Archive for August, 2007

LA Times Most Emailed Article

August 17th, 2007 – 2:37 pm

Awesome cover story from yesterday’s Calendar section.

A brief excerpt:
“Right now, in the L.A. scene, there are a bunch of places that are starting to address the whole spectrum of what beer is,” Jilg says. “It really is the tipping point, where decision makers — restaurant owners and bar managers — are realizing that beer is […]

Once We Got to Echo Park It Was All Downhill

August 17th, 2007 – 1:35 pm

Welp, the first annual Great LA Beer Run came and went and I think everyone involved agrees it was a great success.
We started off at the Highland Park Gold Line stop. After a bit of meet and greet, name tags, and sunscreen, the first place we hit was the Rock ‘n’ Roll 7-Eleven on […]

The Great LA Beer Run: Le Grand Crew Tour ‘007

August 6th, 2007 – 9:35 pm

When was the last time you rode your bike to go beer shopping? Probably been a while. Admit it, you never walk anywhere in LA. Well this Saturday, August 11th, you have the opportunity to get off your duff and visit not one, not two, but five of the best beer stores […]

Fruit Beer Session: Belle Vue Kriek and Unibroue Ephemere

August 3rd, 2007 – 7:15 pm

This month’s Session is hosted by Toronto resident Greg Clow of Beer, Beats & Bites. In honour of our neighbours up nourth, I chose to write aboot a couple of fruit beers I tasted last month when I visited Vancoover.

On my last night in town, my lovely friend Mauree took me to Stella’s on […]

Cast of MST3K Watches Battlefield Earth @ Stone Brewery

August 3rd, 2007 – 1:45 pm
Filed as: Breweries, Events

Does anyone else love Mystery Science Theater 3000 as much I do? For God’s sake I have an MST3K mousepad. How’s that for geek capital?
Well apparently Mike Nelson, Crow, and Tom Servo escaped from the Satellite of Love (no word on Gypsy), and now Mike lives in San Diego and enjoys the local […]