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Brew & You

This week in Brew & You: Craft Beer and social media collide, as do three San Diego brewers. That plus a new craft beer homework assignment will be “Untapped”.

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Echo Park bar owner Elizabeth Fischbach is now pouring Coronado Islander IPA, Allagash White, NIbble Bit Tabby Brown, and Sudwerk Lager.

Beachwood BBQ

Beachwood chef-owner Gabe Gordon currently features draught beers such as Alesmith’s My Bloody Valentine, Sierra Nevada Big Foot, Big Sky Cowboy Coffee Porter, Drake’s Hop Salad and Dogfish Head Chicory Stout. Track changes to Beachwood BBQ’s 24-tap menu via Hop Cam.

Blue Palms Brewhouse

Blue Palms taps are pouring Speakeasy Payback Porter, Duchesse De Bourgogne, Drake’s Grain Brain Barleywine, Pliny the Elder from Russian River and Firestone-Walker Robust Porter on cask. They are also hosting an Oscar party at 6 p.m. on Sunday. RSVP soon to get in on the four-course meal paired with great beer. Track changes to Blue Palms Brewhouse’s 24-tap menu Here

Boneyard Bistro

According to bar manager Rory Snipes, the Bistro will be pouring “The Bruery Saison de Lente, Eagle Rock Manifesto, Santa Cruz Cruz Control Imperial Red, Oskar Blues Gubna, Ladyface Blind Ambition Amber, Caracole Saxo Blonde, Bootlegger’s Dr. Tongue, Abbaye des Rocs Grand Cru, Nibble Bit Tabby Ransom (Hoppy English-style Brown), Stone/Pizza Port/Green Flash Highway 78 Scotch Ale, and Piraat. We also finally have ice cream from Drunken Udder, which means we’re making our float with Floris Apple Ale and Bourbon Salted Caramel Cinnamon Ice Cream from the Beer Float Showdown. Cheers!”

BottleRock

Downtown, BottleRock L.A. just tapped the Timmerman’s Framboise Lambic and Shipyard’s Old “Double” Thumper”

The Bottle Room

According to chef-owner Tony Alcazar, “This week we have been pouring Hobgoblin, Ommegang Tripel Perfection, the Bruery Humulus XPA, Stone/Greenflash/Pizza Port Highway 78 Scotch Ale, Coronado Mermaid’s Red, Turnhout Hop Ruiter, Great Divide Grand Cru, and Cuvee de Trolls.

Also, next Tuesday is our Second Annual Winter beer Dinner with Mark Jilg. 5 Courses + 6 Beers = 1 Bitchin Time.”

Broadway Alehouse

According to co-owner Eden Noe, “Great Divide Expresso Stout Yeti, Duvel Green, AllagashBlack, Blanche de Bruxelles, Hanger24 OrangeWheat, Sam Adams Revolutionary Rye Ale, Delirium Tremens, Stone double dry hopped IPA, Stone Session Ale, Guinness, ChamblyNoir, Lukcy Bastard Ale,Lagunitas Fusion II, Lagunitas IPA.”

City Sip

City Sip is now pouring TAPS Cream Ale, Coronado Islander IPA and Bootleggers Black Phoenix.

Congregation Ale House

According to Beverage Director Eli Wilson, “This is a very exciting time for us here at Congregation. This SUNDAY (27th), we have the honor of hosting Brother Greg Koch, Stone CEO, within our humble walls. He comes bearing gifts: 16 wonderful and delicious Stone beers on tap, including uber-specialties such as Unreal Ale, Vintage IRS, Highway 78, Smoked Porter w Vanilla Beans on Nitro, and 14th Anniversary. Come meet one of the true legends of our SoCal beer scene.

Also, coming up on March 12th is our 1st Annual International Strong Ale Fest! Start marking your calendars, as we will be pouring boatloads of high-octane, specialty brews from around the world collected and cared for over the last 6 months by our resident Cicerone and “Beer Curator”, Brother Eli. More details and disclosure of tap list to follow…”

Bar Covell

On tap in Los Feliz are Great Divide’s Titan IPA, Schneider Edelweiss, Stiegel Pils, Buffalo Stout and a Napasmith wine infused Barley Wine.

The Daily Pint

Since last Thursday, Phil McGovern’s iconic Santa Monica bar has added Avery Dugana IPA, Lagunitas Hairy Eyeball and Rogue Hazelnut brown.

Also check out their beery plans for Mardi Gras.

Eagle Rock Brewery

Get a growler fill or stop in for a pint at Eagle Rock Brewery. Great food trucks this weekend include the Shrimp Pimp tonight, Mandoline Grill on Friday and Meet ‘n Potatoes on Saturday.

The Factory

According to Eric Gutenkauf, “The Factory Gastrobar had a fantastic beer week highlighted by our Pints for Pitbulls event co-sponsored by Bootleggers Brewery. More than $2300 were raised for the Orange County Pit Bull Rescue Association. A 5-gallon Bootleggers Spring Ale keg lasted only 38 minutes, and raised $550 for the dogs!

