Business N Beer

Please join us for Business & Beer a small business networking event which will be held at Strand Brewing Co. on July 11, 2013 at 6 PM. Strand Brewing Co. is located at 23520 Telo Ave # 2, Torrance, California. Please RSVP by commenting below that you will be there.

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Join us at Strand Brewing Co at 6 PM on July 11, 2013

Smog City Flight

Business & Beer at Smog City Brewing

Last week, Business & Beer welcomed Smog City Brewing Company to the rotation of South Bay brewpubs and microbreweries we visit. Smog City officially opened five days earlier, on May 18, so we felt honored to be able to bring our group there so soon after they opened. We had a pretty respectable turnout, with this being the first opportunity many had to experience. Located in Torrance, Smog City Brewing is the newest microbrewery to open a tasting room in Torrance, and as you can tell by the photo above, they brew a very wide variety of beers. They are a welcome addition to the South Bay and as a regular addition to the Business & Beer schedule.

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Business & Beer with Smog City Brewing Co

This week, Business & Beer will return to The Rockefeller, a gastropub in Hermosa Beach. For those that have not come here yet, if you get there early, you might look to see if there is any free parking available in the back. They offer about 25 beers on tap, have really good food and have specials when we are there; combine that with the fun people that are eager to meet you and hear what you have to say, it is a great reason to come on down. We usually have a pretty good group when we meet there.

You can see all the photos from the Business & Beer gathering at Smog City Brewing on CraftBeerGuy.com. Be sure to sign up to our mailing list or Like Us on Facebook to keep current on our upcoming meetups.

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Beer selection at Alpine Inn at Alpine Village

Last Thursday we brought BusinessNBeer back to the Alpine Inn at Alpine Village; a German gastropub located in Torrance. It was day four of American Craft Beer Week and while Alpine Inn was having issues with several of their taps, they still had several award winning breweries represented on their tap list. We had a pretty small turnout, but we had three first timers in the group, so that was a plus. This will be our last association with Meetup as there was no value in continuing. The Meetup group has been officially deleted.

Todd wins a free beer

Good beer is always better when it is free

This week’s gathering is going to be very special as we will be coming to Smog City Brewing, a new microbrewery in Torrance. Smog City is an award winning brewery and just had their grand opening this past weekend. We feel very fortunate to have them open their doors to us on their first Thursday of being open. They will have a food truck there, so food is going to be available. If you have not had an opportunity to visit Smog City yet, you are in for a treat as they brew several different styles of beers including an IPA, a saison, sour, porter, stout, barrel aged and more. They are a great addition to the Business & Beer rotation of breweries we will visit. We hope to see you there.

You can see all the photos from Business & Beer at Alpine Inn on GotBaddog.com.

Beachwood flight

A flight from guest brewer – Beachwood Brewing & BBQ

First things first, happy American Craft Beer Week. In case you did not know and want to start counting, this is the 8th Annual American Craft Beer Week and it runs from May 13-19th.

Last week, Business & Beer returned to The Brewery at Abigaile in Hermosa Beach. The Brewery at Abigaile is the only brewpub in the Business & Beer rotation and it happens to be a personal favorite of mine, so I always look forward to these gatherings. As luck would have it another of my favorite local breweries, Beachwood Brewing & BBQ from Long Beach, was doing a food pairing with Abigaile; so we were fortunate enough to have two great breweries under one roof. We are lucky to have two brewers of this level so close in proximity and willing to work together.

Our turnout had fewer than expected, however we did have two new people join us that came as a result of our association with Meetup. Unfortunately, there is no way that we can utilize Meetup to get more members, so we have to rely on people finding us. As a result, we are going to let it do whatever abandoned Meetup groups do (we cannot delete it); if we get an influx of new members we might revive it.

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Enjoying a little Business & Beer

This week, Business & Beer will be returning to Alpine Inn at the Alpine Village in Torrance. While the Alpine Inn is a German gastropub, they have some very nice and hard to find American craft beers in their cellar, so you never know what to expect. They have good German dinners as well as happy hour snacks, so come on down and meet us at 6:00 PM. We usually have a pretty large group there, so bring lots of business cards.

The photos from our Meetup at The Brewery at Abigaile can be found on Gotbaddog.com.

Please join us for Business & Beer a small business networking event which will be held at Monkish Brewing Co. on June 27, 2013 at 6 PM. Monkish Brewing Co. is located at 20311 South Western Avenue Torrance, California. Please RSVP by commenting below that you will be there.

 

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Join us at Monkish Brewing Co at 6 PM on June 27, 2013