Every Charlie Brown fan knows about the Great Pumpkin, and craft beer lovers in Southern California should know about San Diego's Great Pumpkin Beer Festival. It's Saturday, Oct. 30 in the Gaslamp Quarter and features 40 breweries as well as a special tapping of a 1,400-pound real pumpkin keg. The idea was seeded in Seattle and has now spread to America's Finest City. It … [Read more...]
The Nightlife Blogger: A Closing Cheers To BridgePort Brewing, Portland’s Original Craft Brewery
City's Oldest Craft Beer Brewery Closes Its Taps By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger Before the craft beer craze with breweries popping up like flowers in springtime, there was Portland. This Oregon city is, as far as I'm concerned, the original craft beer location. And the original of the originals is BridgePort Brewing Company. Or was, shall … [Read more...]
South Bay’s Craft Beer Scene Continues To Thrive With Ximix Craft Exploration Brewery
Gardena Brewery Seeks To Be Out Of This World By Kevin Wilkerson, PubClub.com Nightlife Blogger When I heard that another craft brewery was opening in the South Bay section of L.A., my first thought was "what, another one!?" After all, with nearly a dozen in this small area just east of Hermosa, Manhattan and Redondo Beach, we seem to be overflowing with … [Read more...]
Ximix Craft Exploration Sending Expanding South Bay Breweries Into Orbit
Space-Themed Craft Brewery Is Near SpaceX In Gardena By Kevin Wilkerson, South Bay Nightlife Blogger The South Bay area of Los Angeles is getting more crafty when it comes to beers and breweries. Already a mini-mecca of microbreweries, the series of cities just inland from the beaches of Hermosa, Manhattan and Redondo has expanded beyond Torrance to neighboring … [Read more...]
Oregon Brewers Festival 2018 Dates, Beers & Everything You Need To Know
Portland's Top Craft Beer Event A Summertime Tradition The 31st edition of one of the best, most fun and lively beer festivals in the USA takes place on its usual end-of-July weekend in Portland, Ore. The Oregon Brewers Festival is a free-entrance event featuring more than 80 brewers at a location in a park on the banks of the Willamette River. More than 70,000 … [Read more...]
The Dirty Secret Bars With Lots Of Craft Beer Taps Don’t Want You To Know
The Story Behind Breweries & Their Relationships With Bars It sounds good and it looks great. A bar promotes the fact it has several different beers – craft beers – on tap. You go in and sure enough, there's a whole wall lined with tap handles. But what you see may be one great deception. That's because the bar may be holding back on several other craft beer … [Read more...]
Yard House Taps Special IPA Craft Beer For Its 20th Anniversary
3 Degrees Of Celebration Is A Triple IPA Brew In celebration of its 20th anniversary, the Yard House is offering a special draft beer for a limited time in December and January. Called 3 Degrees of Celebration it's a Triple IPA brewed in a partnership with San Diego’s Green Flash Brewing Co., and Alpine Beer Company. It will be tapped on Wednesday, Dec. 7, at the … [Read more...]
Why A-B InBev Craft Beer Purchases Are Good For Beer Drinkers
#BeerLovers Get More Choices In More Bars When A-B InBev purchased Chicago craft beer maker Goose Islands, many beer lovers cringed. Here was another big company buying up the competition to silence it. This once-beloved beer would now became a watered-down Budweiser. But that's not been the case. While significantly increasing production, Goose Island has maintained … [Read more...]
Craft Beers & Bands Mix At The 2015 Long Beach Folk Revival Festival
Music, Food, Brews & Beards You can hear all kinds of music in Los Angeles, but this one is rare: folk music. It's something more associated with where I'm from, East Tennessee. Rocky Top. But there will be banjos playing, as well as craft beer being poured and food being served at the third annual Long Beach Folk Revival Festival, Saturday, Sept. 19 in Long Beach, CA. … [Read more...]
How To Win Tickets To A San Diego Beer Week Tasting Pairing
Craft Beers, Chefs From Local Restaurants And Live Music At Tom Ham's Lighthouse Drink craft beer and eat for free! You can do it – if you win, of course – by entering a contest for two free tickets to a craft beer pairing during San Diego Beer Week. This takes place at Tom Ham's Lighthouse on Monday, Nov. 10, from 6-9 p.m. Called Brews, Views and Chews, it … [Read more...]
LA Bars Pouring Ninkasi ‘Pints For A Cause’ Beers To Fight Autism
Simmzy's, Hopscotch Tavern & Matt Denny's Participating On Nov. 12 Simmzy's in Manhattan Beach and Long Beach, Hopscotch Tavern in Fullerton and Matt Denny's Ale House in Arcadia are taking part in a promotion with Ninkasi Brewing beers to help cure autism. These Los Angeles bars and the brewery have teamed up for "Pints For A Cause' on Wednesday, Nov. 12. A … [Read more...]
El Segundo Rock & Brews Hosts Goose Island Craft Beer Dinner
Menu Pairings From Gene Simmons And Paul Stanley Restaurant With Premium Chicago Beers Here's a tasty temptation that will rock (and roll) your dinner world. Rock & Brews in El Segundo, CA – the original of the Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley and Zislis Group rock-themed restaurants – is hosting a dinner featuring items from its menu specifically selected to be paired with … [Read more...]
