Team DET
We blog while laughing but are serious about telling stories about our three favorite verbs. Join us as we drink and eat our way through a variety of known and not-so-known adventures. After all, why save money when you can go out?
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Posts by Team DET
LA Beer Week Closing Festival 2011: Photo Recap
Oct 24th
Beer lovers lined up at the entrance of Union Station waiting for their commemorative glass of unlimited beer access. Cheers and heckles were heard throughout the day as those same glasses shattered on the floors. Sadly, the LA Beer Week Closing Festival signals the end of LA Beer Week. Check out our photo recap. More >
Big Crawl in Little Tokyo Kicking Off at Far Bar Plus a Special Send Off to LA Beer Week
Oct 19th
Another crawl will be taking over a part of LA this Thursday, October 20. Nine bars have united to represent Little Tokyo for this LA Beer Week event. More >
Golden Road Brewery Opens Their Doors for Los Angelenos
Oct 17th
Last Sunday marks the official opening of Golden Road Brewery, located in Atwater Village, Los Angeles. We’ve followed progress for a while now and were on scene for the debut event where we tried the beers, heard their plans, and found out little more of their beginnings. More >
Boneyard Bistro and The Bruery’s 12 Course Meal: Beer Highlighted Dinner with Patrick Rue & Aaron Robins
Oct 17th
We wrote about the epic 12 course beer and food pairing that was held at Boneyard Bistro about a couple weeks ago and were on scene for the event. Chef/owner of Boneyard Bistro, Aaron Robins, and brewer/owner Patrick Rue of The Bruery put on a dinner whose focus was on beer. No special theme was featured, instead, Chef Aaron directed his creativity towards the flavor profiles in pairing Patrick’s beers, creating a marathon whose emphasis was on good eats. In Aaron’s words, “we’re going balls to the wall. We’re going bigger than pretty much anyone we can think of.” More >
CANFEST 2011: Third Annual Canned Beer Festival in Reno
Oct 14th
CANFEST is making its way back to Reno on November 12. Canned beer continues to shed it’s inferior reputation, partly due to events like CANFEST, which was the first international canned beer festival. They attribute the interest because beer drinkers “realize that cans offer superior protection from sunlight and oxygen infiltration.” According to the craftcans.com database, over 130 craft breweries can at least one of their beers. More >
Deconstructed LA: Introducing Firestone Walker Brewing Co.’s Newest Anniversary Beer with Matt Brynildson & Sean Z. Paxton
Oct 13th
Paso Robles, CA’s Firestone Walker Brewing Co. debuted their latest anniversary beer, XV, on October 12th. To kick off the brew, an eight course pairing held at the Avalon’s Bardot Room in Hollywood was conceived by “Homebrew Chef” Sean Z. Paxton with the theme of deconstruction. The intent was to take the eight beers that comprise Matt Brynildson’s blend, XV, and pair them with foods to bring out their intricacies. Ultimately, the goal was to better understand and appreciate the anniversary beer that will be available for purchase at the their brewery on November 5, and to Firestone Walker vendors shortly after. We were on the scene with Chef Sean Z. Paxton and Firestone Walker Brewing Co.’s Brewmaster, Matt Brynildson, to chat about Deconstructed LA. More >
Interviewing Bruno Reinders, Head Brewer of Mort Subite from Belgium [VIDEO]
Oct 13th
As LA Beer Week rolls along, it’s prominence to craft beer culture grows as international beer icons start making appearances in L.A. To be specific, we are talking about Bruno Reinders, the man behind the Belgium Lambic brew, Mort Subite. We had a chance to sit down with Bruno, so we sent Drink Eat Travel host Jace Milstead over to talk shop about his brew, his life, and how he ranks beers in his book. More >
City Tavern Wants You At Their Restaurant Everyday of Beer Week!
