The Tico Times' first public event, which took place Saturday at the old Steinvorth bar in downtown San José, brought together key figures in the local craft…
Costa Rica's craft brewers have produced well over 100 beers in recent years, with more styles and flavors showing up in taps all the time. But among…
The National Dance Company is in Limón this week for a series of workshops with public-school students and a free performance open to the public at the Salón…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ls2GKA8AOnU Every good revolution starts as a crazy idea. When the first dedicated brewers began making cerveza artesanal in Costa Rica, they were met with legal and logistical…
In downtown San José, a man in rubber boots is carefully measuring grains to be transformed into his award-winning beer. In Cartago, another man is glued to his cell…
Costa Rica's craft beer festival -- coming up on its fifth year — began, as most great ideas do, with a few friends sitting around drinking beer. The…
Palmares Festival This traditional Costa Rican festival features bullfights, horse parades and carnival rides, as well as singer Alpha Blondy, of the Ivory Coast, who will perform with his…
There's a stuffy, cream-colored room behind the locked door that contains the recipe for success. Four silver vats and a few paint barrels with clear tubes sticking out may not look like…