Day 6: Thursday is the new Friday

Doing it big Thursdays! 

So what do we have in store Thursday of South Florida Beer Week? We do it big! With Local Nights, Pub Crawls, Pint Nights, and special keg release just to name a few.

We know it has been a long, beer-filled week for you, but just think, we are almost done and then South Florida Beer Week will be gone for a whole year. 

So put on your beer drinking pants and lets get out there! 

Check out what we got going on today:

In Broward County:

Hollywood Pub Crawl:

Back for the second year in a row in honor of South Florida Beer Week, this crawl will bring together four bars in the 1900 block of Downtown Hollywood for a night of great beer and fun. Each bar will feature limited beers from a different Florida brewery, including Funky Buddha Brewery, Cigar City Brewing, Native Brewing Co, Inlet Brewing Company, Due South, and Holy Mackerel.

Plus, this crawl has a cause: a $10 donation will go directly to Covenant House Florida, a great organization that provides walk-in services and shelter to at risk and homeless youth under the age of 21. For your donation, crawlers will receive a Drink Like a Local pint glass, special prices at each venue on the crawl for the featured beers, and will be entered into a raffle at the end of the night to win some great prizes courtesy of Brown Distributing.

Schedule of Events:

6:30: Registration begins at Mickey Byrnes (1921 Hollywood Blvd.) courtesy of Covenant House Florida (registration will run until 9pm at this spot).

6:30-7:30 pm: Mickey Byrnes, will feature beers from Due South.

7:30-8:30 pm: The crew moves to Whiskey Tango (1903 Hollywood Blvd) for brews by Native Brewing Co, Holy Mackerel, Cigar City, Due South and Inlet Brewing.

8:30-9:30 pm: The crawl moves to The Greek Joint (1925 Hollywood Blvd.) where Funky Buddha Brewery drafts will be on special.

9:30-10:30 pm: Our final stop is The Tipsy Boar (1906 Harrison St.) for Cigar City Brewing drafts. The raffle and giveaways will begin at 10pm!

Tipsy Boar in Hollywood is hosting a Cigar City Tap Takeover, so if you are not doing the pub crawl, swing by for some awesome Cigar City beers.

Riverside Market in Fort Lauderdale is hosting a Cigar City night with kegs of Stiftung, White Oak Jai Alai, Sean’s Dunkle, Humidor IPA, English Smoked Imperial Style, and Tocabago Red.

Tap 42 in Fort Lauderdale will be tapping a ton of Locally brewed Florida Beers!

ON DRAFT:

- Cigar City Jai Alai IPA

- Cigar City Maduro Oatmeal Brown

- Funky Buddha Hop Gun IPA

- Funky Buddha French Oak Hop Gun IPA

- Funky Buddha Floridian Hefeweizen

- Funky Buddha Starfruit Floridian

- Funky Buddha No Crusts

- 7venth Sun Red D'or Belgian Ale w/ Raspberries

- 7venth Sun Guilty Pleasure Porter w/ Tart Cherries, Coco, & Vanilla

- Florida Beer Co.

- Tequesta

- AND MORE!

The Pub in Pembroke Pines is celebrating South Florida Beer Week with a special Funky Buddha Pint Night. Come in for a great local beer and keep the pint while supplies last.

In Miami Dade:

World of Beer Dadeland is hosting a Wynwood Brewing Tap Takeover with some great beers including a very special keg! You do not want to miss this!

The LoKal in Coconut Grove is tapping a special keg of Funky Buddha Maple Bacon Coffee Porter! Join them for a special release of this one-of-a-kind beer, along with plenty of other goodies from Funky Buddha Brewery!

In Palm Beach County:

Total Wine and More in Palm Beach Gardens is hosting a Monk in the Trunk Organic Amber and Monk IPA tasting from 4 to 6 p.m.

Das Biergarten in Jupiter is celebrating their 1-year anniversary with a special cask from Cigar City and great beers on tap all night long!

Whole Foods Boca is hosting a very special beer tasting in celebration of South Florida Beer Week. For a $10 donation to the Whole Planet Foundation, you will receive a tasting glass and unlimited beer samples along with some special food pairings. There also will be a raffle for some fun beer swag!

