…not a fan. But maybe if I had a chocolate stout like this….
…I would enjoy it more. Sage has a few L.A. locations so check them out for this beer as well as others of their canned offerings
Camping….
Spinning into Cans
Coming this year, well it started last year, is a historical beer but canned from Dogfish Head, Midas Touch.
Taking big creative ingredient risks is a Dogfish trait that many breweries have now in their DNA from the start.
Yasuke
Glendale’s Brewyard Beer Co. has been putting out some interesting lagers of late with Asian ingredients, add to that list a black lager with Matcha.
I do not know how that potent green tea flavor will pair with a dark malt profile but I am down to try a pint. Plus the brooding label is cool.
16 Ounce Abbey
New Belgium will be adding their Abbey Grand Cru Ale into, you guessed it, 16oz cans.
Arty and Hazy
Tomorrow Boomtown Brewery releases the latest in their series of artist IPAs. This time it is …..
… aka a colorful can of Hazy DIPA.
A Bigger Cold
Well, you knew it was coming and you know what will follow in short order. Glendale local brewery Paperback Brewing has teamed with Tarantula Hill for a cold IPA, a DOUBLE Cold IPA.
Triple, Quad and Imperial must be in the works.
Korea
Party Beer Co. is taking inspiration from Korea and jasmine green tea from LA Mill, for their Seoul Searching IPA. I have always liked tea and IPA so if the right hop soul mate has been found for jasmine then this could be real good.
Golden
Norwalk Brew House has a new Mexican-Style lager with a golden twist, Agua De Oro.
Here is the write-up from the brewery, “This beer is an homage to Latinas in professional sports and women in the commercial brewing industry.
In honor of Latino Heritage Month, we partnered with 4x Olympian Brenda Villa whose Hall of Fame career and 4 Olympic medals has earned her the distinction of being the most decorated athlete in the world for women’s water polo. As a first generation Mexican-American, Brenda’s story exemplifies what it means to live the American dream. Agua De Oro amplifies Villa’s achievements while doing good in the process.
If honoring an Olympian wasn’t enough, the beer also “serves as a fundraiser benefiting The Brenda Villa Foundation, the nonprofit organization that supports youth aquatic programs in underserved communities.”
Tinier
Firestone Walker has variant-ed Parabola, their barrel-aged stout in fancy boxes and 12oz bottles but now they have gone in another direction by toning it down and creating a possible new line of inquiry with Parabolita.
The first offering being a salted caramel stout in a silver 16oz can. Parabola is blended with Velvet Merkin and then infused with Madagascar vanilla beans, cocoa nibs and sea salt.
This takes FW into a direction away from their cocktail beer creations and has a slew of possible concoctions that could be made.
Where In the World
MadeWest Brewing has a new Hazy DIPA that you will not miss on the store shelf.
World Inside clocks in at 8.5% and hopped with Strata, Citra, Nelson, Mosaic Cryo.