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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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Business & Beer Joins Meetup at Alpine Inn

Alpine Inn, Alpine Village, Business N Beer, craft, Local business, networking event, Photos, pictures, restaurants, Torrance / 2 minutes of reading / March 8, 2013

These photos are from our Business & Beer gathering at Alpine Inn, located at the Alpine Village in Torrance. Over the weekend we decided that we would try out the Meetup business networking platform to see if we could generate some additional interest from people that do not use Facebook. What we did not realize is that they have an approval process, so it took a few days before we were actually added to the system. In two days we got 10 new members, but as far as attendance is concerned, we had two people that joined us as a …

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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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Tortilla Cantina hosts another Business & Beer

Business N Beer, craft beers, gastropub, Local business, networking event, Photos, pictures, restaurants, Torrance, Tortilla Cantina / 1 minute of reading / February 8, 2013

Last night, Business & Beer returned to Tortilla Cantina in downtown Torrance and we had a very nice turnout. Since we do not have mandatory meetings, people show up when they can and if they are too busy with other things on a particular night, they are welcomed back with open arms. Last night we had several people we have not seen in a while along with one new attendee. It made for a pretty good sized group and everyone seemed to have a good time. Remember, if networking with others is part of your business model and you live …

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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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Photos from Business N Beer at Sophie’s Place

craft beers, gastropub, Local business, networking event, Photos, pictures, Redondo Beach, Sophie's Place / 2 minutes of reading / February 1, 2013

These photos are from our weekly Business & Beer gathering, which was held last night at Sophie’s Place in the Riviera Village section of Redondo Beach. Sophie’s Place is a family run gastropub, run by three brothers, and it is one place that always makes us feel like family; whether we come in as a group or by ourselves. Besides having a very nice beer list, with eight beers available on rotating taps and about 50 varieties available in bottles, they have a great food menu. Last night, Tanya and I tried a Yeti Float which is made with vanilla …

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Schooner at Sunset, Sunset Beach

American Craft Beer, Daniel Drennon, gastropub, Huntington Beach, Local business, Photos, pictures, restaurant review, Schooner at Sunset, Southern California, Sunset Beach / 4 minutes of reading / January 26, 2013

These photos were taken Saturday at a new gastropub, Schooner at Sunset, which is located at 16821 Pacific Coast Highway, Sunset Beach, CA. For those not sure where Sunset Beach is, it is the very north end of Huntington Beach, just south of Seal Beach. Your car’s GPS is most likely going to call it Huntington Beach, so don’t worry, it is all the same place. To be honest, I am not really in the habit of going down there unless I am taking a weekend motorcycle ride down the coast. The fact of the matter is, when I initially …

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