La Ventanita podcast: Funky Buddha brewery founder talks about beer snobs and Dolphin fandom
Ryan Sentz was a newspaper ad salesman until the day he walked into his bosses offices and told them he was quitting to open a tiny craft beer brewery, Funky Buddha.
What started as a strip mall brewery in Boca Raton, where he fused culinary flavors like blueberries, maple-bacon, blood orange and even guava pastelitos into craft beer, turned into the fastest-growing craft beer brewery in Florida with beer available at grocery stores around the country.
On the Feb. 24 episode of the Miami Herald’s food podcast La Ventanita, he talked with Miami Herald food editor Carlos Frías and co-host Amy Reyes about what inspires his special beers, the tough but lucrative decision to sell his brewery, his Miami Dolphins fandom, and why an empanada is actually a sandwich.
Carlos and Amy also discussed:
- Miami’s semifinalists for the 2022 James Beard Awards
- The 2022 South Beach Wine & Food Festival starting
- What happened to the flan that had quietly been sold for 45 years at a Hialeah KFC
- Carlos’ latest review, of Smoke & Dough barbecue in West Kendall
Tune in Thursdays at 11 a.m. to watch La Ventanita live on YouTube and the Miami Herald website, comment and ask questions during the interview. Find every episode of La Ventanita at the show page and on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Megaphone, Stitcher and MiamiHerald.com.
This story was originally published February 23, 2022 at 11:14 AM.
