Reservations being taken for BJ’s holiday beer pairing dinners

Reservations are now being taken for a special five-course holiday beer-pairing dinner at BJ’s Restaurant and Brewhouse locations throughout the Inland Empire.

The dinners will take place beginning next Monday (November 25).

Price is $30 per person, and obviously, you’ve gotta be 21 or older to participate.

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Three Inland Empire breweries celebrating first anniversaries today

A trio of Inland Empire breweries are celebrating first anniversaries today (November 16).

From north to south, they are Oak Hills Brewing Company in Hesperia, Redlands’ Ritual Brewing Co., and Wiens Brewing Company in Temecula.

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Beer and cheese — if you please — at Dale Bros. Brewery on Saturday

Dale Bros and Drake Family FarmsUpland’s Dale Bros. Brewery is teaming up with Ontario’s Drake Family Farms for a beer and cheese pairing event this Saturday (November 16).

For $13, participants will get a full cheese plate, plus a beer flight.

The pairing event runs from 2 to 5 p.m. at the brewery, 2120 Porterfield Way.

Local beer, local cheese…sounds like a win-win!

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Hangar 24 offers seven special brews for International Stout Day, tomorrow

Stout fans, call in sick* tomorrow (November 8) and head to Hangar 24 Craft Brewery in Redlands.

That’s because they’ll have seven special stouts available for International Stout Day.

The brews will be available in half-pints, as well as a flight.

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Tickets available now for Ritual Brewing Co.’s Year One celebration

Ritual Year OneIt was exactly one year ago today (November 1) that Ritual Brewing Co. opened its doors to the public.

The Redlands beer-maker will commemorate that milestone on Saturday, November 16, at the brewery, 1315 Research Drive.

The event will take place from 1 to 4:30 p.m.

Advance tickets are available now.

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Tickets available for March Aviation Society’s inaugural brew fest

March Aviation Society Brew FestThe March Aviation Society is hosting its first brew fest Saturday, November 9, at the March Field Air Museum.

Attendees will be able to sample from more than a dozen Inland Empire breweries (and a few others) at the event.

You gotta have food to soak up all that beer, so the organizers have scheduled nine food trucks for your dining pleasure.

General admission tickets are $35 (plus a $2.92 service fee if purchased online) and grant you admission from 1 to 5 p.m., live entertainment by the ’80z All-Stars and DJ Steveo, and 15 four-ounce beer samples.

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Want to Oktoberfest in the Inland Empire? Here’s where to do it

This weekend — today in particular — seems to be the big weekend for German-style beer drinkin’ and eatin’.

There are events happening from Palm Springs to Pomona.

Head over the jump for a sampling of where to eins, zwei, drei, g’suffa…

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Salted Pig hosting Allagash tap takeover tomorrow

Riverside’s Salted Pig will have an Allagash Brewing Company tap takeover tomorrow (October 1).

A dozen Allagash beers will be available on tap and in the bottle.

The event begins at 11 a.m. and will run through midnight.

Flights consisting of four five-ounce draft pours will be available for $18. Full pours will also be available.

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Roadhouse BBQ and Tap-Out in Rancho Mirage tomorrow

BabesRoadhouseBBQandTapOutBarbecue fans and beer lovers will want to head to Babe’s Bar-B-Que & Brewhouse in Rancho Mirage between 1 and 5 p.m. tomorrow (September 28).

That’s because the brewery restaurant will be the site of a Roadhouse BBQ and Tap-Out event.

For $35 (or just $30 in advance), you can have five draft craft beers or five BBQ items from their patio smoker.

Or you can have two draft craft beers and three BBQ items from their patio smoker.

Or you can have one draft craft beer and four BBQ items from their patio smoker.

Or, well…you get the idea. You get a selection of five items, your choice of brew or ‘cue.

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