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Beer Headlines: Bruery Provisions Closes Golden Road Hires New Brewmaster

Two substantial changes developed for L.A. beer scene last week. The popular Bruery Provisions store in Old Towne Orange closed its doors on Sunday, Jan. 13. Only a few days earlier Golden Road Brewing announced the hiring of new head brewmaster Jesse Houck (Drake's Brewing). Beer lovers across L. ... More >>

L.A. Beer Week Event Picks: Ballast Point, Bacon and Beer, Beer Floats 'Beer University'

In the last four days, LA Beer Week has brought a Stone Brewing takeover to Old Town Pasadena, run brewery tours to every corner of the county and treated drinkers at beer bars citywide to rare selections from Dogfish Head, Kern River and Russian River breweries. But now that we've survived opening ... More >>

Beer Pairing: Boneyard Bistro Tomatoes Stone's Saison du Buff

If you're lucky enough to be growing your own, you know that tomato season is almost over. For this reason you should get yourself to Boneyard Bistro in Sherman Oaks for the last few weeks of their seasonal tomato salad. With a beer uncanny in its pairing power, this is the perfect last hurrah for s ... More >>

Tap Takeover at Steingarten LA: All the Dogfish Head You Can Drink

With the Labor Day holiday weekend approaching, you are undoubtedly destined to have a few lowest common denominator beers with your barbecue. Even those of us who tend toward craft are destined to live the High Life. You can start the weekend on a much higher note by attending the Dogfish Head tap ... More >>

Happy National Mead Day: What It Is Where to Find It

Saturday is National Mead Day. And while it may not be a pre-entered holiday on your wall calendar, it's certainly worth celebrating, even outside the perimeters of a Renaissance Festival or your local Beowulf reading group. Ten years ago the American Homebrewers Association (AHA) determined that th ... More >>

Rogue Brewing Beer from Beard Yeast: Specifically, Their Brewmaster's Own Beard

It all started as an effort to increase the terroir of their beer. In a press release that is equal parts repulsive and fantastic, Rogue Brewing Co. in Newport OR, announces they are testing recipes for a beer that will be fermented by yeast that was growing spontaneously in their brewmaster's beard ... More >>

The Thirsty Season: Beer Chicks The Question of Summer Beer

The idea was to meet the Beer Chicks for a pint. The topic was summer beer. The Beer Chicks are beer experts with twice the volubility -- because there are two of them, and because they've forgotten more about beer than I'll ever remember and are eager, very eager, to share. I wanted to know if th ... More >>

Top 5 Spirits for Beer Geeks: Belgian-Style Rum, Hoparitas and Moonshine IPA

The relationship between beer and spirits is closer than you think -- and not just for the growing beer cocktail trend or the "pint and a shot" special at your local dive. Mainly, the two crafts thrive on the same fermentation science with spirits beginning life as a fermented-sugar liquid similar ... More >>

American Distilling Institute's 2012 Artisan Spirits Awards Winners

In certain glossy magazine and high-end spirits competition circles, a vodka's photogenic front-page appeal is as important as what's inside the bottle in determining its award-winning value. But with the American Distilling Institute's annual Artisan American Spirits Awards, which were released las ... More >>

2012 James Beard Foundation Award Nominees Announced: The Mozza Edition

Yesterday the James Beard Foundation announced its 2012 nominations for book awards, journalism, design and graphics, broadcast and media, and restaurant and chefs. It is a very long list. There were also awards given for lifetime achievement (Wolfgang Puck!) and humanitarian of the year (Charlie Tr ... More >>

Top 5 Weekend Food Events: Can You Dig It?, Global Food Porn, Test Kitchen Burger Night, ColLAboration Winterfest, Market Basket Cocktails

Anne Fishbein/LA WeeklyRoasted beets and cheese at MB Post​Can You Dig It? Chef David LeFevre kicks off a seasonal series where he hosts a guest chef who will cook a three-course meal of shareable small plates. For the inaugural event, it's LeFevre's pal Giuseppe Tentori (Boka, GT Fish & Oyste ... More >>

ColLAboration "Winterfest" Beer Garden at the Belasco Theater

The fearsome foursome of Clay Harding (38 Degrees), Brian Lenzo (Blue Palms), Ryan Sweeney (Surly Goat and Verdugo) and Tony Yanow (Golden Road Brewing, Mohawk Bend and Tony's Darts Away), who brought us the ColLAboration pop-up beer gardens this past summer, are presenting "Winterfest" at the his ... More >>