Total Wine and More in Boynton Beach is doing a Due South Can tasting from 6 to 8 p.m.

Roxy’s Pub in West Palm Beach is tapping a keg of Blue on Black that is a blueberry porter brewed with the winner's of Roxy's Homebrew Competition.  It will be tapped only at Due South and Roxy's Pub.

The Backyard in Boynton Beach is hosting a Due South Tap Takeover with special beers such as Category 4 IPA, Ginger Snap Imperial Brown Ale, One Night in Ybor, Calling All Cars, Hopoluxo IPA, Asylum Harbor Red, and Roasted Cocoa Stout.

Grease Burger Bar in West Palm Beach will be celebrating South Florida Beer Week with a special kegs from Cigar City, Due South, and Funky Buddha!

The Funky Buddha Lounge in Boca Raton is going to be celebrating South Florida Beer Week all week long but on Thursday, they will be tapping an amazing collection of their own wood aged beers.

These are some of their wood aged beers they're tapping...

Old Fashioned Double Brown

Sour Whiskey Piti Porter

Tom and Eric's Oak Aged Honey Belgian Bourbon Ale

Barrel Aged Berliner

Chincasa Oak Belgian Strong

Porter Oak Imperial Red Rye

Bourbon Barrel Aged Imperial Stout

And more!

Puccini’s Pizza in Delray is hosting Wynwood Tap Takeover with some pretty awesome beers including Pops Porter, Wynwood IPA, El Dorado, La Rubia and more! They also will be serving up some Cuban inspired eats including a Cuban Pizza!

And to beat a dead house remember this is not including all the amazing week long features at so many great spots around South Florida. It is so easy to walk into a bar/restaurant and drink something local! So make sure you check out our calendar and event guide for all of our weeklong features!

Day 5: HDBD (Hump Day, Beer Day)

It’s HDBD!

We have made it to Day 5 of South Florida Beer Week and man, it just has been a great week so far, with special keg releases, fun Randalls, and decadent beer dinners. But it isn’t time hang up your mugs yet. We still have lots more to do, people to see, and beers to drink!

So what are we going to do tonight?  

In Miami Dade:

Barracuda Bar and Grill in Coconut Grove is hosting a keep the pint night from 7 to 10 p.m., while supplies last. Come on down and have a pint from Funky Buddha, Due South, or Wynwood and keep the glass!

Clandestino's Pub is hosting a very interesting beer talk and local sampling. Come on down and chat about beer while drinking beer! You might learn something new starting at 8:30 p.m.  

In Broward County:

Tap 42 in Fort Lauderdale will be doing a special keg release of Funky Buddha’s Maple Bacon Coffee Porter as well as a special coffee infused “Surf N’ Turf” pairing of sea scallops / short rib and bacon ragu / parmesan polenta / toasted hazelnut vinaigrette. There also will be other great Funky Buddha Brews on tap all night long as well! The keg is going to be tapped at 6 p.m., so don’t miss out!  

The Mack House in Davie is hosting a dual tap takeover featuring their own Holy Mackerel Brews and Due South Brews. This is as local as it gets folks!  

Riverside Market in Fort Lauderdale will be hosting the Broward vs. Dade Brew Off! (954 vs. 305): Funky Buddha Floridian vs. Wynwood La Rubia... Funky Buddha Hop Gun vs. Wynwood El Dorado... Funky Buddha OP Porter vs. Wynwood Pop's Porter; 3 on 3, battle of the flights.

In Palm Beach County:

The Blind Monk in West Palm Beach is celebrating with a pair of awesome new South Florida beers on draft from our friends at Due South Brewing Company. They will be tapping the Citrus Honey Wheat, an American Wheat Beer with orange, lemon, lime, honey, and vanilla, and One Eyed Tiki, a coconut vanilla imperial porter. They also will have plenty of the Cat 3 IPA and UXO American Strong Ale on hand as well. These special kegs will be tapped as soon as The Blind Monk opens at 4 p.m. get there early so you don’t miss out.

