It was a special day on Saturday when Mr. Beery’s in Sarasota hosted a Rare Beer Silent Auction & Mac ‘N Cheese Cookoff to benefit the HelpHOPELive Southeast Lung Transplant fund in honor of Erin Coleman, with all proceeds going toward her double lung transplant. It was a full house that turned out to honor [...]
It was another outstanding Beer Nerd Show & Tell at Mr. Beery’s this past Tuesday night. Maybe it was ’tis season, but it seemed to me like there were more barley wines than usual at this event. As I’ve noted many times, this is my favorite beer style. So it was a treat to have [...]
My friend Brad and I attended the Bradenton Brewskis homebrewers meeting last Thursday at the invitation of Allen Bavry, who Anne and I had met along with his wife Cindi while having dinner at Brasserie Belge in downtown SRQ last month. We enjoyed hanging out with the group, which was founded in 1991, and talking [...]
Marzens tend to be traditional Fall beers, but I had the chance to try a different take on this beer style at Crum’s Bar and Grill recently. Cigar City Marzen Spring Lager (Cigar City Brewing; Tampa, FL; Marzen; ABV: 5.5) is also known as Cigar City Oktoberfest Marzen when it’s released during the autumn months. [...]
You can add Crum’s Bar and Grill to a growing list of exceptional brewpubs in the Tampa Bay area. Located in downtown St. Petersburg, and owned by Chris Crum and Lanette Miller, Crum’s Bar and Grill offers craft beer, food, and live music in a hip casual setting. Speaking of which, there’s 52 selections of [...]
The last time I was at the Cigar City Brewing Tasting Room in Tampa, I learned something new. Did you know that bats pollinate blue agave plants, which provide the ingredient found in tequila? So it’s fitting that I tried a double cream ale, named for the bat, that’s aged in tequila barrels. Cigar City [...]