Bars & Breweries

Where to celebrate National Tequila Day in South Florida.

Julio Cabrera’s talents as a cantinero were recognized this past weekend at Tales of the Cocktail.The cocktail and craft spirits festival, held in New Orleans, named Cabrera Bartender of the Year at the event’s annual Spirited Awards.

Welcome to summer in Miami. The weekend forecast calls for scattered thunderstorms and temperatures in the high 80s. With a few rainy days ahead, it’s a great time to catch up on your summer movie list and hoist a few at the local watering hole.

When J. Wakefield Brewing opens tomorrow after a week-plus break for renovations, beer lovers will see a newer and more colorful taproom. The walls of the brewery will boast two new murals, still being finished today.

It’s summer, and temperatures have plateaued into the mid 90s. Seek refuge and beat the heat bar-side with one of Miami’s top seasonal cocktails. From tiki-inspired coconut cocktails to refreshing gin & tonics, Miami’s top bartenders are making refreshing, lively drinks meant for the city’s scorching heat. Here are some of the most creative summer cocktails to try.

Miracle, a holiday-themed pop-up bar series, has announced its 2019 schedule. Miami will host three locations, perhaps to satisfy last year’s high demand at the city’s lone pop-up.

Six weeks ago, Bar Lab and chef Timon Balloo announced the opening of complementary establishments in downtown Miami. Today more information has emerged about Bar Lab’s wine bar. Margot Natural Wine & Aperitivo Bar, scheduled to open the fourth quarter of 2019, will offer wines and low-ABV cocktails made with amaro, aperitifs, and vermouths.

Swizzle Rum Bar & Drinkery is slated to open in late July at the Stiles Hotel on Collins Avenue in Miami Beach, barely two blocks away from the original location that debuted in November 2016. Swizzle was started as a lobby bar at the Washington Park Hotel by the management team behind…

Kick back, relax, and forget your to-do lists at Miami’s best summer happy hours.

Strange Beast, a brewpub and pizzeria by John Falco and Todd Maxwell, opened in West Kendall this past weekend. Falco is best known in the Miami beer community as a co-owner of Lincoln’s Beard Brewing Company, which premiered in 2016. He’s still involved with the Bird Road Arts District brewery…

If you’re still playing Pokémon Go on your iPhone, you’re going to want to get tickets for a new pop-up bar coming to Miami. The Poke Bar Pop-Up has announced it’s coming to Miami on its tour across the country.

Tales of the Cocktail, the annual New Orleans celebration of spirits and industry professionals, announced the finalists for its annual Spirited Awards. The awards were founded in 2007 to celebrate excellence in the cocktail and spirits industries.This year, Julio Cabrera and his love song to Cuba, Cafe La Trova, are up for two awards.

Downtown Hollywood will soon welcome a new kava bar when Twisted Roots Kava Brewery opens July 13. The bar will offer kava-based tiki drinks in a room designed to be an adventurer’s haven where imagination meets relaxation. Although the kava craze is a recent phenomenon in the U.S., it has…

It’s just after the lunch rush at Sakaya Kitchen, but the Midtown Miami eatery is still busy. Chef/owner Richard Hales emerges from the kitchen when a customer makes a realization: “That’s you on the beer tap.” Hales acknowledges the discovery. “That’s my beer!”

This past June 6 marked the first anniversary of the passing of John Lermayer, but Miami can remember the charismatic bartender this weekend with John Lermayer Day.

The Negroni is one of the world’s greatest cocktails. The Italian libation, made with gin, vermouth, and Campari, is a classic blend of sweet and bitter. It’s also one of the few drinks that gets its own week. Imbibe magazine and Campari have dedicated the last week of June to the Negroni for a good cause.

Dads love beer. So skip the overpriced tie or watch and treat pops to a few cold ones this Father’s Day weekend. From complimentary brews to giveaways and games, killer deals at Miami breweries and bars will help us celebrate the father figures in our lives.

Think Niketown meets your favorite bar: Colorful sneakers perfectly match the colors of your favorite sports team playing on dozens of TV screens. Beer in hand, you cheer your team to victory at your new favorite spot. Grails Sports Bar will be Wynwood’s first and only sports bar when it opens in mid-August — just in time for football season.

On the corner of North Miami Avenue and NW 28th Street stands a royal-blue building with doors covered in ashy-white paper. It’s clear something is stirring inside the former Pride & Joy space. The building’s new tenant, beverage and consulting company Cocktail Cartel, is reinventing the space into two unique concepts…

Earlier this year, the craft beer community was struck a huge blow with the sudden passing of fellow brewer Mike White. White, whose beer won a gold medal for LauderAle Brewery at the Great American Beer Festival in 2017, passed away February 23 in Georgia. He was 31 years old.

Drink Miami Hostel’s bartenders create new and unexpected ways to use their favorite spirits.