Total Wine and More in Boynton Beach will be hosting a Inlet Brewing Tasting from 4 to 6 p.m. with samples of Monk in the Trunk Organic Amber Ale and Monk IPA.

In Monroe County:

2 Cents in Key West is hosting a very special beer dinner with Cigar City Brewing. It will be a 4-course meal paired with three limited selections from Cigar City and an original 2 Cents cocktail to round out the meal. This dinner is limited to 50 people and is $55 per person.

Check out their menu below:

• First Course - Chicken satay and lemongrass shrimp skewers with pickled cucumbers and peanut sauce. Paired with a 2 Cent cocktail
• Second Course - Green papaya salad with long beans, tomatoes and bean sprouts with a Thai chili dressing Paired with Peach White Oak IPA - 7.5%
• This beer starts as Jai Alai IPA then goes through a treatment on Dried Peaches and White Oak Spirals. The end result is a truly unique IPA with hints of Peach, Tropical Fruit, and hints of Oak.
• Third Course - Smoked duck breast soup with cellophane noodles and shitake mushroom. With Thai basil and mint Paired with Black Ash - 7%
• This Black American Lager is a collaboration with Max Lagers from Georgia. This American Black Lag is smokey and roasty, but still thin in body. The final product is then treated on Ash Wood, which leaves a distinct campfire roast flavor. While the beer comes across extra smokey, we did not use any smoked malts in the production of the beer, which makes this one time brew extra unique.
• Fourth Course - Sweetened black Thai rice pudding with coconut milk, ginger and mangoes Paired with Raspberry Wit - 5%
• This beer starts as Florida Cracker, and then is treated with several pounds of fresh Raspberries, which leads to a pink tint in the color of this beer. Very seasonable beer with hints of wheat, coriander and raspberries. There is a hint of tartness to this beer, so be prepared to pucker up!

Don’t forget! This is not including all the amazing week long featurings at so many great spots around South Florida. It is so easy to walk into a bar/restaurant and drink something local! So make sure you check out our calendar and event guide for all of our weeklong features!

The Wheels on the Bus Go Round and Round - SOLD OUT

We are pleased to announce that Kicking off South Florida Beer Week, The South Florida Beer Bus, will be taking craft beer lovers safely from Brewery to Brewery. The bus will start-off meeting at Funky Buddha Lounge and brewery where everyone will join up, hop on and hit the road at 1pm. 


Here's the schedule:


            

1. 1st Stop 2:00/2:15pm: Tequesta Brewing Company (287 S. US Highway 1, Tequesta, Florida) 

2. 2nd Stop 3:30pm: Due South Brewing (2900 High Ridge Rd. #3, Boynton Beach, Florida 33426)

3. 3rd Stop 5:00pm: Brewzzi (2222 Glades Road  Boca Raton, FL 33431)

4. 6:00pm - Drop back off at Funky Buddha Lounge (2621 North Federal Highway Boca Raton, FL 33431).... Giving us about an hour at each location and finishing off with an evening at the Funky Buddha lounge.




Each location will be serving up some special deals (and maybe some special tappings) for the bus riders brave enough to join us (More details TBA). There will also be some special guests on the Beer Bus to (you've guessed it) talk beer.


If folks would like to come out and meet the bus at a single stop, all locations are also open to the public. For more information and to book your spot visit: http://soflabeerbus.eventbrite.com

TICKETS WILL GO ON-SALE THIS FRIDAY 12/21 at 8:00am (As long as the world doesn't come to an end). We are limited to only 48 seats, so we recommend you book early...first come, first serve

Official Tap List!

Oh Yeah! It's here. We hope you are geared up for a week of awesome beer in SoFla. Check out what we have in store... our official tap lineup

UPDATE: NOTE THIS IS THE 2012 LINE UP, 2013 COMING SOON.

