Central 100 Presents: Imbibing LA - Boozing it Up in the City of Angels

From the wine-loving Spaniards who first settled Los Angeles to the cocktail quaffers of the jet age, Los Angeles tastes have shifted when it comes to enjoying alcoholic beverages. The city has been a center of winemaking and brewing, a place where potions were celebrated by movie stars and hunted down by prohibitionists, and home to finely balanced drinks and abysmal concoctions by celebrities.

This talk begins with communion wines made by monks and includes the eras of law-dodging partiers who were anything but reverent and modern beverage craftsmen. This program is relevant because it focuses strongly on the Prohibition period in Los Angeles.