Celebrating Beach City Brewery’s 1-Year Anniversary was my favorite brewing-related delight of this past weekend. The celebration began on Friday, May 8th, and lasted through Sunday. Beach City Brewery is Huntington Beach’s first craft brewery. I joined in the celebration and festivities on Friday. Beach City Brewery’s 1-Year Anniversary Celebration featured several of their signature,…
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Two weekends ago my son, James, married a wonderful woman, Linley. All of our family members are thrilled and happy! We love them both very much. I was honored and excited to present one of the wedding toasts after the ceremony. I thought I’d share my wedding toast here for three reasons: Someday you may…
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There are now more than 550 craft breweries operating in California and the number just keeps going up. Statistics from the California Craft Brewers Assn. illustrate just how much the industry is growing. Source: Craft beer is now a $6.5-billion industry in California – LA Times
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I recently published a conversation with Chris Banker – creator of a beer that was the winner of Stone Brewery’s 2014 American Hombrewers Association-sanctioned homebrew competition. As the competition winner, the beer was commercially produced (with minor collaborative adaptations by Stone Brewing and Cervecería Insurgente) and released in 2014 as a collaboration beer known as…
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Today is my last full day on Oahu and tomorrow I’ll be flying back to California. As part of the trip, I managed to explore and sample the now emerging craft beer industry in Hawaii. Most savvy beer drinkers are aware of Hawaiian breweries such as Kona Brewing and Maui Brewing. However, there is a…
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By their own description, Freaker USA is “the global leader of preventing moist handshakes and sweaty beverages”. And quite frankly, I think they are much more than that. To me, Freakers are works of art that combine whimsy and functionality to create drink insulator catalysts for party fun and flair! What are Freakers?! Freakers are…
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