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Business & Beer Meetup at Strand Brewing Company

Local brewers, Local business, Meetup, microbrewery, networking event, Photos, pictures, Southern California, strand brewing, Torrance / 1 minute of reading / April 26, 2013

Last night, Business & Beer returned to Strand Brewing Company in Torrance. Strand Brewing is a microbrewery specializing in premium handcrafted ales. They just celebrated three years in business last February and seem to be growing by leaps and bounds in the past couple of months. In addition to the seven available beers on tap, Strand also released more varieties in bottles bringing to six the number available for purchase. We had another good group of people, with people returning and others bringing their friends. Unfortunately, I do not think that our experiment with Meetup.com is having much benefit. We …

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Business & Beer does a Meetup at Monkish Brewing

Business N Beer, Local brewers, Local business, microbrewery, Monkish Brewing, networking event, Photos, pictures, Southern California, Torrance / 2 minutes of reading / April 19, 2013

These photos are from the Business & Beer Meetup which was held last night at Monkish Brewing Company in Torrance. Monkish Brewing is a microbrewery that specializes in Belgian style ales and has a wide selection of tasty brews available. Business & Beer had not been held at Monkish in about three months, and there were some massive changes not only in the beers on tap, but they have done a lot of remodeling which includes a new window, tap system and places for people to sit and enjoy their beer. As usual when we go to Monkish, we had …

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Some of our favorite places to eat

Beachwood Brewing, Chef Tin, Chef's Table, gastropub, Hermosa Beach, Local brewers, Local business, Long Beach, Photos, pictures, restaurants, teppanyaki, Torrance / 2 minutes of reading / April 18, 2013

I was going through some photos I have taken over the last nine days and decided that since I had not put them online yet, I would take the opportunity to talk about three locations Tanya and I visit on a pretty regular basis; and always have a good time. These locations are Beachwood BBQ & Brewing in Long Beach; Abigaile Restaurant in Hermosa Beach and Benihana Restaurant in Torrance. The first batch of photos are from Beachwood BBQ & Brewing, a brewpub in Long Beach that specializes in barbecue style foods. As you might imagine, because it is the …

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Business & Beer joins Meetup at Sophie’s Place

Business N Beer, gastropub, Local business, Meetup, networking event, Photos, pictures, Redondo Beach, Sophie's Place / 2 minutes of reading / April 12, 2013

These photos are from our Business & Beer/Meetup event that we had last night at Sophie’s Place, one of our favorite gastropubs, located in the Riviera Village in Redondo Beach, CA. We had a nice turnout of eight with a couple of them coming as a direct result of our using Meetup.com as a networking tool. Since the group was a little smaller than normal, it gave us an opportunity to interact more with our new guests. Our hosts, Sophie’s Place, even gave Tanya a slice of carrot cake (which she sliced up to share) and we had a rousing …

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Business & Beer returns to 1321 Downtown Taproom Bistro

1321 Downtown Taproom & Bistro, Business N Beer, gastropub, Local business, Meetup, networking event, Photos, pictures, Southern California, Torrance / 2 minutes of reading / March 22, 2013

Last night, Business & Beer returned to the 1321 Downtown Taproom Bistro for the second time; and Meetup joined us for the third consecutive week. It seems that Meetup is helping our networking group grow a little at a time, with two or three new attendees as a direct result of Meetup and a couple of them are becoming regular attendees. With the combination of Facebook, Meetup and word of mouth, BusinessNBeer is growing and business connections are being made. It is fun to sit back and watch as our attendees introduce themselves to each other and discover that there …

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1st Annual Froth Awards: No green beer allowed

Easy Reader, El Segundo Brewing Company, Froth Awards, Hermosa Beach, Local brewers, Local business, microbrewery, Monkish Brewing, Photos, pictures, Saint Rocke, Smog City Brewing, Southern California, St Patricks Day, strand brewing, The Brewery at Abigaile / 2 minutes of reading / March 17, 2013

Sunday, St. Patrick’s Day, and what better way to celebrate than to enjoy some of the best beers brewed in the South Bay at the Easy Reader 1st Annual Froth Awards held at Saint Rocke in Hermosa Beach. They called it the Froth Awards, but I do not think it was as much a competition as an award of recognition to the rising stars of brewing in the South Bay. The day consisted of live music to accompany the food and beer pairings that were provided. The winners were those that attended; we got some great beer, food and music. …

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The Dudes’ Brewing Kickoff Weekend

Hermosa Beach, Hot's Kitchen, Local brewers, Local business, microbrewery, Naja's Place, Photos, pictures, Redondo Beach, Southern California, The Dudes' Brewing / 2 minutes of reading / March 16, 2013

This weekend, the South Bay welcomed the latest microbrewery to the Southern California beer brewing scene, The Dudes’ Brewing Company which is located in Torrance, CA. Unlike most microbreweries, The Dudes’ does not currently have a tasting room, but rather have decided to break onto the scene by selling kegs to bars and restaurants, and will begin canning and distributing sometime in June of this year. There is talk of opening a tasting room in 2014 after they have their operation running exactly how they want. The Dudes’ are having four kickoff parties this weekend, beginning at Hot’s Kitchen in …

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Business & Beer joins Meetup at The Rockefeller

Business N Beer, gastropub, Hermosa Beach, Local business, Meetup, networking event, Photos, pictures, The Rockefeller / 2 minutes of reading / March 15, 2013

The photos are from our Business & Beer networking group’s gathering at the Hermosa Beach gastropub, The Rockefeller. As I mentioned last week, we have decided to give Meetup.com a chance to see if we could build on the number of people that attend our networking events. Last week, with short notice, we had two new attendees that were a direct result of our joining meetup. Last night there were at least three Meetup attendees, however, we had more new people that regulars last night and I am not entirely sure if some of the others were there because of …

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South Bay Beer Week at Sophie’s Place

El Segundo Brewing Company, gastropub, Local brewers, Local business, Monkish Brewing, Photos, pictures, Redondo Beach, Riviera Village, Smog City Brewing, Sophie's Place, Southern California, strand brewing, Torrance / 2 minutes of reading / March 14, 2013

This week our favorite gastropub in Redondo Beach, Sophie’s Place, is having a South Bay Beer Week in which they have dedicated their eight taps to four of the South Bay’s microbreweries; Monkish Brewing, Strand Brewing Company, El Segundo Brewing Company and Smog City Brewing. Sophie’s Place is owned by three brothers that are craft beer fans and one, Bobby, is a home brewer. Bobby told me that “many are still unaware of the incredible beers right in their own ’hood” so he decided to have a “dedication of South Bay beers on all taps all week.” The beer on …

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Saint Rocke to host 1st Annual Froth Awards

brewpub, Easy Reader, Froth Awards, gastropub, Hermosa Beach, Local brewers, Local business, microbrewery, St Patricks Day / 2 minutes of reading / March 11, 2013

The Saint Rocke in Hermosa Beach will host the 1st Annual Froth Awards, The Easy Reader Beer Experience and Gastropub Challenge, on March 17, 2013 and this is going to be a blast. The Froth Awards will feature the who’s who of the South Bay’s microbreweries, brewpubs and gastropubs who will put together five food and craft beer pairings. If you are a regular reader of GotBaddog.com, the names of the participants should be very familiar to you. The microbreweries participating include, Strand Brewing Company, Monkish Brewing and Smog City from Torrance and El Segundo Brewing Company from El Segundo. …

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