The mini Lucky Baldwins empire annually pours Christmas beers at is pubs and you still have time to hit up one and see what winter warmer leftovers you can find.
Do It Soon – 2 of 3
Holiday Season 2023 – Day 26 – Folkvanger from Little Beast
More Oregon beer but this time with a Kveik yeast, the brewery is Little Beast Brewing and dark ales are great this time of year.
Run!
Discover Torrance presents the 2023 Torrance Beer Run from September 23-30. It “is a self-paced tour of 12 breweries all around the City of Torrance – no actual running required! Collect a stamp in your Beer Run Passport from each stop and turn in your completed passport for a Limited Edition 2023 Torrance Beer Run Hat.”
These passport events are a great excuse to check out for the first time or re-visit a brewery that you haven’t been to in awhile.
It’s Alive
Guess what is back for 2023 and coming next month?
Get your tickets and info HERE. Early Bird prices until the 7th!
Wish I Could Get It – Boston Meets Bayern
Jack’s Abbey has a new collaboration lager with Bayerische Staatsbrauerei Weihenstephan, with the great name of Fest of Both Worlds.
Using the original Bavarian lager strain from Munich but then combined with “modern hopping methods and some atypical hops – Sterling and Adeena.”
Denver Day – Casa Bonita
Fans of South Park know of the famous Casa Bonita. Heaven to one Eric Cartman. Now comes Casa Beer, created by Denver’s Ratio Beerworks, a Mexican-style lager with lime. The very sessiony 4.8% ABV beer is available on draft at bars (yes, plural) throughout the restaurant.
So Calamansi
When our climate changed sun returns to SoCal, lighter beers will need to be added to the ‘fridge. One will be the Long Beach Beer Labs Rad Dad Calamansi Radler.
A half and half beer and juice popular amongst those who choose to exercise, or those who prefer to watch on TV.
New Location Day – Booming Boulevard
Boomtown Brewery is getting on the Walk of Fame.
They recently announced on social media the news of their first satellite taproom in Hollywood. Currently the space in the Centro? Building is empty so don’t expect beers on the boulevard for 6-8 months.
Sealed
Back in the day when bottles were the craft rage, I bought reusable bottlecaps made out of a soft plastic-y material. After many years of cans, maybe I need to buy full can bottletops. Just not from Amazon.
California Craft Beer Summit – Report 3
First bit of business is last nights quick and rainy trip to Moksa Brewing in Rocklin.
The beer list was just a skosh unbalanced with one lager and about six IPA’s of various stripes and six stouts of various adjuncts. The Chai Times spiced Stout was excellent and beer buddy Rich had a very rich in chocolate stout that I thought was great. The lager, Da Bier was just the antidote after a day of drinking. Moksa also won the weirdest beer award with Freshie Freeze that was super citrusy but it also had a strange diesel note as well.
Back to Wednesday, the 1/2 day. After a visit to fuel up at the Pancake Circus we headed to a Sensory Session with Omega Yeast. This is where the thiol learning from the day before came in handy, I sampled a test brew and boy was it as advertised. Huge grapefruit and passion fruit, almost too much. Amazing to taste what genetics and Crispr can do.
I also sample the Sierra Nevada kombucha with pizza and had a beermosa with Smog City’s Mango Pango.
Today was the day to hear from Pink Boot’s members who talked about the many benefits of the organization which was a welcome upbeat talk before we got the final session where the Cilurzo’s (Natalie and Vinnie) flanked Ken Grossman to talk about what they did with their breweries in the pandemic times as well as what they have in store for the future. More lagers from Russian River and more alternative drinks from Sierra Nevada.
While they spoke, the audience was treated to two special beers. Special being a bit of an understatement. First up was a 2010 Bigfoot that we tasted alongside the newest version. Next was a little bit of newly bottled Pliny the Younger, this year with Nectaron hops in the mix. Not a bad way to call the Summit to a close.
