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Brew & You
This week in Brew & You: Pliny the Younger Madness hits Los Angeles, but Shipwrecked is Beer of the Week and Sean Inman asks you to call to hype your favorite beer in a post titled Harpooning Pliny the Younger.
Echo Park bar owner Elizabeth Fischbach is now pouring Strand Brewing Atticus IPA, Great Divide Grand Cru, Stone Smoked Porter, and Sudwerk Lager.
Beachwood chef-owner Gabe Gordon currently features draught beers such as Midnight Sun’s Obliteratio VII, Craftsman Honesty Ale and the latest Stone collaboration Highway 78 Scotch Ale. Track changes to Beachwood BBQ’s 24-tap menu via Hop Cam.
Blue Palms taps are pouring North Coast’s Scrimshaw, Drake’s Hopocalypse, Browerij Bocker Belleges Bruin, Moylan’s Harvest IPA and Drake’s Grain Brain Ryewine. Track changes to Blue Palms Brewhouse’s 24-tap menu Here
From Rory Snipes, “Some of the beers we have on tap are Pliny the Elder, Blind Pig, Alesmith Speedway Stout, Flying Dog Wild Dog (barrel aged Gonzo porter), Bornem Dubbel, and Beer Valley Rosebud IPA.”
The Bottle Room
Coming on March 1st is a Craftsman Beer Dinner. Until then, the beer list is updated daily on Facebook.
Broadway Alehouse
According to co-owner Eden Noe, “Following will be most likely on draft unless we tap out of some beers today: Goose Island Matilda from Chicago, Stone Double Dry Hopped IPA, Firestone Velvet Merlin Stout, Allagash Black, Belgian style stout, Allagash White Belgian witbier, Allagash Curieux (Belgian tripel bourbon aged 10 months), Unibroue Blanche de Noir Belgian style stout, Delirium Tremens Belgian pale ale, New Belgium Vrienden Saison from Colorado, Strand 24th Street Pale Ale, Crispin Apple Cider, Lost Abbey Judgment Day, Tripel Karmeliet Belgian tripel, Leffe Belgian Blond, Guinness, Stone Session Ale (Collaboration ale from Kelsey McNair, Stone, and Ballast Point), Rubicon Amber, Dogfish 90 minute IPA and Lagunitas IPA.
Bottled beers include Firestone 14th Anniversary (5 bottles will be available), Deschutes Red Chair red ale, Sapporo and Dogfish 60 minute.
We have a private engagement with Google from 5:30 to 7:30 on Feb 17th. From 7:30 to 9 PM we have Lagunitas Pint Night. Keep a Pint Glass. With Lagunitas IPA, Cappuccino Stout, Hop Stoopid Double IPA and Maximus Double IPA.
Upcoming events include Bootleggers Night on the 23rd and a Duvel tasting on the 24th.
On tap are Bootlegger’s Golden Chaos, Great Divide’s Titan IPA, Lost Abbey’s Gift of the Magi, Stiegl Pilsner and Paulaner Marzen.
Since last Thursday, Phil McGovern’s iconic Santa Monica bar has added Shipyard’s Old Thumper and Goose Island Matilda.
Get a growler fill or stop in for a pint at Eagle Rock Brewing. Great food trucks this weekend include Barbie’s Q on Thursday, The Grilled Cheese on Friday and Grill ‘em All on Saturday.
The Factory
According to owner Eric Gutenkauf, “We currently have Buckbean Brewing’s Very Noddy Double Schwarzbier on tap! Yep, a giant roasty black lager at 10.5% ABV! Also on tap is Lagunitas Lil’ Sumpin’ Wild, Karl Strauss 22nd Anniversary Vanilla Imperial Stout, Mission IPA, Stone Sublimely Self-Righteous, Ballast Point Yellowtail Pale, and the next two combatants in our IPA tournament, Sudwerk German IPA and Drake’s Gold Medal IPA–make sure to cast your ballot as we work to settle the great IPA debate!
This weekend we will become the first Long Beach establishment to pour the fabulous brews from Brian Lethcoe at Nibble Bit Tabby Brewery. Brian’s Irish Red Ale will tap on Friday night, so come on in to learn more about this great little brewery.
