Monthly Archives: March 2012

Shipyard brewmaster Ron Raike moves to new Winter Park brewpub venture

The Central Florida local beer scene is getting a new player, but there will be a familiar face at the helm of the brewing operations. Cask & Larder, the brewpub being opened by the award-winning Ravenous Pig gastropub in Winter … Continue reading

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Win a pair of tickets to the 15th annual New Times Beerfest

FINAL UPDATE: Roger Brown won the tickets in a second drawing after the original winner could not attend. Congratulations! UPDATE TO UPDATE: Nancy could not use the tickets. A new winner will be announced shortly. UPDATE: The winner of the … Continue reading

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Cigar City Brewing Hunahpu’s Day wraps up a successful Tampa Bay Beer Week debut

Five thousand people reportedly flowed through the gates of Cigar City Brewing on Saturday to enjoy the festivities surrounding the once-a-year release of the Tampa brewery’s Hunahpu’s Imperial Stout on a day that started with overcast skies that turned into … Continue reading

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Last-minute tips for Hunahpu’s Day

Tomorrow will be Florida craft-beer geekdom’s equivalent of Christmas, in that it comes but once a year, there will be much enjoyment and wallets will be much lighter the next day. I’m speaking, of course, of Hunahpu’s Day at Cigar … Continue reading

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