One of these Southern California artists could see his design on Pabst Blue...
Having your work displayed in a fancy gallery or even a museum may be great, but for these two local artists, getting it on a cold can of beer will do just fine. Out of more than 4,200 entries, Long...
View ArticleWhy you can find comedian George Lopez in your local supermarket
George Lopez has often drawn deep from his childhood memories for his stand-up act, talking about growing up poor in a Mexican American household that was far from perfect. His father abandoned him...
View ArticleFeeling lucky on St. Patrick’s Day? Here’s what the casinos have planned
It’s hard not to be in a celebratory mood these days with Southern California COVID-19 cases down and while it may not yet be time to rub shoulders with strangers in crowded bars or concert venues, you...
View ArticleHow to enjoy St. Patrick’s Day at home with a Guinness, Irish music and some...
With much of the country still practicing social distancing and restricting or limiting activities due to COVID-19, Guinness Brewery is preparing consumers for a safe and fun St. Patrick’s Day...
View ArticleDrink these local beers while watching the new documentary ‘Brewmance’
Pour yourself a cold one and prepare to fall even more in love with beer because the 90-minute documentary “Brewmance,” which tells the story of craft beer through the eyes of two Long Beach breweries,...
View ArticleEl Monte’s Progress on Main strides toward postpandemic drinking/dining world
El Monte residents Alejandro Sanchez, left, and Laura Nava, right, speak during the reopening week of Progress on Main in El Monte, Calif., Thursday, April 15, 2021. (Photo by Raul Romero Jr,...
View ArticleGet vaccinated, get beer: That’s Anheuser-Busch’s pandemic promise
Beer and a shot. That’s the offer Anheuser-Busch is making to the remaining unvaccinated folks around the nation. What. you’d prefer something other than suds with your COVID-19 vaccine? No worries....
View ArticleSouthern California brewers and distillers are ready for summer with these...
Ready for some summer sippin’? Greenbar Distillery (DTLA): Litty Mathew and Melkon Khosrovian’s Greenbar Distillery produces small-batch, organic spirits in L.A. In 2008, the husband-and-wife team...
View ArticlePacific Amphitheatre reopens with the OC Brew Hee Haw at the OC Fair
Spirits were high Friday night as music and beer fans lined up for the first of three OC Brew Hee Haw Craft Beer Roundup tasting sessions at Pacific Amphitheatre at the OC Fair in Costa Mesa. The...
View ArticleWhere to find hard seltzer slushies at Southern California breweries
As Katie McGregor and her friends walked up to the bar at Los Angeles Ale Works brewery in Hawthorne on a recent warm weekend afternoon, she ignored the beer selections on the menu and instead found an...
View ArticleBoo Ha Ha craft beer and music festival returns to OC Fairgrounds with Lit,...
Brew Ha Ha Productions’ annual Boo Ha Ha will return to the OC Fairgrounds in Costa Mesa Friday, Oct. 29 and Saturday, Oct. 30. Promoters have announced that rock bands Lit, Mest and Handsome Devil...
View ArticleWhere to celebrate Oktoberfest 2021 in Southern California
This year’s Oktoberfest season won’t be as dry in Southern California as it was last year. The coronavirus pandemic saw the cancellation of many autumn beer celebrations in 2020, even in the southern...
View ArticleThousands of music and craft beer fans drank and lived it up at the annual...
“How many people here were heavy on the Brew and light on the Ska Ska,” Less Than Jake vocalist-guitarist Roger Lima asked the crowd as his band closed out the 11th edition of the Brew Ha Ha craft beer...
View ArticleCalifornia Science Center experiments with its first beer festival
During the day, the California Science Center is a place usually filled with kids on school field trips or with their parents checking out stuff like the kelp forest, the aquarium and the space shuttle...
View ArticleCorona, Modelo raising beer prices over glass shortage, inflation
By Tiffany Kary | Bloomberg Constellation Brands, the maker of alcoholic drinks including Corona and Modelo, said it expects to hike beer prices more than its typical 1% to 2% this coming year due to...
View ArticleMonster Energy buys Oskar Blues, other CANarchy brands for $330M
Corona-based Monster Beverage Corp., maker of Monster Energy drink, is acquiring Colorado’s Oskar Blues Brewery and several other brewing brands, as it makes its first foray into the alcoholic beverage...
View ArticleCoors Light to discontinue plastic 6-pack rings this year
Coors Light will soon phase out plastic packaging rings worldwide and instead opt for “fully recyclable and sustainably sourced cardboard wrappers” on its six-packs of beer, parent company Molson Coors...
View ArticleBest bets for craft beer lovers at Disney’s Food & Wine Festival
If you’re a craft beer lover like me, then you already know the Disney California Adventure Food & Wine Festival that takes over the Anaheim theme park for the next six weeks leaves the most...
View Article12th annual Brew Ha Ha Craft Beer Festival will feature over 160 tastings and...
The 12th annual Brew Ha Ha Craft Beer Festival will return to Oak Canyon Park in Silverado on Sept. 10. The all-ages event will feature an afternoon of unlimited craft beer, seltzer and cider tastings...
View ArticleBeer CEOs have had it with Trump-era aluminum tariffs
By Andrea Bossi | Bloomberg The chief executive officers of major beer makers are asking US President Joe Biden to suspend aluminum tariffs that have cost the industry more than $1.4 billion since...
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