On Saturday, the great folks at Bootleggers Brewery are helping us out by co-sponsoring the Pints for Pitbulls fundraiser that Orange County Pitbull Rescue is having at The Factory. We will be pouring a keg of Bootleggers’ new Spring Ale for donations, and will also have Bootleggers’ Old World Hefeweizen and Dr. Tongue Imperial Brown Ale on tap!”
According to James Starr at The Golden State, draught beers “Yellowtail and Sculpin from Ballast Point, Lost Abbey Gift of the Magi, Great Divide Grand Cru, Drake’s Denogginizer, Buckbean Orange Blossom Ale and the Bruery Mischief.”
According to Ladyface rep Robyn Britton, “All 7 regular Ladyface ales are on tap, including the new batch of Trois Filles Tripel, as well as Russian Lullaby Imperial Stout, 1st Anniversary Ale (Belgian Quad), Cabernet Barrel-aged Weizenbock and Oude Blonde (Chardonnay barrel-aged La Blonde).
Joining them are Great Divide Old Ruffian, Pliny The Elder, Oskar Blues Mama’s Little Yella Pils, Firestone Double Jack and Cyrena and Dave’s Sierra Nevada Beer Camp beer, Outta Town Brown. 375s of Russian River Sanctification just arrived. Don’t forget Bottled Beer Tuesdays, when all ales in the Ladyface cellar are 20% off. Cheers!”
According to General Manager Tom Kelley, a certified cicerone, “HopHead Heaven is in full effect. Beers on now include Port Mongo, Moylan’s Hopsickle, Oskar Blues Gubna, Stone Double Dry Hopped Double Bastard with Simcoe, Ballast Point Tongue Buckler, Firestone Double Jack.
To come this weekend should be Drakes Hopacolypse and Hop Salad, Lagunitas Hop Stoopid (almost never in keg), and Bootlegger’s SOCO almongst others. Watch Facebook and Twitter for updates, or check the list on the website which we will keep updated.
On the 21st we will be tapping three 21st Amendment beers, Brew Free or Die, Back in Black, and Hop Crisis along with Magnolia Brewpub’s Proving Ground, and the brand new SF brewery High Water’s Hop Riot IPA, and Redemption IPA. Next Wednesday, February 23rd is our Russian River Night. 5 beers to be tapped. Heaps of Hops!” Check the Library Alehouse Facebook page for further updates.
Mediterraneo
Now pouring at this Hermosa Beach restaurant among many others is Ommegang’s Perfection, Jolly Pumpkin’s Bam Noire, Sierra Nevada’s Harvest, Russian River’s Pliny the Elder and Hitachino Nest Red Rice ale.
According to assistant manager Martin Svab, “Jacobins Cuvee Rouge, Bruery Richland Barleywine, Bruery 3 French Hens, Bruery Saison de Lente, TAPS Barleywine, Gouden Carolous Hopsinjoor, Gouden Carolous Tripel, Gouden Carolous Easter (2009) and Bruery 7 Grain Saison.”
Events at Naja’s include the following:
Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.
Thursday, February 17, 2011 (8pm till 10pm)
We’ll feature a vertical tasting of all four 30th Anniversaries beers on draft, Empire Strikes Black (bourbon barrel aged), a rare cask & more. Limited pint glasses will be available. Special guests TBA.
Russian River Brewing.
Thursday, February 24th from 8pm till 11pm.
In honor of the release of Pliny the Younger, we will host an evening featuring the following Russian River beers: RR Pliny the Elder, RR Pliny the Younger, RR Blind Pig IPA, RR IPA, RR Damnation, RR Redemption, RR Consecration (Batch: June 1,2 ’10) and RR Temptation (Batch: July 19, ’10). Check our Facebook fan site for more info (Naja’s Place).
According to Tuesday night’s update from assistant manager Josh Salinas, “Eagle Rock Solidarity, Mission IPA. Craftsman 1903, Ommegang Rare Vos, Telegraph Reserve Wheat and Tipperary Pale Ale.”
