Category: Where to go…

bottle shops, pubs and breweries

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LA Beer Week – Descanso Garden event brewery list

A mighty impressive list (I highlighted what I am excited about)…

Abita Brewery
Allagash Brewing Company
Ballast Point Brewing Co
Bayerische Staatsbrauerei Weihenstephan
Belhaven Brewery
Bières de Chimay S.A.
Bootlegger’s Brewery
Brasserie d’Achouffe
Brasserie Lefebvre
Brewbakers
Brewery Ommegang
Brewery St-Feuillien
Brouwerij Het Anker
Brouwerij Huyghe
Brouwerij-brasserie Van Honsebrouck
Cerveza Cucapá
Coronado Brewing Co.
Craftsman Brewing
Dale Bros. Brewery
De Koninck
Duvel Moortgat
Eagle Rock Brewery
Eel River Brewing Co
Firestone Walker Brewing Company
Fuller Smith & Turner (Fullers)
G. Schneider & Sohn
Green Flash Brewing Company
Greene King
Hacker-Pschorr Bräu München
König Ludwig Schloßbrauerei Kaltenberg
Lagunitas Brewing Company
Lost Coast Brewery
Malheur (de Landtsheer Brouwerij)
Moosbacher (Scheuerer Brewery)
Newport Beach Brewing Co.
North Coast Brewing Company
Paulaner Brauerei München
Port Brewing Company
Schloss Eggenberg Brewery
Shipyard Brewing Co.
Shmaltz Brewing Company.
Skyscraper Brewing
Spaten-Franziskaner-Bräu
Speakeasy Brewery
Steelhead Brewing Company – Irvine
Stone Brewing Company
Taps Fish House & Brewery
Telegraph Brewing
The Bruery
The Lost Abbey
Unibroue
Wells & Young’s Brewing Company
Wychwood Brewery

Click HERE to get to the LA Beer Week site

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Eastburn

Blue Palms is a great place for LA Beer so I thought I would spotlight another great beer spot. As if Portland needed more places to go, Eastburn has come on the scent to provide beer and food (oh and wine too).

Eastburn should be on your list of Portland haunts or must see’s on your next visit to Beervana.

eastburn

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more L.A. Beer Week

1) I will also be at the Freaktoberfest at the Blue Palms on Monday the 19th. Coney Island comes to Hollywood with Shmalz Brewing!!

2) Go to one of the Beer and dinner pairings. They may look expensive but when you factor in the beer and the food being provided you are usually getting a screaming deal. So put the Boneyard Bistro and/or McG’s on your calendar!

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LA BEER WEEK!!!!

It is finally upon us!
Here is my preliminary list of events that I will try to attend.

10/15 Opening Night at The Edison
10/17 Oktoberfest at The Verdugo
10/18 Oktoberfest at Matt Denny’s
10/20/09 Green Flash night at Blue Palms
10/21/09 Crown City RIP at 38 Degrees
10/22/09 Dinner at McG’s
10/24/09 Volunteering at the Descanso Gardens festival
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Beer Auctions

One of my favorite beer websites is Liquid Solutions based in Oregon and for the 2009 FredFest they had an auction of rare and famous beers for charity. Now, they occasionally have auctions throughout the year. How about $110.00 for three years of 3 Floyds Dark Lord? Check out this site.

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Get your tickets while they last….

…because you do not want to be on the outside looking in.

Here are the details from the press release:
Local beer culture has really come into its own in 2009, as exemplified by the virtual explosion of beer festivals in the greater L.A. area over the past several months. And now comes the crowning event: LA Beer Week, to be held at venues all over the Southland October 15-25, highlighted by the closing weekend celebration, the L.A. Beer Week Festival, at Descanso Gardens in La Canada Flintridge Saturday, October 24 from 3:00 to 8:00 p.m.

Over 70 craft and artisan breweries from across California and throughout the world will be pouring their wares –– many of them special release and esoteric beers –– at the L.A. Beer Week Festival, which will be held in the unique setting of the five-acre Rosarium at Descanso Gardens, beautifully landscaped with plenty of shade trees, roses, streams, ponds and even hop vines! High-quality artisan food will be available from Patina Catering, including grilled meat and seafood, sandwiches, salads, snacks and non-alcoholic beverages. There will also be live Gypsy Jazz, courtesy of Gonzalo Bergara Quartet.

Tickets for L.A. Beer Week Festival are now on sale only at www.labeerweek.com/tickets.php, and are selling swiftly. Admission is $40 and includes entrance to the historic Descanso International Rosarium, the live music, and unlimited 4 oz. pours of beer. Food is not included in the ticket price, but is available to buy at the event, CASH ONLY (ATM or credit cards will not be accepted). Tickets are limited and must be purchased in advance; they will not be sold at the door. Proceeds will benefit the non-profit Spero Foundation, which raises awareness and capital for charities that bring hope to people in need.

The 11-day L.A. Beer Week is a far-reaching celebration of beer culture in Los Angeles and Orange Counties, as well as surrounding areas, and will feature a palate-pleasing array of breweries, local taphouses, tastings, pairings, examples of beer cuisine, meet-the-brewer events and culinary and home-brewing demonstrations.
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the festivals keep coming

Fresh Hop Beer Tastival Overview

It’s your once-a-year chance to taste what Oregon’s finest brewmasters can do with just-picked hops. Sample some of the more than 30 fresh hop beers from Oregon’s top craft brewers, large and small.

October 10 – Oaks Park, Portland
October 17 – 948 Olive Parking Lot, Eugene
Admission is free;
glasses are $5, and individual tastes are $1 each.
Noon to 9pm.

Here is the tentative list for Portland:

4th Street Brewing Co. Fresh Hop Pale
Alameda Brewhouse Failing St Fresh Hop
Astoria Brewing Co Hoptimus Prime 2.0
Barley Browns Brewpub Roadside
Beer Valley Brewing Co. Leafer Madness
Beer Valley Brewing Co. Black Flag
BridgePort Brewing Co Hop Harvest
Caldera Brewing Cascades Alpha Beta
Cascade Brewing Cascadian Fresh Hop
Cascade Lakes Brewing Co Harvest Ale
Deschutes Brewery Hop Trip
Deschutes Brewery-Portland Pub King Cone
Deschutes Brewery-Portland Pub Fresh Hop Mirror Pond
Double Mountain Brewery Killer Green
Double Mountain Brewery Fresh Vienna
Fort George Brewery Cohoperative
Full Sail Brewing Co Lupulin
Golden Valley Brewery Mt. Hood Fresh Hop
Hopworks Urban Brewery Crystal Method
Hopworks Urban Brewery Oktoberfest Fest of Fury
Laurelwood Brewing Co Organic Goodness
Laurelwood Brewing Co Hop Bale Pale
Lompoc Brewing Harvest Man Red
Lompoc Brewing Crystal Wheat
Lompoc Brewing Crystal Missile
Lompoc Brewing Millenium Imperial IPA
Lucky Labrador Brewing Mutt Ale
Lucky Labrador Brewing Mutt Lager
MacTarnahan’s Brewing Fresh Hops Amber
McMenamins on Monroe Hop Bud-E
Ninkasi Brewing Co. Nugg. E Fresh
Oakshire Brewing Fresh Hop Ale Harvest Ale
Oakshire Brewing Red Nugget
Pelican Pub & Brewery Elemental Ale
Rock Bottom Brewery Intergrity Hoodwinked
Rogue Ales Revolution Wet Hop Ale
Three Creeks Santiam Hop Harvest
Upright Brewing Fresh Hop of Bel Air
Widmer Brothers Brewing Co Hopturnal