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Brouwerij West may have closed down their brewery and tasting room in San Pedro but if you see their beers on the shelf, they may not be old, just brewed at a partner brewery. Per social media, “15 years ago we started as a traveling production, brewing our beer at our friends’ breweries, and now we’re returning to our roots. Brouwerij West beers will continue to be distributed by our awesome partners at Scout Distribution.”
Highland Park Brewery doesn’t do just one anniversary beer, they do multiple. For 2025, they have three High Elevens. One hazy, one west coast and one pils.
Knowing how well HPB hops a pilsner, I would start there.
At the end of February, Benny Boy Brewing debuted at the Echo Park Farmers Market. They will be there in alternating weeks so on 3/14 they return.
Then 3/28 and so on. You get it. So get some cider and some good tasty apples too.
I know that cans will be like gold as these DisUnited States flings tariffs around but it doesn’t explain why I have yet to see these Guinness cans at all in my beer shopping adventures….
…would like to have some for my at home St. Patrick’s Day sorta revels.
I am a football fan. Rooting for the Timbers, Thorns and Chelsea and looking to see which Irish team to pledge allegiance to. Combine that with beer and you might find me at the London outpost of Classic Football Shirts where there is a little beer counter to the side of the store. Add in a bookshop and I would never leave and be dead broke.
Each time that I visit the Celebrate Oregon Beer website, more reading material is posted. The latest bit are summaries of the brewing history for each of the regions of Oregon. This LINK is for the first in the series, The Oregon Coast to get you started.
Ambitious Ales will be celebrating their sixth year in Bixby Knolls. It is a lovely spot to sip a beer and people watch. Set aside the weekend of March 21-23 to check out the action.
Los Angeles Ale Works has risen up to their 8th anniversary at the original Hawthorne location and on March 8th, they will mark the ocho milestone.
Beer festivals do not have the same luster as in the glory days of years past but one way to combat fest fatigue is to try out one outside of your town with breweries less known. And for Angelenos, we have the neighbor to the south who have plenty of festivals that can provide a jolt of the new.
Such as the North Park Beer Fest
Just from a quick glance at the breweries attending, I see Goal and Hopworks and quite a few others that could make this a cool event.
Not a Star Wars droid but the 7th Anniversary for R.T. Rogers Brewing up in Sierra Madre.
