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Over the course of two nights…Wednesday, 5/8 & Thursday, 5/9 Beachwood BBQ & Abigailes are going to CrossOver.
Starting at 5PM on 8th in Long Beach for Abigaile beers paired with special Beachwood foods, then make the trek to Redondo Beach on Thursday the 9th for Beachwood beers paired with special items from Chef Tin Vuong of Abigaile.
This sounds like a good trend to follow up with. Maybe LadyFace with Golden Road can be next.
Victor Novak didn’t have any TAPS beers flowing last Saturday but there were 30+ other breweries on hand in Brea for the 1st Annual Craft Beer Festival.
Now on to my checklist for what makes a good festival….
Water? Yup, two stations on either side of the patio.
Variety? Double Yup. There were IPA’s and kolsch’s and Mrs. Stoutfire. Something for everyone.
Rare beers for the geeks? Yes, again. Ballast Point Homework Series. The last of Pole Position IPA from Beachwood. Naughty Sauce…
Seating and room flow? It was easy to navigate and there were literally no lines except for short ones at the two food areas and yes you could rest your feet if you were feeling “Far Out”
So which beers struck my fancy? Naughty Sauce was my favorite. Evan from Noble has a new cult classic on his hands with this one. Paradox from Kinetic was a fitting cap to my day and the other beer that caught my fancy was the Belgianized brown from Henry at Monkish…
Taking into account that this was a first go (but also taking into that same account that Victor has been to a few of these rodeo’s before). This was well done. Food was plentiful. Including a dessert option which you rarely see. There was an excellent mix of breweries and even the bright sun was brought to heel by strategic use of many umbrella’s.
I have no rating system, save for one. Would I go again next year? And that answer is yes.
Cismontane Brewing Company’s 3RD ANNIVERSARY!!!
Friday April 26th, 2013 – 3 pm to 9ish (Barrel Aged Night if you want light beer you will have to drink cask beer!):
Garlic Scapes Food Truck 4pm-9ish
Barrel Aged Beers
o Oso
o Black’s Nocturne
o TJ Slough
o Rye Barrel Aged Citizen
o French Oak Coulter
o French Oak Belgian Dubbel
o 8 month Bourbon Doppelsticke
o 13 month Bourbon Doppelsticke
o Dos Cone Es
o Sour Cream
Casks
o French Oak Citizen
o Pandion Pale
o Black’s Dawn w/ Juniper & Vanilla Beans
Saturday April 27th, 2013 – 12 pm to 9ish 3rd Anniversary Release:
Dos Chinos Food Truck from 4pm-8pm
Tap List
o 1st Anniversary Black Lager
o 2nd Anniversary Belgian IPA
o 3rd Anniversary Belgian Strong (Release)
Mexican Summer Beers
o La Crema
o El Corazon Rojo
o Nopal De Trigo
Past Favorites!
o Cali IPA easy as ABZ
o Belgian Dubbel
o Smokin’ Santiago
o Pandion Pale III
o Whatever Casks Survive
One of my favorite events on the Los Angeles beer calendar is the Session Fest at Eagle Rock Brewery. And it is back in it’s 3rd iteration! From 4pm to 10pm on May 4th. Here is the news feed from their website…..
“Session Fest is all about great tasting beers that don’t get you blitzed. All your favorite brewery staff will be brewing up some special session-style beers to share with you. We’re currently mashing, hopping, fermenting and working our butts off to ensure some deliciousness not to be missed!
This year for just $15 you’ll be able to get 3 beers and a half pint commemorative Session Fest pint glass to take home with you!
Additional drink tickets will be available to purchase as well.
We’ll have a food truck in the lot also and we’ll let you know who once we have it all worked out.”
From Saturday, April 13th all the way through to Sunday, April 14th: Tony’s Darts Away will be celebrating what they are dubbing the 3rd Anniversary Weekender!
Here is the pertinent information to get you started, “On Saturday April 13 and Sunday April 14 our place will be open regular hours, starting with Randy’s Best of Breakfast dishes at 10 AM followed by ongoing tappings of our most interesting and highly sought after beers every 60-90 minutes until 7PM. We will be open until 2 AM as usual and will have lunch and dinner specials on as well. There is no required entrance fee, but for $15 we are offering a special Dart Glass plus a fill of a yet to be announced specialty beer! Additionally, this glass entitles you to try specialty tappings a full 30 minutes before they are available to the public.”
Follow the event over on the Facebook HERE.
