Heart

I have not written about the terrible fires that popped up seemingly everywhere earlier this month in the Los Angeles area. Mostly because it is so sad and disheartening to see such catastrophe some of it closer to where I reside in Glendale than wildfire has ever been.

And Los Angeles was already barely able to build enough as it was, especially when it comes to affordable housing for all economic levels. Now rents and home prices will push even higher than they already were.

But this is not a housing blog, though it kind of is, because the more people that can find housing at a price point that isn’t 75% of take-home pay, the more people will go out and buy good craft beer.

Anyway, the preceding paragraphs are prelude to the actual point of the fact that Common Space Brewery has stepped up to rally our remaining L.A. breweries into a special beer to help the rebuild cause, We Love LA will be showing soon up from over 50 California breweries participating and close to 10 from out of state as well, and I will be grabbing from wherever in financial support. I strongly suggest that we make this beer a complete sell-out.

Beer All Year

Beer writer Tom Acitelli with past works as Pilsner and The Audacity of Hops is back and his latest book is The Golden Age of Beer: A 52-Week Guide to the Perfect Beer for Every Week of the Year and will be released at the end of February by Apollo Publishers.

This book is described thusly – “Acitelli’s inviting, accessible voice and dives into homebrewing, beer icons, today’s industry game-changers, and more. It cuts through the noise and the hype to leave you with a lush, inspiring, and reliable guide for sampling and entertaining all year long.”

Probably should have been released last year so that we could get a jump on 2025 but we go March to March.

Follow Z Star

American breweries have done nationwide charity beers but maybe the next evolution as craft beer goes back to basics is for a nationwide Zoigl.

Interested to see if you are near one or do you need to know more of this Z word. Then head HERE first Then follow AmericanZoigl on Instagram for updates.

Radiance x 4

Radiant Brewing in Anaheim is going to spend a full weekend celebrating their 4th Anniversary

Friday, January 31st through Sunday, February 2nd will find “new beer releases, live music, brewer’s karaoke, a birthday treat baking competition, the return of Sunny Meals, and plenty of cameos and goodies from friends.” Plus their special anniversary beer, All The Things We’ve Done.

RSVP for free HERE

Review – Cool River from Pure Project

I have only had the murky side of Pure Project up to this point so when I saw a  Cold IPA on the beer shelf, I plucked it to review.

Cool River pours a super light orange color or dark yellow.  Very crisp on the palate with grain notes being the first to make themselves known. The hop kick is quite potent.  I get honeydew melon and some dankness as well.  Tastes stronger than 6.5% as well.