Author Archives: The Beerista
ColLAboration WinterFest Recap
Great beer and good company were in abundance this past Sunday at the latest CoLAboration mobile craft beer garden, WinterFest. The event was held at the beautiful Belasco Theater in downtown LA, which made for one of the most unique venues for a craft beer event I have ever …
Eagle Rock Brewery Libertine Honey-Cinnamon Crunch Ice Cream
About two month ago I decided to break in my new ice cream maker by attempting to make my first batch of beer ice cream. I choose to make a chocolate ice cream with espresso brownies and coconut using New Belgium’s 1554. I had no idea what I was going …
ColLAboration WinterFest + Giveaway (free beer)!
ColLAboration WinterFest, an awesome craft beer event in LA, is coming up and is one that is not to be missed (Pliny the Younger will be making an appearance. Need I say more?). I know I’ll be there on Sunday, 2/26 from 12 – 5pm for an afternoon of fun. Hope you will be …
The Makings of a Beer Pairing Event
If you love beer, food, and entertaining like I do, there is a very good chance you’ve had friends over for a night of quality eating and drinking. But, have you ever had friends over for a night of paired eating and drinking? As in, drink this beer while consuming …
Mammoth Brewing Company
Recently my friends and I packed up our gear and headed to the mountains for a weekend of playing in the snow, eating, drinking, and heated board game playing in Mammoth Lakes, CA. I was in charge of securing the rental house, so of course finding a place within walking …
Rye Ale Soft Pretzels
A while back, over the holidays I was in Florida visiting my family and found myself in a rare situation: I had free time and there was no long to-do list ready to eat it up. I had been meaning to try my hand at making soft pretzels with beer …
Golden Road Brewing Pub Grand Opening: Canland is Officially Open For Business
A little over a month ago I found myself rushing to wrap up a homebrew day so I could make it over to the sneak peak of Golden Road Brewing’s pub. They had been offering up growler fills for a while out of the pub, but on 12/17/11 they announced …
Swamp Head Brewery: A Trip to the Wetlands
Back in September of last year I found myself heading to my college town of Gainesville, FL for work and took full advantage of the situation to check out the new brewery that had arrived since my departure over 3 years ago – Swamp Head Brewery. I was excited to …