With the fascinating feeling of walking into an arena for a beer festival, this past Saturday’s Fourth Annual BierBuzz Masquerade (see here for a post I wrote for BierBuzz) provided attendees with a special experience. In addition to the grand...
The Oceanside store of the Stone Company recently celebrated its third anniversary. With a special variety of beers available on-tap, it was worth visiting. On my way back up from San Diego on Friday afternoon, I stopped into the store...
A few days ago in Long Beach, an interesting and, perhaps, unusual combined tasting took place at the World Tea Expo. Entitled “The Leaf and the Grain”, Kevin Gascoyne of Camellia Sinensis led attendees in a tasting of teas and...
Yesterday, a panel discussion was held for tea bloggers at the World Tea Expo. The third annual Tea Bloggers Roundtable at the World Tea Expo was an opportunity to hear from and meet some tea bloggers. Moderated by Gary Robson,...
Returning again for morning teas at the World Tea Expo currently taking place in Long Beach, I was able to try nearly a dozen of teas during the morning “Daily Tea” opportunity, wherein a few vendors were able to set...
Earlier this spring, I had the pleasure of attending the final day of this year’s US Coffee Championships, which took place in Long Beach. Having attended on both the first day of the competition, as well as the second day...
The second day of this year’s US Coffee Championships was a lot more hopping with people, energy, and competitions than the previous day. And, more importantly, there was more coffee, too! Having taken place at the Long Beach Arena three...
When I found out last month that the US Coffee Championships were coming to Long Beach, I knew I had to try to go, despite knowing nothing about the event, nor what would be taking place. This weekend, the US...
Having had a few beers from Hangar 24, I had the opportunity earlier this month to visit the brewery and try some of their beers. They are located in Redlands, California in the Inland Empire, right across the street from...
Last week, I attended a very special beer event. Simply entitled “The Festival”, it took place over the course of November 8-9 at Crafted at the Port of Los Angeles and was put on by The Shelton Brothers. I went...
