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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 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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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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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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Torrance Firefighters’ 41st Annual Spaghetti Dinner

AARBF, Alisa Ann Ruch California Burn Foundation, Champ Camp, Family fun, fundraiser, Photos, pictures, Torrance, Torrance Firefighters Association / 1 minute of reading / March 10, 2013

These photos were taken Saturday at the Torrance Firefighters Association’s 41st Annual Spaghetti Dinner which is a fundraiser to benefit the Alisa Ann Ruch California Burn Foundation (www.aarbf.org). The proceeds go towards sending young burn victims to Champ Camp, a week long summer camp for burn survivors ages 5-16. In addition to the spaghetti dinners served, the women’s auxiliary of the Torrance Firefighters Association had a bake sale with all kinds of homemade goodies. It was another fine turnout and all the volunteers made sure cups were filled and tables were cleared and set for the next guest. I know …

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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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Torrance Firefighters to hold 41st Annual Spaghetti Dinner fundraiser

AARBF, Alisa Ann Ruch California Burn Foundation, Champ Camp, Family fun, fundraiser, Torrance, Torrance Fire Fighters Association / 1 minute of reading / March 6, 2013

This Saturday, March 9 2013, the Torrance Firefighters Association will hold their 41st Annual Spaghetti Dinner fundraiser to benefit the Alisa Ann Ruch California Burn Foundation (www.aarbf.org). The dinner will be held at the Ken Miller Recreation Center Auditorium. The money raised goes towards sending children to Champ Camp, a week long, residential summer camp for burn survivors ages 5-16, who have been treated at California hospitals or are current residents of California. Tanya and I went last year and had a great time. While it is put on by the Torrance Firefighters Association, there is participation from agencies all …

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