Ritual Brewing Co. taps into the Los Angeles market
Ritual Brewing Co. may be a couple of years old, but it has only hit the taps and shelves of Los Angeles retailers and bars this week.
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Countdown to LA Beer Week Kickoff tickets
Mark your calendars, set your alarms… the LA Brewers Kickoff event tickets go on sale at noon on Friday, April 3, 2015. The event kicks off the first day of LA Beer Week, which begins on June 20. Put on by the LA Brewers Guild, the event itself takes place on Saturday, June 20, 2015 […]
Spend your entire weekend at Tony’s Darts Away for its 5th
Tony’s Darts Away is celebrating its 5th Anniversary in style, and we wouldn’t expect anything less. The party kicks off this Saturday starting at 10:00 am with a special tapping every hour on the hour, including a custom brewed IPA by Golden Road called Darts Away IPA at midnight. Sunday the big guns come out […]
LA’s newest brewery is a wild, barrel-aged fantasy come true
Phantom Carriage Brewery may have opened somewhat quietly last December, but this weekend they are making things official with a grand opening celebration that will bring beer lovers from all over to the lovely city of Carson. The brewery is one-of-a-kind as it focuses on barrel-aged wild ales, and they do it well – really […]
Countdown to Firestone Walker Invitational Beer Festival
I’ve already started to have the stress dreams – waking up too late in the morning to buy tickets, having to jump through crazy, dream-like hoops and challenges to get a ticket, only to end up not getting a ticket and being SO disappointed I could actually feel my heart breaking. But it’s just a […]
Brewing up a truly Echo Park beer
For the October issue of Beer Paper LA, I wrote an article on one of many brew days at Monkish Brewing in Torrance for the new Sunset Beer Company anniversary beer collaboration. This is that story – elaborated, elongated and with a couple of more photos. Look out for the article in the latest issue […]
Beer + Cheese pairing with LA Beer Hop
If you haven’t been on a craft beer tour before, this is the one to go on! For the special Beer & Cheese pairing on Sunday, October 5, LA Beer Hop is hitting some of the best bars on Los Angeles: Sunset Beer Company in Echo Park, The Surly Goat in West Hollywood and Beer […]
Sriracha Festival coming soon to Chinatown
Now that we’ve survived the sixth annual LA Beer Week (phew!), it’s time to start planning for the next great beer adventure! Luckily you don’t have to wait too much longer. The Second Annual Sriracha Festival is coming up on Sunday, October 19 from 3-6 pm in the Central Plaza of Chinatown. That red, spicy […]
Let this never be the last Battle for LA Beer Week
Tuesday morning, after waking up in a bit of a fog and a couple of questions about how the night ended, I thought to myself: Forget about the rest of LA Beer Week, last night was so EPIC we didn’t need anymore beer week. Monday night was the first Battle of the Bands, organized by […]
Signs of a great LA Beer Week started at the kickoff festival
You could tell this was going to be a great year for LA Beer Week. The kick-off festival last Saturday got us in the mood with some fantastic freaking weather, special taps, great breweries and a very enthusiastic crowd. And, being the LA Brewers Guild’s first year taking the helm of organizing the kickoff and […]
LA Beer Week kicks off in just a week
It’s already starting to feel like LA Beer Week! Even though we have a few more days to go, Eagle Rock Brewery debuted its pale ale Unity (the official beer of beer week) at its taproom on Friday, and our dance cards from September 20-28 are filling up quickly. What is LA Beer Week? If […]
Beach balls and barbecues – check out these great summer beers
It’s been officially summer for a couple of weeks now, but this week we’ve been really feeling it. Although you’ve probably had your fill of summer beer suggestions, with the 4th of July holiday and many more summer festivities to come, it’s time to share our favorites.
Beer blogging adventures with Firestone Walker: Part 3
This is part 3 of 3. Read part 1 here and part 2 here. After a delicious lunch at the Firestone Brewery, we’re back on the bus for a super top secret “surprise.” We arrive at Villicana Winery, where owners Alex and Monica Villicana have not only set up a beautiful, long table on the […]
Utah versus Colorado: Which makes the better Epic beer?
Epic Brewing is well known for making delicious and very hop-forward beers, and it appropriately took home quite a few medals last year. The original brewery was opened in Utah, where it was the state’s only high alcohol content beer produced, but last year it opened a second brewery in Denver, Colorado. The second brewery […]
Beer blogging adventures with Firestone Walker: Part 2
This is part 2 of 3. Read part 1 here. The morning after our night of glamping in Los Olivos, we board the bus for Paso Robles. My husband wins the award for the first beer cracked, a Stiegl Radler (best breakfast beer ever). Upon entering Firestone’s production brewery for a tasting session, the first […]