Miami’s talent was nationally recognized this past weekend at the most important craft spirits festival in the nation. South Beach’s Sweet Liberty took the award for Best American Bar at Tales of the Cocktail in New Orleans. John Lermayer, co-owner and winner of Miami New Times best bartender award in 2015,…
Would a martini made with a bar’s own limited-edition brand of gin be more appealing to you? It could be if each one was totally different from the other. Big Cypress Distillery, located at 3995 SW 144 Ave. #207, is where Miami’s drinking and dining establishments can go to create custom-made gins…
Until the last decade or so, Miami wasn’t known to be city with a culinary scene that attracted world-class restaurants, chefs, and sommeliers (wine experts). But along with great food, some restaurants in the Magic City are getting recognition from Wine Spectator magazine for also having great wine to pair…
That time of the year has arrived, when all of the spirit industry professionals in town make a mass exodus to New Orleans’ French Quarter, where they’ll join their brethren from all over the world in the most debaucherous week known to man. Tales of The Cocktail is upon us,…
Late last week, dozens of unsuspecting diners at the Butcher Shop got a little freaked out — literally. As people chatted at the bar and ate sausages, a bevy of freaks, musicians, roller derby queens, showgirls, and one strange looking gorilla holding a giant eye stormed the Wynwood eatery and…
For many years, the Miami brewing industry was a cordial community seemingly devoid of internal conflict, but that all changed when Schnebly Redland’s Winery — which includes Miami Brewing Company — sent a cease and desist letter alleging trademark infringement to M.I.A. Beer Company on February 12. In the letter obtained…
It’s been just a little over a week since the Pokemon Go was unleashed on the world. The app, which turns your neighborhood into a virtual reality playing field filled with fantastic creatures, has taken over Miami. The game has spawned several bar crawls and restaurants like Zuuk Mediterranean Kitchen, Burrito…
This summer, chef Daniel Boulud is bringing his Boulud Sud to dB Bistro Moderne Miami. The New York-based Mediterranean-inspired restaurant pops-up at the chef’s Miami location through July 30, showcasing flavors from France’s Côte d’Azur, Spain, Italy, Greece, North Africa and Turkey. Executive chef of dB Bistro Moderne Miami, Clark Bowen,…
The untimely death of MIA Beer Company brewer Piero Rodriguez shocked the Miami craft beer industry to its core. The 34-year-old husband and father perished in a car accident during the early morning hours of June 19, as he left the brewery to look forward spending Father’s Day with his…
Miami is a damn expensive place to live, but at least you could always take comfort in the abundance of craft beer in the city to help drown some of your money troubles. But as you’d expect — averaging $5 per pint in this town —even beer is considered expensive…
When a brewery opens to the public, everyone expects that its beer will be ready to drink. That wasn’t exactly the case when Lincoln’s Beard Brewing Company opened at 7360 SW 41st St. in the Bird Road Arts District last May, but co-founder John Falco says the brewery received its…
Many of the current professional brewers in Miami started off making beer the good old fashioned way — through home brewing and with little-to-no formal training. But there’s a huge difference between making a small five gallon batch to share with friends and going pro. A new brewing school in…
There’s nothing better than Miami baseball and a cold beer — especially when that beer is brewed fresh and local and right at the ball park. NightLife Brewing Company co-founder Juan O’Naughten announced yesterday that he and partner John Cooper signed a lease for a 9,728 square-foot brewing space on…
When Zeke Man announced his 305 Brews would open in Midtown Miami, the restaurant’s partner and general manager thought acquiring the necessary permitting at his original location would be an easy process and the restaurant would open in May, as scheduled. But after the City of Miami dragged its feet…
Between the 30 acres and LNB Groves in the Redlands that Miami Brewing Company’s Jacob Lindsay uses to get lychees, figuring out what to do with all of that fruit was a no-brainer — make beer with it. And not just any beer, but used the fruit three different ways…
Bottle release parties at J. Wakefield Brewing (JWB) Company are always huge events. But now the brewery is set to release new bottles and its first cans on July 2. Get ready, JWB brandmanager Alex Gutierrez says, because it’s “going to be a big-assed day.” There will be two varieties…
Happy Friday! This weekend you can try a mystery doughnut for charity, enjoy a new brunch in Coconut Grove, and celebrate an iconic neighborhood and bar! Weekend starts now! Leah Summer Series Sunset Wrap Party at La Fresa Francesca Petit Café How do you know when a neighborhood has reached…
On any given Friday night, a handful of men in suits quietly stand near the front entrance of one of Miami’s oldest and most esteemed establishments — The Forge. For more than 40 years, the Mid-Beach eatery has attracted glitz and glamour into its opulent, over-the-top dining room and bar space. Actor…
Last week, Tales of the Cocktail, the annual New Orleans celebration of spirits and the professionals who sling them, announced its nominees for its Spirited Awards, with Julio Cabrera and John Lermayer both nominated for American Bartender of the Year. Additionally, Lermayer’s Sweet Liberty was nominated for in Best New American…
On a sunny Father’s Day, news spread quickly about the shocking death of Piero Rodriguez. The founding brewer of MIA Beer, who died tragically in a car accident early Saturday morning, was quickly memorialized by members of Florida’s beer community for both his talents and zest for life. Eddie Leon,…
Gin is one of the world’s strongest spirits — and that’s not even referring to proof. Originally used for medicinal purposes, the liquid went down a little smoother than people expected and the English government had to introduce a Gin Act making it ridiculously expensive in hopes that would prohibit people…
The Miami beer community has lost one of their own. Piero Rodriguez, one of the founders of MIA Beer Company and a pioneer in the local craft beer industry, died in an early Sunday morning car wreck in Miami, MIA owner Eddie Leon confirmed to the New Times. He was…
