10 Great California Pale Ales
Even the most casual of craft beer fans will know the most famous pale ale. And yes, it is on the list below. But what is a pale ale? Especially nowadays. According to the...
10 Great California Sour Beers
Pucker Up! It is time to get sour. Two weeks ago, I covered the white hot IPA style with a list of 10 Top California IPAs to drink and today we head into another...
Top 10 Beers of 2012
Each year around this time, I look back at my Ratebeer records and Untappd ratings to see which beers made their mark in the past 12 months. This year was a harder task with...
(Beer) Event Horizon
One of the benefits of being in a large market and a growing craft beer market is that beer makers are making stops in the Los Angeles area. These “Meet the Brewer” nights are...
Super Beer for the Super Bowl
The culmination of the NFL football season requires a different mindset food and beer wise than a regular season game. First, this is not your typical 2½ hour game that is a break between...
14 Glorious Years of Stone
Neither skyrocketing temperatures, long distances nor traffic as far as the eye can see will stop your faithful beer scribe from tasting beer. Such was the case last Saturday when my chauffeur/beer companion Richard...
