L.A. Beer Blast D8

Craft Beer Los Angeles

Steve Samson & Zach Pollack won Monday's Food GPS Lamb Showdown, but Eagle Rock Brewery also had a strong showing, bringing three beers, including their Revolution XPA.

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The Valley(s)

Boneyard Bistro

On-tap highlights from bar manager Rory Snipes: “Telegraph Rye XPA, Coronado Mermaid’s Red, De Koninck Belgiam Amber, Russian River Blind Pig, Russian River Damantion, La Chouffe, Ventura’s Surf Oil Piers Porter on Nitro, Cismontane Black’s Dawn, and Coronado Dumb Blonde – which is awesome!”

The Bottle Room

According to Tony Alcazar in Whittier, “Recently tapped… The Lost Abbey Serpent’s Stout (10.5%) and Avery New World Porter (6.7%). Happy Hour 3-7pm.” Beers updated daily on Facebook

Congregation Ale House

Tonight in Azusa: “Join Congregation Ale House as we welcome Matt Wilson from Ballast Point Brewing and Spirits into our Azusa home. Come out and quench your thirst with Victory At Sea, four different styles of Sculpin which will include: Regular, Nitro, Spiced and Cask… Ballast Point glassware to first lucky souls through the door. Ballast Point service begins at 7:00pm.”

Eagle Rock Brewery

On tap beer wise: Solidarity in regular and nitro versions, Manifesto wit, Revolution XPA, Populist IPA, Libertine and Deuce. On the Food truck front, Friday is the Mandoline Grill. Saturday brings the Lobsta truck and there will be Sunday brunch with the Flatiron Truck.

“Homebrew Demo w/ERB Brewer Erick Garcia: Curious about making your own beer at home? Looking for new friends to brew with? Wanna hone your brewing skills? Or just looking for new brewing techniques or recipes to add to your repertoire? We’ve got just the solution!! And, since we’re in a brewery, as opposed to the garage, the batch we brew will eventually go on tap in the tasting room! Come watch ERB Lead Brewer (and Maltose Falcon) Erick Garcia brews up a batch. He’ll be brewing a batch of Revolution as a base to experiment with several different yeast strains. The cost is $12 and will include a simple lunch and a pint of one of our house beers. The taps will be available at their usual prices if you’re still feeling thirsty. You’re also welcome to bring your own homebrews to share or to get objective opinions. Space is limited, so be sure to rsvp to save your spot soon! It will be a full brew day, so be prepared to spend some quality time with your favorite brewery staff and to make some tasty beverage!”

Golden Road Brewing

“Every Thursday at 4pm, The Pub at Golden Road will be tapping a small cask of limited edition specialty cask-conditioned beer. Quantity is very limited, so this week’s beer will only be available for the next few weeks on THURSDAY evenings ’til the cask runs dry.”

The LAB

“The After Midnight Moo milk (sweet) stout is flowing for the first time. Creamy and sweet, even those who don’t normally like dark beers will find the Moo surprisingly drinkable. Mark your calendars — In less than a month (March 20th), the Lab is holding a beer pairing dinner featuring the beer of the Lagunitas Brewing Company. Chef Moez has already prepared the menu which includes Saffron Risotto with Bay Scallops (served with Lagunitas Little Sumpin’ Sumpin’) and IPA Braised Short Ribs. Reserve your spot now at (818) 735-0091.”

Ladyface Ale Companie

From Robyn Britton at Ladyface: “This week’s cask, “Yakama Thunder,” features our Chesebro IPA with extra Cascade hops. Joining the Ladyface ales on tap are Ballast Point Calico, and Sierra Nevada’s Northern Hemisphere and Ovila Quad. Because so many people have been asking, we want to confirm that, yes, we did have Pliny The Younger this past Monday. We did it quietly, it was thrilling, and gone in two hours.

Music Monday, February 27th , sees Mike West performing at Ladyface from 6:00-10:00pm and every Tuesday is Bottled Beer Tuesday with all ales in the Ladyface cellar 20% off. We just brought in a well-reviewed gluten-free Belgian beer – Brasserie de Brunehaut’s Blonde. Hope to see lots of you at ColLAboration’s Winterfest on the 26th. There’ll be Ladyface on tap! Follow us on Facebook or Twitter for all the latest news. Cheers!”

