California breweries reopen as COVID-19 restrictions are being reversed Breweries, after over eight months, are are allowed to operate outdoors statewide — even if they don’t serve food. Breweries are beginning to open indoors as their counties progress, capacity at first will be limited to 25% or 100 people, whichever is fewer. Breweries that serve

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Barley Forge – Thank you for five great years Gary Neshanian | December 18, 2019 (Costa Mesa, CA) Barley Forge was a family-owned craft brewery founded by Greg Nylen and his wife Mary Ann Frericks.  They opened their doors in Oct. 2014, pioneered the craft micro-brewery scene in Costa Mesa, and were the cornerstone of

Gary Neshanian | Oct. 19, 2019 (Randolph Ave – Costa Mesa, CA) update* Jan. 16, 2020 Before the original micro-brewery in Costa Mesa closes at the end of this month, Barley Forge, I wanted to share my favorite micro-brewery walking-tour or pub-crawl, all four micro-breweries on the quarter mile of Randolph Ave, my superfecta. Randolph

Gary Neshanian | September 26, 2019 (SteelCraft – Garden Grove, CA) If you are a craft beer fan, that loves great brews on a patio-beer garden with lots of food choices, then you might want to visit a SteelCraft. They have opened their third location in Garden Grove. Each location has many food vendors, and

By BRADLEY ZINT SEP. 17, 2019 5:25 PM (LA Times) Barley Forge Brewing Co., a microbrewery that helped pave the way for Costa Mesa’s craft beer scene, is closing, the company announced in a Facebook post Monday. The business at 2957 Randolph Ave., in the city’s trendy Sobeca district, is scheduled to close Oct. 31.

CA Craft Beer Summit (Sep 11-14, 2019) @Long Beach Join California craft brewers to experience a one-of-a-kind craft beer expo featuring:education, networking and tasting, September 12-14, 2019 in Long Beach. Early Bird discounted tickets on sale May 14.Tickets available for one day or the entire weekend event! CA Craft Beer Summit Dates:Wednesday, Sept. 11: Registration

Gary Neshanian | Achieved on July 20, 2019 (Redlands – Fullerton – Costa Mesa) The first ever Bootlegger’s “Trifecta – Triathlon – Hat-trick” was achieved Saturday July 20, 2019. That is a complete tour of all three Bootlegger’s tasting rooms in one day, never previously recorded even by an employee, let alone an obsessive customer.

Greg Nagel | Posted on October 26, 2018 (OCWeekly) Some time ago, I coined the term “The LaPalma Beer Trail” for the eight breweries along a 5-mile stretch through Placentia and Anaheim. Little did I know the appellation would catch on, causing a fun collaborative event in which you could earn an Untappd badge while