Road trip: Sequoia Brewing Company in Fresno

A couple of weekends ago, we headed over to the other side of the Grapevine for a family visit in the Yosemite area. With beer on our mind and a bit of camera equipment to take some photos, our first stop after a long drive took us to Sequoia…

Beer float spotlight: Coconut Porter and coffee ice cream

Hot dog it's hot out there! Since our house didn't dip below 92 degrees inside over the weekend, we had to cool off with a bit of ice cream + beer = beer floats! There's a never ending number of combinations for beer floats. Take anything…

Happy Hops Day: 5 IPAs to try for IPA Day 2012

There are many reasons to love IPAs, and this is the perfect time of year to pop open a nice dry, light in color, and hoppy brew on the porch. And since today is IPA Day, we're celebrating with our top five IPAs to look out for as you celebrate. Don't…

Perfect for summer: Great Divide’s “Hades”

Nothing beats taking a break from the hustle and bustle of city life like drinking a beer on your porch while watching the neighborhood go by. One of my go-to summer beers of late: Hades - a Belgian Style Ale by Great Divide Brewing Company…

Sum sum summertime: Raspberry-Lime Smoothie recipe

Since we have to suffer through the Los Angeles summer heat without air conditioning in the majority of our not-so-energy-efficient house, we have to get a little creative with cooling down. Having worked at a smoothie shop during some of…

Beer Buzz Friday: Stone Brewing coming to Pasadena

Thank god. Stone Brewing Co. is heading to our neck of the woods, or nearby rather. The LA Times reports that the nationally recognized Southern California brewery is opening up a "sample" slash tasting room on South Raymond Avenue in…

New traditions: Sundays at Golden Road Brewing

Oh dear, we had a little blog lapse! But it's back to business as usual! We were recently invited to join in on a little Sunday tradition with some Atwater Village friends at the pub at Golden Road Brewing. And boy am I hooked - perfect LA…

Beer buzz Friday: Belgian Beer of the Month club

It's a beautiful thing when the Belgian beer-of-the-month package comes just as you're broke, and you've still got a few days until the paycheck comes in. And what a treat it is - thanks to my lovely sister-in-law! Since around Christmas…

From the archives: Red Lion beer garden

Whenever we're uploading photos of big frosty glasses of beer, it just makes us want to say a prayer of thanks to the beer gods. And we are happy, happy campers sipping those frosty glasses of beer in the beer garden at Red Lion, located…

Recipe: Summery green juice that even he’ll like

In preparation for our inevitable hangover tomorrow, we're drinking lots of water, and even broke out the juicer for our favorite summer green juice. Although there are a plenty of debates over cures for a hangover, we're hoping all the vitamins…

Telegraph Stock Porter: For the colder, gloomy days

Porter is like the hot chocolate of beers - a necessary accomplice to gloomy, rainy weather and a warm bar stool. Since the evenings have remained cool in Los Angeles, so does our hankering for dark beer. It used to be that Guinness was…