Erika Bolden

There are Thanksgiving staples you never want to see change -- football on TV, crunchy fried onions atop green bean casserole, the social acceptability of late morning drinking -- but some traditions need re-imagining. Introducing beer to your Thanksgiving feast is worth a disapproving look from the grandparents. So rarely......

From facial hair to unicorns, from disco to politics, an initial visit to the Great American Beer Festival turns out to have been an educational one. There was some of the best beer we'd had, probably ever -- the beer that emerged from the nooks and crannies of the nation......

This month The Bruery in Placentia opens up their Reserve Society membership for the third year. Mark your calendars for Thursday, Oct. 25, to sign up for this beer subscription -- one will likely keep you stocked with harder-to-find Bruery bottles for 2013. Reserve members get 15% off purchases and......

DENVER -- On Saturday morning, Oct. 13, thousands of brewers, media and festival volunteers watched as Long Beach-based Beachwood BBQ and Brewing accepted two medals at the 2012 Great American Beer Festival. Winning gold and bronze for L.A. County, they were in good company with California brewers, who took in......

DENVER -- Eight Los Angeles Co. brewers have entered the Great American Beer Festival competition this year. Doubling from last year's professional brewer entries, Beachwood, Eagle Rock, Ladyface and Rock Bottom have re-entered, joined by newcomers San Pedro, Golden Road, Haven and LAB Brewing. The Great American Beer Festival is......

DENVER -- Golden Road Brewing Co. unveiled their latest commercially available beer on Thursday, at the Kitchen in Denver, CO. Partnering with Oskar Blues (Longmont, CO.) they're kicking off the first day of the Great American Beer Festival with a joint tap takeover and paired tasting menu. We got the......

Want to win free craft beer for a year? So do we! LetsPour, which leads the web in craft beer sales, has a current promotion if you sign up for its website. On Nov. 5th they will announce the lucky registrant who will receive six bottles of craft beer (including......

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......

Australia doesn't just produce enviable beer commercials, as we learned last week, they produce beer equally worthy of our interest. One such brewery, Mountain Goat Beer of Melbourne, Australia, is kicking off a launch party for extended distribution at Rock & Brews in El Segundo tonight, and Congregation Ale House......