Hopefully , your taste in beer has matured since you thought pouring Big flat over Cheerios was a logical breakfast back in college . It ’s hard not to appreciate better beer with the onslaught of delicious craft breweries South Florida ’s seen opened in the past few years . And while we still lag behind most city our sizing when it comes to selection , we ’re make up ground tight with new breweries open up almost every calendar month . We team up up with Julian Siegel – owner of one of America’sbest beer barsat Riverside Market in Ft . Lauderdale – and Adam Fine , possessor of Native Brewing , to come up the practiced new breweries that have opened in the past year . And if you ’re looking for a fun road trip this weekend , visiting one of these eight spots is well deserving your time .
Civil Society Brewing
" This is a crack - small , skunk - roots kinda brewery where they sell the beer straight from the brewery and come up with some dead amazing stuff , " says Seigal . The family - run brewery in Jupiter has a bar beautify in family heirloom , and its high - ABV brew range from a 7.5 % Belgian pallid ale to a 6.3 % American wheat . And though it ’s of late been pick up by Cavalier Distributing , more of its beer actually gets bought and merchandise abroad than consumed locally .
Lincoln’s Beard
Lincoln ’s Beard is probably easily known for owner John Falco ’s infamous offer to purchase Anheuser - Busch InBev for $ 26,000 . Somehow that pass was n’t accept , so Falco has keep to brew his own poppycock at this gallery space on Bird Rd . " He ’s is an utterly great personality , " says Seigal " but past that the beer is fantastic . He won our home brewage competition last year and he ’s already got this place opened up . " The taproom do up a peck of other local favorites , and the overall experience at the brewery was enough to make it one of thebest new bar of 2016 . Our favorite ? The Nunchuk Skills House Ale .
Accomplice Brewery & Ciderworks
Before you scoff at a cider and pass it off as something only the great unwashed who invent their own gluten allergies would imbibe , head up to this plane section of West Palm and give Accomplice ’s ciders a chance . While the strawberry cyder is the classic , owner - brewer Matt Stetson is act as around with some crazy fruit extract , give everything here a clearly Floridian tone . The style are constantly changing , so no two visits will ever be the same , aside from the fact that you ’ll always allow glad .
Khoffner
While the beer here – made cohere to the German purity law – are possibly the cleanest - taste craft brews you ’ll find oneself in South Florida , the story behind this place is even more impressive . Owner and brewer Rauf Khoffner comes from a farseeing contrast of German brewer who emigrate to Turkey , and as inebriant constabulary there became increasingly restrictive , he impress to the United States and bring his family formula with him . Adding a mod tailspin on traditions – like the seasonal pumpkin ale – Khoffner immix former and Modern style for a truly unique beer - boozing experience . For an fabulously unique pilsner , grab the La Boheme Bohemian Style Pilsner .
26 Degree Brewing Company
Winn - Dixie might be getting better every mean solar day , but by far the one that ’s most improved is the one on Atlantic Blvd that was converted to the 26 Degree brewery a yr ago . " These are some home brewers who catch together , one ’s baby was an designer and their buddy was a fire-eater / carpenter , so they just re - purposed the old store with some really creative beers , " pronounce Seigel . The excerption here is pretty Brobdingnagian , and if you ’re not into stuff and nonsense like Ziko ’s passion Imperial Stout , be sure to try the IPA1A , a Floridian twist on the traditional American IPA .
Playalinda Brewing’s Brix Project
" This just open up a few calendar week ago , " order Seigel . " But whatever , if Ron Raike puts it out , it ’s going to be awesome . " Raike – the former head brewer for Shipyard in Orlando who also cut his tooth at Cask and Larder – has been brew Titusville ’s best beer at Playalinda ’s original hardware store location for a while now . But this 16,000sqft space play a newfangled earned run average in the city ’s beer culture . At the Brix Project , Raike will be making even more of his incredible small - plenty beer ( this placement has a 30 - barrelful system , up from the old 3.5 ) , and couple them alongside bites from executive chef Justin Medina like corn beef poutine and burger con pad Thai .
RipTide Brewing
Jonathan “ Jack ” Jackman knows a little bit about South Florida beer . He ’s an grad of both 26 Degree and Funky Buddha , and even work a least sandpiper at Riverside Market ’s Craft Beer Cartel . So when he team with three home beer maker to start up this speckle in Naples , we knew big things were coming . " They ’re out in Naples , but the beer is great , " say Fine . " Also , they gather the entire brewery . " The taproom here feels more like a saloon , with a big wooden shoe , sight of TVs , and a unwavering lineup of IPAs like the 10 % Kraken Double and the standard Shorebreak , as well as the topnotch - smooth Mr. Watson ’s Wit .
Devour
Chip and Trish Breighner are literally the young kids on the Boynton Beach brewing cylinder block , coif up shop just around the corner from heavyweight Due South , and just a few blocks from Copperpoint . These former plate beer maker make beers that are signally Floridian , using orangish peel in the SoBo Wit and mango in the IPA . But perhaps the most unique creation is the Fruity Loops Blonde Ale , which uses yield of the woods tea to make something that tastes as secretive to rain buckets beer into breakfast cereal as you should ever get after moving out of the fraternity house .
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Khoffner Brewery USA
Civil Society Brewing
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Khoffner Brewery USA
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