Oct 10th
Well, what proprietor wouldn’t want you at their establishment everyday? To achieve this, Culver City’s, City Tavern, will be featuring a different craft beer every day during LA Beer Week. Each beer will be paired with a dish for that evening to bring out the best of the brew. Also, as a special tribute to LA’s newest brewery, City Tavern will have Golden Road Brewing on their table taps for the two weeks of LA Beer Week. More >
East Meets West: Japanese Inspired Limited Edition Collaboration Beer – Debuting At Far Bar
Oct 7th
Southern California’s, The Bruery, and Deleware’s, Dogfish Head Brewery have combined their talents and created their new beer FBBB(GQS), Faster, Bigger, Better, Bolder (Gradually, Quietly, Steadily). The brew is meant to serve as “an homage to the contrasting lifestyle views of American excess set against the more humble and traditional ways of Japan.” With this intent, they’ve created a beer of excess that still holds to tradition. Now you can finally taste the beer from Sam Calagione and Patrick Rue. More >
New Belgium Brewing’s Tour de Fat is Back in Town
Oct 6th
New Belgium Brewing Company’s festival of bikes, music, and carnival fame makes their second appearance at the L.A. Historic Park. Named after New Belgium’s best known brew, Fat Tire, the event raises awareness of the “positive societal offerings of the bicycle.” Saturday’s free to attend event includes a bike parade, concerts, and a car for bike trade to name a few. More >
Samuel Adams Announces Winners of the First Samuel Adams Brewing the American Dream Experienceship Award
Oct 3rd
Samual Adams’ philanthropy program, Samuel Adams Brewing the American Dream® Experienceship, has got it’s first winners. They announced on Sunday during Great American Beer Festival in Denver, CO that San Francisco’s Jim Woods, of MateVeza, and the duo from NY’s Roc Brewing Co, Chris Spinelli and Jon Meryine, have been given the chance to check out the Samuel Adams Boston Brewery and soak-up all the info about brews and business that they can. More >
5 Things You Didn’t Know about Squid Fishing
Sep 28th
We took a fishing boat out to sea in Orange County, but not to catch fish. We caught calamari! Well, not quite, it’s before the batter and the deep-fryer. Humboldt squid are an inconsistent catch in Southern California because they just don’t show up some years. Well, this year they showed up and were quite tasty. Be prepared to get dirty as they shoot ink everywhere with the boat’s deck usually black by the time your headed back into the harbor. Some people even wear trash bags over there bodies with arm holes cutout to avoid the spray. Here’s 5 things you didn’t know about squid fishing. More >
Deconstructed LA: Firestone Walker Brewing Co.’s 15th Anniversary Celebration — Breaking Down 8 Beers and Pairing Them
Sep 27th
LA Beer Week, bringing out the best of all that is beer, is the chosen time-frame for Firestone Walker to debut their 15th Anniversary beer in Los Angeles, XV, a blend of eight different barrel-aged beers. Deconstruction LA is the theme of the event where the plan is to “breakdown the brewery’s rarest beer blend into its key components aided by the genius of Sean Z. Paxton, the ‘Homebrew Chef.’” Basically, 8 beers, 8 dishes, and the anniversary brew. More >
Stone Brewing Co. Releasing New Book with Recipes, History of Stone and More
Sep 26th
If you love everything about Stone Brewing Co., then you might be interested in the release of their book, The Craft of Stone Brewing Co.: Liquid Lore, Epic Recipes, and Unabashed Arrogance The book contains a behind the scenes look at 15 years of Stone Brewing Co., a history of beer, how to pour and store beer, a primer to pairing beers, recipes that use Stone beers, and more. The release is kicked off with an event at Stone Brewing World Bistro & Gardens (1999 Citracado Pkwy, Escondido, CA) on Sept 27 with Co-owners Greg Koch, Steve Wagner, and Co-author Randy Clemens being available to sign books. Bottles of the limited edition Quingenti Millilitre beers will also be available for sale to those who purchase the book. More >
