As the Thomas Fire Raged California Brewers Stood Strong
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As the Thomas Fire Raged California Brewers Stood Strong

[siteorigin_widget class=”kad_fullpane_widget”][/siteorigin_widget] It took only twenty days for the Thomas fire to chew and claw a path of ash across southern California and become the largest wildfire in state history. In its wake, the monster left homes and businesses in smoking piles of rubble. Firefighters fought day and night in long fourteen hour shifts and…

A Haunting Place to Drink at Phantom Carriage Brewery
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A Haunting Place to Drink at Phantom Carriage Brewery

These days there is a brewery for everything on nearly every street corner.   But then we stumble on a place so unique that we’re reminded why we hunt for breweries in the first place.  No other location in America’s…expansive…craft beer scene has as many breweries within a stone’s throw of each other as Los Angeles…

The Down and Dirty Brewschool Guide to Homebrewing
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The Down and Dirty Brewschool Guide to Homebrewing

Oh now you’ve done it.  You got yourself a homebrew kit. Either as a gift or a misguided purchase, here we are. Might as well make the best of it right? By golly let’s turn that kit into beer!  But you have no idea what you’re doing. You’ve tried to follow along with your brewing…

Authentic Nashville Hot Chicken at Fremont Diner
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Authentic Nashville Hot Chicken at Fremont Diner

Update 2023: The Freemont Diner has closed for business.   We came to Fremont Diner for punishment. Spicy unforgivable gastronomic punishment. We were in search of authentic Nashville Hot chicken, an often imitated culinary trend that unless genuinely from middle Tennessee, never truly lived up to the name. Yet there we were, in the heart of…