Smog City West, Salt & Lime + Southland Anniversary
If Smog City Brewing had a motto, it just might be “Here We Grow Again.” The Torrance based brewery from Laurie Porter and Jonathan Porter has a wood cellar across the industrial park from...
A Summit in Long Beach, Oktoberfest Beer + Oktoberfest Festivals
It is now 30 years that the California Craft Beer Association has been advocating on behalf of small, independent breweries. The Golden State, by their calculations now has over 1,000 operating breweries which is...
L.A. Beer Week 11 Recap, El Grito + Smog City at the Hollywood Farmers Market
Another Los Angeles Beer Week has come and now gone. This is the 11th year of the celebration of all things beer across my sprawling metropolis, the City of Angels. It would take a...
Ventura County Breweries, Ventura Light + Smog City 4.20
As the brewery count rises in L.A. County, it is easy to cocoon yourself into your local haunts and hyper local beer. That is not a bad thing, but it does need to be...
First Draft LA, Comparing Casks + Welcome to the Wood Cellar
The downtown Los Angeles of 2018 is so different from the version of just last year. Modern Times and Mikkeller are becoming entrenched nearby and Karl Strauss is still plugging along as well. At...
Knolls and Hills, Roadhouse Wyoming + Hand-Brewed Beer Opens
For years, Torrance seemed to be the place where breweries converged. Sometimes across the street or a parking lot from each other. DTLA has also sprouted a bounty of options, to the point that...
