For the next 24 days, I will treat you to some of America’s holiday offerings and we start in Florida at Cigar City…..
“A rich-bodied brown ale forms the stage for holiday flavors which dance a festive ballet highlighted by pirouetting leaps of Christmas inspired spices. Cinnamon, ginger, cardamom, rose hips and chamomile compliment the subtle chocolate and light coffee notes of the malt and the addition of roasted carob and chicory complete the performance.”
In the Tap Lines for December 2012
Every December here on this very blog, I highlight a holiday/Christmas/winter warmer every day up until Christmas. Some of these beers aren’t available here in Los Angeles but your holiday travel plans may take you near one of them that you can taste.
~ e-visits to three breweries from the Austin, Texas area
~ video reviews tackles two new beers from The Bruery
~ Three suggested beers to buy this month
~ I will tap the Firkin and give my opinion on the craft beer world
~ … and Session # 70 will converge bloggers onto a single topic
~ plus many more posts about new beers, beer products and breweries
Here are two events to get your November started in the Los Angeles craft beer world:
1) December 1st – Mohawk Bend features Oregon’s Ninkasi Brewing all month
2) December 6th – Beachwood BBQ in Seal Beach will be hosting a Firestone-Walker 16th Anniversary event
In the Tap Lines for November 2012
November is usually filled with the early releases of holiday ales that I generally love but can be hard to swallow when the weather is SoCal hot. But that is a small quibble for a month filled with an exciting array of beer choices.
~ e-visits to three breweries from Fort Collins, Colorado
~ video reviews tackles two really huge, GIGANTIC beers
~ Three suggested beers to buy this month
~ I will tap the Firkin and give my opinion on the craft beer world
~ … and Session # 69 will converge bloggers onto a single topic
~ plus many more posts about new beers, beer products and breweries
Here are two events to get your November started in the Los Angeles craft beer world:
1) November 10th – Oktoberfest @ The Verdugo
2) November 15th – A Night with the Zymatore Project @ Beachwood BBQ & Brewing
In the Tap Lines for October 2012
L.A. Beer Week literally finished yesterday but the craft beer bandwagon rolls on. First up is BAM Fest and then followed by my 2nd trip to the Great American Beer Festival. Then lots of sleep.
~ e-visits to three breweries that I will taste at the GABF
~ video reviews tackles the Berliner Weisse style
~ Three suggested beers to buy this month
~ I will tap the Firkin and give my opinion on the craft beer world
~ … and Session # 68 will converge bloggers onto a single topic
~ plus many more posts about new beers, beer products and breweries
Here are two events to get your June started in the Los Angeles craft beer world:
1) October 6th – BAM Fest in Santa Monica
2) October 7th – Stone Brewing’s Pour it Black festival
In the Tap Lines for September 2012
Not that I want to move time along faster seeing as how I only have a finite amount of it but L.A. Beer Week is coming and I cannot wait for the 10 days of great fun off of every freeway offramp.
~ e-visits to a grab bag of three breweries from around the U.S.
~ video reviews will be taking the month off so that Sean can go to more L.A. Craft Beer Events
~ Three suggested beers to buy this month
~ I will tap the Firkin and give my opinion on the craft beer world
~ … and Session # 67 will converge bloggers onto a single topic
~ plus many more posts about new beers, beer products and breweries
Here are two events to get your June started in the Los Angeles craft beer world:
1) September 4th – Mountain Goat Brewery at Rock n Brews
2) September 22nd – Better Weather Festival at Golden Road Brewery
In the Tap Lines for August 2012
August is the quiet before the storm. And yet there is still plenty of beery activity here in Los Angeles before we get to L.A. Beer Week and BAM fest and the Great American Beer Festival later in the fall.
~ e-visits to three breweries in England
~ video reviews of the Sam Adams 2012 Longshot pack
~ Three suggested beers to buy this month
~ I will tap the Firkin and give my opinion on the craft beer world
~ … and Session # 66 will converge bloggers onto a single topic
~ plus many more posts about new beers, beer products and breweries
Here are two events to get your June started in the Los Angeles craft beer world:
1) August 11th at all three Congregation alehouse chapter is an Epic (Utah) tap take-over
2) August 12th The 4th Anniversary Festival and Outdoor Garden at Blue Palms Brewhouse
In the Tap Lines for July 2012
We are now in the heat of the SoCal summer that extends well into October in most years so that means I will review some milds that give you some roasty qualities without big ABVs. Then visits to some new and not quite done fermenting breweries in California along with a slew of information on L.A. craft beer events.
~ e-visits to three breweries in the Golden State
~ video reviews of three milds
~ Three suggested beers to buy this month
~ I will tap the Firkin and give my opinion on the craft beer world
~ … and Session # 65 will converge bloggers onto a single topic
~ plus many more posts about new beers, beer products and breweries
Here are two events to get your June started in the Los Angeles craft beer world:
1) July 8th – Stone SourFest
2) July 19th – Green Flash Night and Pig Roast at Kings Row Gastropub
the Beer Allowance – June
Last month, I spent my $20 on THIS.
And this month, I spent $3 over on Fort George cans. A nice variety pack that includes the 1811 lager, the Vortex IPA and the new OPA – Oatmeal Pale ale. Courtesy of the free shipping deal over on Let’s Pour that I posted about earlier this month.
In the Tap Lines for June 2012
~ e-visits to three breweries in the Empire State
~ video reviews of three beers from the famed Vanberg & DeWulf
~ Three suggested beers to buy this month
~ I will tap the Firkin and give my opinion on the craft beer world
~ … and Session # 64 will converge bloggers onto a single topic
~ plus many more posts about new beers, beer products and breweries
Here are two events to get your June started in the Los Angeles craft beer world:
1) June 9th – Hangar 24’s 4th Anniversary Celebration
2) June 10th – DioNicEss X at Beachwood BBQ & Brewing Long Beach
Cicerone
I am not a Certified Cicerone yet, but I have passed my first test! I am now going to humblebrag for a bit. I am a Certified Beer Server according to the Cicerone people!
Thanks to Tom Kelley and his preparation class that I took in April, I was able to pass on my first go. Though I had not taken a test in many a moon and was VERY nervous as I hit the button to begin the test. But now I have a pretty certificate to hang in my office as I go hunting for a job in the world of craft beer!
