Craft breweries see biggest increase yet
The number of breweries in the United States has taken its biggest jump yet. According to the Brewers Association, there were 3,739 breweries in the country as of June 30. That’s up 699 from a year...
View ArticleBeer festival Saturday to benefit Hemming Park revitalization
Hemming Park's first beer festival is set for Saturday evening, with more than 160 beers and ciders from about 40 breweries in the U.S. and abroad. The festival runs from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. for general...
View ArticleAmber Waves: Good gourd, it's too early for pumpkins, so let's get Funky
When we stagger through the autoclave that is a Florida August, the last thing we want is a big, boozy, sweet, spicy pumpkin beer. Yet liquid pumpkin patches have already sprung up at many beer...
View ArticleBeer, brats and oompah bands: Oktoberfest celebrations set for Jacksonville
You want beer fests, we got beer fests. read more
View ArticleSan Francisco's 21st Amendment brewery rolling into Jacksonville area
21st Amendment Brewery is partnering with Champion Brands to bring its beers to Florida starting later this month. The San Francisco brewery will first roll out its Hell or High Watermelon Wheat ale on...
View ArticleNew brewery coming to Gainesville
A new brewery called Rainstorm Brewing is in the works in Gainesville. Partners Patrick Burger and Gary Heil bought a 16,000-square-foot former ice plant on NW Fourth St., right next to the rail trail....
View ArticleJacksonville's Aardwolf Brewing earns a bronze in prestigious Great American...
Jacksonville's Aardwolf Brewing Co. took a bronze for its Belgian Pale Ale in the Great American Beer Festival, the largest commercial beer competition in the world. The winners were announced Saturday...
View ArticleJax Beer Week to kick off Nov. 7 with 'Mash In' party at Engine 15's downtown...
The kickoff event of this year's Jax Beer Week will be a "Mash In" party Nov. 7 featuring all eight Jacksonville craft breweries, live music, food trucks and games at Engine 15 Brewing's downtown...
View ArticleReally Good Beer Stop to open in Jacksonville Beach
A new store called Really Good Beer Stop (which sounds like a pretty good name to me) is scheduled to open next Saturday in Jacksonville Beach. It’s owned by Tim and Angie Brack and will sell ... beer....
View ArticleJax Beer Week 2015: What's on tap
Jax Beer Week, a celebration of craft brewing in the Jacksonville area, runs Nov. 7-14, with tastings, food-pairings, classes and special tappings throughout the week. Here is a sampling of what's...
View ArticleMore than 40 beers will be on tap at Saturday's Jax Beer Week kick-off party
If you haven’t purchased tickets for Saturday’s Mash-In party to kick off Jax Beer Week, here are 41 reasons why you might want to go ahead and take the plunge. Below is the list of beers that will be...
View ArticleIntuition Ale Works celebrates five years of brewing with block party, nearly...
Intuition Ale Works celebrates its fifth anniversary Saturday with a block party at the King Street brewery and a pretty amazing beer list. The party runs from 1 p.m. to 9 p.m., with two food trucks...
View ArticleJax Ale Trail celebrates first birthday
It’s been a year since Visit Jacksonville launched its Jax Ale Trail campaign encouraging people to visit all eight of the area’s breweries. read more
View ArticleAMBER WAVES: Green Room unleashes Quetzalcoatl for the fourth year on Saturday
Monday night – winter solstice – will be the longest of the year. If you need something to get you through that long night, drop by Green Room Brewing Saturday to stock up on Quetzalcoatl, an imperial...
View ArticlePod Rods: Advance look at Amelia Island Concours and a ride in a car older...
Pod Rods is looking forward to all the classic car action coming to the area in one month on Amelia Island – check out the basics below. Then go for a ride on a thundering car that’s a century-plus...
View ArticleAmber Waves: Changes are brewing; Ed waves goodbye
Changes are afoot here at this corner of the Taste page that we occasionally call Amber Waves. First of all, clear-eyed readers may have noticed that for a monthly column, Amber Waves has not exactly...
View ArticleAmber Waves: Taste-testing summer shandies, so you don't have to
We’ve got new breweries, shandies and radlers to taste because it’s really getting hot and they’re a great way to get your vitamin C. (Ten points if you understand any of that …) Actually, we were...
View ArticleAmber Waves: Outdoor beer gardens coming soon to Jacksonville
One way to make a good beer even better is to drink it outside. Unless, of course, it’s 98 degrees, 100 percent humidity and you’re swatting mosquitoes the size of angry, Zika-laden gerbils. And even...
View ArticleTwo breweries for Jacksonville's Springfield neighborhood?
Could not one but two breweries be coming to Main Street in the heart of Springfield? Hyperion Brewing appears to have settled on a site. Owner Alexandra McKeown issued a statement to Springfield...
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