Event Photos

Business & Beer Event Photos

The August gathering of Business & Beer was held at El Segundo’s newest production brewery, and LA County’s first distillery and brewery, Rob Rubens Distilling & Brewing. While our turnouts in El Segundo are typically lower than those, in say Torrance, we had a very nice sized group with a nice mixture of old and new attendees.

Rob Rubens Distilling & Brewing founder Rob Rubens gave us a tour of the brewery with a lot of emphasis placed on the distillery portion since that is something not many have had an opportunity to learn about. They did not have spirits available at our gathering but they will have some by the day of their grand opening, on September 16.

After the tour everyone settled in for some networking and tastings of the Head Over Heels IPA, Valentine’s Massacre, Gunpowder Cream and anti-Villain Saison. Everyone seemed to enjoy the unique style brewed at Rob Rubens Distilling & Brewing. You can find all the photos from the event on CraftBeerGuy.com. Continue reading

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Everyone is a winner at Business & Beer

The Business & Beer networking group met at Smog City Brewing Company for their July gathering, which also marked the 4th anniversary since the first gathering of Business & Beer which was held at Select Beer Store in July of 2012.

We had a very nice turnout, with a total of seven of the attendees being present at the first event as well. To mark the occasion, co-founder Tanya prepared homemade calzones which went perfectly with Smog City’s beer; Phil and Debbie brought in a couple pizzas which ensured there was plenty to eat for everyone. All attendees won the free beer raffle, so everyone was a winner. Thank you to everyone that came out. Continue reading

The Business & Beer networking group held their June gathering at Monkish Brewing Company’s tasting room in Torrance. Graduations and out of town vacationing resulted in a lower than expected turnout; but on the plus side, most of the attendees were first time visitors to Monkish Brewing which fulfills one of the Business & Beer goals which is to introduce our members to each other and possibly a local craft brewery.

On July 14 Business & Beer will celebrate four year of networking over locally produced craft beers at Smog City Brewing. I have to admit, it really does not seem that long ago, but I cannot help but recall that in 2012 we only had four tasting rooms in our rotation. Back then we spent as much time at gastropubs as we did at breweries. As the years passed, more and more breweries came to the South Bay, so we stopped visiting gastropubs and went to a monthly format of breweries and brewpubs only. Today we have 11 breweries and brewpubs in the Business & Beer rotation, with a couple more locations planning on opening in Torrance within the next year. Continue reading

The May gathering of Business & Beer was hosted at Torrance’s latest production brewery, Scholb Premium Ales. While I actually expected larger attendance since this was the first time Business & Beer has visited Scholb, we had a good turnout with this being a first time visit to Scholb for about half of our group. Scholb had 10 of their premium ales available and everyone seemed to enjoy trying their new brews.

The June gathering of Business & Beer will be held June 9, 2016 from 6:00-8:00 PM at Monkish Brewing Company in Torrance. If you have not been to Monkish since our last Business & Beer back in August, be prepared for some big changes and some very nice new beers. Oh yeah, and Henry now brews east coast style IPAs; I think you will enjoy them as much as I do. Visit http://businessnbeer.com/monkish-brewing-company-june-9/ for more details.

Remember, Business & Beer is open to all; there are no dues or mandatory meetings, just bring your business cards and a willingness to network. You might be surprised at what business actually results from these relationships. You can find all the photos from Business & Beer at Scholb Premium Ales on CraftBeerGuy.com. Cheers!

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Business & Beer – 2nd Thursday of Every Month

On April 14, the Business & Beer networking group met at production brewery Absolution Brewing Company’s tasting room for our monthly gathering. This may be the first time that we had more people show up than photos taken; it was a nice group of craft beer fans and professionals with Felicia driving in from the Palm Springs area! Absolution was offering a BOGO special to Business & Beer attendees, which made it just that much more fun. Thanks to everyone that came out.

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Networking at Business & Beer

Our next Business & Beer will be held Thursday May 12 at Torrance’s newest craft brewery, Scholb Premium Ales. As Scholb did not have their ribbon cutting until the day after last month’s gathering at Absolution, this was the soonest we could fit them in. If you have not had a chance to visit Scholb yet, this is your chance; and I think you will love them. They already have close to 10 beers on tap, so I am sure they will have something you will enjoy; I already have a couple favorites.

Scholb Premium Ales is located at 2964 Columbia Street in Torrance. It is just a few hundred feet west of Absolution Brewing, in the same industrial complex. If you pull into the first driveway east of Maple, just go straight ahead. We hope you will join us. Cheers!