I haven’t been the best South Florida beer blogger recently.  I’ve felt dull lately and believe my readers don’t deserve dull.  I try to let you all know about the great craft beer events going on in South Florida but try to make it fun and engaging.  I feel like I have not been that in posts recently.  I feel like I’m just giving you the low down and that’s it.

With that I’m going to take a little break for a bit and refocus.  There has been a lot on my mind and that is taking away from my view on the site.  But fear not.  In the meantime I am updating the events page with a bunch of upcoming events I believe you should know about.  So do keep checking there.

I’ll also still be on Twitter for those of you that follow me and want to chat a bit.

I thank you all for your continued support and readership.  I’ll be back soon and completely rejuvenated.  Cheers!

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Day off and needed a beer.

Not exactly South Florida news but from a Florida brewery and with a good story attached to it.  This Thursday Cigar City will be releasing their newest creation, Homefront IPA, in their tasting room.  This is an IPA made with spices and aged on maple baseball bats.  Yes you read that right, baseball bats.  Don’t believe me?  Here’s a pictures.

The beer was brewed for Operation Homefront, an organization that provides support to those in our Armed Forces. Hops for Heroes comprises of six breweries in total that brewed a version of this beer for the cause and are releasing them on Thursday as well.  The other participating breweries are Sly Fox (PA), St Arnold (TX), 21st Amendment (CA), Fremont (WA) and Perennial (MO).  Proceeds for the sales go towards Operation Homefront.

A great treat just in time for Memorial Day and for a great cause.  It’s my understanding we won’t see any of this down in South Florida but if you are in the Tampa area or planning on making a trip up there this coming weekend then do pick some up.

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Killer lineup tonight from Cigar City, Tequesta and Due South.

As American Craft Beer Week begins to wind down this weekend brings to you a few instances of the well known drinking activity, the pub crawl.  Between tonight and tomorrow there are 3 different pub crawls going on in South Florida.  Here’s the skinny on each.

Friday, May 18th
Clematis Craft Beer Pub Crawl
They will be hitting up all the craft spots of downtown West Palm Beach including World of Beer, Roxy’s, Grease and Gratify. Things start at 7 pm at WOB.

Saturday, May 19th
Boca Raton Pub Crawl
The spots are Funky Buddha, Lion & Eagle Pub, Biergarten and O’Brian’s.  There will be a special bus that you can use for $10 as many time as you like that will take you to each location.  The event is from 4 pm - 7 pm.

Saturday, May 19th
Ales on the Ave Pub Crawl
Delray spots Mellow Mushroom, Park Tavern, Tryst and Coffee District will by your places to be.  Things start at 3 pm at Mellow and goes from there.

So if you want get your crawl on this week any of these would certainly be a good choice.  I unfortunately have to work this weekend but will be stopping by Coffee District Saturday night to have a couple and hang out.  Enjoy!

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It was a fun grand opening on Saturday. We worked hard and the sweat stains prove it.

For years now Vine & Barley in Port St. Lucie has been one of the premier craft beer spots for the Treasure Coast.  Today a second location of the great bar opens in Palm City, Florida.  At 2 pm they officially open the doors for the craft drinkers of Martin County to enjoy some good brews (there is some wine too).

I’m certain that owner Mark Carbone will have a great business here and I will certainly be heading up there in the near future.  I say you should too.

Vine & Barley - Palm City
2951 SW High Meadows Ave.
Palm City, FL 34990
http://www.vineandbarleypalmcity.com/

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After a very successful and fun grand opening of Due South on Saturday, American Craft Beer Week officially kicks off today across the states.  And rest easy that there are plenty of events going on throughout South Florida this week for your craft beer drinking cravings.  Be sure to check out my calendar for a number of events in Palm Beach, Broward and Dade counties this week.

Today’s highlights are sure to include the Tequesta & Cigar City event at Havana Hideout in Lake Worth along with a beer dinner at Tucci’s in Boca Raton.  Do you have any plans that you are definitely going to this week?

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Due South soft opening

The day is almost here.  Tomorrow, May 12th, Due South Brewing opens up.  To get you ready here are some final details for the event.

• Starts at 3 pm.  Normal hours start Sunday and will open at noon but for the grand opening it will be 3 pm.
• Due South is located at 2900 High Ridge Road #3, Boynton Beach, FL 33426. It is the same building as Sherwin Williams and Boynton Marble & Granite.
• Parking and the entrance are behind the building.  Parking in the front of the building will be reserved for employees.
• Be sure to have you ID as you will be ID’d upon entering.
• Tickets will be used to get beers.  You will buy tickets at a separate table ($2 each) and use the tickets to get your beers (1 ticket for an 8 oz pour and 2 tickets for a pint).  Both cash and credit will be accepted but cash is preferred.
• No outside bottles will be permitted.  This is not a bottle share.
• Have fun and be responsible.

With all that said, I will see a great number of you Saturday.  Cheers!

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