About Us
Beer Paper distributes 20,000 hard copies per month. Prints are available for FREE at local craft breweries, better beer bars, homebrew supply stores, and bottle shops throughout greater Los Angeles, Orange and Ventura Counties, and the Inland Empire.
Beer Paper is dedicated to providing news, commentary and education for the craft beer communities of Los Angeles, Orange County, Inland Empire and Ventura County.
- OWNER/PUBLISHER/EDITOR: Daniel Drennon
- CREATIVE DIRECTOR: Josh Cortez
- EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE EDITOR: Renee Imhoff
- HEAD WRITER: Daniel Drennon
- SENIOR CONTRIBUTOR: Tomm Carroll
Interested in writing an article? Beer Paper welcomes pitches or submissions from industry professionals but is also seeking new and diverse voices to cover the California craft beer scene. Please submit your resume along with any ideas, pitches or even articles to danieldrennon@gmail.com.
Interested in advertising with Beer Paper? See our ad rates page and/or contact danieldrennon@gmail.com.
Daniel Drennon
Publisher,
Editor &
Head Writer
Daniel Drennon is the publisher, editor and head writer of Beer Paper, a monthly brewspaper based in Los Angeles. He was the first dedicated craft beer writer for the LA Weekly in 2010. Drennon worked for the City of Los Angeles for 30 years in environmental policy, including stints with Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and Mayor James Hahn. He has a degree in Public Policy from Duke University, a Master’s Degree in Communications from USC, and a certificate in Public Dispute Resolution from Harvard Law School. Drennon moved to L.A. to pursue a career as a screenwriter and has sold three screenplays.
Brandon Hernández
Senior Writer
San Diego
A native San Diegan, Brandon Hernández is an award-winning journalist who has covered his hometown’s brewing industry for 13 years and authored two editions of the San Diego Beer News® Complete Guide to San Diego Breweries. He was the first-ever beer columnist for San Diego Magazine and San Diego Reader, and served as Senior Editor for beverage publication West Coaster for nearly a decade. He has served as a craft-beer correspondent for FOX 5 San Diego and The CW San Diego, consulted for Food Network, Zagat and numerous San Diego County breweries, ghost-written and contributed to numerous cookbook projects, and been featured on numerous TV shows, radio programs and podcasts. He and his work have been featured in dozens of publications, including USA Today, Wine Enthusiast, Los Angeles Times, San Diego Union-Tribune, All About Beer Magazine, Beer Magazine, The Beer Connoisseur Magazine, Beer Paper, Celebrator Beer News, Craft Beer & Brewing Magazine, Imbibe Magazine, The New Brewer Magazine, The Full Pint, Edible San Diego Magazine, Modern Luxury, Pacific San Diego Magazine, Ranch & Coast Magazine, Tasting Table and many more. He worked within the brewing industry in marketing roles with Stone Brewing, AleSmith Brewing and Societe Brewing, and is the founder of Beer to the Rescue, a charity campaign that has raised more than $150,000 for the Lupus Foundation of Southern California since 2015. For more information, consult Brandon Hernández’s writing website.
Tomm Carroll
Senior Writer
Los Angeles & the World
Feature and travel writer and LA correspondent for the Celebrator Beer News for 18 years until the nation’s first brewspaper had its last call in 2018, Tomm Carroll won an Honorary Mention from the North American Beer Writers Guild in 2017 and was shortlisted for a British Guild of Beer Writers Award in 2018 and 2019. A BJCP-schooled international beer judge of more than 40 competitions (commercial and homebrew), he also teaches a craft beer class at UCLA* and is (slowly) working on a book about the early days of Los Angeles breweries. He will travel* to just about anywhere to drink, judge, and write about good beer. Contact him at beerscribe@earthlink.net. * not applicable during pandemics
David Mulvihill
Writer
Orange County
David Mulvihill thirsts to experience and promote the best of craft beer. He also provides business-side support to local breweries and brewers guilds (reporting, excise tax, regulatory compliance, policies & personnel) (SoCalCraftBeer.com). david@socalcraftbeer. com.
Brian Yaeger
Writer
Central Coast &
Ventura County
Brian Yaeger is the author of Red, White, and Brew, Oregon Breweries, and contributed to the Oxford Companion to Beer. When this Cicerone isn’t writing for beer publications he’s planning niche beer festivals. Along with his wife and son (I.P.Yae.) he lives (and is learning to surf in) Santa Barbara where he teaches UCSB’s first beer-tasting and cider-tasting classes.
Josh Cortez
Creative Director
Josh Cortez was in the right spot at the right time to become Beer Paper’s Creative Director. One random evening, at the beloved Good Beer Co. in Santa Ana, Drennon walked in with an entourage as he does, and beer talk ensued. Years later here we are. Josh’s craft beer love began in New York City during an unpaid internship where he spend all his money on rent and beer. In his home state of California he is also a full time urban planner. You can follow his beer journey @beercruzer.
Matthew Garcia
Photographer
Los Angeles &
Orange County
Matthew Garcia became a fan of independent beer in 2014 and shortly after started volunteering at breweries/beer festivals. In 2017 he began working with the Los Angeles Brewers Guild and took up photography in 2018. Since then, he has shot photos for Firestone Walker Brewing Company (Terroir Project 2019), Los Angeles Brewers Guild (LA Beer & Food 2019), LA Beer Hop (DTLA Walking Tour 2020), Smog City Brewing (7th Anniversary 2018), Noble Ale Works (7th Anniversary 2018), Burgeon Beer Co (2nd & 3rd Anniversary 2018 & 2019), Arts District Brewing Co (Several Events) to name a few. He also does non-profit work with Brewbies at Bagby Beer Co & Faction Brewing (A bi-annual beer festival that gives 100% of proceeds are given to Keep a Breast Foundation, which provides breast education and support) along with Ales for ALS at Faction Brewing (Annual beer festival that gives 100% of proceeds to the ALS Therapy Development Institute). You can find him on Instagram at @MomentsInBeer
