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May 18, 2012
Beer Belly Celebrates 1st Anniversary
It feels like much longer than a year has passed since Jimmy and Yume Han opened Beer Belly, the Koreatown craft beer bar that introduced the Hite-heavy neighborhood to a volume and variety of local-brewed suds like it had never seen. But sure enough, this weekend will mark the bar's one year annive ... More >>
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May 11, 2012
This Weekend: Local Brewers' Festival A Poolside Beer Party
Why go to LAX, get on a plane, and fly to Vegas for a pool party when you can drive to the Four Points by Sheraton LAX, park for free, and get your pool party on right here? Our weather's better -- and so is the beer. Saturday, May 12, from noon to 5:00 p.m., thirteen of the best local and Californ ... More >>
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April 11, 2012
Strand Brewing Tap Room: Grand Opening
White Sand Double IPA Cometh: The official grand opening party for the Strand Brewing Tap Room happens this weekend, Saturday, April 14, and Sunday, April 15. Drinking hours are Saturday, noon to 8 p.m., and Sunday, noon to 6 p.m. This will be the world debut of White Sand, an 8.6% abv double IPA t ... More >>
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April 9, 2012
Deschutes Brewery's L.A. Base Camp Week: Chainbreaker White IPA, The Abyss "Beer-lesque"
Meet Woody. He's a giant towable beer barrel-keg that doubles as an operable bar and comes complete with disco ball, sound system and his own Twitter account. Though the party-on-wheels might be a cutesy promo gimmick for Bend, Oregon's Deschutes Brewery (or the grown-up version of the Oscar Mayer W ... More >>
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March 30, 2012
Weekend Baking: The Pie it Forward Cookbook A Chocolate Stout Pie Recipe
Those summer berry and fall holiday pies may get all of the seasonal baking attention, but spring really is the ideal time to Pie it Forward, isn't it? There are those rainy weekends best left to indoor dough rolling, the partly cloudy ones that aren't quite ready for berry picking outings, and thos ... More >>
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March 16, 2012
Guinness and Ice Cream for St. Patrick's Day: A Recipe for Stout Float
I don't know if a stout float is an Irish dessert but it doesn't really matter, as Saint Patrick's Day celebrations aren't really Irish anyway. A beer float can be awesome, and when done right, it's the perfect creamy-sweet refresher after the traditional American-Irish, salty dinner of corned beef ... More >>
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March 6, 2012
Strand Brewing Tap Room Opens
Breaking beer news. Though they will have an official "grand opening party" in late March which, of course, we will let you know about, we're letting you know now that you can already visit the newly minted Strand Brewing Tap Room. Drinking hours are Thursday and Friday 4-9 p.m., Saturday 12-8 p.m ... More >>
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February 6, 2012
10 Best Beer Bars In Los Angeles
With craft beer L.A.'s current unyielding obsession, it seems crazier than a 55% ABV beer that four short years ago that we were celebrating, along with dozens of tube sock-clad homebrew club sorts, the first local bars to land coveted cask-conditioned ales on tap. My how that fedora-topped draft be ... More >>
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December 30, 2011
4 Double Black IPAs That Debuted in 2011: Or, Crossing Over to the (Very) Dark Side
In the last twelve months, the craft beer world has welcomed new flavors from a slew of emerging styles including the rye saison (Avery's Eighteen), the wheat IPA (El Segundo Brewing's Picket Fence) and the seasonal imperial pumpkin ale (Flying Dog's The Fear). But no new style was more exciting for ... More >>
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October 31, 2011
Top 5 Pumpkin Beers: Drink Up, Pumpkin Kings
B. MesirowKern River's Pumpkin Ale and a whole pumpkin Is there any vegetable more versatile than the pumpkin? They can be turned into delicious pies, magical carriages, whimsical lanterns, terrifying (or hilarious) helmets and, best of all, beer. Pumpkin beers come in a variety of styles, f ... More >>
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October 28, 2011
Top 5 Beers from L.A. Beer Week 2011
Far Bar2011 L.A. Beer Week L.A. Beer Week was a 14-day nonstop party that required four days of recovery. But what a blast. Dozens of events at beer bars across Los Angeles were packed with beer fans, new and old alike. After some reflection, we made our picks for the five best beers we tast ... More >>
