This Thursday, February 28th, Abraxas will once again be hosting one of it's famous tap takeovers. This time Dogfish Head will be the featured brewery with the debut of their newest collaboration with SierraNevada,Rhizing Bines. One of only a few kegs in South Florida youdon'twant to miss out on trying this great beer. If thatwasn'tenough for you how about some Palo Santo, World Wide Stout, Bitches Brew and just for good measure a little 2011 AND 2012 Olde School, all on draft.
Miami's oldest peddler of craft beer, The Abbey Brewing Company, is celebrating the one year anniversary of it's expansion this Sunday, February 17th from 1pm-5am. To celebrate this special occasion, they will have an open bar from 1PM-2PM, (Select Draft Beers & Liquor), and 10 Craft Beer Taps to choose from, for $5 each, all day long! They will also have$5 shot & Mixed Drink Specials, for the non beer drinkers, and complimentary pub grub. You do not want to miss your chance to try the great selection at such a low price.

One of the biggest beer weeks of the year isupon us once again, South Florida Beer Week. This is the week that focuses on local breweries from Florida. Some of the breweries aren't even available in South Florida yet but they've sent some kegs down just for this week. If you want to see what other great beers are being made in Florida head on out to at least one of these events. Check out the calendar for all the events and below for some other events.
Saturday January 19th - Tap 42 7-9 pm. Florida Beer Company Tap Takeover featuring Gaspar's Porter and Devil's Triangle IPA.
Monday January 21st - Total Wine Pembroke Pines 630 - 830 pm. Meet the Locals featuring Gaspar's Porter and Devil's Triangle IPA.
Monday January 21st - Total Wine Pinecrest 6-7 pm. Sample our Local Craft beers along with some fine food in the training classroom.
Monday January 21st - Krawl off Duval 6-9 pm. Florida Beer Company Tap Takeover featuring Gaspar's Porter and Devil's Triangle IPA.
Tuesday January 22nd - World of Beer Kendall 6-9 pm. Florida Beer Company Tap Takeover featuring Gaspar's Porter and Devil's Triangle IPA.
Tuesday January 22nd - World of Beer Coconut Creek 7-9 pm. Florida Beer Tap Takeover featuring Gaspar's Porter and Devil's Triangle.
Tuesday January 18th - Total Wine Plantation 630-830 pm. Florida Beer Company Meet the Locals.
Wednesday January 23rd - World of Beer Kendall 6-9 pm. Miami Brewing Company 6-9 pm. Meet the owner night.
Wednesday January 23 - World of Beer Kendall 6-9 pm. Anchor Brewery tap Takeover.
Wednesday January 23rd - American Social Ft Lauderdale 8-10 pm. Florida Beer Company Tap Takeover featuring Gaspar's Porter and Devil's Triangle IPA.
Thursday January 24th - World of Beer Dadeland 6-9 pm. Florida Beer Company Tap Takeover featuring Gaspar's Porter and Devil's Triangle IPA.
Thursday January 24th - World of Beer Wellington 6-9 pm, Florida Beer Company Tap Takeover featuring Gaspar's Porter and Devil's Triangle.
Thursday January 24th - Sports Grill North Miami Beach 8-10 pm. Brooklyn Brewery Tap Takeover.
Friday January 25th - Tabica Grill Jupiter. Florida Beer Company Beer Dinner.
Menu:
1st Course - Black Bistro Mussels in BBQ Butter paired with Key West Southernmost Wheat
2nd Course - Tuna Croquettte Roasted Tomato Relish paired with Key West Sunset Ale
3rd Course - Grilled Organic Airline Chicken Breast with Yucca Fries and Chimichurry paired with Florida Lager
4th Course - Passion Fruit Tres Leches Cake paired with Swamp Ape IPA
Saturday/Sunday January 26th/27th - Fairchild Tropical Gardens Chocolate Festival 11am - 430pm. Join Phil for a Beer Garden Sampling with some perfect chocolate pairings.

