Miami’s best-loved activities — pork, libations, and music — come together at the inaugural Swig n’ Swine this Sunday, December 7, at Freehand Miami. From 3 to 8 p.m., the sister event of the Tales of the Cocktail soir�e Pig & Punch New Orleans will feature exactly what the name…
FIU’s South Florida Brewfest, held at the Chaplin School of Hospitality & Tourism Management, was truly a local affair. Every brewery, from major players like Tampa’s Cigar City to home brewers like Home Sick Brewing in Sanford, were born and brewed in Florida. When you consider that there were over…
FIU’s South Florida Brewfest comes to the university’s Chaplin School of Hospitality this Saturday, November 22 and, although South Florida has a host of beer-related events (including Miami New Times’ own Brew at the Zoo), FIU’s is markedly different. The festival, now in its third year, started as a way…
A brewery, seminars, and beer — sounds like college, right? It is. The South Florida BrewFest this Saturday at FIU’s Chaplin School of Hospitality, except there’s no entrance exam. If that doesn’t sound enticing enough, then how about learning about the business of craft beer from some of the state’s…
Rick Grand might just have the best job in Miami. As general manager of E11even, the dapper gentleman works alongside some of the most beautiful women in the world. Of course, there’s more to being a general manager of a mega-club that never sleeps. You have to be a master…
Fans of beer innovation might have to travel a bit for this particular beverage, but it’s totally worth it. Frozen Kirin Ichiban is available at more than 1,300 restaurants throughout Japan. It’s also available in Hawaii. If you’re looking to find the frosty beverage without flying halfway around the world,…
Want free tequila? No, that’s not a trick question. Last night, Herradura Tequila invited lovers of booze and art to participate in the second-annual Miami Barrel Head Art program. Three out of five Wynwood bars and restaurants unveiled tequila barrels turned into unique works of art by one of their…
MC Kitchen is hosting a rare Dogfish Head beer dinner next Thursday with brewery founder and president Sam Calagione. The event is a unique beer fete. Why?Because not only will there be extremely limited suds, but Calagione just doesn’t do beer dinners that often. In fact, hardly ever, says MC…
The Rum Line doesn’t want to be known as just a tiki bar. The new outdoor spot for cocktails, located on the patio adjacent to Lure Fishbar, would rather you recall the romance of Miami Beach in the 1940s and ’50s, when it was a playground for the well-heeled who…
In what could be a pivotal move in the worldwide beverage arena, Chicago-based Reyes Beverage Group has reached an agreement to acquire Gold Coast Beverage Distributors, Inc. Terms of the acquisition, scheduled to close in January, have not been disclosed, but the transaction stands to place Reyes Beverage Group as…
Who’s tired of dropping a ridiculous amount of money for drinks after work? You? Well, here are two restaurants that won’t break the bank…
The Rum Line, a Caribbean-inspired bar that features (as the name implies) rum-centric cocktails, opens Thursday, November 6. The outdoor cocktail lounge, adjacent to Lure Fishbar at the Loews Miami Beach Hotel, is owned by New York City restaurateurs John McDonald, Joshua Pickard, and Josh Capon of Mercer Street Hospitality…
Halloween is almost here, and it’s time to break out our killer clowns, vampires, and superheroes. The best part of this holiday is that it brings out everyone’s inner child. But while kids have to settle for dumping out their trick-or-treat bags hoping for the “good” candy, we grownups can…
Saturday’s New Times’ Beerfest at Fort Lauderdale’s Esplanade Park had a lot going on: a great band, people sporting pretzel necklaces and lederhosen, and giant turkey legs roasting on an open flame. But, of course, the thousands of people who attended had one thing on their mind — great beer…
New TImes’ Original Beerfest turns Fort Lauderdale’s Esplanade Park into Beer City, U.S.A., this Saturday, October 25, so we figured we’d whet your appetite with a complete list of the beers being served. We suggest using this as a checklist. Or rating chart. Or a way to take tasting notes…
Mendez Fuel, the Coral Gables gas station with a growler-filling machine, now has a “crowler-filling” machine. The difference? The former fills bottles; the latter fills cans. The crowler machine was invented by Oskar Blues Brewing Company in Colorado and the brewery sells the devices to other breweries. Basically, it is…
The 17th Annual New Times’ Original Beerfest, presented by Isle Casino, happens this Saturday and it’s going to be epic, people. If you love beer, there’s absolutely no better way to spend your day than sampling over 100 different beers waterside at Fort Lauderdale’s beautiful Esplanade Park. See also: Homebrewers…
Construction of the taproom at MIA Brewing Company is nearly complete, and the brewery is looking to fill several positions behind the bar. Owner Eddie Leon has about a dozens spots to fill (including part-time) in the coming weeks as he prepares to open the taproom at MIA Brewing. Leon…
The 17th Annual New Times’ Original Beerfest, presented by Isle Casino, is setting up to be a truly epic local beer event, returning to Fort Lauderdale’s Esplanade Park this year with more beer — and more fun — than ever before. Beer brewers from all over the state and the…
Most people take time to consider the care taken by the chef to prepare their meals. But, until recently, the same respect wasn’t always afforded to bartenders. But if you really think about what’s in that cocktail, you’ll find the same, if not more attention to detail. Before a bartender…
The real Oktoberfest ended several days ago, but in Miami the spirit lives on in the third-annual Homebrewers Bash at Lokal this Wednesday and Thursday. It will be the third year in a row that local homebrewers gather in Coconut Grove and offer free samples of some of the finest…
Last week, Stoli unveiled it’s latest high-end vodka line to a crowd of eager locals at Biscayne Boulevard hotspot City Hall. The event was a joint collaboration between mixologist Gil Lopez and chef Luis Lopez Jr. Together they planned a menu that combined the tasty offering City Hall is known…
