Highland Park Brewery doesn’t do just one anniversary beer, they do multiple. For 2025, they have three High Elevens. One hazy, one west coast and one pils.
Knowing how well HPB hops a pilsner, I would start there.
Eleven High
Montrose Craft Beer Festival
One of the tinier but mightier beer festivals in SoCal is up om the foothills in Montrose.
It is on April 6th, should be perfect weather for tasting local beers, check out the ticket info and breweries in attendance HERE.
We Really Love L.A. Tonight!
If you want to really x 4 support the We Love L.A. wildfire relief charity, well then go get some pizza in Canoga Park at Osborne Pizza Kitchen where you can try four different versions.
And if you are closer to Burbank, Tony’s Darts Away will be featuring 8 We Love L.A. beers including Cellador Ales, Smog City and Pizza Port.
Save the Date – L.A. Independent Beer Festival
Yup, a quick reminder to add June 14th to your calendar as fully booked….
…. early bird ticket pricing is underway HERE so snap up those tickets.
Benny at Three
Time do fly. Benny Boy and their ciders and beers just off the 5 freeway will be turning three this March and they do know how to throw a party at their backyard, so save the date. I do not know how well beer and bats will mix though.
Hawthorne8
Los Angeles Ale Works has risen up to their 8th anniversary at the original Hawthorne location and on March 8th, they will mark the ocho milestone.
SF / LA / HPB
Highland Park Brewery is bring a bit of the Bay to their Chinatown location with…
…I have tasted beers from 3 of the 5 and maybe I will be able to tuck in and have half pints from those 2 missing ones.
Booming 10 – Part 1
Boomtown Brewing has reached double digits which is deserving of a three day blowout, I think. Over my birthday weekend (February 21st to 23rd obviously) there will be all the fun that their DTLA space can handle.
There will be a look-alike contest, DJ’s, so many food trucks and INFMS Hip Hop rounding it out. Plus, of course, plenty of beer as well.
Arrowing Downtown
Arrow Lodge’s DTLA outpost will be celebrating their 2nd anniversary on the 15th with…..
If I had even a tiny whisper of artistic skill, I would try my hand at the label art contest.
2025 is Not Finite
One of the more fun yearly beer events in Los Angeles is Wishes Weekend at Smog City Brewing which returns Friday, February 21st through Sunday, February 23rd.
This year we are being teased with where the name Infinite Wishes’s comes from “and how it’s connected to its “little brother” The Nothing.” As “this year we’ll be rolling out their origin stories and revealing more about the making of these two iconic Smog City beers.”
This is in addition to the original bourbon-barrel aged recipe beer plus variants that cover the ingredient spectrum.