Over the past year, while visiting many of LA’s reputable craft beer establishments, I began to notice the name Ohana Brewing Company popping up on a steadily increasing number of tap lists and in craft-centric conversations around town. With so much buzz surrounding a brewery in its infant stages, I knew I had to get […]
Sitting at the bar at Little Bear during a Bruery event in the Arts District Jeff happened to meet Melkon Khosrovian and Litty Mathew, the masterminds behind Greenbar Collective, a distillery based in Downtown Los Angeles that offers a variety of original, organic spirits. After a lengthy conversation about beer, they were kind enough to […]
I rode my bike to meet up with Beer Guy LA the other day. I arrived early. He was on his way from across town and said he would be at least twenty minutes. I said hello to his dog Brewsky. My phone died. I was locked out. I sat on a lawn chair and […]
In most European communities the pub, or public house, is a vital part of towns and villages. It is a place for locals to gather and discuss politics, sports, gossip, and of course drink. In some of the really old pubs I’ve been in, the surface of the bar and tables are jagged and cratered […]
I told a coworker that a buddy of mine just lost his job. “So you’re going to go drink a beer with him and pretend that you care,” he said. “That is until he asks to borrow money.” “I don’t have any money to give him,” I said. “We’re just gonna have a few and […]
If you’re heading through Highland Park down York Boulevard you should stop off at Galco’s Soda Pop Stop. Family run for over one-hundred years, John F. Nese took over the business from his father and began stocking the shelves of this once Italian grocery store with various sodas from all over the world. In recent […]
The first time I went to the Stone Company Store in Pasadena, I took the Metro Gold Line with the intention of quickly getting my two-liter growler filled with Enjoy By 11/09/12 IPA. There was no more than fifteen people waiting outside the store when I stepped off the train at the Del Mar Station […]