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October 21, 2011
The Phenomenal Finish to 2011 L.A. Beer Week: Kern River Brewing Company at Far Bar L.A.B.W. Closing Festival at Union Station
Cambria GriffithOfficial 2011 L.A. Beer Week Souvenir Glass The spectacular closing weekend of the 2011 L.A. Beer Week features Far Bar hosting gold-medal winning Kern River Brewing Saturday, followed by the L.A. Beer Week Closing Festival featuring over 70 brewers at historic Union Station o ... More >>
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October 20, 2011
Interactive Sausage Rare Beer at The Yard
jamesjustinSausages await consumption If you've been to Hot Doug's in Chicago, then you already know the adage. "There are no two finer words in the English language than 'encased meats', my friend." True. And if there's anything in this world that could possibly trump a fresh, handmade saus ... More >>
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October 6, 2011
The Top 5 IPAs in the World
Here is the Cliffs Notes version of the three sweetest letters in craft brewing: IPA. The Brits, loving themselves some pale ale, would load up a big, slow ship full of the country's favorite liquid, and send it off to that not-so-tiny colony known as India. Problem was, the beer would go bad by ... More >>
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October 5, 2011
Two Local Brewers Win Big at the Great American Beer Festival
Jason E. KaplanThe crowds converge on GABF Over a dozen L.A.-area craft brewers traveled to Denver last week to compete in the 30th annual Great American Beer Festival -- arguably the oldest and most prestigious national beer competition outside of Europe. This year, 526 breweries submitted 3 ... More >>
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September 21, 2011
Meg Gill's Top 5 L.A.-area Beers
Tyler KempMeg Gill skates into L.A.'s craft beer scene Last week, we shared a list of six essential West Coast beers hand-picked by Greg Koch, the CEO and Co-Founder of Southern California's largest craft brewery: Stone Brewing Company in Escondido. This week, we've done something similar wit ... More >>
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September 6, 2011
More L.A. Craft Beer News: Enegren Brewing Company
Steven ArmstrongJoe Nascenzi and Matt Enegren at Enegren Brewing Co. As often happens in life, collegiate eccentricities lead to post-baccalaureate vocations. For one Harvard dropout, late-night computer programming led to multi-billion dollar "facebooking." And for three Loyola Marymount gr ... More >>
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August 15, 2011
LA Craft Beer Crawl 2011 [Photo Gallery]
Guzzle & NoshDanielle pours a beer float at Cana as parto of the 2011 LA Craft Beer Crawl.Congratulations if you made it to all seven bars at Saturday's LA Craft Beer Crawl. Either you have an iron will or an iron stomach. The crowds were thick and the beers, from populist IPAs to obscurist a ... More >>
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August 1, 2011
Top 10 California Pale Ales
Jake OgleThe Classic American Pale Ale American Pale Ales, arguably the most popular beer style for craft brewers, tend to range between 5-6 % alcohol by volume (abv). That makes them what some beer geeks call "sessionable," meaning you can enjoy quite a few of them in a single sitting witho ... More >>
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June 30, 2011
Beachwood BBQ and Brewing Opens in Long Beach
Southern BBQ and Craft Beer at Beachwood Beachwood BBQ of Seal Beach, rated as one of the Top 5 Beer Bars in America by Beer Advocate magazine, is opening a second location on the Promenade in downtown Long Beach on Tuesday, July 5. Beachwood BBQ and Brewing is easily one of the most anticip ... More >>
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June 21, 2011
IPA Beer Fight: Ladyface Ale Companie vs. Bootlegger's Brewery
B. MesirowBootlegger's Rustic Rye IPA Much has been made lately of L.A.'s beer revolution, from hilarious and awesome drunken rants by Greg of Stone to posts on this very blog and well beyond. However, the true measuring stick must be the beer itself, and what better stick than the West Coas ... More >>
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June 16, 2011
Top 10 American Craft Beers for Summer
