Art Basel Miami: Pop-Up Biergarten to Serve Florida Craft Beers

Art Basel and booze go together like Andy Warhol and Campbell’s tomato soup. So it’s only fitting that a pop-up biergarten would make its way to Basel.Chefs Andres Barrientos and James Bowers (of Aaron’s Catering) are pairing up with Mixed Media Collective and Gaudi Castro to launch the temporary brewpub,…

Gravity Brewbar Soft Opening in Wynwood December 7

Gravity Brewbar, Miami’s newest brewpub, will be holding a soft opening on Friday, December 7, at its new location in Wynwood. The pre-game starts two days before that, on December 5, at The Broken Shaker starting at 8 p.m. The festivities last until 1 a.m. The new place is located…

Cannabis Beer Brewed by Homebrewers in Colorado and Washington

With passage of Amendment 64, which legalizes cannabis for recreational use in Colorado comes the possibility of a new market for cannabis beer.Washington state legalized recreational cannabis too. Even though cannabis beer has been made by home brewers for years, commercial breweries probably won’t be following suit, considering that cannabis…

World of Beer Adding Two Miami Locations UPDATED

World of Beer, a Tampa-based chain of beer bars, is opening its second Miami location in Kendall on December 3 at 3 p.m. The new WOB will be centrally located within the shops at The Palms in Town and Country, across from Outback Steakhouse.Schenbly Miami Brewing Company will also be…

Drink Specials Tonight for Miami Live Music Month

Not much goes better with live music than drinks, cheap drinks, and plenty of them. A handful of bars and venues participating in Miami Live Music Month are offering two-for-one drink specials every Friday until November 30. Forty-five venues across Miami-Dade are hosting live acts during the month of November…

BJ’s Brewhouse Opens in Palmetto Bay: A Root Beer Brewpub (Photos)

BJ’s Brewhouse, a pizza and brewpub-style restaurant chain from Santa Ana, California, opened at the Falls Shopping Center yesterday.The location is the second in the Miami market for the casual-dining restaurant, having first opened in Doral on October 16. The latest restaurant opening is part of an expansion at the…

Biscayne Brewers Bash at Kovens Conference Center (Photos)

This past Sunday, members of B.R.E.W. FIU hosted their first annual Biscayne Brewers Bash in the pavilion of the Kovens Conference Center overlooking beautiful Biscayne Bay. The event hosted 15 local brewers serving over 40 different micro-brews. There was also a booth for beer bread and beer butter. The main…

Last Call Pub Crawl’s Halloween Event in the Grove (Photos)

You would have thought his past Saturday was October 31 with all the costumed revelers in Coconut Grove as part of the Last Call Pub Crawl’s Halloween Crawl.The concept was simple: “Crawlers” hit a series of bars, usually four or five, all within walking distance of each other. One weekend…

Scare Up Some Spooky Cocktails For Halloween

Halloween is right around the corner and soon the streets and bars will be filled with zombies, sexy witches, and vampires — all thirsting for a cocktail.You want to know what’s even more frightening than having all these creatures of the night walking the streets of Miami?An empty glass….That’s why…

Vote For Political Cocktails From Eden Roc Renaissance

This Presidential election is enough to drive anyone (even Mitt Romney) to drink. After all, in the past few weeks, we’ve seen both candidates snipe at each other in the debates, watched aghast as Donald Trump failed yet again to be taken seriously, and stared in disbelief as Big Bird…

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…

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…