The inaugural Miami Beer Festival will take place at the West Plaza of Marlins Park on Jan 19th, from 6pm to 10pm. Tickets are $40 forgeneraladmission and $50 for VIP, which will give you an extra hour of drinking.
Participating Florida brewers and home brewers include: Miami Brewing Company, Florida Beer Company, Gravity Brew, Titanic Brewing, Wynwood Brewing, Fourth Age, Misfit, Opus Ales, Cervetech Brewing, Subvert Ales, Most Wanted Brewery, Wakefield Brewing, Sailfish Brewing, Moron Brothers, Due South, Holy Mackerel, Cigar City, Florida Ave, Native Brewing, and Inlet Brewing. The collection of Florida based breweries and home brewer makes the inaugural Miami Beer Fest the largest collection of participating local breweries. In addition, the event will also include Abita, Anchor, Sam Adams, Yuengling, Bells, Brooklyn, Harpooon, Magners, Sierra Nevada, Crispin, Blue Moon, Blue Point, Cisco, Shipyard, Highland, Lagunitas, Eurobrews, Anderson Valley, Global Imports, Hebrew Beer, Lost Coast, Kona, Red Hook, Widmer, Shock Top, Capital, Green Flash, Goose Island, and Estrella.
Admission will include unlimited beer samplings, with food sold separately. Food trucks will be on hand featuring a broad range of beer friendly food: Latin Burger, Che Grill, Monty's Grill, Top Fried, and AZ Canteen (Andrew Zimmern's truck from the Travel Channel)
For more information and to purchase tickets, please visit www.miamibeerfestival.com
Or you can check out these discounted tickets via Travel Zoo that gets you general admission tickets for only $25. Click here
The day has finally come. After talk for the last year of Westvleteren 12 (the #1 rated beer in the world) coming to the US the date has finally been announced. December 12th you can set out to your local Total Wine and pick up this lovely gift pack of 6 beers and 2 glasses for the low, low price of only $85. Although this isn't a cheap package it is cheaper then a flight to Belgium. This is Total Wine exclusive release. They are notreservingany and you will only be able to purchase one per person. So set your alarm, grab your folding chair, and get ready to wait in line to buy this one time only release (at least that is what they are saying). See you there!
You've seen them at most of the beer festivals in Miami, as well as at the South Beach Wine & Food Festival, and they have had some of the most interesting beers there, but this time they are putting on a festival themselves. Brew FIU will be hosting the Biscayne Brewers Festival this Sunday, November 4th from 12-4pm at the Kovens Confrence Center at the North FIU campus. With over 40 different local brewers it will give you a big taste of how far local beer has come recently. Tickets are only $20 if you are an FIU Student or a party of 5, $25 for everyone else in advance. Get your tickets now by clicking here.
Have you ever read an article that you thought was so important that you just wanted to share it with everyone. Bloomberg Businessweek has done just that. I know most people see these big beer companies and know they are these huge companies that are more interested inmakingprofit then good beer but you may not know the extent that they go to to make that money. This article shows you the lengths that they will go to cut the flavor and cost to produce the beer while raising prices and making a huge impact on peopleconnectedto these companies all over the world. I do realize that these companies have anobligationto there shareholders to make money but those shareholder should also know what that is costing in the long run. Hope you find this article as insightful as I did.
This Sunday come on out for one of the lastOktoberfestcelebrations of the season. The Abbey will be having $5 drafts all day as well as some food to snack on while you put down some tasty Oktoberfest beers. The party starts at 1pm and goes until 1am.
It looks like beer is finally getting some notice by the good people at the South Beach Wine & Food Festival this year. Even though thesponsorship by Amstel seems to keep out any craft beers from being a part of the festival it does still use the talented students from FIU's brewing program to bring some interesting beers to the party.
This Friday the Craft Brewjas will be hosting an Oktoberfest beer dinner at Yardbird on South Beach. This event will offer a pairing of unique, mouth-watering brews including Thomas Creek (SC) Oktoberfest, Shiner (TX) Oktoberfest, Lazy Magnolia (MS) Pecan Ale and Terrapin (GA) Pumpkin Fest alongside four courses to be determined and prepared by Chef Jeff McInnis.
Somehow I was nominated for a New Times Web Award. The group I've beennominatedwith is humbling. I'm pretty sure I'm the underdog in this race but what the hell, might as well give it a shot: if you would like to vote for us for Best Food Blog (I guess they are including drink under it as well) then just click here. It means a lot that I'm even nominated but I'm not going to lie, it would be even better to win. Thanks again for all the support throughout the years.

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