Right now on tap, we have Bootleggers Old World Hefeweizen and Dr. Tongue Imperial Brown Ale, Nibble Bit Tabby’s Irish Red Ale, Very Noddy from Reno’s Buckbean Brewing, Karl Strauss 22nd Anniversary Vanilla Bean Imperial Stout, Deschutes Hop Henge and our competitors in The Factory IPA Tournament, Sudwerk IPA and Drake’s Gold Medal IPA.

Waiting in the wings we have Strand Pale Ale and Port Brewing’s Mongo IPA, and next Thursday Nick and Brian from Brouwerig West will be on hand to tap their 5 Blonde Ale and their new Tripel! We are also plotting the addition of some awesome Eagle Rock brews to our draft lineup next week! Last but not least, watch next week’s Beer Blast for final word on the arrival of Bootleggers legendary Knuckle Sandwich! We have tentatively scheduled a 5PM tapping on Saturday, March 5.”

The Golden State

According to James Starr at The Golden State, draught beers include Craftsman Brewing’s 1903, Honesty and Aurora Borealis. Drake’s 1500 Pale Ale and Denoggnizer. Moylan’s Hopsickle, Port Brewing Mongo, Bruery Mischief, Great Divide’s Grand Cru and Allagash Curieux round out the list.

Ladyface Ale Companie

According to Ladyface rep Robyn Britton, “Six regular Ladyface ales are on tap, along with Russian Lullaby Imperial Stout, 1st Anniversary Ale (Belgian Quad), Cabernet Barrel-aged Weizenbock and Oude Blonde (Chardonnay barrel-aged La Blonde). Chesebro IPA should return Sunday evening.

Joining them are Drake’s Denogginizer, Avery Dugana Imperial IPA, St. Feuillien Noel, Firestone Velvet Merkin Great Divide Old Ruffian, and Cyrena and Dave’s Sierra Nevada Beer Camp beer, Outta Town Brown. The Cask of the Week is “Blast From The Past”, our Oktoberfest Weizenbock aged in a Cabernet barrel. It’s served the way our forefathers (and mothers) drank their ales, cellar temperature through a beer engine. Try a hand-pumped taster versus a cold one from the tap & tell us what you think.”

Library Alehouse

Tonight is your last chance to check out HopHead Heaven. Check the Library Alehouse Facebook page for updates.

Mediterraneo

Matt Husted reports that the following new additions to his large draft list: Russian River Blind Pig and Anderson Valley Nettied Madge. You can also get Ommegang Perfection tripel, Oskar Blues Whisky Barrel aged Ten Fidy and on cask Stone’s Sublimely Self-Righteous with Amarillo hops.

Naja’s Place

According to assistant manager Martin Svab, “New brews: TAPS Cream Ale, Victory Storm King Imperial Stout, Sierra Nevada Bigfoot 2011 & 2008, Sierra Nevada Blonde and Sierra Nevada Glissade.

As for events: tonight is the RUSSIAN RIVER BREWING showdown, I mean “event”. The important note: TICKETS for Pliny the Younger go on sale at 6:30pm at the bar. All Russian River beers will start pouring at 6:30pm EXCEPT for Younger… That bad boy goes live at 8:00pm. There will be ONLY 150 tickets available for Younger. One per/person. $8/(10 ounce pour). CASH only, please. Cheers.”

The Oinkster

According to Tuesday night’s update from assistant manager Josh Salinas, “This weekend we are pouring Anderson Valley Hop ‘Ottin IPA, with Cismontane Coulter IPA on deck. We also have Telegraph Golden Wheat, Eagle Rock Solidarity, Nibble Bit Tabby “Uncle Arnies Irish Red,” Strand’s 24th St Pale Ale, Craftsman 1903.”

SideBar

Here is the update from Jace Milstead, a certified cicerone who’s consulting on the beer list, “We’re putting on some good stuff and invite folks to join us. Happy hour Till 8pm, with $4 draft. We’ve got an amazing, pretty rare imperial pilsner from Grand Teton. It’s called Persephone and has the nice crispness of a pilsner with a healthy dose of hops on a nearly 9% body. Plus, we’re tapping Speakeasy Ritual Coffee Porter, have new bottles of Odonata Saison, and of course hugs, handshakes, and balloons for the kids.”

Simmzy’s

According to manager Micah Schiesel, “For the hop heads out there we got Avery DuganA’s IPA, Port Brewing Mongo IPA, Pliny the Elder, Leafer Madness Double IPA, and that is just the tip of the iceberg for our IPA’s. We got two special kegs from Stone, Highway 78 collaboration, its a Scotch Ale brewed by Stone, Green Flash, and Port Brewing, and we also got the “Belgo” Old Guardian. For those looking to kill 2 birds with 1 stone we got Cismontane’s Black Dawn, a brown sugar, oatmeal, and coffee stout, drink your breakfast and get buzzed too. Lastly we got a one off from Brouwerij West, this is their first offering in addition to their yummy Blonde, they made an unreal Tripel and this is going to be a real treat!” Track changes to Simmzy’s tap list Here.

