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Pints, pinturas, cafecito, y ferrocarril....

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  My buddy Anthony Reyes and I participated in a special "Pints y pinturas" session at Unbranded Brewing in Hialeah, FL. The prompt of this ticketed $30pp event in the middle of Miami Beer Week was to offer a nice, casual social painting experience while enjoying familiar Cuban bites (pastelitos, croquetas), cafecito, and a selection of Unbranded's core beer.  Attendees were prompted to paint a cafetera, though it was evidently very optional. Darn! Missed opportunity to paint a GEVO. Let alone, I could have painted a CSX yard job with the Antillean Marine containers in the background. But the original prompt was more than good enough for the newest display piece in my train room.  The vibe was intended to be nostalgic just like the YN2 color scheme thrown on the cafetera. It came through as such. Classic Latin music emanated over the taproom's audio system, some songs you can find on my Voodoo & Palmettos playlist , themed to the CSX Miami industrial vibe made fam...