A Sazerac is a classic cocktail and two Ventura beverage makers have a beer version, Mystik Krewe Breux, a festive rye beer from Ventura Coast Brewing and Ventura Spirits.
Ventura Coast + Ventura Spirits
Smell Like a Pirate
That feeling when you take that first sip of a beer can be Ahhh! Take that into the realm of aroma and you get a new juicy IPA from Glendale brewery, Brewyard Beer. Co.
Aqui
Brewjeria has a Benefit Beer Release on the way. They have “teamed up with Mexicali Biennial to make a Farmhouse ale, or as we’re calling it ‘Cerveza del Campo’ with local Oro Blanco Grapefruit. This beer will be available on tap and in four packs on March 25th.”
And if you want to pair the beer art, the Mexicali Biennial recently launched a new exhibition “Land of Milk & Honey’ at the Cheech Center which is on my list of SoCal places to visit. But maybe they should call the exhibit Beer & Honey instead.
PV
By law, beer bloggers must always talk about pilsners as if they are on the cusp of popularity. (they are popular, just not IPA popular). So, I present a local option for you pils believers…
….P(alos) V(erdes) Pils from Burning Daylight Brewing.
Patio beer
Stone Brewing has been outside apparently, which is probably why Patio Magic Double IPA is now out.
“This 8.8% botanical creation uses a special ingredient from New Zealand called Phantasm, which is made from Sauvignon Blanc grape skin extract. When making white wine, grapes are pressed off their skins. The skins produce some of those amazing fruit characteristics also found in hops. In combination with certain yeasts and hops it intensifies the flavor and aroma experience.
Combine that with a hefty dose of the experimental hop HBC 843 from Hop Breeding Company, and you’ve got an immensely complex but simply amazing IPA.”
Hoppy N/A Poppy
Figueroa Mountain Brewing is joining the N/A realm with their Hoppy Poppy IPA getting a sibling.
“Hoppy Poppy IPA is brewed with the same bold hop flavors and aromas as the original Hoppy Poppy IPA, but with less than 0.5% alcohol. This allows beer lovers to enjoy the taste and experience of a traditional IPA no matter the occasion.”
Hope this is the N/A IPA one that uses lots of hops.
Sub-Par
I have to applaud New Belgium Brewing for having fun with their 2023 Earth Day beer by enlisting the hilarity that is SubPar Parks.
If you haven’t heard of the latter, it is based on insane comments about our National Parks where people have taken actual time to write on the internet about what they found to be disappointing about mother nature, such as…
If it weren’t so bizarrely funny, it would be sad.
A Parabola of Elijah Craig
First off, do not sleep on Firestone Walker’s Parabola but I want to talk about 20 years and the Parabola variant, Paraboloid.
P-loid was “aged in a special selection of premium 20-year-old Elijah Craig bourbon barrels.” From my medium low bourbon knowledge, bourbons over 10 years don’t necessarily translate into better than younger than 10 years. I do like “regular” Elijah Craig so, maybe, the 20 will be really good and will add the scrumptious sounding flavors that the brewery describes, “mellow hints of oak, fudge and chocolate brownie.”
Go to N/A?
Still on the market for a really good (and consistent) Non-Alcoholic beer? Well, I found another one, this time in Illinois in Go Brewing.
They have a Witbier, hazy IPA, pilsner, IPA and a nitro coffee N/A beer amongst other members only beers.
Downtown Cellar
Kellerbier is the latest release from Angel City Eastside series which usually tackles Germanic styles a bit off the normal beer style track.
This is their DTLA take on a “historical German “Cellar Beer.” This unfiltered pale beer is fermented with lager yeast but is not lagered for too long so it’s served young and fresh – think of it like a rustic Pilsner without the maturation and aging. It has a slight toasted and malty flavor with hints of green apple, and the hops bring about herbal and floral qualities with a touch of fruity hop bitterness for balance.”