Life is good in Mid-Western South Bay west of Sepulveda Blvd. and down-wind from the Hyperion Water Treatment Plant where El Segundo Brewing Company is riding a golden wave of praise and taste. ESBC recently won a gold medal at the 15th Bistro Double IPA Festival last February in Hayward, CA. for their Hammerland Double […]
Tis the season for some holiday cheer and near by craft beer events, bottle releases and sudsy promos that celebrate the good tidings across South Bay breweries and their thirsty patrons. The holidays in general can be a weird dance caught between conspicuous consumption and the intent to giveback, but one thing is commonplace during […]
L.A. Beer Week returns Saturday, September 20th with a more geo-centric producer this year as The Los Angeles County Brewers Guild puts together a launch event that features over forty breweries from Los Angeles county and around California. Tickets are still available online to LA Brewers Beer Week Kick-Off festival taking place in Downtown LA’s […]
If you have been by Naja”s Place in the last couple days, you might have noticed a less than robust tap list than normal as the folks behind the bar are prepping and cleaning their tap lines for what is now Naja”s sixth IPA Festival that starts this Wednesday at 2:00pm. It is a week […]
The city of Torrance officially widens its craft brewery market this Friday, April 25th from 4pm to 9pm by presiding over the Grand Opening of Absolution Brewing Co. Although Absolution has been open for tasting and elbow bending since late February, the newest of Torrance breweries will be unofficially baptized by the Mayor of Torrance, […]
The craft beer movement is forever evolving around here in the South Bay (and beyond), El Segundo Brewery’s Citra Pale on tap at Dodger Stadium, bottles of Strand Brewery’s 24th Street Pale Ale available at Costco’s Torrance location, and a female owned brewery, Three Weav3rs Brewing Co. looks to kickstarter to raise funds for a […]
One of the biggest mammals on earth passes near the South Bay every winter and spring, making its annual north and southbound migrations to and from Baja California. Gray Whale sightings and their migratory patterns are the focus of American Cetacean Society Los Angeles Gray Whale Census and Behavior Project, a mainly volunteer organization that […]
Cold beer and live baseball have a longstanding relationship that dates back easily over a century and a half ago, throw in a steamed hot-dog with relish and mustard and you have got a winning trifecta of pure Americana. This week hope springs eternal, once again, as ballparks across the nation welcome back baseball fans […]
It is now a bit cliche to start a blog post about craft beer in the South Bay with words like burgeoning or nascent, even the word growing seems a bit stale now. Verbs like exploding or demanding seem more appropriate today. What city will license the next group of craft beer alchemists, Gardena, Torrance, […]
The rainy season appears to have been swept away by golden sunshine, warm temps, and a South Bay shoreline that appears to have grown some wave-shaping sandbars. No doubt most folks in and around the beach cities will invade the outdoor lifestyle this weekend and we suspect most beach volleyball courts to be picked over […]