Erika Bolden

Story Tavern in Burbank hosts a kickoff party for their game room and patio expansion tonight, Thursday, Feb. 20, at 6:30 p.m. A tap takeover featuring Figueroa Mountain Brewing Co. will christen the festivities.  The new 1,500 sq. ft. game room features three dart booths, each with two boards allowing multiple games to run......

Tickets go on sale Friday, Feb. 7, 2014, at 12:00 a.m. for the 3rd annual Firestone Walker Invitational Beer Fest. That's midnight tonight! On Saturday May 31, Firestone Walker Brewing Co. will welcome brewers and beer lovers to kitschy-fun Frontier Town at the California Midstate Fairgrounds to sample the offerings......

There are as many kinds of beer festivals as there are beer drinkers. For the rare beer seeker, the geek whose second bedroom is dedicated to storing Reserve Society loot, there is the Firestone Walker Invitational (tickets on sale Feb. 7). For the beer drinker who is more inclined to drink...

L.A. is a challenging city for getting into the Christmas spirit. Here we dream not of a white Christmas but one less clotted with smog. Angelenos wish for a Christmas when the leaf-blowers will quiet and the 405 will relent. There will be nothing to shovel on our walkways, no......

The holiday season brings with it a smattering of specialty beers from every corner of the beer-making world. Rare, small-batch releases are just as anticipated as seasonal favorites that return to us like old friends. Styles run the gamut, but rich, heavy beers and those with delicate spices really shine......

On Tuesday, Dec. 3, Firestone Walker Brewing Co. will host a public meet-and-greet at the Venice/Marina del Rey property at 3205 W. Washington Blvd., which they acquired earlier this year. The event will begin at 6:30 p.m. (no RSVP required) and co-proprietor Adam Firestone will be on hand for questions......

The Mayflower is famously said to have dropped anchor on the shores of New England, short of their Virginia destination, because they ran out of beer. While this account may seem the stuff of preppy frat house legend and historic Anheuser-Busch advertising, it's based in truth. Look to William Bradford's......

It's a good time to be a beer-drinking Angeleno. Not only can we enjoy local craft beer from a vast array of quality beer bars, but now an increasing number of our own breweries are bottling their wares. With two breweries bottling for the first time and other established bottle......

This year's 2013 Great American Beer Festival was an overall success for all who attended. But there were unprecedented hiccups from the beginning, mainly due to an increased demand for participation by the continuously growing number of breweries in America. 2,347 craft breweries were operating in 2012, up from 1,970......

Single ladies! We've got nothing but good news for you today. Not only did we find you a dating website where the highest bidder pays you to go on a date with him (it's about time your blue eyes and cup size start funding those expensive computer classes -- amiright?!),......