My habit is to see what other beer cultures are planning and then transplanting that germ of an idea into an L.A. context and that is exactly what I thought of when I read about plans for the Chicago Brewseum, a project to bring a gastropub and beer history of Chicago together.
It would be excellent to have a true hub for Los Angeles brewers and since we are so young (in brewing terms) it could focus less on history and more on the future. A place that served L.A. beer only and was the meeting space for the Brewers Guild as well as for beer events for L.A. Beer Week and beyond. A brewery inside would be too much to ask but maybe it could be the home for home brewer meetings as well with a small brewing system inside. Perhaps it could house the offices for Beer Paper LA and have a library of resources for research for writers and bloggers. I have in my mind’s eye, something like the Annenberg Space for Photography but with beer. And near a Metro stop would be good.
A bit Pie in the Sky for sure. It would be hard enough to find a space to accommodate all of that and be central to such a far flung populace.