Food and Wine

Rob McFerren: IPA’s still on top

India Pale Ales or IPA’s have been the favorite style of Craft Beer lovers for many years now and this style shows no sign of giving up 1st place. With

Rob McFerren: Craft Brewing Schools

As the Craft Brewing industry is growing at an amazing rate, how does someone become a Craft Brewer? With more breweries opening every month, the need for trained brewers is

Rob McFerren: Coffee craft beer varieties

Craft Beers with coffee added to them have been around for some time but lately have increased in popularity. With more Craft Breweries opening and brewers exercising their creativity, coffee

Rob McFerren: Los Angeles Beer and Food Festival

The Los Angeles County Brewers Guild is holding it’s 2nd annual Craft Beer and Food Festival on Saturday, January 27, 2018. It’s taking place at the historic Mack Sennet Studios

Rob McFerren: Strong beer styles

One of the many things a brewer has control over when brewing beer is how much alcohol the finished brew has. There are official style guidelines that will give a

Rob McFerren: Beers to ring in the New Year

Most everyone thinks of champagne as the beverage to have on New Year’ Eve but there’s some great Craft Beer choices to celebrate the holiday! Many beer styles are perfect

Rob McFerren: Craft beer in desserts

With Christmas coming soon, it’s fun to use Craft Beer in the desserts you create for the holidays. Because of the popularity of Craft Beer in the last few years,

Carl Kanowsky: Stars of Cabernet was exactly that

Last week, I had the distinct privilege of attending the highly-anticipated STARS of Cabernet hosted by Ian Blackburn of wineLA.  Ian is Los Angeles’ own wine guru and industry insider.

Rob McFerren: Belgian Fruit Lambics

At one time in history, all beer was sour and spontaneously fermented which gave a tart flavor to the finished beer. These Belgian Fruit Lambics are a great way to

Rob McFerren: Fall Seasonals

As we roll into fall we will take a look at a couple of popular beers of the season. Today most Craft Breweries are producing some type of seasonal beer

Rob McFerren: Oktoberfest celebrations

Oktoberfest is the largest beer festival in the world with more than 6 million people attending in Germany alone! Each year it is held in Munich, Bavaria, Germany and the