James Beard Awards 2012: Semifinalists Announced

Los Angeles chefs made a strong showing among the semifinalists for the 2012 James Beard Awards, which were announced today. Local nominees for the Best Chef, Pacific award include Josef Centeno (Lazy Ox Canteen), Michael Cimarusti (Providence), David Feau (The Royce at the Langham), Matt Molina (M ... More >>

How A Hard-To-Find Beer Like Dogfish Head's Sah'Tea Really Winds Up On Local Taps

JgarbeeEmily Ford Calculating Her Bar Tab​Much as we like to imagine that our favorite beer purveyors like Ford's Filling Station have spent weeks begging, pleading, and sure, bribing distributors with platters of Ben Ford's pork chile verde with crispy pig ears for those coveted, rarely sight ... More >>

Golden Road Brewpub Opening Jan. 15

The brewpub at Golden Road Brewing, which quietly soft-opened back in mid-December, will officially open on January 15th. The joint has 20 taps featuring housemade beers as well as heavily (but not exclusively) Californian selection of beers including Eagle Rock Brewery, Dogfish Head, Oskar Blues, F ... More >>

Far Bar in Little Tokyo: 2011 Most Improved Craft Beer Bar in L.A.

Far Bar Little TokyoSample glasses of craft beer​In a sign of the craft beer times, Far Bar opened in 2006 as a cocktail bar. Over the ensuing five years, it has morphed into a beer and cocktails bar and, in 2011, thanks to the commitment of co-owners Don Tahara and Mike Gin along with manage ... More >>

Bitches Brew Returns For The Holidays: From Miles Davis To Your Pint Glass

When the 9% ABV fusion beer Bitches Brew was first released by Delaware-based Dogfish Head Brewery in June 2010 -- on the 40th anniversary of the jazz fusion album of the same name -- the beer world sipped slowly, hoping to delay the inevitable end to its glorious existence. But as with most limit ... More >>

[Updated:] Cancellation of ColLAboration Craft Beer Garden: Winter Wonderland

Update: December 2, 2011. 2:15 p.m. The ColLAboration event scheduled at Golden Road Brewing tomorrow has been cancelled due to power outages at the brewery resulting from the high winds. ColLAboration Winter Wonderland will be rescheduled in 2012. The event organizers are sorry for the late noti ... More >>

A-Frame: 99 Essential Restaurants 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 >>

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 >>

Meet the Brewer: The Bruery's Patrick Rue Comes to Beer Belly Tonight

NorthwestBeerGuidePatrick Rue at the Brouwer's Cafe in Seattle​ On the third day of L.A. Beer Week, Beer Belly sent to us: three GABF medals, two Bruery dudes, and a Patrick Rue in a pear tree. OK, the three medals The Bruery won at this year's Great American Beer Festival will remain on displ ... More >>

Medal of Honor Winner Drinks Obama's White House Homebrew

obamafoodorama.comWhite House homebrew​When former Marine Sergeant Dakota Meyer traveled to the White House last week to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor, he made one request: to share a beer with the president. The food blog Obama Foodorama reports that the beer was homebrewed by Whit ... More >>

Beerpalooza! Blue Palms Brewhouse 3rd Anniversary Outdoor Beer Festival

Matt OleshTap handles at Blue Palms​ Seems like just yesterday, Brian Lenzo opened Blue Palms Brewhouse in the historic Henry Fonda Music Box Theatre. Now Lenzo is about to unleash an outdoor beer festival that will accommodate 1000 beer drinkers to celebrate Blue Palms 3rd Anniversary. The ... More >>

Golden Road Brewing: L.A.'s Newest Craft Brewery (Part 1)

Guzzle & NoshCo-owner Meg and master brewer Jon Carpenter of Golden Road Brewing.​ They undersell their plans, but make no mistake, the size and scope of what Meg Gill, 26, and Jon Carpenter, 29, envision for Golden Road Brewing would transform it into the largest craft brewery in Los Angeles ... More >>

Golden Road Brewing to Open in Atwater Village

​Because running one successful beer bar (Tony's Darts Away), working to open another (Mohawk Bend, delayed from its June 28th opening) and helping to organize a roving beer pop-up (ColLAboration) doesn't keep him busy enough, Tony Yanow is now launching his own brewery. Come September, Golde ... More >>

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 >>

Lather with Lager: Give Him Beer Soap for Father's Day

The Beer Soap Co. ​Picture your father's beer, his sharpener of wits and marinader of meats. His remedy for kidney stones and explanation for those brown patches of grass that pop up on the front lawn. His foamy elixir, which emboldened him to woo and win your mother, and through its residua ... More >>

Roy Choi's "Modern Picnic"

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