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Torrance readies for Armed Forces Day Parade

Armed Forces Day Parade, Family fun, military exhibits, Photos, pictures, Southern California, Torrance / 1 minute of reading / May 18, 2013

Today, the City of Torrance will have their 54th Annual Armed Forces Day Parade; the nation’s longest running military parade sponsored by any city. The parade begins at 1:30 PM and will travel up Torrance Boulevard; beginning at Crenshaw Boulevard and ending in front of the Torrance City Hall at Torrance Boulevard and Madronna Avenue. Even though the recently implemented sequester is forcing a few changes as far as things like what military units, bands and flyover will be present for the parade, the show shall go on. Friday, there was a display of various military vehicles, big guns and …

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San Pedro Brewing Company and Smog City Brewing

ACBW, American Craft Beer Week, brewpub, Great American Beer Festival, Local brewers, microbrewery, Photos, pictures, San Pedro, San Pedro Brewing Co, Smog City Brewing, Southern California, Torrance / 1 minute of reading / May 18, 2013

Friday was day five of the 8th Annual American Craft Beer Week (ACBW) and I was able to visit two gold medal winners that are both located in the South Bay; San Pedro Brewing Company from San Pedro and Smog City Brewing Company (2012 Great American Beer Festival) in Torrance. San Pedro Brewing Company is a brewpub that has been in San Pedro for 13 years and currently has seven beers brewed on location. Smog City Brewing Company just moved to Torrance and is having their grand opening today, May 18 from 12-8 PM. Both locations have a wide variety …

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American Craft Beer Week, Day 4

ACBW, Alpine Inn, American Craft Beer Week, Business N Beer, GABF, Hermosa Beach, Hot's Kitchen, Local business, Photos, pictures, Southern California, Torrance / 2 minutes of reading / May 17, 2013

This group of photos are from American Craft Beer Week 2013 (ACBW), day 4. Regular readers know that on Thursdays we have our Business & Beer gatherings; so it was a little difficult for us to get out of town long enough to get to a Great American Beer Festival (GABF) winner and get back to the area for our Business & Beer meetup. Business & Beer was scheduled to be held at Alpine Inn at Alpine Village in Torrance, which could have been a great idea as they do have a wide selection of beers from local craft brewers …

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Business & Beer Meetup at Alpine Inn

Alpine, American Craft Beer Week, Business N Beer, gastropub, Local business, networking event, Photos, pictures, Southern California, Torrance / 1 minute of reading / May 17, 2013

These photos are from our Business & Beer gathering at Alpine Inn last night. Alpine Inn is a German gastropub at Alpine Village in Torrance. While a German restaurant might not seem like a likely setting for a Business & Beer gathering during American Craft Beer Week, the general manager is a home brewer and makes it a point to have a good selection of American craft beers on tap. Unfortunately, about one third of their taps were nonfunctional last night, so we were limited as to the number of American beers while there were plenty of German beers available. …

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American Craft Beer Week with Stone Brewing

ACBW, American Craft Beer, American Craft Beer Week, Craft Beer Guy, gastropub, Haven Gastropub, Pasadena, Photos, pictures, Southern California, Stone Brewing Company / 1 minute of reading / May 16, 2013

Day three of the 8th Annual American Craft Beer Week (ACBW) found us out in Pasadena at the Stone Brewing, Company Store. When it comes to venerable Southern California, award winning breweries, it would be pretty tough to beat Stone Brewing. Stone Brewing had the first California beer tasting room that I visited on a regular basis, but it is out in Escondido which is a 100 mile ride. Fortunately, it is a pretty nice ride and Stone makes some quality beer. Recently, Stone Brewing opened a company store at the Del Mar Metro station. It is not nearly as …

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American Craft Beer Week at Beachwood BBQ & Brewing

ACBW, American Craft Beer Week, Beachwood Brewing, brewpub, Great American Beer Festival, Local brewers, Long Beach, microbrewery, Photos, pictures / 1 minute of reading / May 15, 2013

Tuesday was day two of the 2013 American Craft Beer Week (ACBW). Last year, I spent the 7th Annual ACBW going out and discovering as many different American craft beers that I was unfamiliar with. This year, my goal is to visit award winning craft brewers in our area. I am using the list of winners from prior Great American Beer Festivals (GABF); luckily, we have several that are pretty close to us. For day two we headed out to Long Beach and visited Beachwood BBQ & Brewing, a nice brewpub that not only brews award winning beers, but their …

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Business & Beer Meetup at Abigaile

Beachwood Brewing, brewpub, Business N Beer, Hermosa Beach, Local brewers, networking event, Photos, pictures, Southern California, The Brewery at Abigaile / 1 minute of reading / May 14, 2013

These photos are from our Business and Beer gathering with Meetup last Thursday, May 9, at The Brewery at Abigaile. I cannot really say why I am just now getting around to posting the photos, other than it was a busy weekend. The Brewery at Abigaile is my favorite brewpub and is located in Hermosa Beach. I was introduced to them one year ago and became an instant fan. Last Thursday was a special evening at Abigaile in that they were doing a food pairing with Beachwood BBQ & Brewing from Long Beach and they are another of my favorite …

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American Craft Beer Week, Day One

ACBW, American Craft Beer Week, Congregation Ale House, Craft Beer Guy, Great American Beer Festival, Local brewers, Long Beach, microbrewery, Photos, pictures, Pizza Port, San Clemente / 1 minute of reading / May 13, 2013

Today is the first day of 8th Annual American Craft Beer Week (ACBW). We had such a good time finding new craft beers last year that I decided to try something a little different this year. I am going to do my best to visit as many Great American Beer Festival gold medal award winning breweries as possible. Today we rode down to San Clemente and visited Pizza Port brewing. After a little pizza and beer we headed back to Long Beach with the intentions of visiting Beachwood BBQ & Brewing. I did not know that they were closed on …

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Mother’s Day at the Renaissance Pleasure Faire

2010 Limited, Canon 5D, Family fun, Photos, pictures, Renaissance Pleasure Faire, Santa Fe Dam Recreation Area, Southern California, Sunday ride, Tanya / 2 minutes of reading / May 13, 2013

Sunday was Mother’s Day and it was beautiful in Southern California. Since Tanya has been doing so much better and has been doing a lot of walking lately, I asked her if she wanted to go to the Renaissance Pleasure Faire at the Santa Fe Dam Recreation Area in Irwindale. At first she did not express much interest, but after our morning walk she indicated she wanted to go and we could take the bike. That was all I needed to hear; we were off in a flash. I have been gone to the Renaissance Faire several times in the …

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Smog City Brewing Industry Party Photos

Local brewers, microbrewery, Photos, pictures, Smog City Brewing, Southern California, Torrance / 2 minutes of reading / May 12, 2013

Smog City Brewing Company, the latest microbrewery to locate to Torrance, held an industry only party Saturday afternoon as a continuation of the soft open that they have been having for the past couple of weeks in preparation for their grand opening this coming Saturday, May 18, 2013. The industry only party was to celebrate the launch of their new brewery and taproom and included guests from all facets of the local craft beer community, including owners and representatives from local breweries, brewpubs, and gastropubs as well as members of various media platforms that promote local brewers. It was a …

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