Stuffed Sandwich

For the month of February, Marlene Samaniego and husband Sam are featuring Barley Wines, beginning with Sierra Nevada Bigfoot (2008 – 2010), Stone Old Guardian, Victory Old Horizontal, Mad River Wheat Wine (2009), Lost Coast barrel-aged Fog Cutter, North Coast Old Stock Ale and Moylan’s Old Blarney.

According to Marlene Samaniego, “In addition to our Barleywine line-up we are doing something special this month. We are participating in the ‘Samuel Smith Salute’! This is a tribute to the British brewery that helped launched the U.S. Craft Beer Revolution. Samuel Smith has been brewed since 1758 and imported to the U.S. since 1978. We will be featuring different Samuel Smith beers as our Bottled Beer of the Week all month long.”

The Surly Goat

According to Andrew Kelley at the Surly Goat, “Some Surly Goat highlights…”

On Tap: Mongo – Port Brewing (Double IPA), Hoptimum – Sierra Nevada (Double IPA), The Abyss – Deschutes (Imperial Stout) and on Cask: Big Eye IPA w/ Ginger Root – Ballast Point.

On Deck: Poppyfields – Craftsman (English IPA), Bigfoot ’10 – Sierra Nevada (American Barleywine) and Brewers’ Reserve – Sierra Nevada (American Strong Ale).

Ryan Sweeney adds the following new brews, Kern River Chocomom Lost Abbey Red Poppy, New Belgium Ooh La La Framboise, Dogfish Head Red & White will be coming soon. To get the latest tap news, check out the Surly Goat Tap List.

Tin Roof Bistro

The latest from Pete Shuey at Tin Roof Bistro, “Here at Tin Roof Bistro we’ve just tapped Craftsman 1903 and Ballast Point Big Eye IPA. Also flowing right now is Lagunitas Cappuccino Stout, Stone Smoked Porter, Tripel Karmeleit, TAPS Dunkel, Strand Beach House Amber, Abita S.O.S & Chimay. Coming up this week we’ll have Dogfish 90 min IPA, Oskar Blue’s Mama’s Lil’ Pils & Big Sky Moose Drool!”

Tony’s Darts Away

According to yesterday’s update from general manager Paige Reilly, “This week at TDA you can expect: Stone Pale Ale with coriander on CASK, Ewe Boat Beer Camp Beer, Port Mongo IPA, Lost Coast Indica IPA, Inland Empire Scotch Ale, Russian River Redemption and Craftsman 1903. On deck we have: Green Flash Imperial IPA, Hangar 24 Orange Wheat, TAPS IPA, Telegraph Stock Porter and more! Look out for our T@T Flight Night with Vista’s Mother Earth Brew Co. on Tuesday March 8th. Trust me, you wanna meet these guys. :)”

Vendome Toluca Lake

Vendome Toluca Lake’s weekly Beer Tasting is from 2-5 pm. Each week has a theme and this Saturday you will be treated to Funky beers like these: Lindemans Kriek Lambic, Vapeur En Folie, Bink Bloesem, Ommegang Zuur, The Bruery Saison De Lente, Scaldis Peche Mel, Ichtegem’s Grand Cru, Oud Beersel Oude Gueze Vieille, Monk’s Cafe Flemish Sour, Victory Saison Du Buff, Stone Saison Du Buff, Ommegang Ommegeddon, De Dolle Oerbier, Oude Kriek, Hanssens Experimental Cassis Lambic

Verdugo Bar

According to Ryan Sweeney at the Verdugo, the following are on tap: Great Divide Grand Cru, Moylan’s Hopsickle, Stone Double Dry Hopped Levitation, Deschutes HopHenge and Kern River Just Outstanding IPA. Coming soon are Three French Hens from the Bruery, Lost Abbey Red Poppy and (date unknown) Firestone-Walker 14 on draft.

The Yard

Here is what is on tap at The Yard: Craftsman 1903, Taps Irish Red, Tripel Karmeliet, Strands Atticus IPA, Blanche de Chambly, Double Bastard, Mikkeller Centennial and Strand dry Hopped 24th Street cask ale.

The next Beer Freek at the Yard is on March 9th – Hair of the Dog w/Doggie Bites.
Doggie Claws w/ Rabbit Stew Croquette, coriander chutney;
Matt w/grilled Pork sate, apple brandy, soy sauce;
Cherry Adam of the Woods w/macerated berry tart.

The Craft Beer Chronicles

Today, Brand X contributor Steven Armstrong shared his latest installment of The Craft Beer Chronicles, titled Coney Dogs come to Town with Beer in town.

L.A. Beer Blast compiled by Food GPS Beer Editor Sean Inman