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Monkish Brewing Co celebrates one year

Local brewers, Local business, microbrewery, Monkish Brewing, Photos, pictures, Select Beer Store, Southern California, Torrance / 2 minutes of reading / March 11, 2013

This weekend marked one year that our friends at Monkish Brewing Company in Torrance have been in business, brewing Belgian style beers. A microbrewery that started off with 9 beers (from what I read), Monkish Brewing has now done 17 different beers, with the latest being a collaboration with Select Beer Store owner, Wes; who was Monkish Brewing’s first account and is a home brewer. The beer is called Select Monk 1, and is a variation of Wes’ recipe; an abbey-style ale with oats, wheat and barley. It is pretty tasty, if you like Crux or Oblate, you will enjoy …

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A visit to Craft Brewing Co and Claremont Craft Ales

2010 Limited, Claremont, craft beer, harley-davidson, Lake Elsinore, Local brewers, microbrewery, Photos, pictures, riding, Southern California, Temecula / 2 minutes of reading / March 3, 2013

I am usually the one trying to get someone to go for a bike ride and coming up with the destinations, so when my friend Phil asked me if I wanted to join him for a ride out to Chino I said yes and searched Google for a microbrewery in the area. When I woke up Saturday, I knew it was going to be a great day for a ride as it was already 70 at 9:00 AM. Since the person Phil wanted to visit in Chino was not home yet, we decided to visit some mutual friends in Lake …

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Strand Brewing Co hosts another Business & Beer

Business N Beer, Local brewers, Local business, networking event, Photos, pictures, strand brewing, Torrance / 2 minutes of reading / March 1, 2013

The South Bay’s most fun business networking group, Business & Beer, returned to the Strand Brewing Company tasting room Thursday and I think it is safe to say that everyone had a good time. We had close to 15 people come by with several of them being second time attendees. In addition, Rich Marcello, one of the co-owners of Strand Brewing Co, is always good about directing his customers that might benefit from our networking group over to us. We definitely appreciate it. For those that are familiar with Strand Brewing Company but have not visited in the last couple …

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The Brewery at Abigaile hosts another Business N Beer

brewpub, Business N Beer, Hermosa Beach, Local brewers, Local business, networking event, Photos, pictures, The Brewery at Abigaile / 1 minute of reading / February 22, 2013

Last night we had another Business & Beer, this time returning to my favorite brewpub, The Brewery at Abigaile in Hermosa Beach. This was our first meetup in two weeks, and the first since Lent started, so I am not sure how much this combination contributed to our smaller than normal turnout. That is okay, those of us that came out had a good time and it gave us time to get to know each other more. If you live or work in the South Bay area and enjoy networking while enjoying a local craft beer, you should look into …

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When asteroids strike

Local brewers, Local business, Manhattan Beach, Manhattan Beach Pier, Photos, pictures, seascape, Smog City Brewing, Southern California, strand brewing / 2 minutes of reading / February 16, 2013

When you wake up to the fact that asteroids are hitting the planet and people are being harmed, it kind of puts a weird slant on the day. On the upside, the asteroid did not hit anywhere close to me and it was a magnificent summer day in the middle of February. Tanya suggested I take a bike ride up to Point Vicente and try to shoot some whales, which sounded like a great idea . . ., but things happened, Point Vicente did not. After a couple detours I headed out to the Manhattan Beach because there were sightings …

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Photos from the Abigaile One Year Anniversary Party

Abigaile, brewpub, Hermosa Beach, Local brewers, Local business, Photos, pictures, restaurants, The Brewery at Abigaile / 2 minutes of reading / February 13, 2013

These photos are from the Abigaile 1st Anniversary & Southbay Magazine Issue Release party which was held last night at Abigaile in Hermosa Beach. I have to admit, it seems like I have been going to Abigaile longer than that, but the fact of the matter is that we did not even discover Abigaile and the Brewery at Abigaile until last May during American Craft Beer Week. We became instant fans of not only the fine brews turned out by Brewmaster Brian Brewer, but we found the food creations of Chef Tin to be equally worth returning for. Of course, …

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Rheumatoid Awareness Day – Coming out of the shadows

Agoura Hills, El Segundo Brewing Company, Enegren Brewing Co, ESBC, harley-davidson, iReport, Ladyface Ale Companie, Local brewers, Moorpark, Photos, pictures, Rheumatoid Autoimmune Disease, Rheumatoid Awareness Day, riding, Southern California / 3 minutes of reading / February 3, 2013

Saturday was Groundhog Day and it was the first annual Rheumatoid Awareness Day; for patients with Rheumatoid Disease, previously known as Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) or Rheumatoid Autoimmune Disease (RAD). February 2 was picked as Rheumatoid Awareness Day because just as Punxsutawney Phil pokes his head out of his burrow to see if his shadow is visible or not, Rheumatoid Awareness Day was started in the hopes of getting the truth about this disease to the masses and to help bring it out of the shadows. Groundhog Day has long been a favorite day of mine, beginning back in the 70’s …

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El Segundo Brewing Bottle Release Party

El Segundo, El Segundo Brewing Company, ESBC, Local brewers, microbrewery, Photos, pictures, Southern California, Standard Crude American Imperial Stout, White Dog IPA / 2 minutes of reading / February 1, 2013

These photos are from the El Segundo Brewing Company (ESBC) Bottle Release Party which was held Friday night, February 1. The Bottle Release Party was to celebrate the two brews they are now providing in 22oz bottles, their ever popular White Dog Wheat IPA and their new Stand Crude Imperial Stout. A Facebook status update that went out a couple hours before the event started stated that it would be their “biggest shindig yet;” I don’t think they knew just how big of a shindig this was going to be. They opened at 5:00 and when we arrived around 5:30 …

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Strand Brewing Co Pint Night at Naja’s Place

Local brewers, Local business, Naja's Place, Photos, pictures, Pint Night, Redondo Beach, Southern California, strand brewing / 2 minutes of reading / February 1, 2013

These photos are from Strand Brewing Company’s Pint Night at the world famous Naja’s Place, located on the International Boardwalk at the Redondo Beach Pier. This event was to commemorate Strand Brewing Company’s three years of brewing craft ales and was held at Naja’s Place because they were the first location to pour Strand Brewing Company beer. For Thursday’s celebration, Strand provided these fine brews: Beach House Amber Ale 24th Street Pale Ale Atticus IPA Black Sand Double IPA Bagheera East IPA Special Cask of Double Dry Hopped Atticus IPA The event started at 6:00 PM and advertised that the …

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Simi, Smell Me, Taste Me Sunday

Agoura Hills, brewpub, Enegren Brewing Co, geek good girl, Lab Brewing Co, Local brewers, microbrewery, Moorpark, Photos, pictures, restaurant review, Southern California, Tanya / 3 minutes of reading / January 28, 2013

These photos were taken Sunday at Enegren Brewing Company in Moorpark, CA and Lab Brewing Company in Agoura Hills, CA. A few days ago I was at El Segundo Brewing Company and was introduced to Joe Nascenzi, one of the owners of Enegren Brewing Co., a microbrewery in Moorpark, CA. After talking with him for a while, and hearing what kind of beers they were brewing over there, I knew that I had to head out there with Tanya. While I am a definite hophead, Tanya is more into saisons, porters and stouts. When Joe told me about their oatmeal …

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