Last year, Bell’s beer landed in Los Angeles with a massive presence and this year another Midwestern fan favorite is here.
2016 is the debut of Founder’s Brewing. They will have other events across the Southland and their founder will be in town next week but on Tuesday, I headed to Far Bar in Little Tokyo to get a representative sampling of their beer.
Eight beers were on tap and one (Project PAM – a special release) was in bottles. Beer Buddy Richard and I went through tasters of the entire line-up and, for once, totally agreed on favorites. The “regular” Breakfast Stout is indeed a wonderful beer and made both the Nitro Oatmeal Stout and Founder’s Porter seem light and inconsequential.
As far as the hoppy beers went, they did not go over nearly as well. With the exception of the Mosaic Promise a light yellow hued IPA with a lovely citrus aroma. Of the other hop offerings the Centennial IPA was the clear second-place finisher.
It will be interesting how these beers fare in the market.