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For those times when you need a morning beverage but you want to support a coffee company that is in bed with #independent beer, well, Smoky Hollow Coffee Roasters is a good choice. Their coffee makes it into some of the darker beers that ESBC creates
If you want to learn about hops and on the side have a great meal while you are it, Beachwood Brewing has a deal for you. You get hop knowledge from renonwed brewmaster, Julian Shrago, who will get you involved with a “hands-on hop sensory experience where you’ll learn about 7 different hop varieties that we will blend as a group to create a truly one-of-a-kind IPA for the people!” Tickets on sale Monday 3/9
The promotional photo stack of the new Hopyard Cheddar Burger from Burgerville is impressive but the fact that the Oregon burger chain really goes local is even more towering. The burger “features a cheese that is made with hop petals.” That is right, the cheese is from the Rogue Creamery and they use fresh hop petals from their home grown Freedom Hops. According to Rogue, “the flavor of the cheese is gently bitter, with sweet brown butter, hazelnut, and buttermilk notes.”
Primal Alchemy joins up with Trademark Brewing in Long Beach for a Valentine’s Day “farm-to-table family-style feast in celebration of love and beer.”
Probably gonna be better than a turn-and-burn prix fixe expensive restaurant.
The last time that I was in Portland, I had a spirit-ed doughnut from Blue Star, the Portland chain that also has locations right here in Los Angeles.
Maybe Portland Cider will sell this “inspired by” cider down here to combine forces in SoCal too.
Looks like the Slice & Pint was enough of a success to warrant the opening of a food spot at the El Segundo Brewing location on Main Street. Here are the details from a recent press release, “Mayberry Grill is a small offshoot of The Slice & Pint that will be located at the soon to be opened back patio. Chef Matt has been busy finalizing the dual opening menu…. think backyard burgers and tacos to start.”
In St. Helens, Oregon, Ye Ol’ Grog Distilling has created a side project with spirit. Two Birds Spirited Ice Cream and Cocktail Sorbets. They make 12 proof ice cream using mostly vodka but they have dabbled with beer. Due to liquor laws, this is a distillery only purchase but maybe or nascent but growing, L.A. scene will take note and make their own iced treats.
Barrel-Aging isn’t just for beverages. It can also be for your breakfast, Burton’s sells some pricey maple syrup aged in a variety of spirit barrels and according to this post on The Takeout (visit that site, it is super cool), they even have collaborated with “distilleries and using different kinds of spirits, even beer (New Belgium Brewery’s La Folie Sour Brown Ale).”
I didn’t see that syrup on their webstore but they had a bacon and bourbon version that sounds great and makes me crave waffles for sure.
It has been open a while now but with a weekend in DTLA planned, I waited to try out the Alamo Drafthouse until a few days ago. Here is the re-cap…(with a bit of movie review thrown in)
Tucked into the back top right corner of the Bloc complex, the Drafthouse is not easily seen from 7th Street. Inside you have the typical ticket counter albeit not the huge but understaffed kind at your local multi-plex. To the right is where the fun is. The Video Vortex is part free video store and pre-show meet-up / hang-out space and the beer board is quite expansive and unlike other non-bar spots, they have made an effort to have both local and nationwide beers. And they have helped out educationally by separating them out on the menu board.
Now you can order here but if you are pressed for time. Ride the escalator up to the auditoriums and place your order there. The wait staff were helpful especially since many in our viewing of The Parasite were newbies to the Alamo. Place an order before the show or use their pencil and paper old-timey method to get a refill during the movie. Their was even a special Boomtown beer just for the movie, Bong Joon Hops named after the director.
The movie itself was very engrossing and just when you think you had it figured out, the plot would zig to the left and then zag to the right. It was hard at times to watch and funny as well but it certainly was making a commentary on the relationships of both class and families. And the twists are sharp.
I have seen beer floats, beer flavored ice cream and even beer slushies, but MacLeod Ales has taken the concept to a different level.
They literally have a CVT soft serve machine at their Van Nuys tap room. So not only can you get British influenced beer, pizza next door, you can have ice cream as well.