The Miami Dolphins are in town to do battle with their intrastate rivals, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Tampans are emerging to see the game that they hope will be the Buccaneers’ best chance to break their losing streak. South Floridians made the drive up to Tampa to watch what they hope will be the re-establishment of their Dolphins. The folks from Funky Buddha Brewery made the trek to Tampa and like rolling stones, they gathered no moss. Instead, the funky bunch drove right up Dale Mabry Highway and over to the Cigar City Brewpub and put together a beer with CCB brewpub brewer Tim Ogden.
When asked for details on the beer, Funky Buddha brewer Ryan Sentz offered “Imperial oyster stout.”
To celebrate the oyster stout, the CCB Brewpub posted:
Funky Buddha Brewery is here today and brewing a collaboration! It’s going to be an oyster stout. Dig it?
To celebrate, we’re serving 2 oyster dishes starting at 4pm today.
First dish: 3 fresh Gulf oysters paired with 3 mignonette sauces: Paulina Pedrosa, Carrollwood Cougar, and a house cocktail sauce
Second dish: Smoked oyster, caper aioli served on puff pastry with pickled jalapeño
Cigar City Brewing will be amping up closer to game time at 5pm by putting several Funky Buddha Beers on tap in the CCB Tasting Room near 1 Buc Place, including Sweet Potato Casserole and Chocolate-Covered Cherry Porter.
About the football game, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Miami Dolphins kick off at 8:30pm tonight. This game marks only the tenth time that these two teams have met for regular season play. The Dolphins lead the series having won five of the nine meetings.