Week seven of Business N Beer was held at the Alpine Inn at Alpine Village, located in Torrance, CA. While the Alpine Inn does not exactly fall under the description of micro brewery, brewpub or gastropub, the Alpine Inn is a specialty restaurant, serving German food, and they have about 15 beers on tap so we decided to give them a try for the Business N Beer circuit. As our attendance was about double of the previous week, I think the addition of specialty restaurants that provide a wide variety of beers on tap is probably a good move.
Jon, Otto and Todd, our hosts
Attendees included several regulars, one or two occasional attendees and a couple new visitors. As it turned out, Alpine Inn was providing musical entertainment in the form of not one but three different rock/reggae/punk bands. We had arrived early and I saw the band setting up so I asked one of the members what time they started playing. He told me they started between 8-8:30 so I figured this would not be an issue. What I did not realize is that he was in the third of the three bands. While the music was entertaining and I could see several of our group were getting into it, it did make it a little difficult with each other. As a result, I was unable to really talk to the new people; I hope they had a good time and will return.
As I noted above, our attendance is back up after low numbers at El Segundo Brewing Company, and this has caused me to come to a few conclusions. The first is that we have definitely found our boundaries as far as geographical locations are concerned. El Segundo is as far north as we will want to go; and Alpine Village is as far south as we will venture. Freeway close is not that close at 6:00 PM on a weekday. Continue reading
Please join us for Business & Beer a small business networking event which will be held at The Brewery at Abigaile on September 20, 2012 at 6 PM. The Brewery at Abigaile is located at 1301 Manhattan Avenue, Hermosa Beach, California. Please RSVP by commenting below that you will be there.
Join us at The Brewery at Abigaile at 6 PM on September 20, 2012
Week six of Business N Beer found us at El Segundo Brewing Company (ESBC) in El Segundo, CA. ESBC is a micro brewery that specializes in ales and produces one of the best IPA’s in the South Bay with their White Dog IPA; at least in my opinion. As far as attendance was concerned, there is no question that this was our smallest turnout, but we did have a first time visitor and those that showed up seemed to enjoy the $5 flights that were made available to us.
El Segundo Brewing Co, Blue House Ales
Since Business N Beer does not have mandatory meetings it is expected that some events will have more than others. When we take into fact that we are still very young (only six weeks old) and that El Segundo is the furthest away of any gathering we have had to date, we are not going to be discouraged if once in a while the attendance numbers drop rather than constantly rise. As the summer season winds down, there are numerous reasons why people may not be able to come to every event. We may decide later to change our format to once or twice a month, but for the time being we will continue with the weekly gatherings. I have spoken with enough of our regulars to see that there are some that really look forward to the weekly meet ups; and I know new business is being done between our members.
Phil wins a free beer
Our next Business N Beer will be held 6:00 P.M. Thursday, August 23 at Alpine Inn, which is at the Alpine Village in Torrance. Alpine Inn is a German restaurant that has about 20 beers on tap, with a mixture of American craft brews including a few from our local brewers. They also carry several European drafts, so this will give you an opportunity to check out the difference between a European pilsner and an American one, if so inclined. Alpine Inn also has a nice menu including a very nice schnitzel and strudel. This is a great location to bring your significant other and make it a date night. Alpine Inn is located at the 110 and 405 freeways, so it is freeway close for anyone that wants to attend and there is plenty of free parking available.
Be sure to sign up to our mailing list and Like us on Facebook so you can keep up with where we will be next. We continue to find new locations, so come discover some new craft beers and make some new business with us. As usual, you can find the photos from our event at El Segundo Brewing Co. on GotBaddog.com
Please join us for Business & Beer a small business networking event which will be held at Strand Brewing Co. on September 13, 2012 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.
Join us at Strand Brewing Co at 6 PM on September 13, 2012
Please join us for Business & Beer a small business networking event which will be held at Monkish Brewing Co. on September 6, 2012 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.
Join us at Monkish Brewing Co at 6 PM on September 6, 2012
