Category: South Florida

Short pours of beer news from around Florida

New brewery news and openings around Florida – March 2024

Sometimes news comes quickly and at a furious pace around the Sunshine State. Florida Beer News tries to cover each story, but rarely can the small team get to each opening and event. In this case, the local new outlets provide coverage (occasionally with some back story), so until the team can get to each brewery, a short pour of news is released. In some cases, the news has been released and is just reaching the site, in other cases the news is fresh and newly released.  Continue reading...

Outdoor Beer Festival Survival Guide

Florida Outdoor Beer Festival Survival Guide

As Tampa and the greater craft beer community begin to brace for Tampa Bay Beer Week and the events, festivals, bottle releases, and more, there appears to be a plethora of great beer lined up for the entire week. Knowing that many of these events will be outdoors and that many great beers will be available, here are a few tips for surviving outdoor events in the aptly named Sunshine State.  Continue reading...

Funky Buddha Brewery Maple Bacon Coffee Porter 2024

Oakland Park’s Funky Buddha Brewery posts details of Maple Bacon Coffee Porter Festival

One of the culinary-inspired beers that helped put South Florida’s craft beer scene on the map is undeniably Funky Buddha Brewery’s Maple Bacon Coffee Porter. For many years, the beer’s release has been promoted to a festival where lots of Funky Buddha beers and some guest beers were poured and a celebratory atmosphere reigned through the Funky Buddha faithful. (This festival also signaled that the beer would soon see a wider release on draft and in bottles.)  Continue reading...