Four Field

Far Field Beer Co. is having their 4th anniversary hoedown later this month, and they have a few interesting beers to check out…

The first two barrel-aged beers would be my first two choices mostly for the letter P, pecans and passion fruit.

You can RSVP right HERE.

It Really is the Malt

Bit of short notice on this but L.A. to S.F. isn’t that much of a flight or if you fear a lack of air traffic controllers, you can always take one of those overnight buses.

Because, It’s the Malt is back at Admiral Maltings and they have quite a line-up scheduled…

“This year, among the 35 carefully sourced beers, of which you can enjoy unlimited samples, we’re toasting the 35th Anniversary of the Bay Area Mashers, one of the Bay Area’s oldest homebrew clubs. The BAM tent will feature 7 Pro-Am collaboration brews between BAM members and some outstanding local breweries: Bare Bottle, Canyon Club, Drake’s, East Brother, Olfactory, Pond Farm, and Rockaway Beach.

Also new this year is Lager Land, highlighting lagers’ ability to showcase the subtlest aspects of malt character. Taste a wide range of lager styles and get to know how Admrial malt helps shape their flavors and aromas.”

There will be educational seminars as well as plenty of lovely craft beer and spirits on hand.

The Brew Deal

There are little historical niches that either get passed by in history class or get a tiny paragraph in a history book that are waiting to be discovered.

One beer related bit of knowledge is that prohibition wasn’t just the law one day and then gone the next. Nope, as Prohibition wound down, “the US government allowed the consumption and sale of “non-intoxicating” beer, which was at or below 3.2% alcohol-by-weight. Beer’s return–permitted with an eye toward job creation during the Great Depression–was one of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s earliest New Deal policies.”

Jason E. Taylor author and economist uses his new book, The Brew Deal to uncover how 1933 was such a pivotal year for beer and this country.

Sorry from Half of Us

I have a feeling that Summer 2025 will be a summer of Canadian Lagers as apologies to our nicer to us than we are to them neighbors to the north.

Here is one recent explicit example….

Close to Your Last Chance

The 2025 edition of the Los Angeles Independent Beer Festival is a mere couple days away so, if you haven’t already, HERE is your link to buy tickets.

This is your chance to support local craft beer and have the wide variety of breweries in one stop shopping mode.

L.A. Beer Week – Recommended Events

Here are some of my choices for L.A. Beer Week as of today. I will have tried to pick one for each day ( still need ones for the 17th and 18th ) but there is not a lot of choices on the website. Either the number of events is really low or they are not being added to the main site.

Los Angeles Ale Works and Common Space – Friday, June 13 – Block Party

Homage Brewing – Saturday, June 14 – Nine Year Anniversary

Lincoln Beer Co. – Sunday, June 15 – Dads and Donuts with Randy’s Donuts

Hermosillo – Monday, June 16 – Highland Park Tap Take-Over

Beachwood Blendery – Thursday, June 19 – Bottle Share and Beer Release

Common Space – Saturday, June 21 – Defend the Parks Day

Select Beer Store – Sunday, June 22 – Cellador Tap Takeover

Belfast Brewery # 1 – Out of Office Brewery

Our Belfast beer itinerary starts at the office, well, sort of. Out of Office Brewery at the Ulster Sports Club on High Street.

Here are a few cheekily named beers to sample…

Pencil Pusher – Session IPA – 4% – “Mellow andsessionable IPA using west coast hops, which bring a gentle grapefruit profile and a piney resinous bite”

Karl from IT – Gooseberry + Blackcurrrant Kettle Sour – 4.3% ABV

Dark Mode – Craft Stout – 5.1% ABV

NSFW – NE IPA – 6.2% – “Juicy and hazy New England style IPA with intense and unique fruity notes including melon, berry, citrus-lime and papaya. Complimented with a dry hop charge of Simcoe and Citra”