January 23 at Lou's Beer Garden
Tequesta Der Chancellor
Cigar City Vanilla Maduro
Cigar City Ligero
Cocoa Beach Pale Ale
Native Lager
Tequesta Terminally Ale
Cigar City Hotter Than Helles
Swamp Head's Midnight Oil
Green Room Head High IPA
Holy Mackerel Special Golden Ale
Green Room Under Toe Barleywine
Holy Mackerel Mack in Black

January 24 at World of Beer
Holy Mackerel Special Golden Ale
Holy Mackerel Mack in Black
Holy Mackerel Panic Attack
Holy Mackerel Holy Wit
Native The Eleven Brown
Native Lager
Native Glades Pale Ale
Cigar City Ligero
Cigar City El Lector
Cigar City Jose Marti
Monk in the Trunk
Swamp Ape IPA
Florida Lager
...and of course featuring a handful of local bottles!

January 24 at The Funky Buddha
Funky Buddha Maple Bacon Coffee Porter
Funky Buddha Bonita Applebum (apple pie)
Funky Buddha No Crusts (PB&J)
Funky Buddha Pina Colada Wheat
Funky Buddha Ordinary Madness (Barleywine)
Funky Buddha Last Snow (coffee porter with white chocolate and coconut)
Funky Buddha Ginger IPA
Funky Buddha Key Lime Berliner
Green Room Under Toe Barleywine
Swamp Head Smoke Signal Chipotle Porter
Cigar City Oatmeal Raison Cookie
Cigar City Humidor Tocobaga
Monk IPA
Holy Mackerel Holy Wit
Native Glades Pale Ale
Cocoa Beach Pale Ale
Saint Somewhere Pays Du Soleil
Tequesta Australian Amber Ale

January 25 at Cervezas South Miami
Cigar City Jose Marti
Cigar City Maduro
Green Room Head High IPA
Tequesta Australian Amber
Cigar Humidor IPA (bottles)

January 25 at Tap 42
Cigar City Hotter Than Helles
Cigar City Maduro Brown
Monk in the Trunk
Cigar City Florida Cracker
Native The Eleven Brown Ale
Tequesta Der Chancellor
Tequesta Gnarley Barley Pale Ale
Cigar City Table Saison
Green Room Helles Yeah
Green Room Head High IPA
Native Glades Pale Ale
Cigar City Mineret
Monk IPA
Cocoa Beach Pale Ale
Holy Mackerel Special Golden Ale
Holy Mackerel Panic Attack

January 26 at Titanic Brewery
Captain Smith's Rye Ale
Brittanic Best Bitter
Boiler Room Brown Ale
White Star India Pale Ale
Shipbuilders Oatmeal Stout
Big Ol' Belgian Blonde
Double IPA
Native Thunderhead Red Ale
Cigar City Florida Cracker

January 26 at Laser Wolf
Cigar City Jose Marti
Cigar City Humidor Tocobaga
Cigar City Maduro Brown
Cocoa Beach Pale Ale
Swamphead Cottonmouth
Native Glades Pale Ale
Tequesta California Common
Green Room Helles Yeah
Green Room Head High IPA
Holy Mackerel Special Golden

The Filling Station
Featuring a handful of different local beers throughout the week:
Native Lager
Tequesta Der Chancellor
Cocoa Beach Pale Ale
Cigar City Maduro Brown
Green Room Head High IPA
Green Room Helles Yeah
Native Glades Pale Ale
And in bottles:
Cocoa Beach Oatmeal Stout
Cigar City Jai Alai IPA
Monk in the Trunk
Holy Mackerel Panic Attack
Saint Somewhere Pays Du Soleil

Not to mention the beers that will be poured at Field of Beers on Friday and Jupiter Craft Brewers Festival on Saturday. Hope to see some folks out this week supporting local beers!

*Some offered beers may vary slightly from this list at these events but fret not, they're all good!

Announcement: Swamp Head Brewery to Join South Florida Beer Week

Well, the week is creeping up and we are drinking a lot of water, meditating, and getting our minds and bodies ready for some great beers which will be flowing throughout South Florida. As we are sure you've noticed, we keep referencing these "special beers" brought to you by Florida Brewers... well we are happy to announce that Swamp Head Brewery out of Gainesville, Florida has allowed us to feature a few of their beers at some South Florida Beer Week events. This is the first time that Swamp Head beers will be available in South Florida publicly, and we're damn proud that the brewery will be making this debut during Beer Week (and for now, this week only).

The following events will have Swamp Head beers on tap: