BSP blog favorite Smog City Brewing is primed to celebrate their 13th anniversary of brewing beer in Torrance. There will be a special anniversary beer along with their new ESB made from Infinite Wishes second runnings and maybe even some bottles of Infinite Wishes to buy.
Belgian Landing
Need to add a little Belgian beer to your craft diet? Well, the Landing in Burbank has an event for you.
Get your tickets HERE, space is limited.
Sports Bar, Not the Old Kind
Considering the popularity of Angel City FC in the NWSL and how much better Juju is than Bronny at USC, it is way past time for a women’s sports bar somewhere, anywhere in Los Angeles.
Enter Long Beach with THIS.
Hopefully, more will follow.
1st Visit – Long Beach Beer Lab Zaferia
It was an eventful first visit to the second Long Beach Beer Lab location in the Zaferia District of Long Beach. I had taken a couple sips of Brut IPA (you remember that sub-style right?) when that too familiar crunch sound made me swivel on mybar stool.
There was one car flipped over and one car with all air bags deployed. The fire and police departments were soon on the scene and attention could be turned back to the space and the beer and the pizza.
I have to say that the Wrigley location is more my speed but the more I thought, if this was in my neighborhood, I would be glad it was there. Yes, too many TVs but thankfully, most were about the brewery and bakery. And the cooler with mix and match and 4-packs is great.
And I did love the Brut (Brewte IPA) which was super dry but sweet with a pear note. So, thumbs up even for someone not from the neighborhood.
Hood River to Milwaukie
Time to toot my hometown horn! The City of Milwaukie moved out of their longtime historic home to a smaller HQ and now we know who is moving in, an Oregon style beverage duo.
I had not heard of Keeper Coffee before but I have heard about a little award-winning brewery named pFriem Family Brewers.
You can check out all the details from the New School Beer Blog that broke the story.
Where To Go, When You Go, to Oregon
When I travel, either solo or with wife, once the travel is booked the second thing that I do is start looking for breweries to visit.
But getting current and smart recommendations which should be easy in this internet age, only sporadically is. Usually, hours of operation are out of date, can’t find taplists or food menus. I tend to now have plans B and C in my pocket wherever I go. Because I expect that location A may be closed.
Bit of a preamble to very exciting news from the Beervana Blog and esteemed drinks writer Jeff Alworth about a new (and large) project that will help beer travelers plan trips to Oregon.
Read the announcement HERE.
Once up and running, it could be an invaluable travel resource and a clearinghouse of Oregon craft beer information.
L.A. at the Shoreline
Tickets went on sale last week for the signature event of Los Angeles Beer Week.
Get your tickets HERE and then patiently count the days until June.
San Diego Spider
Tarantula Hill Brewing is making a big leap to the San Diego area, San Marcos specifically as the Thousand Oaks based brewery will utilize the space once used by the Draft Republic restaurant. This news was first broken by Brandon Hernandez at SD Beer News.
Will an outer rim of L.A. brewery fly in San Diego County?
Lagerville 2024
Figueroa Mountain is Lagerville’ing again in April. As has been in the past, it is an impressive assemblage of breweries. It is certainly worth the trip up the lower Central Coast to get your taste buds lager’d.
Five Over Three
While Wingwalker Brewing is no more, nearby Over Town Brewing Co. has reached the five year mark and will be bringing the music and beer to Monrovia across three days!