beer, Our Favorite Drink

​Beer. It's been the go-to beverage for getting a buzz since the ancient Egyptian pharaohs had their first kegger at the paws of the Sphinx.Since Oktoberfest is upon us, we figured we'd put together a collection of our favorite drinking songs. Some are classics, some are weird, but all have one th ... More >>

Central Park Miami Opens Soon With Brickell Bier Garden and Akashi

AkashiThe "sunset roll" at Akashi, coming soon to Brickell. ​Central Park Miami (1300 S Miami Ave., Miami) is one of those downtown projects that seems like it's never going to happen, another vacant lot with a sign post ... we have to see it to believe it. So bravo to those behind the project, wh ... More >>

Beer and Brats

Flogging Molly's Matthew Hensley Talks Celtic Tunes, Punk, Politics, and Skateboarding

Flogging Molly's Matthew Hensley.​While often likened to other Stateside outfits, like Dropkick Murphys and Black 47, best known for blending an upstart attitude with Celtic tradition, Flogging Molly alone can claim a specific geographical bond with the old country. The band's founder and frontm ... More >>

Oktoberfest with Fritz & Franz

​Prost! Oktoberfest in Germany came to a close this past weekend but here in Miami we've the holiday. The beer keeps flowing at Fritz & Franz Bierhaus right through next weekend in the restaurant and adjacent plaza. This Austrian-run beerhouse located in the heart of Coral Gables continues the ... More >>

Oktoberfest Lederhosen Faux Pas

Get your mugs ready because Oktoberfest has started. Contrary to popular belief, this 16-day festival starts at the end of September and culminates in an all-out beer and sausage blow-out on October 3. Oktoberfest dates back to 1810 when the public celebrated the marriage of King Ludwig I and Prince ... More >>

Beer, Brats, and Beats

Guzzle Beer, Not Oil

Hmm, Sausages

Bogus beef: Miami restaurants say it's Kobe, but it's not

Get in on the Oktoberfun

Rocktober

’Tis the season for swilling brewskis!

Bottoms Up, Family-Style

Last call for Oktoberfest, people

Shine On, You Crazy Wino

Oompah Loompah

Schnitzel and Quiche

Can’t we all just get along? Now, on South Beach, we can

Drunk on Vivaldi

Night&Day

Season Opener Part II: The Comeback Kids

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This Week's Day by Day Picks

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Side Dish

Douglas Rodriguez to helm at the old 5061 space

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