A 25th Anniversary is a mighty big deal especially when you are 21st Amendment Brewing and you are now four years past your own name. Gonna add this to my 2025 craft beer shopping list.
21 and 25
Golden 2
Ambitious Ales and Far Field Brewing has put a spin on the traditional collaboration with their new West Coast IPA, Gold Brothers. It is the “Same recipe. 24 hours. Two different brew systems.” And two different labels for the brew hopped with Citra, Nelson, and Citra Dynaboost.
Not PtE – Part 2
For Angelenos needing a Triple IPA fix, Absolution Brewing in Torrance has a Wicked one for you in two days…
Not PtE – Part 1
Beer fanatics will know those initials and what month we are talking about but you may want to try a different Russian River Brewing option…
A new Sparkling Hop Water infused with Citra and El Dorado hops available, to start, in Windsor and Santa Rosa.
Follow Z Star
American breweries have done nationwide charity beers but maybe the next evolution as craft beer goes back to basics is for a nationwide Zoigl.
Interested to see if you are near one or do you need to know more of this Z word. Then head HERE first Then follow AmericanZoigl on Instagram for updates.
Awarding San Diego
When craft beer fans in Los Angeles make the highway trek to San Diego, you need a good reason to go or a marquee event to attend and I think I just might have one for you….
…courtesy of San Diego Beer News. If nothing else, there will be a happy atmosphere around.
Radiance x 4
Radiant Brewing in Anaheim is going to spend a full weekend celebrating their 4th Anniversary
Friday, January 31st through Sunday, February 2nd will find “new beer releases, live music, brewer’s karaoke, a birthday treat baking competition, the return of Sunny Meals, and plenty of cameos and goodies from friends.” Plus their special anniversary beer, All The Things We’ve Done.
RSVP for free HERE
Review – Cool River from Pure Project
I have only had the murky side of Pure Project up to this point so when I saw a Cold IPA on the beer shelf, I plucked it to review.
Cool River pours a super light orange color or dark yellow. Very crisp on the palate with grain notes being the first to make themselves known. The hop kick is quite potent. I get honeydew melon and some dankness as well. Tastes stronger than 6.5% as well.
The Duchess
No, it is not a code name for a spy thriller, it is a very famous Flemish sour ale. One that I need to have a taste of again.
Brews Brothers is going all in on Duchesse de Bourgogne with a Verhaeghe Brewery Beer Dinner at their Burbank Brewpub on January 27th. It will be a 5-course meal expertly paired with Verhaeghe Brewery’s finest beers.
There are precious few beer pairing dinners out there and even fewer with Belgian beer so you may want to snap up this opportunity.
Hop Culture Best of Brewery Tour # 2 – Deep Fried Beers
I am not one for Best of the Year lists, more of a in the moment person so I am grateful for outlets like Hop Culture that go in on the whole look back at a whole year thing. You can read their list HERE and my second choice from the list is Deep Fried Beers in Athens, New York.
Not the most appetizing name for a shop known for their IPAs and rocketing up Empire State best of lists but let’s find a table to set our virtual taster down onto including…
Kilometer Long Stare – “Hazy Double IPA hopped with 8+ lbs / bbl of Citra and Galaxy.”
Built Different Batch 2 – “Hoppy Ale brewed with 8 lbs / bbl of lot selected Yakima Chief Citra, Freestyle Hops Nelson Sauvin, and HPA Galaxy.”
In Da Clurb, We All Fam – “Hazy DIPA hopped with 9+ lbs per bbl of Yakima Chief Citra, NZ Hops NZ Cascade, and Freestyle Hops Nelson Sauvin.”