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I know that it was an oversight to not post Craft Beer Week which happened earlier this month and then compound the error by posting about another countries special week.
But I am going for it anyway, why, because we could all do to talk more about Belgian beer and drink more Belgian beer. And maybe do it during…..
…so walk past the cold case of IPAs, then walk past the DIPAs and go get a Belgian beer.
I do not like doing these types of posts but they are part of business and also a reminder to visit those taprooms that you want to stay around.
Pacific Plate Brewing in Monrovia will be closing up shop on May 31st. The large whole that Covid dug for small business operations was just too large to fill back in.
Considering it is just four letters, Pivo has spawned quite a few collaborative beers that play with the name for the much loved Firestone Walker ode to Italian Pilsner.
And now there is another one that we might see here in Los Angeles since Creature Comforts is here as well as Georgia.
I must be old because I have no clue as to who Shay Mitchell is or how she got herself a travel show that the penny pinching Warner Bros paid for but the topic is thirst and it might lead to some interesting beer, spirits and cider destinations around the world.
I feel like this upcoming beer is ripe for Em Sauter of Pints & Panels to do artwork on beers and streaming services….
Yup, Athletic Brewing the leader in the N/A beer space has teamed up with Netflix for an IPA. Makes one wonder what a Disney+ or Hulu beer would be and by what brewer.
Screen Time!
You can almost smell the hops
Here in Los Angeles, we get our fair share of Prairie Artisan Ales, mostly the big stouts which leaves me hopeful that I will see this new release from the aforementioned Prairie Artisan Ales with American Solera, and the third member bourbon maker Pursuit United Spirits drop a 3 Way Beer Collaboration called Not Subtle. “an Imperial Stout aged in Pursuit United Bourbon barrels.”
I have listened to the Bourbon Pursuit podcast and hope to get my hands on a Pursuit bourbon since my visit to Louisville was too early to see their tasting room on Bourbon Row but this beer might be the first I get.
News broke this month that James Watt has stepped down as the CEO of the embattled Scottish brewery, BrewDog. How that will, if at all, the problems inside the company will play out but I fear since Watt will still be involved as “captain” and co-founder, while also serving as a non-executive director means that this is not a vast shift in direction.
But, maybe, this is just a first step of many that are needed at the once groundbreaking brewery. Until substantive changes are made, this beer fan is staying away from their beers.
The old King Harbor space on 182nd Avenue did not stay quiet for long as it was quickly taken by Trusted Gut Beverages. A Long Beach company that does not only beer but seltzer and kombucha too. It has taken me too long to visit but I finally made it.
And though the space can louden up real quick and the food truck outside was generating a generator racket, the beer list was a happy surprise. Saison, Kolsch, Amber Ale and a Schwarzbier among many styles to pick from. I went Kristalweizen and followed with a Scottish Ale because, don’t know when I will see either on draft in the near future.
Both were solid examples of their styles with the K-weizen being my favorite. I did not the either of the two kombuchas or the POG seltzer but I would come back when next in the Lawndale / Redondo borderlands to hit up some of the other lesser seen beers.
Every brewery, back in the day, would celebrate not only anniversaries but also when they reached batch number milestones. You don’t see it as much anymore but MadeWest has their Batch 1000 out now, “a triple dry hopped triple hazy IPA featuring Citra, Nelson and Idaho 7 hops.” With “aromas of tangerine, pink cotton candy and ripe mango.”
