Bars & Breweries

One year ago, Wynwood Brewing Company announced it had been acquired by Craft Brew Alliance (CBA). Soon it will have a new parent.

If you can’t get to Santo Domingo to sip rum under a canopy of live oaks while ancient church bells ring, simply head to Living Room in Miami Beach, where general manager and head mixologist Jonathan Rodriguez prepares a bevy of cocktails using Ron Barceló.

Seed has tapped Jules Aron as its mixology director to curate the cocktail program for the festival. Aron, also known as the Healthy Bartender, is a beverage consultant, holistic nutritionist, and author who has been lauded nationally for her dedication to wellness within the cocktail culture.

Thanks to a Wynwood-based business, you can drink organic alcoholic beverages on the beach. A new line of wine-based canned drinks was created to taste just like a freshly shaken cocktail.

Miami restaurants are offering beer, wine, and cocktail specials in charming spaces serving plenty of good food to soak up the discounted booze.

Named one of the top ten beer festivals in the United States earlier this year by Men’s Journal, WakeFest Invitational is set to celebrate its fifth year at Mana Wynwood from noon to 5 p.m. February 15, 2020.

Craft Beer Cellar, a craft beer bar and bottle shop, has quietly opened in Fort Lauderdale. Situated in a small strip mall alongside Egg & You Diner, the 1,500-square-foot bottle shop and taproom offers rare beers to take home and to drink onsite. Owned by Amy and Eddie Abralde and Marta Urra, it’s the first South Florida location of the Massachusetts-based chain of specialty beer stores.

Vandalo debuted mid-September in Wynwood with a street art theme.  On its website, the restaurant and lounge, created by the team behind party spot, Dirty Rabbit, calls itself, “a gangsta-sophisticate experience, demonstrates that the destruction of something, including one’s self, is also the creation of something new. Something better.”

Craft breweries from West Palm Beach to Key West have teamed up to brew beers to help relief efforts in the Bahamas after Hurricane Dorian in early September decimated some of the 700 islands in the archipelago nation.

Say so long to summer’s fruity libations and welcome a collection of cocktails rich in cinnamon, coffee, and smoke. From sherry-based concoctions to spicy old-fashioneds, go beyond the pumpkin spice latte and explore South Florida’s most creative fall cocktails.

As a kid, Beat Culture Brewery cofounder Alan Espino remembers drinking Ironbeer from a can. The fun was pretending he and his siblings and cousins were drinking the boozy kind of beer. That’s why, years later, Espino was inspired to pay homage to the beer of his childhood at his Miami-based brewery.

Grovetoberfest has switched locations in Coconut Grove over the years but now it’s back in Regatta Park on October 12 to accommodate more breweries this year, said organizer Tony Albelo of Swarm, Inc. Now in its ninth year, Grovetoberfest is one of the biggest and most anticipated beer festivals in Miami and this year it will include more than 500 beers all wrapped in a Star Wars theme.

American Icon Brewery Kitchen & Taproom owner Mike Rechter has a clear vision of his brewery’s fan base. He pictures boaters and fishermen enjoying a day on the water, and they’re listening to the classic-rock hits that turned American rockers into legends. That’s why the brewery, which opened a second location, at 911 NE Fourth Ave. in Fort Lauderdale, is decorated with the likenesses of Jim Morrison and Jimi Hendrix

Halloween is almost here.Sure, most people still consider it a holiday for kids, but remember — the origins of Halloween aren’t quite as cute as dressing up as a bunny and begging for candy.

Boynton Beach’s brewery district, like any special district defined by a particular characteristic, is bound together by its cluster of brewing companies. The city joins a tiny club of municipalities in South Florida that have such an amenity. North Miami Beach made one in 2018 to entice new or already…

Gulf Stream Brewing Company has maintained a relatively small presence in South Florida since opening in Fort Lauderdale last year, but it won’t seem that way at its first-anniversary celebration this Saturday, September 21.

Blind Barber, a hair salon by day and a bar by night, has opened inside the Natilus by Arlo Hotel. Miami Beach is the fourth city to host the speakeasy-meets-barbershop. In addition to the flagship in New York City, Blind Barber has locations in Los Angeles and Chicago.

If you’re a fan of big, bold India Pale Ales (IPAs) and brightly hued fruit-infused sour beers, you’ll want to check out the Miami beer festival that pays homage to both styles.

There’s more than just tacos and totopos at Taquiza. Guests at the popular taco joint can now pair its authentic masa with a number of new cocktails created by Taquiza’s head bartender, Katie Slichter. She has put together a fresh cocktail menu nodding Mexican culture while also contributing to the zero-waste movement.

Spanish Marie Brewery is hosting a grand opening celebration.

Miami-area breweries are helping to raise money and supplies to help the people of the Bahamas after Hurricane Dorian.