As if running a successful bar in Burbank wasn’t enough.
As if partnering on the ColLAboration events wasn’t enough.
As if opening a huge 65 tap bar wasn’t enough.
Well now Tony Yanow is really going big. And this will be huge for the LA craft beer community. Last night, I along with other craft beer writers got the sneak peak at the facility and more importantly the team behind Golden Road Brewing.
Jon Carpenter (brewmaster) is originally from San Diego but you may recognize him from the late lamented Brewmasters show because he was most recently at Dogfish Head.
Meg Gill (co-founder and Presidnet) comes from two brewing hot spots Boulder and Oskar Blue’s and San Francisco and Speakeasy Ales and Lagers. Combined with Tony they have taken over three distinctively colored buildings next to the train tracks in Atwater Village (on the dividing line of LA and Glendale).
There will be a pub in the yellow building. A barrel aging facility in the red and the blue building will hold the brewing operations.
The styles are yet to be determined. Too early in the development stage for that but don’t be surprised to see a hoppy California style brew. And it will be canned! The line has been purchased. Obviously with a barrel room their will be aged beers done but again too early to give definitive answers as to what kind though the word sour was bandied about.
If I can be corny for a moment, craft beer in LA looks golden right now.
Golden Road sure seems promising given the people involved and the location. Looking forward to trying their canned mystery beers.