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Strand celebrates anniversary, introduces new line of cans

One of the oldest craft breweries in the Los Angeles area is celebrating a few major accomplishments this weekend in Torrance, including its Seventh Anniversary. Strand Brewing Co., which opened in the South Bay in 2009, is one of the early…

Five LA bars where you can celebrate International Stout Day

Thursday, November 3 is International Stout Day, a celebration of the iconic beer style. After all, there's IPA Day in August so why not a day for stout? Here are a few of our favorite places to grab a craft stout beer because they usually…

Giveaway: The Rare Experience beer fest in Studio City

Win tickets to The Rare Experience on November 19 There are beer fests and there are Beer Fests. Lucky for us all, the powers that be behind Beer Fests for Beer Geeks are bringing some of the most unique festivals to Los Angeles, the most…

Sacramento-bound: 2nd California Craft Beer Summit

The California Craft Beer Summit and Brewers Showcase in Sacramento from September 8-10 features a Summit and a HUGE Beer Fest.

Yorkshire Square Brewery will showcase cask ales, one hand pull at a time

Torrance is fast becoming a beer destination city with popular breweries like Smog City, Monkish and Phantom Carriage in nearby Carson drawing crowds on a daily basis. Later this year, Yorkshire Square Brewery will add to the city's growing…

A win for lazy days: DoorDash delivered booze

It was a hot Friday afternoon in Northeast Los Angeles. There was a Dodger game that evening and traffic was already backing up all over Los Angeles. I was at a friend's house in Atwater Village, and we were getting hungry - and thirsty. All…

Drink to Independence: Beer fest celebrating Belgian Independence Day

This weekend, Beer Fest for Beer Geeks is bringing nearly 60 beers to Stout in Hollywood for its first ever Belgian Beer Fest, Drink to Independence. The fest features 28 breweries, most of which are Belgian and six non-Belgian. There,…

Beer of the Week: LA Beer Week’s Unity

This week's Beer of the Week was chosen for two reasons: 1) It's a rad beer, and 2) It's the LA Beer Week beer, and it's LA Beer Week! The LA Beer Week Unity beer this year is an experimental IPA brewed by Three Weavers of Inglewood as…

Beer my Dad drinks

My dad is not your typical dad - he's not the polo shirt wearing, golf loving kind of guy. He probably doesn't own a tie. He also happens to drink Pacifico. It's not that my dad doesn't have good taste - he likes good (and expensive)…

Your LA Beer Week 2016 guide

The best week in Los Angeles kicks off this Saturday, and while every week is beer week in Los Angeles there are some pretty special things happening. While we can't list all the best events to go to, these are the best of the best - just…

Los Angeles has a new beer destination in Venice

It was a rare cool and rainy day, but to a dedicated crowd (beer lovers, no doubt), spending National Beer Day under an umbrella outside Firestone Walker's new Venice location was a worthy cause. The new location is dubbed The Propagator,…

A look inside the new (and enormous) Lagunitas Azusa

We knew it was coming, but the third Lagunitas brewery is landing in Azusa in a big way. We recently attended a "sneaky peek" event along with city officials, media and some enthusiastic fans. Word is the link to this small event was…

Drink your way through Atwater’s Ozu East Kitchen

"There's a tradition that you never leave a glass empty," says Paul Yi while fidling our cups with of one of his favorite bottles of sake, Dassai, a high-polish sake with a floral punch. He stays true to his word, attentive at tables around…

FirkFest tapping 50+ casks this weekend in Anaheim

FirkFest is nearly here! The third annual installment is a must for beer lovers in So Cal, bringing over 50 casks of beer from 30 local craft breweries. Held this year at the Farmers Park on Saturday, March 19 - and there are still general…

Mark your calendars for LA Beer Week 2016

LA Beer Week returns for its eighth year on June 18 through June 26. Kicking off the week is the June 18, 2016 beer festival highlighting the city's best craft beer along with some special, out-of-town guests. Los Angeles has seen quite…