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
Our fourth Business N Beer gathering was held August 2 at Strand Brewing Company in Torrance. Coincidentally, it was also International IPA Day, so it was pretty appropriate that we met at Strand Brewing as they have a couple really nice IPA’s in their Atticus and Black IPA. Our group may have had a few less people than last week, but again it consisted of people that had shown up for one of our previous events and several newcomers. In addition, we had a few people wander over from the main tasting room to ask what Business N Beer was all about. It seems most people really like the idea and it shows with all the new faces we are seeing.
International IPA Day at Strand Brewing
We would like to thank our host, Rich Marcello and Strand Brewing Company for having us, and special thanks to Phil and Debbie Walls for the pizza. Congratulations to Tim Thompson for winning the door prize this week, a free craft beer at one of our future events. Speaking of future events, our next event will be held at The Rockefeller in Hermosa Beach. The Rockefeller is a gastropub with 24 craft beers on tap. They also have some specials that will coincide with our event so I can assure you this will be a fun night. Bring a date and stay a while.
Todd Whorley, Tanya Martin, Rich Marcello
Be sure to sign up for our mailing list so you can keep in the loop and follow us on Facebook so you always know what is going on and where. As usual, you can find all the photos from Business N Beer at Strand 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.
Abigaile Flight
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.
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
