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SoCal Vibes: How to drink like a Viking in Carson
Southern California’s only restaurant and bar that specializes in small batch hard ciders — and mead, too, Game of Thrones fans will be happy to know — is already being called a “hidden gem” by ardent...
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Coronavirus fears force bars, wineries, breweries to scramble after Newsom...
Shortly after a news conference Sunday afternoon in which Gov. Gavin Newsom recommended cocktail bars, beer and wine tasting rooms close to help prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus, which...
View ArticleSouthern California restaurants tap into alcohol to-go in the coronavirus...
In better times, customers at the Rusty Pelican could sit and sip a cocktail with a view of Newport Harbor. The restaurant’s dining room is currently closed the fight against the novel coronavirus...
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Southern California craft breweries get creative as coronavirus limits business
There’s nothing like bellying up to the bar, ordering a cold beer and enjoying the conversation and camaraderie of bartenders, brewers and fellow beer lovers. There’s definitely a social aspect to...
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Alien Ant Farm, Riverside’s Packinghouse Brewing Company collaborate on new beer
Alien Ant Farm will drop a new collaboration this week, but you won’t find this exclusive on Spotify or Tidal — the rock band has teamed up with Riverside’s Packinghouse Brewing Company for a new beer....
View ArticlePabst Brewing to buy Molson Coors’ iconic Irwindale brewery
Pabst Brewing Co. has announced plans to buy Molson Coors Beverage Co.’s iconic Irwindale brewery in a deal that’s expected to be completed by year’s end. In January, Molson Coors said it would cease...
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5 innovations that have helped restaurants cope with coronavirus shutdowns
When the novel coronavirus pandemic shut down dining rooms in March, restaurants were forced to get creative on the fly. Almost immediately they started coming up with strategies to keep customers...
View ArticleThe Long Beach beer scene gets the big screen treatment in ‘Brewmance’...
When it comes to craft beers, it wasn’t exactly love at first sight for Christo Brock, who admits he’s always been more of a wine kind of guy. But that didn’t stop him from capturing people’s love of...
View ArticleOktoberfest 2020 hasn’t been canceled by coronavirus in Southern California
Munich canceled its world-famous Oktoberfest celebration back in April, but in Southern California a few places are willing to keep the party going with beer and brats. Those venues will be required to...
View ArticleGrant help is on the way for breweries in LA County
A new grant program will be rolled out — on a fast track — to help level the COVID-19 playing field for breweries and other small businesses that are caught between contradictory health orders issued...
View ArticleDodger ace Clayton Kershaw releases new beer
It takes major league skills to hit one of Clayton Kershaw’s wicked curve balls. But now just in time to celebrate the Los Angeles Dodgers’ eighth consecutive division title, the star pitcher is...
View ArticleThis Pico Rivera beer supports coronavirus-impacted street vendors
A three-way partnership between local breweries has given rise to a new wheat beer: “Los Vendors” — a collaboration between the Brewjeria Company, Norwalk Brew House and the South Central Brewing...
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Hard seltzer is bubbling up at these 17 Southern California craft breweries
While many craft brewers continue to experiment by adding fruit, coffee and other flavors to their beer, some are also riding a new brewing wave, hopping on the hard seltzer trend with their own spin...
View ArticlePalmdale brewery sues LA County over one-day reservation rule
A Palmdale brewery is challenging Los Angeles County’s recently enacted health order that requires customers to make reservations one day in advance before visiting a brewery or winery without an...
View ArticleCraftoberfest beer festival returns to Pasadena this weekend
Many events have gone virtual this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, but people can still down a cold one in real life at the Craftoberfest Los Angeles. The third annual beer festival returns in a...
View ArticleBrew Ho! Ho! announces its Drive-In Flashback Craft Beer Christmas Party
With the majority of its beer festivals canceled in 2020 due to the continued spread of COVID-19, Orange County-based Brew Ha Ha Productions announced its annual Brew Ho! Ho! is still happening, though...
View ArticleBrew Ho! Ho! cancels its drive-in music and craft beer event due to...
Orange County-based Brew Ha Ha Productions announced that it has canceled its annual Brew Ho! Ho! Drive-In Flashback Craft Beer Christmas Party. The event had been reimagined to take place drive-in...
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Local breweries band together for suds to help car wash workers in need
First they came to the aid of street vendors, and now, these brewers are using beer power to help Los Angeles car washers. “We wanted to leverage beer to do some good, especially now during the...
View ArticleRocky start to 2021 leaves Dry January a little damp
By Leanne Italie | Associated Press NEW YORK — A raging pandemic, tumultuous presidential election and deadly Capitol insurrection have combined to make the annual tradition of Dry January more moist...
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Anchor Steam’s beer logo redesign: Love it or really, really hate it?
With the debates raging nationally over coronavirus vaccines and economic bailouts, this hardly seems the time to get agitated about a beer label. On the other hand, this might be the just the thing to...
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