Business N Beer

Please join us for Business & Beer a small business networking event which will be held at The Dudes’ Brewing Company on April 9, 2015 from 6:00 to 8:00 PM. The Dudes’ Brewing Co. is located at 1840 W. 208TH ST., Torrance, California. Please RSVP by commenting below that you will be there.

The Dudes Brewery

Join us at The Dudes’ Brewing Co on April 9, 2015 from 6:00 to 8:00 PM

 

Ready for Business & Beer

Business & Beer is ready for you

I guess it had to happen eventually; after all, Business & Beer has been going on for almost three years. When Business & Beer first launched we met on a weekly basis; after a year we decided to make it a monthly gathering as we found it was difficult for people to dedicate one day a week to this business networking event. Now, after another year and a half we have had our first gathering that no one showed up for. Well, no one besides Tanya and me.

When we came up with the concept of Business & Beer it was decided that we would limit the geographic range to the South Bay so traffic would not be a major concern. It was decided that the furthest north we would go is El Segundo and even though it is not really that far away, our El Segundo gatherings were typically smaller than those we have in a city like Torrance. The thing is El Segundo Brewing Company is one of my personal favorites, so I was willing to have smaller turnouts as long as we could continue to introduce people to new local breweries. The thing that bothered me the most was that El Segundo brewing was prepared to give us a tour of the brewhouse and had someone come in to give us the tour and we had no one to give it to. After this last non-gathering there is no question that we will not be able to expand our reach to include new breweries like Three Weavers or even Phantom Carriage because both locations are too far away from Torrance for us to expect anyone to show up.

ESBC labels

El Segundo Brewing Company labels past and present

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Please join us for Business & Beer a small business networking event which will be held at Strand Brewing Co on March 12, 2015 from 6:00-8:00 PM. Strand Brewing Co. is located at 23520 Telo Ave # 2, Torrance, California. Please RSVP by commenting below that you will be there.

Logo for Strand Brewing Co

Join us at Strand Brewing Co on March 12, 2015 from 6:00-8:00 PM

Please join us for Business & Beer, a small business networking event which will be held at El Segundo Brewing Company on February 12, 2015 from 6:00- 8:00 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 from 6:00- 8:00 PM on February 12, 2015

Brett wins free beer

Networking and free beer, great combination

Business & Beer finished up 2014 on a high note with the last gathering of the year being held at the Monkish Brewing Company tasting room on December 11. It was cold and blustery evening which was just right for the big Belgian-styled ales and apparently everyone know it would be as we had a pretty nice turnout for two weeks before Christmas. The Bourbon Barrel-aged Magnificat was quite popular, with the St. Simcoe Belgian Pale Ale satisfying the needs of the die-hard hop heads in the group. In addition to the fine beer, Vella Pizza was there with their mobile brick oven making some very good pizza. Denise came with some oils to hand out and she did some tarot card readings for those interested.

Thank you to everyone that came out, not only to the December gathering at Monkish, but to everyone that came out throughout the year and to all the production breweries and brewpubs that hosted our events throughout 2014. We added three new tasting rooms to our rotation in 2014 with the inclusion of King Harbor Brewing Company, Absolution Brewing Company and The Dudes’ Brewing Company. The craft beer scene is really growing around here. I know we will have at least one new addition in 2015, but it is only January so we will see how the year progresses.

Business & Beer at Monkish

Thanks for a great 2014

Our first meeting for 2015 will be held this Thursday, January 8, from 6:00-8:00 PM at the Smog City Brewing Company tasting room. If you have not visited Smog City in a while I am sure you will find something interesting and new to you. We hope you will join us. Continue reading