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Now that season 2 of the Taco Chronicles is available on Netflix, you have an emoji bedazzled beer to drink while watching. Party Beer Co. has created a fun and vibrant label for their taco cerveza.
I am not a baseball fan but the design of this new IPA from El Segundo Brewing has a lovely expanse of green to gaze upon that reminds me of hops.
Fall is here! Or it is working it’s way here for us in SoCal. Time for festbiers without the Fest’s and pumpkin beers and socially distanced trick or treating.
~ e-visits to (3) breweries from the Russia like AF Brew, Knightberg Brewery and Brewlok
~ special featured reviews of beers of round two from Cerveceria del Pueblo in Pasadena
~Heads-Up on Los Angeles Beer Events (Far in the future events)
~ Three suggested beers to buy this month. One light, one medium and one dark
~ A Book & A Beer reads The Lying Life of Adults by Elena Ferrante
~ A Podcast & A Beer listens to Lovecraft Country Radio
~ Great Beer names and Best Beers of the Month
~ I will tap the Firkin and give my no holds barred opinion on the craft beer world.
When I heard that a large number of Covid19 cases were found to stem from the Sturgis Motorcycle rally, it made intuitive sense. Bunch of people without masks gathering in a large group equals outbreak. But turns out that the numbers were based not on actual counted cases since the US is not a leader in contact tracing but on math and statistics which in this case were not telling the full story.
Talk about beer, I hear you yelling, well I will. First though, read THIS
We and our government need to realize, truly, the danger of this virus and how it is transmitted and tailor our responses to less general categories. I have said it before but Shop A might be home to multiple cases and Shop B might have zero. Shop A might be considered safe and Shop B might not be. The flawed thinking that bars and taprooms are too dangerous is troubling because it means that the virus will have free rein elsewhere.
Well, my beloved Trailblazers are not in the finals AND the damn Lakers are! At least LeBron and AD eliminated the damn Rockets who I hate even more.
Typically each city bets local delicacies in a show of civic pride. This year though, I would like each city to promote their restaurants, sights AND breweries. Let’s have the mayor of Miami come here and have a beer.
When I think of Anchor Brewing, I don’t think lederhosen. But the Bay Area brewery has their spin of the Oktoberfest style with Haus Fest. Normally this ground has been ceded to a Chico brewery but it would be a good side-by-side drinking comparison.
When a brewery known for sours and barrel-aged beers bring stout a Pils. Be it German, Italian or Czech, it is probably for the brewers so they can have something light and fun to drink because making these right is not easy. So I will be on the lookout for this new canned Pilsner from Lost Abbey.
New Belgium has a special beer for National Coming Out Day next month. And it’s has a lot going on, sweet potato, cinnamon, apricot and honey on a Belgian ale base. Sounds like a fun and purple beer to try.
This week the hop news focuses on Fire and hop creep. Virtual Harvest from Yakima Chief via Zoom… plus some extra notes from what competitor Hopsteiner has going…
We are all getting used to having beer delivered. And now you can get a CURATED beer box each month plus some special goodies. L.A. Beer Hop knows our breweries and will certainly find you 6 awesome beers a month so take the subscription for a spin.
Cactus honey is the first ingredient that my eyes locked on when I saw this new label from Cellador Ales. But this “rustic Saison” also has some malt cred with grains from Admiral Maltings. The third piece of note is that ABV, this might need to be a shareable beer.