November 2012 – GOT BADDOG

Business N Beer’s return visit to Tortilla Cantina

Business N Beer, craft beers, food, gastropub, Local business, networking event, Photos, pictures, Southern California, Torrance, Tortilla Cantina / 1 minute of reading / November 30, 2012

Last night Business & Beer held their 20th gathering; this time it was a return visit to Tortilla Cantina in Torrance. Tortilla Cantina is a gastropub and taco bistro with up to 40 beers on tap. They offer a very wide selection of craft beers with many Southern California brewers represented; the food is pretty good too. It was a cold and rainy evening which seems to keep attendance levels lower; I am sure the return to Pacific Standard Time is not helping. We had a small group but that gives people more opportunities to talk and that is what …

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Beer tasting in the Inland Empire

American Craft Beer, Black Market Brewing, Brew-Ligion, craft beers, Craft Brewing Co, I and I Brewing, Local brewers, Photos, pictures, Southern California, Temecula, Travel / 3 minutes of reading / November 26, 2012

These photos were taken at I and I Brewing Co, Craft Brewing Company, Lazy Dog Cafe, Black Market Brewing, South Coast Winery, Lake Skinner and Brew-Ligion Brewhouse in the Inland Empire area of Southern California. Tanya and I have not really had a chance to venture away for an over-nighter in what seems like forever, so we decided we would head down to Temecula to see if there was a chance that I could visit with my son and his family and maybe do a little beer tasting. Since I knew a visit with the family was not going to …

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Business N Beer returns to Abigaile

brewpub, Business N Beer, Hermosa Beach, Local brewers, Local business, networking event, Photos, pictures, Southern California, The Brewery at Abigaile / 1 minute of reading / November 17, 2012

These photos are from the week 19 meeting of Business & Beer which was held at The Brewery at Abigaile in Hermosa Beach. The Brewery at Abigaile is my favorite brewpub and has one of the best varieties of in-house brewed beers of any of the local South Bay breweries. It was a cold and damp evening so the attendance level was down a little but the enthusiasm of those that did attend did not wane. People that a couple months ago were strangers are now friends, or at the least, friendly acquaintances. That is what networking and Business & …

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Photos from the IHACI 2012 trade show at Pasadena Convention Center

EZ Recovery Coil, IHACI, Local business, networking event, Pasadena Convention Center, Photos, pictures, Southern California / 2 minutes of reading / November 15, 2012

These photos were taken at the Institute of Heating & Air Conditioning Industries’ (IHACI) 33rd Annual Trade Show which was held November 14, 2012 at the Pasadena Convention Center in Pasadena, CA. This event is recognized as the largest HVAC/R/SM show in the west by the HVAC industry. I was there as the guest of my good friend Phil Walls, owner and inventor of the EZ Recovery Coil refrigerant recovery system. Although heating and air conditioning is far from being my forte, I am glad I attended as I found it pretty informative. As many of you know I am …

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Photos from Business & Beer at Monkish Brewing Co, Torrance

Belgians, Business N Beer, Local brewers, Local business, networking event, Photos, pictures, Torrance / 2 minutes of reading / November 10, 2012

These photos are from our most recent visit to Monkish Brewing Company in Torrance, with our Business & Beer networking group. Monkish Brewing is a microbrewery in Torrance that specializes in Belgian style ales, with usually seven or eight different options available. Even though the weather was a little iffy with it being chilly and some rain we still had a nice turnout. It seems that Business & Beer is growing to the point that our minimum size is now 10-15 when not too long ago our smaller groups might have only eight. It will be interesting to see where …

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Business & Beer comes back to Strand Brewing, Torrance

Local brewers, Local business, microbrewery, networking event, Photos, pictures, strand brewing, Torrance / 2 minutes of reading / November 4, 2012

These photos are from our most recent Business & Beer gathering which we had at Strand Brewing Company in Torrance. Strand Brewing is a local microbrewery that has been growing by leaps and bounds over the last several months. I remember when I first started going there, there would be maybe three or four people on a Saturday afternoon. These days you and more likely to find 15-20 on a Thursday evening. I can imagine that Saturdays are even better. We had about 20 people show up for Business & Beer which was about double of what I expected; it …

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