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Traveling to the SLO / Paso Robles region just got a little more exciting with…
Wild Fields has Ryan (wait for it) Fields Brewing In Atascadero. If that name is familiar, he was at Beachwood as well as Pizza Port so that bodes well for the beer.
Looks like the corner property that was once the brewing operations for Simmzy’s is staying in the beer family…
Brews Brothers who have a spot in the North Hollywood Arts District are taking the Media District location. I do not see anywhere in a cursory internet search if they will brew or not there but they have a pretty good amount of taps to fill.
Looks like a new brewery is landing in Lakewood, Syncopated Brewing.
It is a side project of Dutch’s Brewhouse (which I have yet to visit, but it is on the list). I am intrigued by the beer name Lettuce and Vodka and Simcoe and glad to see a brown and red ale on their beer list.
As per usual, I will post more after a visit.
From the ashes of the Green Flash / Alpine Brewing deal of a few years back comes…
Son and Father Brewing duo of Shawn and Pat McIlhenney will be Brewing again in Alpine, CA!
You can read the full story from the excellent Brandon Hernandez HERE.
Looks like Lawless Brewing has settled on an opening date for their NoHo brewery…
Mark your calendar and expect some beer reviews when I can get some to-go to safely taste at home.
The Chicago Brewseum dropped the following press release recently…”We are pleased to announce that, in collaboration with our friends at Colonial Williamsburg, we will be hosting the first ever Beer History Week, November 4 – 14, 2021!
The week kicks off with our #BeerCultureSummit (November 4-7) and concludes with Colonial Williamsburg’s Ales Through the Ages (November 13-14). Peppered in between the two unique conferences will be an array of other beer history content from various partners across the globe.
Information about Ales Through the Ages is out now. Details about the Beer Culture Summit and other Beer History Week related events will be released this summer. Whether you join us in person or online, we hope to see you as we roll out the (beer history) barrels this November!”
Patrick Rue May have left Orange County for St. Helena to open Erosion Wine but he hasn’t left beer behind.
Now, he is in the planning stages for a small brewery, also named Erosion. And they will be next door so your wine friends can have their place and the beer friends will have their hang out.
Read more about it right HERE.
Count me as a fan of the OG Hi-Lo in Culver City and now I can tick from my to-do list visiting their second location.
Right on Ocean Boulevard in Long Beach is a bright airy spot with more room for the well curated treats that Hi-Lo specializes in from fancy Iberico ham potato chips to the excellent Tony’s chocolate. But what they excel at is fine spirits and craft beer.
Now the only complaint I have is that single cans are not in high abundance. This is a buy a four pack place. If you are good with that, then you will find an eclectic selection. Weldwerks, ForeLand, Cellador and Bottle Logic are there. Sours to pastry stouts. And a nice little watch the foot traffic outside bar area that I would re-visit.
You should certainly add them to your beer shoppe list.
Count me as burned and now wary when news items flash during April Fool’s week but I believe this is a true bit of news…
Monkish Brewing will be taking over the former Anaheim Brewing space putting the, in towuching distance of Unsung and Modern Times.
No Great American Beer Festival for the second year in a row. The return has now been marked for Fall 2022. This year will be a combination of the brewery passport that they used for last year along with the Craft Brewer Conference and Denver Beer Week aligning in September. The awards will go on too and will be broadcast just like last year as well.
Obviously this was the safest option. They may well have been able to hold the event considering the vaccine rollout is over 17% now but any setback between now and September would have led to concerns. Not to mention that any festival this year would probably have to temperature check everyone or check their vaccination cards. Not to mention – Part 2, that they would probably have to reduce the amount of attendees drastically.