Today, we look back (in two parts) at the events I ventured to for the 2019 L.A. Beer Week. Here are the photos…
LABW11 – photos
What to Look for at Sour Friends 2019
Cellador was always going to have some great sours to sample at this year’s fest. You could probably just blindly pick and get something great, but I have a few choices that you should add to your glass, and to make it simple, I will use only (3) words to describe them…
Picture Brain from Brouwerij West – blueberries, solera, Syrah
Carrot King from Cellador – Nantes carrots, Bugs Bunny, wild
Violet Underground 5.5 from Firestone Walker BarrelWorks – SLOambic, Somerset, berries
Mellifluent from The Rare Barrel – strawberry, peach, mango
Check out the full list HERE.
One Day to LABW11
One Week to LABW11
With only a week to go until LABW11 fires up the full list of events is not yet around, I thought I should toss a little curated list of events that pass my worthy test and also fall on odd days:
June 17th – Invitational Hazy IPA Fest at The Glendale Tap
then toddle a short distance to Walt’s in Eagle Rock for a brewers Pinball Tournament.
June 19th – Beer Made Me Do It – Beer Comedy at Common Space Brewery.
June 21st – Women-Brewed Beer Night at Sunset Beer.
June 23rd – Wait Wait…. Just Beer Me at Eagle Rock. NPR game show meets brewery tall tales.
Many more events to be talked about as details get clearer and clearer. In the meantime, get them Kick-Off tickets!
Super Sour Friends
The L.A. County Brewers Guild teamed up with Eagle Rock for their Session Fest and now the Guild is working with Cellador Ales on their LA Beer Week sour spectacular on June 22nd. Tickets can be purchased HERE.
With just a few cool breweries tucked into the Cellador space…
Beachwood Blendery
Brouwerij West
Casa Agria
Cellador Ales
Craftsman
Dionysus
Highland Park Brewery
Horus Aged Ales
Homage Brewing
Long Beach Beer Lab
Mikkeller SD
Modern Times
Pure Project
Sour Cellars
The Bruery
+one Northern CA honorary guest, The Rare Barrel
& newly added, Central Coast honorary guest, Firestone Walker Barrelworks!
MacLeod Day – 5th Anniversary
The math is a little wonky but don’t tell MacLeod’s. For their 5th anniversary they will be pouring $3 pints all day.
Food and live screen printing of the MacLeod logo will be going on as well so head over to Van Nuys for some cask and non-cask English styled beers.
Unity 2019 Brew Day
Here are some photos and notes from Claremont Craft Ales on the LABW11 brew day….
Unity 2019
#UNITYBREW will be returning to taps and shelves in early June just as the 11th LABW kicks off. 2019’s collaboration brew is led by Claremont Craft Ales. Marking the furthest east that the beer has been brewed.
More coverage and photos tomorrow and then EVEN more in the June Issue of Beer Paper LA.
L.A. Beer Week – # 11
The Grand Announcement has been made! XI is coming to brighten up the June Gloom. Here are the details….
“
The 11th Annual L.A. Beer Week is here! Join us for our big Kickoff Festival on Saturday, June 15th at the Los Angeles Center Studios in the heart of Downtown L.A.! We are bringing the heat this summer with an awesome festival featuring 90 independent craft breweries, live music, great local food, games, and more. Produced by the Los Angeles County Brewers Guild, #LABW11 will feature the largest number of Los Angeles County-based craft breweries — more than any other festival in town! We’ll also have some very special guest breweries! Join us and support your local brewers and the nonprofit organization that strives to foster craft beer culture in L.A. County. Admission includes a keepsake glass and unlimited tastes of over 250 beers from 90 breweries. This is surely a not-to-miss summer festival!
VIP Tickets include a premium keepsake glass, early entry at 12pm, and a VIP lounge area. Participating Breweries & Vendors to be announced soon!
EARLY BIRD PRICES April 15- May 15th
General Admission: $45
VIP Admission: $65
Designated Driver: $25
Regular pricing kicks in on May 16th:
General Admission: $50
VIP Admission: $70
(*2018 & 2019 Enthusiast members receive 20% off up to 4 tickets – use your member number on your Enthusiast ID)
**Day of ticket sales are NOT guaranteed. Should we have any tickets available on June 15th at the door, prices will be $55 General Admission, $75 VIP, and $25 Designated Driver**”
#LABW10 – Extra Photos
I didn’t take nearly as many photos this year for LABW10 and combined with posting on Instagram and Facebook and not wanting to double up, there are only a couple more shots that I want to share.
