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Waves of Grain Beerfest: A huge success

Craft Beer Guy, fundraiser, Local brewers, Local business, Manhattan Beach, Richstone Family Center, Shade Hotel, Southern California, Waves of Grain / 1 minute of reading / July 1, 2013

Yesterday, the Shade Hotel in Manhattan Beach along with sponsors Brewco Manhattan Beach, Rock & Brews El Segundo, LA Car Guy and NW Real Estate Brokers hosted the 2nd Annual Waves of Grain Beerfest; this time benefiting the Richstone Family Center in Hawthorne, CA. The event was sold out and everyone seemed to really enjoy the craft beers provided by more than 40 craft brewers from around the country. Congratulation to all the sponsors, breweries and attendees for making this another great event. My photos from the event can be found on CraftBeerGuy.com. I hope to see you there next …

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Ribbon cutting at Smog City Brewing Company

Craft Beer Guy, Local business, microbrewery, networking event, ribbon cutting ceremony, Smog City Brewing, TACC, Torrance, Torrance Area Chamber of Commerce / 1 minute of reading / June 8, 2013

On Friday afternoon several members of the Torrance Area Chamber of Commerce (TACC), Torrance City Council member Bill Sutherland and a representative from Assembly member Al Muratsuchis office joined several dozen fans of Smog City Brewing Company at their newly opened microbrewery and tasting room for an official welcome to Torrance and the Chamber of Commerce. It was just a few weeks ago that Torrance Mayor Scotto cited craft beer as a new growth industry for Torrance so everyone was out in force to show their support for that idea. Smog City introduced a new beer to their tap list, …

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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, 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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