Daniel DrennonOmmegang Hennepin Traffic. Air pollution. Earthquakes. So why, at your local sports bar, are seemingly half the patrons transplants from New York, Boston and Chicago pulling for their hometown teams and lamenting "how great it is back home?" Four words. Bikinis. Board shor ... More >>
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June 10, 2011
National Homebrew Competition L.A.-Area Finalists
JgarbeeHomebrews At Pacific Gravity's Annual PartyIf you've heard a lot of homebrewer buzz at your neighborhood pub the past few weeks, it's likely because the National Homebrewers Conference (NHC) is being held in San Diego this year. Hoards of home brewers will be descending upon Southern C ... More >>
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May 5, 2011
America's Oldest Brewpub Comes to Hollywood Where To Drink Yourself Silly
Blue Palms Brewhouse Berkeley's legendary Triple Rock Brewery and Alehouse, the oldest original brewpub in the United States and one of the best, comes to the Blue Palms Brewhouse in Hollywood all day this Friday. You will be able to meet Rodger Davis, head brewer at Triple Rock, and also Br ... More >>
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April 19, 2011
Hop Heaven Comes to LA: Naja's Place 3rd Anniversary IPA Festival
Martin SvabNaja's crowd Hops will prevail at the best India Pale Ale (IPA) festival that will happen all year in the Southland. Naja's Place 3rd Anniversary IPA Festival begins Thursday, April 21. If Father's Office is the granddaddy of all L.A. beer bars, Naja's Place is the godfather. In ... More >>
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April 12, 2011
More Adventures in Beer: Bootlegger's Brewery 3rd Anniversary Celebration
Tod MesirowThe taproom at Bootlegger's Brewery Our fair city has long been regarded by outsiders as something of a craft beer wasteland, a rocky patch full of Bud-Miller-Coors between the fertile hop fields of San Diego and the Bay. Standing within the county's limits, though, it is clear th ... More >>
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March 7, 2011
The Cocktail Issue: Golden State's Beer Float A Recipe
Anne FishbeinGolden State's beer floatThis past week's cover story was the cocktail issue, or L.A.'s Best Cocktails, in which Jonathan Gold considers, as you can probably infer from the title, the best cocktails in Los Angeles. To celebrate the happy event, we're giving you a cocktail a day h ... More >>
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February 9, 2011
[Updated] The Pursuit of Hoppiness: Pliny the Younger (IPA Beer) Day is Here
koadmunkeeUpdate: We told you you'd have to keep monitoring the tap list yourselves, but we caved and decided to give you a hand. Here's the list of confirmed Pliny the Younger appearances as it stands right now: Verdugo Bar, Wednesday, February 16 at 6 p.m.; Hops and Barley (in Temecula), S ... More >>
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December 23, 2010
Best Black And Tan: Eagle Rock Brewery's Stimularity, A Caffeinated Twist
J. GarbeeMaking A Black And Tan At Eagle Rock BreweryIn the beer world, a bartender's prowess is arguably determined by his/her mastery of the black and tan, a pale ale topped with a stout or other dark beer. It's harder than it looks -- just ask Eagle Rock Brewery co-owner Ting Su (her husba ... More >>
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November 16, 2010
How To Pretend It's Fall In L.A.: 5 Local Beer Folks On Their Favorite Seasonal Beers
J. Garbee The 'tis the season buzz around the beer world this time of year is all about dark and malty cold weather brews -- Hibernation ales, Santa's Butt Porters and an infinite number of chocolate stouts. That fall beer thing can be hard to wrap your head around in L.A. when the sunshine s ... More >>
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November 5, 2009
Milkshake Madness at BLD with Pastry Chef Mariah Swan 2 Recipes for Spiked Milkshakes
Mariah Swan, pastry chef at both of Neal Fraser's restaurants, BLD and Grace, had an epiphany last year. Why not take a childhood favorite, milkshakes, and make it more grown up by adding alcohol? Thus Milkshake Madness was born at BLD, held the last Sunday of every month. Swan transforms classic ... More >>
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March 3, 2005
Ask Mr. Gold
Mariah Swan, pastry chef at both of Neal Fraser's restaurants, BLD and Grace, had an epiphany last year. Why not take a childhood favorite, milkshakes, and make it more grown up by adding alcohol? Thus Milkshake Madness was born at BLD, held the last Sunday of every month. Swan transforms classic ... More >>

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