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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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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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Strand Brewing Company Bottle Release Weekend

Local brewers, microbrewery, Photos, pictures, Southern California, strand brewing, Torrance / 2 minutes of reading / March 16, 2013

It seems like there is a lot of action in the beer world around here lately and today was no exception. Strand Brewing Company, a microbrewery out of Torrance that my regular readers have undoubtedly heard me mention on numerous occasions, has graduated to the next step in the ranks of professional brewers; they are now bottling some of their beers. These photos were taken at their tasting room on Saturday afternoon as the first bottles became available. Their first round of 16.9 oz bottled beers consists of their Beach House Amber, 24th Street Pale Ale, Atticus IPA and their …

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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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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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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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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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Business & Beer comes back to Strand Brewing, Torrance

Local brewers, Local business, microbrewery, networking event, Photos, pictures, strand brewing, Torrance / 2 minutes of reading / November 4, 2012

These photos are from our most recent Business & Beer gathering which we had at Strand Brewing Company in Torrance. Strand Brewing is a local microbrewery that has been growing by leaps and bounds over the last several months. I remember when I first started going there, there would be maybe three or four people on a Saturday afternoon. These days you and more likely to find 15-20 on a Thursday evening. I can imagine that Saturdays are even better. We had about 20 people show up for Business & Beer which was about double of what I expected; it …

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South Bay Craft Beer Celebration at Abigaile, Hermosa Beach

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Thursday night, The Brewery at Abigaile hosted a “celebration of local craft beer” and the release of the October issue of Beach Magazine which is pretty much dedicated to the craft beer scene in the South Bay area. I know it sounds like I spend a lot of time at Abigaile and The Brewery at Abigaile; but this place is so much fun and they have such good beer and food available, that it is worth making a detour over there every once in a while. Last night was no exception. As part of the celebration, Abigaile brought in all …

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Business & Beer returns to Strand Brewing Co, Torrance

Business N Beer, Local brewers, networking event, Photos, pictures, Southern California, strand brewing, Torrance / 2 minutes of reading / September 14, 2012

These photos are from the Business & Beer get-together that we had last night at Strand Brewing Company in Torrance. Although we had several regular attendees that were unable to attend due to being out of town, we still had eight people show up, which seems to be the minimum that are coming out; it is good to see. We are still getting first and second timers so my confidence level about Business & Beer remains high. Next week, Business N Beer will be returning to The Brewery at Abigaile in Hermosa Beach. We have gained several new members since …

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