By seaninman | May 16, 2013 | 0 comments
Roger Bott has been at the helm of The LAB Brewing Co. in Agoura Hills from the start in late 2011. The former Amgen employee, who goes by Dr. Hops, fashions beers such as Dunk in the Trunk Dunkelweizen and After Midnight Moo Milk Stout. I...
By seaninman | May 16, 2013 | 0 comments
Pizza and beer. It conjures up a certain image in one’s mind of empties. Pizza boxes and crumpled cans. But if you walk into any one of the Pitfire Pizza locations across the Southland, that image will change. I recently spoke with Larry Rudolph and...
Apparently, coffee wasn’t complex enough for Ceremony Coffee Roasters, a company based in Annapolis, Maryland. Yes, the beverage boasts over 800 flavor influencing components, yet Ceremony Director of Wholesale Ronnie Haas and Head Roaster Andy Sprenger decided to harness coffee’s power of absorption for good...
The Court of Master Sommeliers is one of the most exclusive societies in the world, with less than 200 people demonstrating a mastery of Theory, Service, and Tasting surrounding wine, spirits and cigars since they first administered a Master Sommelier exam in the UK in...