Week three of Business N Beer found us at our first micro brewery, Monkish Brewing Company in Torrance. Monkish Brewing specializes in Belgian style ales and beers, and the owner and brewer, Henry Nguyen does a great job of it. They have only been open for a few months but I can see that they are becoming quite popular as I see more and more people in their tasting room and I see several gastropubs carrying their products. It is nice to see good things happen to good people.

Adriana and Heny

Adriana and Henry Nguyen

This was our largest gathering yet, with 17 or 18 people showing up. Unlike the second gathering at Abigaile which had no returnees from our first gathering, Thursday’s meet-up included several people that had come to the Select Beer gathering, several more that had come to our meeting at The Brewery at Abigaile with close to half of the attendees being first timers. It seems to me that Business N Beer is doing exactly as we hoped; bringing people together to do business while enjoying an American craft beer. And it is growing weekly.

Group shot

Business N Beer is Growing

Our next Business N Beer meet-up will be Thursday, August 2 at 6:00 PM; and will be held at Strand Brewing Company, also in Torrance. This is another micro brewery, which means they do not serve food. We will likely bring in some snacks, but you can bring food or have it delivered. There is plenty of street parking and there are no meters! We hope to see you there. You can see all the photos from our night at Monkish Brewing on GotBaddog.com

Thursday, July 19 was our second Business N Beer meet-up, and the first of the brewpubs we will visit. The Brewery at Abigaile in Hermosa Beach not only brews five or more different beers, they also serve craft beers from micro breweries around the world. On top of that they have a very nice food menu and their chef always has something interesting going on. Every visit to Abigaile has been a very pleasant experience.

Flight from the Brewery at Abigaile

Abigaile Flight

Brewmaster, Brian Brewer hung around and spoke to the group about brewing and hops and beer in general; everyone seemed to enjoy it.

Last week we had 10 people show up for our first Business N Beer, and last night we had 13 people show up. The interesting this is that it was a different group of people so I am confident as the weeks go on, everyone will have an opportunity to not only experience some great local craft beers, but they will meet new people that they can possibly do some business with while enjoying a nice beer.

Brian Brewer and Business N Beer

Brewmaster, Brian Brewer with Business N Beer

Our next event will be held July 26 at Monkish Brewing in Torrance. Please refer to our schedule on the front page or our Facebook page for more details. You can see all the photos from Business N Beer at Abigaile on Gotbaddog.com

Please join us for Business & Beer a small business networking event which will be held at Alpine Inn on August 23rd, 2012 at 6 PM. Alpine Inn  is located at 833 West Torrance Blvd Torrance, California. Please RSVP by commenting below that you will be there or let us know on our Business N Beer Facebook page .

Logo for Alpine Inn

Join us at Alpine Inn at 6 PM on August 23rd, 2012

Please join us for Business & Beer a small business networking event which will be held at El Segundo Brewing Company on August 16th, 2012 at 6 PM. El Segundo Brewing Company  is located at 140 Main Street  El Segundo, California. Please RSVP by commenting below that you will be there or let us know on our Business N Beer Facebook page .

 

logo for El Segundo Brewing Company

Join us at El Segundo Brewing Company at 6 PM on August 16th, 2012

Last night was our first Business N Beer gathering, which we had at Select Beer Store, Bottle Shop and Tap Room in Redondo Beach, CA. For a first time event, we were very pleased with the turnout. Everyone seemed to get along and enjoyed the networking over their choice of American craft beers. We would like to thank everyone that came out and especially Wes, Heather and David for making us feel welcomed. Congratulations to Kay Grundhaus for winning the door prize, a free beer at one of the upcoming Business N Beer events.

Networking at Business N Beer

Networking at Business N Beer

I have no doubts that we will return and I have a feeling that the next time we will have even more attendees. You can see all of the photos from the event at GotBaddog.com.

Select Beer Staff

David, Wes and Heather of Select Beer Store