Funky Buddha Brewery’s John Linn remembers a time in the not-too-distant past when the words “craft beer” drew blank stares in South Florida bars.
“Nine times out of 10, people would not know what you were talking about,” says Linn of the average...
Denver, Colorado's Great American Beer Festival has evolved over the past few years. With an increasing number of events occurring outside of the festival itself, you might have the best beer of your life at just about any good Denver beer bar if...
Broward's newest brewery not only churns out some of the best brews around, but it's also one of the best places to hang out. With patrons ranging from beer geeks to frat boys to families and everything in between, the spot has a wide range of...
In the ever expanding world of craft brewing, it's not easy to have a unique offering anymore. Extreme recipes are copied, and trending styles are suddenly being brewed everywhere. But at Funky Buddha Brewery in Florida, they have a one-of-a-kind on...
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We're proud to announce that our first bottle released here at the brewery will be Maple Bacon Coffee Porter! This highly-sought after beer was first brewed at the Funky Buddha Lounge & Brewery in Boca Raton, and has since...
Welcome to another episode of Across the Bar, brought to you by the Foodable WebTV Network. Today, we visit a hidden gem right in our hometown of Fort Lauderdale, FL: Funky Buddha Brewery, a craft beer lover's heaven. As the craft beer craze sweeps...
Our flagship IPA drinks like an ode to hoppy goodness, with flavors of grapefruit, honey, melon, and pineapple mingle with a malt body that balances caramel and biscuit character with a pronounced dry finish. For this French Oak-Aged version, we...
When you think "culinary district," does Oakland Park come to mind? Do you think about Oakland Park at all? Maybe you should, as the community seems to be on its way to developing a downtown area based on food culture.
On Tuesday, Dec. 10, Slow Food...
OAKLAND PARK, FL – Get ready, Buddha fans: Maple Bacon Coffee Porter, one of the most highly sought after beers in Florida, will be commercially released in bottles for the first time ever on January 11, 2014. This limited run of 22-ounce bottles...
South Florida is in the lead on lots of trends, but it was late to the party when it comes to craft beers.
Beer geeks, in fact, considered it a beer desert.
But a tasty brew called Maple Bacon Coffee Porter from an obscure craft brewer named Funky...
Alright put your taste buds on high alert; maple, bacon, coffee beer. Need we say more? It's the brew the nation is waiting to taste and it's made right here in South Florida.
Funky Buddha Brewing based out of Boca Raton is washing away traditional...
Craft beer fans from Miami-Dade to Palm Beach counties will be up early Saturday, lining up outside Oakland Park’s Funky Buddha Brewery to buy a coveted, cult-classic brew.
The Maple Bacon Coffee Porter, a more-or-less annual release, popularized...
Funky Buddha, the popular bar and brewery in Oakland Park, held a beer fest to celebrate its Maple Bacon Coffee Porter beer on Saturday. Some beer connoisseurs s arrived at 4 a.m. for a chance to buy a bottle of the specialty beer. Only 3,000 were...
Florida's Funky Buddha Brewery recently released 3,000 bottles of a porter that is basically every good thing you've ever craved for breakfast — or those celebrated breakfast-for-dinners at camp — in one bottle. The Maple Bacon Coffee Porter is ...
The line for wristbands likely will begin to form at dawn Saturday, and there is talk among fans of camping overnight in the parking lot to assure a prime spot. Already there are Internet negotiations from around the country to barter with those...
Join us for The Big Game on Sunday, February 2!
1. STOCK UP ON GROWLERS:Get a free pint of Buddha beer with gallon Growler Purchase (good only for that visit, sat & sun)
2. BE HERE AT 5PM FOR: Maple Bacon Coffee Porter, Last Snow, TyTy Berry ...
We jumped in studio for a great episode of By The Glass Radio Show with Brett Hubbard to discuss South Florida Beer Week, Maple Bacon Coffee Porter, and more! Joining us was Bob Gordash of Florida Beer Company to discuss their new brewery and...
We're brewing a small-batch beer on our brewpub 4-bbl system with our pals from Funky Buddha in Oakland Park, Florida. Like us, they started super small as a nano brewery; they started out brewing 45-gallon batches, and Dogfish started back in 1995...
On January 11, sometime around sunrise, thousands of beer-drinking Floridians began flocking to Funky Buddha Brewery, located outside of Fort Lauderdale. Who wanted brews before eating pancakes or eggs?
As the sun rose, the line and anticipation...
The annual Rate Beer Best awards brewers for their outstanding performance within a beer style category or super style category within which is a grouping of similar or related beer styles. We recognize the hard work and consistency that goes into...
We're proud to announce that Nib Smuggler will be our next beer landing in bottles! Our sinfully delectable Chocolate Milk Porter is arriving on Thursday, March 6 in a limited run of 22 oz. bottles. This run of 700 will be sold exclusively at the...
When we first met the team from Anthony's Coal Fired Pizza, we knew we would get along right away. After all, what goes better with crisp, coal-fired pizza than a flavorful craft beer?
So this past October, we sat down with Anthony's founder,...
Funky Buddha Brewery Creates Signature Anthony's Coal Fired Pizza Craft Beer, Fuhgeddaboudit Red Ale
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – (Feb. 11, 2014) – Every great pie deserves a great beer to go with it. Anthony’s Coal Fired Pizza, the South Florida-based concept that uses authentic coal-burning ovens to create “well done pizza,” teamed with Fort...
Check out scenes from our epic Maple Bacon Coffee Porter Festival held on January 11, 2014:
"We need more beer!" That's the collective cry we've heard from people all over about Funky Buddha's unique brews. So we're answering in the only way we know how: with three new 120 barrel beer tanks from Metalcraft Fabrication in Portland arriving...