Entries by Kelly

OC Beer Blog 2nd Anniversary at Noble Ale Works

We had the extreme privilege of attending the 2nd anniversary party for our friends of the OC Beer Blog at Noble Ale Works. It was a great excuse to escape the heat of Northeast LA for some beach time, then to our first trip to Noble for some fantastic beer! Lucky for us, we arrived […]

Highlights from the Firestone Walker Invitational Beer Fest

Ever have one of those months where you can’t stop getting everyone’s colds and all this life stuff starts happening? That’s what has happened to us. Which is why we’re finally bringing to you our highlights from this year’s Firestone Walker Invitational Beer Festival – a month late. Nonetheless, enjoy! — It’s difficult to sum […]

Smog City Brewing’s new diggs

After about a year of planning, the barely two-year old Smog City Brewing finally has its very own diggs! When head brewmaster Jonathan Porter and team started brewing in 2011, they were doing it all within the Tustin Brewing Company facilities. For a while there, Smog City brews were either hard to find or not […]

Beer fact Friday: How Milwaukee became famous for beer

Familiar with the slogan, “The beer that made Milwaukee famous”? It belongs to the one and only Schlitz – a Milwaukee brewery that’s been around since the mid-1800s. At the start of the 20th century, Schlitz was the world’s top beer producers, making over 100 million gallons a year, and is now owned by Pabst […]

Adventures in craft Mexican beer

In celebration of Cinco de Mayo on Sunday, we hit up some of our favorite margarita recipes. But after noticing case after case of Mexican beer fly off the shelves of the grocery store, we were on the hunt for some actual cerveza artisanal. A recent vacation to Baja California revealed that it’s a little tough […]

Deschutes night at Sunset Beer

It may have been a weeknight, but last night after a long work day, yoga and then a meeting, we headed on down to Sunset Beer Company in Echo Park for the much-anticipated Deschutes night. It wasn’t a complete tap take-over, but three of the six taps offered included the Deschutes Armory XPA, Mirror Pond, […]