April is the 4th month and in a bit of coincidence, there are 4 Firestone-Walker events this month as well.
Thursday, April 11th @7pm
City Tavern Culver City
Come drink FW beers and meet David Walker.
Friday, April 12th @7pm
The Federal Bar in NoHo
Come drink FW beers and meet David Walker
Thursday, April 18th @6pm (Q&A starts at 7pm)
Chloe’s inside the Pub at Golden Road
Meet Jeffers Richardson the Barrelmeister from Firestone
Wednesday, April 24th
Far Bar
A 4 course dinner pairing.
If you are a F-W fan (like I am) then these will be events to mark on your calendar
This Friday, April 12 at 6:30 pm. Another Epic Tasting hosted by Larry James will take place at the Four Points Sheraton aka The Beer Hotel “including three of the best Hoppy Session Beers, a Mystery Beer (you be the judge!) and Clown Shoes Beer – seven wicked good beers from Ipswich, Mass.”
You will only need to RSVP and pay $30 which includes all tastes and parking!
Three of the best hoppy session beers you’ll ever taste.
plus…
a Mystery Beer – put your beer judge hat on. What is it and where did it come from?
plus…
Clown Shoes Brewing
– Clementine
– Tramp Stamp
– Brash Item 9
– Muffin Top
– Chocolate Sombrero
– Vampire Slayer
– Porcine Unidragon
If you haven’t tried the Four Points yet, this unique tasting would be an ideal introduction to their hospitality.
Beer and Wine (and food trucks) will be taking over Atwater Village on Sunday, April 28th with the first Atwater Village Festival.
“This will be the first event of it’s kind to be held in Atwater Village, and is expected to draw over 1,000 attendees from all over the area. With the cooperation of over a dozen local breweries, a variety of local vendors, and live entertainment (including a special performance by The Black Eyed Peas DJ)”
On the craft beer front is Lagunitas, Eagle Rock, Triple Voodoo, Golden Road, New Belgium and my new favorites from Paso Robles, Firestone-Walker among others.
$30 gets you in. So grab your tickets soon.
Faithful readers of this here blog will know that I “tease” my weekly FoodGPS posts the day before they hit the interwebs. Well this is a prequel to the teaser. A little meta, I know but if you are in the Los Angeles area this Thursday, April 4th and have time between 7pm and 11 and want to attend a bottle share at the hideaway inside the Pub at Golden Road, Chloes that features finds from not only Celebrator writer Tomm Carroll but also beers from the cellar of Tony Yanow of the Golden Road/Tony’s Darts Away/Mohawk Bend troika.
Without delay, here is the info you need to know and the beer lists.
Tomm will be bringing over a few bottles from his personal cellar including:
-Petrus Winter Ale (2010)
-The Bruery Barrel-Aged Papier (2009)
-Boon Mariage Parfait Gueuze (2009)
-Allagash Interlude (2008)
-Grand Teton Double Red Ale (2008)
-Chimay Grand Reserve (2007) (magnum)
Tony will also be contributing some bottles from his cellar including:
-The Bruery Saison de Lente (2010
-Russian River Damnation Batch 23
-Russian River Consecration Batch 6 and Batch 8
-Russian River Supplication Batch 6
-Russian River Salvation Batch 10
-Redemption Batch 9
-Port/Lost Abbey Red Poppy (2011)
-Port/Lost Abbey Angel Share (2010)
-Port/Lost Abbey Older Viscosity (2009)
“In addition to these beautiful bottles, we will be hosting Golden Road beers inside Chloe’s from 7p-8p which will include specialty pub-only beers alongside our new Wolf Among Weeds IPA and other new goodies. We will also provide glassware as well as unsalted pretzel puffs to cleanse your palate. A special a la carte menu will also be available for purchase if you crave for something else.
HOW TO GET IN? While there is no entrance fee, we do ask that each guest please bring at least 1-3 bottles to share with the group. There is no limit on how many you may bring so if you’ve got some gems you’ve been wanting to share in your cellar or even a great home brew you’re proud of, bring them on in!”
Beer of Tomorrow celebrated their one year anniversary of beer blogging in grand style yesterday at Beer Belly.
I headed to Koreatown to congratulate John and Julie and also to have a couple beers from their L.A. centric curated tap list:
I really enjoyed the new Ohana option and the catchy name as well. I also got a taster of 2012 Unity from Eagle Rock.
Raise a glass to year two of Beer of Tomorrow!