Welcome to On the Radar, where we preview upcoming events to mark your calendars for. Whether your pleasure is measured in Scovilles or alcohol-by-volume, this is the weekend for tingling the taste buds. The flavor adventure starts Saturday afternoon with the fourth annual Pinellas Pepper Fest at the England Brothers Bandshell Park. Local vendors will bring the heat, letting you sample and purchase the spicy foods and sauces that hurt so good, while also offering BBQ and a variety of pepper plants for sale.
Cap off your day of capsaicin with a trip north for Dunedin Brewery’s second annual Hoppy Endings IPA Festival, a celebration of the flower clusters that brewmasters use to bitter their beer. The cheekily-named event features a variety of
This article appears in May 27 – Jun 2, 2010.