American Craft Beer Week is officially underway this week as it embraces a triage of seven days dedicated to local craft brewers around the country. Now in its eighth year, American Craft Beer Week represents a way to celebrate small, independent brewers and the ever growing crop of craft beer elbow benders that support craft [...]
Summer is a perennial anthem that weaves through the South Bay all year long but traditionally settles in for some real time flavor around Memorial Day Weekend. With their tasting room set to open in about a month, the Dudes’ Brewing Co. looks to invite local craft beer fans from the South Bay and beyond [...]
There is an ever growing movement in the craft beer world that pits can verse bottle. Canned beer technology has come a long way since the 70s & 80s and the market for beer in a can has grown beyond the standard Bud Light, Miller Light, or Coors light can. This Thursday night inside a [...]
Torrance’s garden industrial state of mind is a mecca for small businesses and entrepreneurs in general. In the last couple years though the city has become a boon for craft breweries looking to tap into affordable industrial space that has good distribution channels to the South Bay and Los Angeles areas. In no particular order, [...]
Summertime in the South Bay brings to life all the justifications taken to live a coastal lifestyle and puts them in a forgiving perspective, be it gridlock on Pacific Coast Highway or that annoying dearth of street parking, summer is a kind of therapy. Enjoyed in moderate consumption, so is craft beer. The South Bay [...]
Believe it or not, 2013 marks the 60th anniversary of Redondo Pier’s most classy fish and seafood market, Quality Seafood Inc. Stroll along the King Harbor side of the so aptly named International Boardwalk on any given South Bay weekend and you will find an ethnically diverse crowd hunched over an array of communal tables [...]
The rise of craft beer in the South Bay is great for the palate and the local economy. Torrance based Strand Brewing Co. makes a rite of passage this Saturday, March 16th by issuing some of their flagship brews like 24th Street Pale Ale and Beach House Amber in bottle format according to a recent [...]
The consummate South Bay craft beer drinker is definitely riding the coat-tails of a new year dedicated to an economy that’s progressing forward for independent brewers and consumers who are looking for beers that taste. Taking a hint from California’s wine tasting playbook, a new tour operator called LA Craft Beer Tours is offering shuttle [...]
One of the leaders in the second helping of the craft beer movement showcases age in a bottle as Charlie’s Italian opens their doors next Tuesday for a sampling of Stone Brewing Company’s Vertical Epic series. The idea behind Stone’s Vertical Epic ales is that beer can be aged to produce tasty vintage brews. Stone [...]
The 4th annual LA Beer Week drafts off into hoppy existence this Thursday with a tasting schedule that is naturally LA centric. Last year’s LABW started at Naja’s but this year it begins near the Rose Bowl at the new Stone Brewing Company store in Pasadena. That’s a long way from the South Bay. Luckily, [...]