Miami is not known for being a “beer town.” We’re not in the mountains of Colorado, but in the tropics. Visitors and locals are so hot and sweaty that we prefer frozen drinks with tiny umbrellas by the pool, right? Thankfully, for those of us who like taste options, not…
The Bacardi Road Show hit The Miami Beach Convention Center yesterday with rum tastings, entertainment, and celebrity guest Alonzo Mourning. After an introduction by Bacardi USA President and CEO John Esposito, invited guests (mostly local distributors who help sell the brand) were told of Bacardi’s new advertising and marketing plan…
We’ve all seen the billboards – the end of the world is this Saturday (well, according to Harold Camping, a radio evangelist crazy person who’s counting down the days until the end of time (watch the countdown here). We were sure Camping was another crackpot, until the CDC issued an…
Miami is one expensive city. It’s easy to drop a Benjamin for a dinner in this town if you’re not careful. But we still need to get our food and drink on. That’s what Happy Hours are made for and Doraku on Lincoln Road has not one, but two of…
Riding a bike across the Venetian Causeway before sunset is one of the most wonderful things you can do in this city. Leisurely enjoyment of the clear skies, the Miami skyline, and a close-up view of Biscayne Bay is the cure to almost any sort of misery.Saturday’s third ever Beer…
Women in big hats, tiny men wearing pink and cocktails full of leaves… it must be time for the Kentucky Derby!To experience all the action of Church Hill Downs in Florida, Gulfstream Park is about as close as you can get. Doors open at 9:30 a.m. tomorrow, Saturday, to prepare…
Lovers of the open road, bicycles, and brews have patiently awaited the return of the Beer Snob Bicycle Pub Crawl. September was the last time a big group of jolly drinkers made their way from downtown to Miami Beach and back, sharing a beer (or four) with friends and strangers…
View more photos from Miami Rum Renaissance Festival 2011 here.The Miami Rum Renaissance Festival yesterday ended its weeklong celebration of the spirit of the Caribbean. The fest featured seminars, rum contests, parties, and entertainment, but the highlight was the Grand Rum Tasting at the Deauville Beach Resort in Miami Beach…
In celebration of the upcoming Cinco de Mayo holiday, we’re giving you a full five days of recipes you can either enjoy at a local eatery or make at home, along with some basic information about Mexican foods and traditions you can use to wow your friends or future prey.Let’s…
View photos from Brew at the Zoo 2011 here.This past Saturday night, you could have removed all wildlife from Zoo Miami and it still would have been overrun by animals: a species known as frat boyalis to be exact. Said crazy mammal was observed square-dancing to Otis Day & the Knights, originally…
All good pirates need a map to lead them to golden treasures. Brew at the Zoo’s treasures, like pirate’s booty, are golden in color and sought by many. The only difference is that you can drink this bounty. Almost 50 tents will serve up beers and libations including Sam Adams,…
As I walked into the Deauville Hotel’s lobby, I wondered how I would walk out. I was about to judge my first rum competition, part of the week-long Rum Renaissance Festival. Festival Director Robert Burr gave me simple enough directions. Judging takes place in a “quiet room,” meaning there’s silence…
May 7 is National Home Brew Day and Lou’s Beer Garden is celebrating with Big Brew Miami. This is the annual nationwide festival sponsored by the American Homebrewers Association. Each year, the association encourages home brewers to gather and share the fruits of their labors with friends and family! The…
Even though Vincent Chaperon is only 34, he has about a dozen years of experience in the world of Champagne. He’s also the winemaker for iconic brand Dom Perignon, which is located in the heart of France’s Champagne region. The handsome, mildly nerdy, bespectacled bon vivant oversees wine growing, developing…
If you haven’t snatched up tickets for this year’s Brew at the Zoo, better do so quickly. They are running out fast. Last year the event sold out a day before it opened.But the 2011 gathering will definitely be bigger than last year’s. Fifty-eight tents will serve beer, up from…
Rum aficionados rejoice as the third annual Rum Renaissance Festival kicks off tonight with Zombie Jamboree at the Mai Kai in Fort Lauderdale. this evening, it’s all about the famous Zombie cocktail. Tiki torches and free flowing DonQ cocktails mark the beginning of a week of events focused on this…
If you’re not a subscriber to our weekly Café Bites dining newsletter, here’s a taste of what you’re missing. Click here to subscribe.Put the daze in your Sundays (and remind yourself how sweet life would be if you and your SO didn’t have to go back to work the next…
Here at Short Order, we’re big fans of booze, and we’re even bigger fans of free, so we were naturally enticed to attend House of Walker, whiskey tastings being offered by Johnnie Walker through Saturday. At last night’s tasting at Ice Palace Film Studios, we learned, among other things, that…
At Vizcaya, the historical mansion on Biscayne Bay in Coconut Grove, you can get some crazy wine.At a recent tasting in the under-construction café, I quaffed the Hurricane Class 5 Florida white sangria. It’s a delicious mix of pineapple, watermelon, passion fruit, key lime, and mango wine.There’ s also a…
Bringing a new product to market is an ambitious endeavor. But for three Miamians, a strong friendship, Colombian roots, and a mutual love of aguardiente has led them to commercialize Colombian White — a premium spirit derived from sugar cane with hints of anise.It all began at Juan Saldarriaga’s wedding…
If you’re not a subscriber to our weekly Café Bites dining newsletter, here’s a taste of what you’re missing. Click here to subscribe.Taking a cue from what we all learned in diver’s ed (and then promptly forgot about as soon as we hit the road), is South Miami’s RA Sushi,…
Riding the momentum of the South Beach Wine & Food Festival, De Rodriguez Cuba on Ocean (inside the Hilton Bentley) and Botran Rum is offering a special rum-tastic prix fixe now through April 15.Foodies can gorge on a four-course menu of rum-infused dishes, created by James Beard Award-winning chef Douglas…