According to today’s update from Brandon Halvorson, who runs the beer program at Dave Furano and Michael Zislis’ El Segundo biergarten, “This week at Rock and Brews we have plenty to keep you warm during this weather, Alesmith Speedway Stout, Port Mongo, Victory Storm King Stout, Duchess do Bourgogne, Avery Dugana, and plus 35 more taps of goodness. Next wednesday Firestone Walker will be here and we’ll be serving up a cask of Unfiltered Double Barrel Ale.”
SideBar
Here is the update from Jace Milstead, a certified cicerone who’s consulting on the beer list, “Things looking good this weekend for Glendale’s Best Beer List. Some Great Divide love– Titan and Yeti should be on, and likely Grand Teton’s Black IPA, Trout Hop. Also Solidarity on Nitro and Taps delicious IPA. Plus, we’ve got new gourmet chips in as a nice snack and as always warm smiles and firm handshakes.”
According to manager Micah Schiesel, “It is a great week to be a beer lover! We got Pliny the Elder, Stone Double Dry Hopped Levitation (try finding this somewhere else), Stone’s Old Guardian “Belgo” version, Avery’s DuganA, Telegraph’s White Ale, a very special keg of Hitachino White Nest Ale, Port Brewing Mongo IPA, and for the Belgian lovers we added Leffe Blond and Scaldis!!! Stay thirsty my friends…” Track changes to Simmzy’s tap list Here.
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 latest from Andew Kelley: “Here’s an update for this week at the surly goat. We still have several beers from our Russian River night on tap, including Supplication, Mortification and Rejection, among others. Here are some other highlights:
On Tap: Hopsickle – Moylan’s (Triple IPA), The Abyss – Deschutes (Imperial Stout) and Velvet Merlin – Firestone Walker (Barrel Aged Oatmeal Stout)
On Deck: Poppyfields – Craftsman (English Pale Ale) and Aventinus – Schneider (Weizenbock).
To get the latest tap news, check out the Surly Goat Tap List
The latest on draught in Alhambra: Hangar 24 Chocolate Porter, Port Brewing Shark Attack Red, Coranado Happy Days, Taps IPA and some brews from Eagle Rock Brewing too.
According to yesterday’s update from general manager Paige Reilly, “TDA has a whole bunch of fun things coming up! Come to T@T on Tuesday, February 22nd, for our Lost Coast Brewery Night featuring Imperial Eight Ball Stout and the re-launching of Indica IPA on draft here is Southern California. On tap now: Pliny the Elder, Sculpin, Heritage Ale, Mt. Tam Pale Ale, TAPS Cream Ale, Bootlegger’s SoCo IPA and Saison de Lente. Also, start thinking about our 1 Year Anniversary Party on Saturday, April 9th.”
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 Local Beers from the following breweries Port Brewing, Coronado, Telegraph, Bootleggers, AleSmith, Angel City, Stone, Green Flash and Gentleman Scholar.
According to Ryan Sweeney at the Verdugo, the following are on tap: some Russian River brews as well as Lukcy Bastartd from Stone.
The Yard
Here is what is on tap at The Yard: Unibroue’s Blanche de Chambly, Alesmith X, Tripel Karmeliet, Strand’s Atticus IPA, Jolly Pumpkin’s Oro de Calabaza, Strand’s 24th St. Pale Ale, Stone Double Bastard and Stone Vertical Epic.
Next up for the Beer Freek is # 4 on February 23rd:
Bell’s Hopslam mini kegs on tap, Three Floyd’s Dreadnaught, Alpine’s Nelson, Strand Cask Ale, Mikkeller 10 and Dogfish Head 60 minute IPA
These will be available as a three pack or six pack tasting.
Food for the Freek: Roast Suckling Pig, grilled apples and parsnips, chili rosemary honey.Food: Roast Suckling Pig.
The Craft Beer Chronicles
Today, Brand X contributor Steven Armstrong shared his latest installment of The Craft Beer Chronicles, titled L.A. has Younger Fever.
L.A. Beer Blast compiled by Food GPS Beer Editor Sean Inman
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