The Oinkster

The latest update from assistant manager Josh Salinas: “This week we are pouring Great Divide Hoss, Craftsman Poppyfields, Eagle Rock Solidarity, Omegang Hennepin Saison, Surf Brewery Vienna Lager and we have a small amount of Strand Brewing’s Black IPA left. On deck we have Speakeasy Big Daddy IPA and Lips of Faith: Biere De Mars.”

Stuffed Sandwich

For the month of February, Marlene Samaniego and husband Sam will be featuring Barleywines. Here’s this month’s line-up: Ommegang Seductions 2011, Marin Star Brew 2010, Abita Select Barleywine 2011 , Sierra Nevada Bigfoot Barleywine Style Ale 2010, Victory Old Horizontal Barleywine ‘2010’, Coronado Brewing Barleywine 2011 , North Coast Old Stock Ale 2009, Rogue XS Old Crustacean Barleywine 2011 and Firestone-Walker Abacus Barleywine 2011.

Tony’s Darts Away

Some of the taps you will find in Burbank, Ladyface Trois Filles tripel, Lagunitas Doppleweizen, Smog City Sabre-Toothed Squirrel hoppy amber, MateVeza Black lager and Surf Brewing Surf Patrol Black IPA among others.

Vendome Toluca Lake

Vendome Toluca Lake’s weekly Beer Tasting is from 2-5 pm on Saturday and 12-3 pm Sunday. Each week has a theme and this week it is “Adjunct Extreme”.

Verdugo Bar

The latest update from Jennifer at The Verdugo: “At Verdugo we’re pouring My Bloody Valentine, Dupont Posca Rustica and Midnight Suns Pants Peeler. On deck we have Rogues Hazelnut Brown and Stone’s Old Guardian.”

Wades Wines

Stone Brewing Old Guardian Vertical Flight Night tonight, February 23rd from 4:30pm to 7:00pm

To celebrate the 2012 release of Stone’s Old Guardian Barleywine, we have decided to pull kegs and bottles from our library. We will be pouring three different vintages of Old Guardian, plus the special Belgo version of the 2011 vintage. The vertical tasting will show you how this beer has evolved over time. And you can taste two versions of 2011 Old Guardian; one treated with the normal ale yeast strain – the other with the special Belgian yeast strain. Stone brewery reps will attend this tasting to answer any questions you may have relating to anything Stone.
Stone Brewing – Old Guardian Barleywine (2010), Stone Brewing – Old Guardian Barleywine (2011), Stone Brewing – Old Guardian Barleywine (2011 Belgo), Stone Brewing – Old Guardian Barleywine (2012)

Come in for a special $15 taster flight…stay to enjoy the 40 unique beers on taps!!!

We have a limited amount of library beers available… first come…first served!!!

Westside

BruHaus

The latest from Wen Yeh at BruHaus, “Tonight is the Duvel Single Keep the Glass Event. You buy a serving of the Duvel Single or Duvel Red and you get to keep the glass. Limit of 1 glass per person. Thursday night, 2/23 from 7-9pm.

On Draft: Cismontane IPA (NEW), Schonramer Festbier (NEW), Sierra Nevada Celebration IPA (NEW), Alesmith Nautical Nut Brown, Trois Pistoles, Blanche de Bruxelles, Flying Dog Raging Bitch, Magic Hat #9, Ommegang Rare Vos, Tripel Karmeliet, Hofbrau Original, Pranqster, Malheur 12, Duvel Single, Reissdorf Kolsch, Paulaner Pils, Ayinger Celebrator Doppelbock, Shipyard XXXX IPA, Schneider Edelweiss (Organic), Weihenstephan Vitus, Delirium and Lindeman’s Framboise.