Goose Island Craft Beers Pairing A Winner At Rock & Brews Redondo Beach
Special Five-Course Dinner Highlights Good Beer With Good Food At LA Restaurant Chicago's craft beer Goose Island has come West and - like many transplants from the Windy City - has landed in the fun Los Angeles Beach Cities of Hermosa, Manhattan and Redondo Beach. And on a weather-perfect Tuesday evening, the kind of gentle night where you want to have a few … [Read more...]
Craft Beers Enhance Redondo Beach Lobster Festival Scene
Goose Island And Shock Top Specialty Brews Blend Perfectly With Bands And Bugs In 2013 Always a fun event, the Redondo Beach Lobster Festival elevated itself in 2013 with the addition of a craft beer garden. In an enhancement to the usual selection of beers, there were also several selections from Chicago craft brewer Goose Island and and also a wild variety of flavors … [Read more...]
Cincinnati’s Bunbury Music Festival 2013 Features 80 Bands On 6 Stages
Music, Craft Beer Garden, After Parties And A Party Bus Part Of Event There's a huge music festival in Cincinnati. The second annual Bunbury Music Festival returns to downtown Cincinnati’s Sawyer Point and Yeatman’s Cove the weekend of July 12-14. And while nobody is going to confuse it with the just-completed Summerfest in Milwaukee a few hours to the north, it does … [Read more...]
Monterey Brewery Peter B’s Celebrates American Craft Beer Week
Guest Brews, A Beer Wench And National Toast Highlight Events American Craft Beer Week is May 13-19 and Monterey Bay craft brewery Peter B's – which has won several awards for its beers – is participating with events each night of the week. It starts on Monday, May 13, with the release of Alvarado Street Raspberry Wheat Ale (Alvarado Street is just out the door of Peter … [Read more...]
San Francisco Craft Beer Lovers Should Flock To Boonville Beer Festival
Bay Area Breweries Pour It On At This Annual May Event Attention Bay Area brew lovers! There's an event you should check out in your area. It's the Boonville Beer Festival. That's up in Mendocino County, at the Mendocino County Fairgrounds, in fact. And I can speak from a personal experience that this is a great event, a craft beer drinker's paradise! There are 80 … [Read more...]
Where To Find Goose Island Chicago’s Craft Beer In South Bay Bars
Manhattan Beach and Hermosa Beach Bars Are Pouring These Good Brews Looking for a new craft beer to try in the South Bay? Then let me suggest Goose Island, the Chicago specialty brewery that is making a big splash nationally. Currently the bars serving it in the South Bay are: BrewCo and Shellback Tavern in Manhattan Beach and American Junkie in Hermosa Beach. At the … [Read more...]
MarchFest 2013 Is A Craft Beer And Music Festival In New Zealand
Hop-Growing Area Of Nelson A Celebration Of Hops, Craft Beers And Bands You don't normally associate New Zealand with craft beer, but an event called MarchFest just might get you raising a pint and toasting the Kiwis. It features 15 local and regional craft brewers in a festival that also includes bands and grilled food. Held in Nelson, N.Z., the 2013 event is April 6 … [Read more...]
Goose Island Beer Having A Tap Takeover At BrewCo Manhattan Beach
Chicago Craft Brewery Pouring Brews In The South Bay Goose Island, the Chicago craft brewery that has exploded onto the beer scene, is doing a "tap takoever" at BrewCo in downtown Manhattan Beach on Tuesday, Feb. 25. It goes from 5-close (about 11) and will feature four "classic" beers and three "vintage" selections, as well as the 22-ounce bottle of Pepe Nero. The beers … [Read more...]
Monterey Craft Brewery Peter B’s Brews A Valentine’s Day Beer
Bravarian Style Hefeweizen To Help Save Our Shores Organization Good brewmasters never rest. They keep brewing new beer. Kevin Clark is at it again, and he's come up with a Bavarian-style Hefeweizen that will debut on Valentine's Day in his craft brewery, Peter B's in Monterey, CA. This is a limited beer, just 12 barrels. In the past, Clark has created beers … [Read more...]
Monterey Craft Brewery Peter B’s Wins More Beer Awards
Russian Imperial Espresso Stout Takes Gold At World Beer Championships As Monterey, CA, continues to gain notoriety for its wines, a craft brewery is brewing up award-winning beers. Peter B’s Brewpub won a Gold medal for its Russian Imperial Espresso Stout at the World Beer Championships and two Bronze medals for its Barrel Aged Stout and Whiskey Barrel Aged Stout. Peter … [Read more...]
Global Beer Network Importing Craft Belgian Beers to the U.S.
Boston-Based Company is Bringing More Than 60 Belgian Beers From 9 Small Breweries to the American Market When I received an invitation to meet the head of a U.S. distributor of a number of Belgian craft brews, I first said, "yeah, beer tasting!" But then I briefly hesitated. Belgian beers can be so strong in alcohol it's like going over Niagara Falls in a barrel. You … [Read more...]
The USA Is The Best Beer Drinking Country in the World
Variety and Selection Sets America Apart From Even Places Like Germany, Says Belgian Beer Importer The statement was as bold as the beer he was drinking, a 10.5% Belgian import called Gulden Draak. But Steve Villani, president of Belgian craft importer Global Beer Network, was sticking to his words. "The United States is the best beer country on the planet," he … [Read more...]