Funky Buddha Brewery

Funky Buddha Brewery is celebrating two years making South Florida beers

Press Release:

It’s birthday time! Funky Buddha Brewery is turning two years old on May 30th. Time flies!

We’re going to be celebrating our anniversary with a bang – and by bang, we mean an epic all-day street festival with bands, food trucks, and dozens of limited and special release beers!

Celebrate with us Saturday, May 30th from noon to 10pm. 38th Street will be shut down from Dixie Highway to 13th Ave in front of the brewery, and we’ll be taking over the parking lot south of our main entrance to accommodate more revelry. It’s sure to be an amazing time as we tap limited beers from the brewery in addition to rare guest draughts from local and national brewery friends of ours. Don’t miss out on the fun!

Fore more information, see the events link here.

The initial tap list:

(subject to change)
Hop Gun IPA
Floridian Hefeweizen
Crusher Session IPA
Doc Brown Ale
OP Porter
Tripel Lindy Belgian Tripel
Small Axe Big IPA
On Top Blonde
Fuhgeddaboudit Red Ale
Uncle Vucub’s Imperial Stout
Wide Awake It’s Morning (Imperial Maple Bacon Coffee Porter)
Dread Pirate Roberts (Imperial Stout with Raspberries, Coconut, and Chocolate)
I’m So Excited, I’m So Scared (Imperial Stout with Coffee)
Bonita Applebum
Blueberry Cobbler Ale
Raspberry Floridian
French Toast Double Brown Ale
More Moro Blood Orange IPA
It’s Broooooowwwn Double Brown Ale
Last Snow
Up Pip’s Kriek
Gypsy Tactics
Nikolai Vorlauf Imperial Russian Stout
Maple Bacon Coffee Porter
Bourbon Barrel-Aged Nikolai Vorlauf
Cabernet Barrel-Aged Nikolai Vorlauf
Love Below (Cabernet Barrel-Aged Nikolai Vorlauf with Chocolate and Cherries)
Randy’s Old Fashioned
Chocolate Salty Balls
Big Guava Jelly Blonde
Nano-Nano (Collaboration with Dogfish Head Brewing)
Hop Breath Extra Pale Ale
Key Lime Pie Berlinerweiss
No Crusts Peanut Butter & Jelly Brown Ale
Don’t Tell Reece
French Oak Hop Gun
Floridian Gone Wild
Sex Panther

Funky Buddha Brewery is located at 1201 Northeast 38th Street in Oakland Park.

Fort Myers Brewing Company is turning 2

Fort Myers Brewing Company is celebrating two years in the City of Palms and they plan to celebrate in a big way.

From Fort Myers Brewing:

We are turning 2! Plan to Celebrate with us on Feb. 28th from noon – 11pm. The Nosh Truck, Gold Coast Kitchen and MOFOS will all be here. The TrOUbLeMaKerZ will be playing music so we can have a dance party in the parking lot. 30+ different flavors will be poured throughout the day, we’ll giveaway some cool stuff. And, the Beer Mile is on, sign up here: https://2015beermile.eventbrite.com/

Fort Myers Brewing is located at 12811 Commerce Lakes Drive in Fort Myers.

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JDub’s Brewing Company celebrates one year in craft beer

It’s hard to believe that JDub’s Brewing Company of Sarasota opened its doors almost a year ago. It’s true, and the brewery and staff has grown to accommodate the thirst of Sarasota and beyond.

From JDub’s Brewing:

JDUB’S 1 YEAR ANNIVERSARY EXTRAVAGANZA!

Buckle up beer lovers! We’re turning one and want to celebrate it the only way we know how! Great beer, awesome food and local bands! On Saturday, February 21st, we are hosting a ticketed sampling event and bottle release from 2-5pm! In the sampling area you will gain access to some Florida breweries that are not readily available in the Sarasota market. Plus, were releasing our 1st Anniversary Beer in 750ml bottles, to ticket holders only. Tickets are limited and sales start tonight at 7pm! Don’t forget!

For more info and to purchase tickets visit http://jdubs.brownpapertickets.com

We will have Ri..quisimo and POLPO Pizza Co. out front throughout the day for all your quesadilla and artisan pizza cravings! Plus Reggae/Ska bands Bootleg and Sowflo will be playing from 5-9pm, no cover/ticket to enjoy! We can’t wait to celebrate our first year with the people that made it possible! A special thank you to all of our Mug Club Members, Street Team, and all of the friends we’ve made in this short year! Big things for year two!

JDub’s Brewing Company is located at 1215 Mango Road in Sarasota.

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SaltWater Brewery to celebrate one year in beer

SaltWater Brewery of Delray Beach is celebrating one year in craft beer by putting on a stunning list of house beers poured over the course of a day, and a day-long beer festival.

On Saturday, December 27th, the brewery will have over 28 house beers, including wine and bourbon barrel-aged beers. SaltWater is also boasting beers from craft beer friends around the state, including Funky Buddha Brewery, Cigar City Brewing, Tequesta Brewing, Coppertail Brewing, Wynwood Brewing, and Sailfish Brewing.

More more information, see SaltWater Brewing’s event page.

SaltWater Brewery is located at 1701 W. Atlantic Avenue in Delray Beach. The anniversary party will be hosted on December 27th. The trouble starts at noon.

Wild Rover Brewery celebrates one year

Wild Rover Brewery, Odessa’s craft brewery, is celebrating one year in business, and they are planning on making it a night to remember.