In bottle: Vintage Aventinus (limited supply) Vintage 2008 Aventinus 500ml, this is product that Schneider have themselves cellared at the brewery the last 3 years, Schneider Weisse TAPX “Mein Nelson Sauvin” (limited edition) , Old Rasputin XIV; Limited release; aged in Bourbon barrels., N’ice Chouffe, Ommegang Adoration and Old Rasputin XIV.”

City Tavern

Don’t miss tonight’s pint night with Stone brewing. They are cracking open the vault, and we will be putting on Stone 15th anniversary, Double dry hopped Ruination, and more. Thursday February 23 @ 6pm.”

The Daily Pint

Since last Thursday, Phil McGovern’s iconic Santa Monica bar has added Firestone-Walker Double Jack and New Belgium Lips of Faith La Folie sour brown ale to its taps.

Steingarten LA

Here is what is currently new on draft at Steingarten LA: Weinstephaner Heffeweisse, Great Divide Nomad Pilsner, Black Market Brown Ale, Alesmith My Bloody Valentine, New Belgium Ranger IPA, Hangar 24 Double IPA,De La Senne Taras Boulba (Hop Forward Belgian Strong Pale), Jendran Jendranouille IV Saison, Mikkeller Sur Munk (Blend of Belgian Quad w/ Flanders Red), Taps Roggenbier, Alesmith Lil Devil, Ballast Point Sculpin, Mikkeller Texas Ranger Barrel Aged Chipotle Porter, Port Brewing FNG American Pale Ale, Banche De Bruxelles Belgian White Ale, Ommegang Seduction, Eagle Rock Brewing Deuce 2nd Anniversary American Strong and Eagle Rock Vanilla Bean Solidarity on Nitro

Other Beer-y Events

Enegren Brewing in Moorpark has three beers on tap: Valkyrie – California Alt 6.2% , Protector – Imperial IPA 7.5%, Deviation – Imperial Oatmeal Stout 7.3% , Hop Project: Nugget – Imperial IPA 7.5% and Vanilla Oaked Valkyrie – California Alt with vanilla bean and oak chips: 6.2%ABV. Enegren Brewing hours: Friday 6-9pm, Saturday 11am-8pm, Sunday 12-5pm.

“Once in a Leap Year” BoHo Brew Dinner on Wednesday, Feb 29th, 2012 @ 7pm.

Evan from Cismontane, Rich from Strand and Jeremy from Eagle Rock, will all be attending the event. 4 Course dinner with 4 Course Beer flight from each brewery.

Comme Ça by David Myers is celebrating Leap Day this year with an evening of beer, hosted by The Bruery. Beginning with a special beer class taught by the brewers themselves, this open-to-the-public event will be followed by a unique beer tasting menu available all evening at Comme Ça on February 29, 2012

5 – 6pm beer class for the class and 6pm – close is dinner. Comme Ca Chefs Kuniko Yagi and Eric Samaniego will oversee the food, while The Bruery Owner Patrick Rue and Head Brewer Tyler King will curate the beer class and pairings.

Cabo Taco will have a Lost Coast Brewery Dinner tonight from 6pm to 8pm for $20.00 with the following menu:

Catfish Taco ~ topped with jicama and orange jalapeño chutney
Paired with Great White Belgian Style Wit

Thai Duck Sopes ~ topped with peanut sauce, cilantro, carrots, and green onion
Paired with Alleycat Amber Ale

Chipotle Chicken Tostada ~ with smashed black beans topped with corn salsa and cilantro lime crema
Paired withIndica IPA

Vanilla Bean Ice Cream ~ with shortbread cookie and fresh raspberry puree
Paired with Downtown Brown

“Hello from the Spitz guys! Since nothing pairs better with dönor kebab than a cold microbrew, Spitz Little Tokyo and Denver’s Great Divide Brewery are teaming up to bring DTLA the best of both with our “Dönor and a Draft” night.

On Thursday March 1st from 7pm – midnight, customers can get any sandwich or wrap and a pint of any Great Divide draft for only $11. Stone Brewery’s Norm Stackhouse will be tending bar and giving customers a chance to learn more about what’s in their glass. Featured beers to include Hercules Double IPA, Hades Ale, Hoss Lager, and Nomad Pilsner.”

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

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