Punk band NOFX loses beer collaboration, booted from festival after joking...
Punk band NOFX is no longer feeling so funny after comments made about the Route 91 Harvest Festival massacre. During its performance at the Punk Rock Bowling & Music Festival in Las Vegas Sunday...
View Article3 things to do at the 10th annual Pechanga Microbrew Fest & Chili Cook-Off
A cold beer can be the perfect companion to a spicy, savory or bold chili and that combination is on tap at the 10th annual Pechanga Microbrew Fest & Chili Cook-Off. The event at Pechanga Resort...
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8 L.A. Beer Week events you don’t want to miss
Tap takeovers, rare beers, a big beer party and even sumo wrestling matches are in store for L.A. Beer Week. The 10th annual event takes place at spots all over Los Angeles County June 16-24. That’s...
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7 beer festivals in unusual Southern California settings this summer
You can’t swing an empty keg without hitting a beer festival these days. And they’re being held in all sorts of spaces, too — not just in the parking lots of local breweries and event halls. From a...
View ArticleSteady Brew Beer Co. is the latest brewery coming to Long Beach
Cheers, Long Beach, another brewery is opening soon. Steady Brew Beer Co., a nano-brewery with a mission to “make beer that Long Beach would be proud of” is planning to holds its grand opening in East...
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OC Fair 2018: Craft beer fans were treated to new tastes at the 5th annual...
“Craft beer has become a journey with no end,” Cameron Collins, co-founder of Orange County’s Brew Ha Ha Productions said as he tasted a few new beers at his 5th annual Brew Hee Haw Craft Beer Roundup...
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Dirty Heads will launch its Vacation Pineapple Session Ale with a party at...
Lots of fabulous ideas, partnerships and collaborations stem from people gathering and indulging in frosty pints of beer. For a few years, Dirty Heads’ drummer Matt Ochoa and percussionist Jon Olazabal...
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Dirty Heads celebrate their new beer with fans at Four Sons Brewing
The Dirty Heads kicked off the official release of their Vacation pineapple session ale beer collaboration with Four Sons Brewing with celebratory cheers and an intimate, acoustic concert for about 500...
View ArticleWhere to try beer made with avocado this weekend
If National Avocado Day totally slipped your mind again (it was July 31) don’t worry, all is not lost because you can still celebrate California’s state fruit with some brews. Angel City Brewery is...
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Travel: Kansas City is the Midwest’s best watering hole
I spend two weeks every summer teaching in Kansas City, which I discovered is a fascinating town where East, West, North and South meet in a unique blend of cultures and tastes. (In fact, it’s not too...
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Travel: Kansas City is the Midwest’s best watering hole
I spend two weeks every summer teaching in Kansas City, which I discovered is a fascinating town where East, West, North and South meet in a unique blend of cultures and tastes. (In fact, it’s not too...
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Where to celebrate Oktoberfest in Southern California
Paulaner and Franziskaner aren’t as familiar to American beer drinkers as Corona. But during the next few weeks they will be flowing freely all over Southern California. Not coincidentally, there will...
View ArticleCraft Beer LB Fest at Rancho Los Cerritos is all about Long Beach brews
Local beer cred will be on tap Sept.15 when the second annual Craft Beer LB Fest returns to Rancho Los Cerritos. The lineup is made up of local Long Beach breweries with a mix of established spots and...
View Article8 Southern California brewers won gold at Great American Beer Festival
Eight Southern California breweries won gold medals at the recent 2018 Great American Beer Festival. The 32nd annual contest in Denver drew 8,500-plus entries from 2,404 breweries from every state but...
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Rose Bowl kicks off craft beer festival, Craftoberfest, on Oct. 13
The Rose Bowl is getting into the Octoberbest spirit with Craftoberfest. The Oct. 13 event will feature craft beer, food and fun. Enjoy unlimited pours of your choice of suds from more than 30 Southern...
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The Michelada Rumble returns to Santa Anita Park
If you’re looking for a spicy change from the usual Oktoberfest happenings, you might try the Michelada Rumble at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia Oct. 13. The event offers a wide assortment of...
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Best bet for beer? There’s a brewery at this Southern California casino
You are likely to come across craft breweries tucked into industrial or urban areas of Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside or San Bernardino counties, not necessarily a Southern California casino. Yet,...
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Travel: 8 places you must stop for beer on your next Oregon coast road trip
1805: Lewis and Clark enter the Lower Columbia River in what is now the state of Oregon to explore land west of the Mississippi River for westward expansion of the United States. 2018: My friends and I...
View ArticleHow to pair Halloween candy with 9 different beers
Beer and candy may seem like an unlikely mix, but Yard House beverage manager Michael Echeveste doesn’t think so. And we’re willing to believe some of you agree with him. So Echeveste shared some beer...
View ArticleWhere to find the best homemade beer in Long Beach
Unless you know these brewers personally and they like you enough to invite you over for a visit, there’s only one other way to taste their beers, and that’s at the third annual Long Beach Homebrew...
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