Make sure to get your tickets because when Smog City does an anniversary party, they bring a big list of special beers.
Smog Check 2019
Noble Hits Double Digits
I don’t venture south of L.A. County often as I should in person or on this blog. So to remedy the last half, cheers to Noble Ale Works as they have reached anniversary # 10.
This will be a ticketed event with no “day of” tickets sold which means you best head over to the website to pick yours up if you want to celebrate with the royal crew on March 23rd.
From a Different Perspective
In the face of this months bad news when it comes to gender and beer, I am heartened by the fact that the L.A. Beer Hop has two weekends of female-centric beer tours set for March.
And I hope they do them all year long!
The 2019 IPA Festival
The start of March is gonna be hoppy here in Los Angeles. The L.A. IPA Festival wll take over Mohawk Bend for a weekend of over 60 IPAs on tap.
For a twist this year, there will be VIP food and IPA
packages available. Below is the information (The Sunday package
sounds killer to me)
SATURDAY, MARCH 2, 2019
•Doors open at 9:30am
•Industry Judging & People’s Choice all day
•Awards at 4pm
•No Tickets or Reservations
SUNDAY, MARCH 3, 2019
•Doors open at 9:30am
•Build You Own Flights all day
•Walk-ins Welcome
VIP PACKAGES:
•Satruday Brunch With The Brewers Package – $40
Brunch with the Brewers and judge IPAs along with the pros!
•Saturday Final 5 Judging Package – $30
Judge the 5 California West Coast-style IPAs that make it to the Finals!
•Sunday No Leftovers Package – $45
Join us for a recap brunch featuring your choice of 1 brunch appetizer and 1
brunch entrée, as well as unlimited tastes of any of the remaining Los Angeles
IPA Fest beers!
Up to Date
You don’t want to not have the latest fashion and you do not want to not represent all of the L.A. area breweries as of 2019, am I right?
Then head over to the Hopped LA website and pick up this sweet t-shirt. Use it to remind you which breweries you need to visit or which are your favorites or whether you like more of the green names than white.
On the 21st, you can celebrate Hopped LA night at Beer Belly in Koreatown and raise a glass to be kept apprised of beer in Los Angeles.
April Cerveceros
The SoCal Cerveceros will take over La Plaza de Cultura y Artes in late April with another gathering of their home brewing crew. The largest Latino brew club in the country and one that has been getting more attention not just in Los Angeles.
Plus proceeds from the ticket price benefit the Gumball Foundation and LA Plaza’s educational programs. Drink beer and help a good cause.
N’owt 2
Long time readers know that I do NOT go out on St. Patrick’s Day but that blanket ban does not extend to March 16th. Especially when the 2 edition of the N’owt but Stout Festival lands on that day at Yorkshire Square Brewery. The Torrance based but British in heart brewery will be bringing the dark stuff from over 25 breweries for unlimited pours as well as a brewers panel for those who want to learn more about stout in 2019.
Make sure that you get in on the Early Bird tickets!
BroxBeerBrew
Looks like Broxton is ready to send some house beers out and they are throwing some deals.
All day on February 9th,
$1 Crowlers to take home with you!
Bounce house and other family-friendly games
Food Specials
& Official New OG Brew Pub Club Announcement
Brooklyn in Los Angeles – 2019
Finally, in 2019, Brooklyn Brewery has come to California! Something I have been asking about in at least a post a year since I started blogging way back in 2009.
Beelmans in DTLA hosted part 1 of the event and I had the honor of interviewing Steve Hindy and the man with the custom made hats, Garrett Oliver. More will be written about next week over on Food GPS but let’s say that it was great to taste Sorachi Ace Saison again. It is one weird beer. Some dill notes and funk. Lager, the Flagship was great too. Simple and malt driven. The surprise of the night was the Stonewall IPA which was session strength but was packed with hop flavor.
The 9th Plan
Yesterday, groundbreaking L.A. brewery, Eagle Rock riffed on Ed Wood and tapped a new Imperial Pilsner to celebrate 9 brewing years. Here are some photos from the day though I can’t really convey the smoke machine and the hickory BBQ smell….
The Plan 9 beer was really good. A touch of sweetness. ABV heft to it but not heavy. A great example of their recent magic with pilsner and lager. I am hoping it will be canned soon too.