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There are a plethora of both good and bad beer guides out there for when craft beer fans go a’ travelin’. But I thought this post had a really good extension past just the city center out into the surrounding areas.
It so happens this city is Bamberg in Germany, famed for its rauchbiers but the point stands for any good beer city. We should be looking a little outside the bubble for brewery gems.
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One of my favorite parts of the Firestone Walker Invitational Beer Festival brewery announcement is finding the new invitees, seeing which foreign breweries are flying in and the number of my home state, Oregon breweries (7 this year!) in attendance.
There is not really a weak link in the bunch. But let me take a different tack this year, there are a few breweries that I would bench for a year to let in a few more fresh faces.
Revolution out of Chicago is great but I would love to see Funkytown or Turner Haus involved to bring a bit of diversity in.
Omnipollo and Garage Project garner big lines. I mean big lines but I would like to see some English or Scottish micros in California, The Kernel or Thornbridge come to mind.
I would also like to see a Mexican craft brewery involved as well, I think that would add a new dimension to the festival. Or maybe Bow & Arrow out of New Mexico.
I think removing the big line breweries would have the effect of creating more exploration. Instead of waiting 20-30 minutes for one beer, you might try two beers from breweries you don’t know much about plus a food sample.
This is, of course, the most nitpicky of posts you will read about FWIBF. It is such a fantastic festival that you have to resort to it so as not to repeat ones self.
Tickets go on sale tomorrow at 10am. If you haven’t been, try.
Long Beach Beer Lab opened their second location earlier this month. On Anaheim Street in the Zaferia District, the second Lab location will be open Wednesday through Sunday.
Part of my daily routine is five minutes of Italian language learning. Trying to keep my little grain active while preparing for a possible future trip to the Boot.
A recent learning section is about bars and besides la birra, I have run across a couple other useful phrases….
What’s on tap?
I want an IPA (pronounced eepa)
One of the cool places for beer on the Central Coast is the Ancient Owl Beer Garden. Big list of draft beers and beer to-go.
Now, you can Owl in San Luis Obispo too as they have opened their second location there this month.
There is not much better in craft beer life than perusing a bottle shoppe so each new one is a gift.
Radiant Beer Co. down in Anaheim will start off February with a bang three years in the making as the go all anniversary with the usual trappings for such parties.
One way for the kinda struggling festival format is to niche it out. Institution Ale Co. has done that with their upcoming festival devoted to the pale ale.
Our next anniversary party to add to the Los Angeles craft beer calendar is Burnin’ Daylight Brewing in Lomita who have reached the fifth year mark.
Start your brewery anniversary engines as Burbank’s Trustworthy Brewing starts 2024 with….
The announcement is that there has been a name change….
Next time you visit the south DTLA brewery, do not get confused by the new moniker, Audio Graph Beer Co. According to their press release, the brewery is still under the same ownership with the same brewer so expect the same award winning beers.