I’ve been to the Los Angeles Beer Festival at Union Station for the past two years, and it has proven to be very inconsistent. Last year it was nearly perfect. The festival is held at Union Station in Los Angeles, and therefore takes driving out of the equation. Jump on a train to Los Angeles, take [...]
Posted on October 29th, 2011 by Aaron Morris
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Ride the Coast 2011 did not disappoint. A great ride with perfect weather, finishing at Irvine Lake and a fantastic Blues Festival. Being an influential member of the media (that, and I paid an extra fifty bucks), I received a VIP pass that provided a place in the shade to hang out, discounted beer, an [...]
Posted on June 28th, 2011 by Aaron Morris
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One of my favorite rides of the year is just two weeks away, and there is still time for you to join in. Ride the Coast benefits the Santa Ana Boys Club. For a $40 donation you get a fully police escorted 70 mile ride. Get to see what it feels like to be the President; [...]
Posted on June 13th, 2011 by Aaron Morris
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The Ride the Coast benefit for the Boys and Girls Club of Santa Ana is one of my favorite rides every year, and it just keeps getting better. I’ve participated for the last three or four years, and the organizers really got it together this time. Two years ago, the ride terminated at a shopping [...]
Posted on June 26th, 2010 by Aaron Morris
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Another great beer festival at Irvine Lake. The second annual (hopefully) Orange County Beer Festival was held on May 15 instead of August like the previous year, and that resulted in much cooler weather. I went with a friend and two designated drivers (always good to have a backup at an event like this in [...]
Posted on May 15th, 2010 by Aaron Morris
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For the next 17 hours (until about 5:00 a.m. on May 13, 2010), you can buy tickets to the Orange County Beer Festival for just $20. Go here for the discount. Thanks to Dale Conjurski for the link.
Posted on May 12th, 2010 by Aaron Morris
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Temperatures in Southern California are back in the 80s. The motorcycle is back on the road and the Lido Deck was singing its siren’s song. Time for a pairing of beer and cigar. Sol Cubano Cuban Cabinet, Magnum (6.0″ x 50) I went to my humidor with no particular stick or style in mind, but [...]
Posted on March 16th, 2010 by Aaron Morris
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The fine folks that brought us the Orange County Beer Festival last year were kind enough not to make us wait an entire year for a repeat. The event was both magnificent and munificent last year, and in my review I suggested that any self-respecting beer drinker west of the Mississippi should plan on attending [...]
Posted on February 5th, 2010 by Aaron Morris
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I have not yet persuaded the American Psychiatric Association to include this disorder in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, better known as the DSM-IV, but I am pushing for inclusion of a disorder I have named Competitive Compassion Disorder, or CCD. You see the classic example of CCD every time you go [...]
Posted on January 5th, 2010 by Aaron Morris
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Great minds think alike. Back in June, I wrote of the perfect convergence of beer and smoke when I teamed an Out of Bounds Stout, by Avery Brewing, with a God of Fire Robusto by Don Carlos. I rated the Out of Bounds Stout a 9.6 on The Morris Scale — the highest ranking ever for a stout. I [...]
Posted on December 20th, 2009 by Aaron Morris
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