Tag: craft beer

Green Flash Brewing's Cellar 3 Artistic Grand Opening in Photos
May 18

Green Flash Brewing’s Cellar 3 Artistic Grand Opening in Photos

Green Flash Brewing opened their new Cellar 3 Barrel Aging Facility in Poway this past Saturday, May 16th, with artistic flair to a packed house. Cellar 3 will focus on creating barrel-aged beers experimenting with funk, wild yeast, sour, and spirit induced flavor profiles. The goal is to create unique and flavorful beers with character…

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Fun Times at Beach City Brewery's 1-Year Anniversary Celebration @BeachCityBrew
May 12

Fun Times at Beach City Brewery’s 1-Year Anniversary Celebration @BeachCityBrew

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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A Father's Wedding Toast
May 8

A Father’s Wedding Toast

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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Craft beer is now a $6.5-billion industry in California - LA Times
May 7

Craft beer is now a $6.5-billion industry in California – LA Times

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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Help Make Stone Xocoveza Mocha Stout A Yearly Release
May 5

Help Make Stone Xocoveza Mocha Stout A Yearly Release

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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