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…
Clarke’s in SoFi is so deceptively simple looking from the outside, if you don’t give it a good long look, you might glance over it as just another Irish pub. That’s not to say Irish pubs aren’t great. I’ve spent many evenings downing pints and chowing down on grub –…
Beer snobs don’t trick-or-treat for candy, fool, they want beer. But to a beer snob, candy is beer, therefore you are going to need some sort of idea of what sort of beers they might be looking for on Halloween…
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…
This Saturday the Biscayne Brewers Exposition will be held at the Kovens Conference Center on the Biscayne Bay Campus of Florida International University, and will feature area brewers who are known for creating the best product in their line of work.What originally was going to be a home brewing competition…
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…
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…
There appears to be a new record-setter for beer. A team of microbrewers in Scotland at Brewmeister Brewery has made what could now be considered the world’s strongest beer weighing in at a whopping 65 percent alcohol by volume, or 130 proof.The beer is called Brewmeister’s Armageddon and is set…
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…
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…
There is a mantra that goes something like this: do one thing and do it well. For Wynwood Brewing Company’s brewmaster, Jim Patton, that one thing is making good beer.Patton joined Luis Brignoni’s brewing operation last month. He, Brignoni and Luis Brignoni Sr. are currently preparing to open the first…
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…
Wine enthusiasts can indulge in an all-you-can-drink wine tasting celebrating the wines of Portugal at Smith & Wollensky tomorrow, Wednesday, October 10. The Tejo Wine Tasting offers 100 distinct wines from Portugal’s Tejo region, a hilly place around the River Tagus.Tejo offers quite a variety, from easy-drinking reds, roses, and…
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 will not find…
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 extended an extra day…
Big things are happening at Schnebly Miami Brewing Company. First the beer appeared at LoKal Burgers and Beer, then a short time later at World of Beer-Dadeland. Now: across Florida. Late last month, Miami-Dade’s first craft brewery signed a distribution contract with Doral-based Gold Coast Beverage Distributors, Inc.Gold Coast is…
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 the…
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 establishments compete for…
When you woke up this morning, you probably didn’t think you’d get the opportunity to visit Cuba and tour rum distilleries. Neither did Julio Cabrera. But he recently got the chance to do so and he’s got the pictures to prove it. The Miami mixologist, most recently from the late…
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. Celebrated Austrian chef…
A few months ago, Robert Montero, mixologist at Clarke’s, traveled to New Orleans to represent Miami in the Marie Brizard USA Cocktail Challenge at Tales of the Cocktail.Read Also:Miami Mixologists Represent at Tales of the CocktailSra. Martinez’s Robert Montero Wins Marie Brizard Cocktail ChallengeBack in May, Montero snagged the Marie…
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…