From Wild Rover:

Come celebrate the one year anniversary of The Wild Rover Pub & Brewery!

-Live Music all day!
-Beer Re-releases!
-Food from The Red Rover Bus!
-Prize Drawings!
-Games!
-& More!

Celebrations will run all day, from opening time at noon until we close at midnight.

Make sure you don’t miss out on the prize drawings!
-The Wild Rover t-shirts
-The Wild Rover polos
-The Wild Rover glassware
-The Red Rover and The Wild Rover gift certificates
and the big one…
-Brewmaster Day!

That’s right, the big prize of the evening will be the opportunity to help design and brew a new beer to go on tap here at The Wild Rover.

It’s a day you aren’t going to want to miss as we bring back limited re-releases of some old favorites:
-Just Like Honey: Scotch Ale
-Czarina, Czarina: Russian Imperial Stout
-Ramblin’ Man: Double IPA (Collab w/ Late Start Brewery)
-Rye’d the Lightning: Rye Porter (Collab w/ Cigar City Brewing)
-Bock Hole Sun: Bock

When they’re gone, they’re gone!

So mark your calendars, bring an appetite, a whistle to wet, and some toes to tap, because it’s going to be a whole lot of fun!

…and there may be a special announcement to top it all off…

Music:
2pm-Jake Bennett
3pm-Kevin & Dave
5pm-Backwater Blues Band
7pm-Tom Costello
8pm-Four Star Riot

Wild Rover is located at 8740 N Mobley Road in Odessa. Congratulations on one year!

Pair O Dice Brewing finalizes draft list for anniversary

Pair O Dice Brewing, Clearwater’s craft brewery, will celebrate one year in business this weekend. The Saturday, October 25th celebration will have food trucks, live music, and after seeing the tap list, it’s safe to say there will be a lot of happy patrons.

The tap list from Pair O Dice Brewing:

DOUBLE HOPPED DOWN EXTRA PALE ALE, 5.9%
SMaSH CHINOOK, 4.8%
NINA WHEAT, 4.8 %
ON THE HOP WHEAT, 6.0 %
BOURBON BARREL BROWN, 5.4%
LITTLE JOE OATMEAL STOUT, 6.3%
HOT HAND CHILI RED ALE, 7.0%
A CALL GIRL NAMED GINGER WHEAT, 4.8%
LUCKY LUCY STRAWBERRY BLONDE, 4.8%
BONE DADDY PUMPKIN ALE, 6.5%
BANANA SPLIT HEFE, 4.8%
CAVISTE’ BELGIAN STRONG, 6.6%
LET IT RYED IPA, 7.3%
RUSSIAN ROULETTE IMPERIAL STOUT, 10%
MEXICALI JALAPENO LIME PALE ALE, 5.9%
SAISON DU CAVISTE’, 6.2%
NITRO FOWLER’S BLUFF IPA, 6.0%
NITRO SHOOTER BROWN, 5.4%
MORNING LINE BREAKFAST STOUT, 8.5%
BUBBLE GUM DARKNESS IMPERIAL BELGIAN STOUT, 8.1%
VINTAGE LITTLE JOE STOUT BATCH #1, 5.8%
EVEN MONEY HONEY CREAM ALE, 6.5%
UP HOPS THE DEVIL IMPERIAL RED IPA, 9.5%
HOP BET RED IPA, 7.0%
LUCKY LUCY’S CHOCOLATE COVERED STRAWBERRIES , 4.8%
SHOOTER’S CHOCOLATE PECAN PIE, 5.4%
HEFEWEIZEN, 4.8%
FOWLER’S BLUFF IPA, 6.0%
GOLDEN PEACH WHEAT, 4.8%
DOUBLE DOWN GRAPEFRUIT & TANGERINE EXTRA PALE ALE, 5.9%

Special Tappings:
4:30 PM – THE STICKMAN DOUBLE IPA, 9.5%
6:30 PM – THE PIT BOSS TRIPLE IPA, 13.0%

Live Music:
– Between Bluffs from 1:00pm to 4:00pm
– Fowler’s Bluff from 7:00pm to 10:00pm

Food Trucks:
– Ninja Noms from 12:00pm to 10:00pm
– Ain’t No Thang from 12:00pm to 5:00pm
– The Tasty Tortilla from 5:00pm to 10:00pm

Raffles @ 2:00, 3:00, 4:00, 8:00, 9:00, 10:00 PM

Entrance and entertainment is FREE. Beer chips will be available for sale.

1 CHIP = $2.50
1 CHIP = 8 OZ POUR
2 CHIP = 16 OZ POUR (10 OZ POUR ON SPECIFIED BEERS)

Pair O Dice Brewing is located at 4400 118th Avenue North, Suite 208 in Clearwater.

Bold City Brewing celebrates six years

The Bold City Brewery family will be celebrating six years of Jax beers at their Roselle Street facility this October.

From Bold City Brewery newsletter:

Bold City Brewery’s Sixth Anniversary Celebration

$2 pints all day, including Barrel-aged Duke’s and 1901.

5 different live bands throughout the day.
Raffles for free beer for a year, free growlers for a year, swag, and more.

For more information on the celebration, see the Bold City event page.

Bold City Brewery is located at 2670-7 Roselle Street in Jacksonville. Their sixth anniversary party will take place on Saturday, October 18th. The trouble starts at 1pm.