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Enegren Brewing’s Oktoberfest is on the way and if you are looking for a close facsimile of German fests, then this is a good one because it is not just about one beer, though they do have a Festbier ready. But you can get pilsners and lagers as well. Mark your calendars for end of September and enjoy.
The second PA stop is one that Lew Bryson talked about on his podcast Seen Through a Glass when he was covering the town of Mansfield. It is Yorkholo Brewing.
Here are three beers that have been done in the past to give you an idea of their beer range…
Honey Lemon Saison – “Brewed with floor malted German pilsen, oats & spelt. Mildly hopped with cluster & cascade in the kettle with some bittering orange peel”
Mosaic Hopped IPL – “Brewed with a blend of German floor malted pilsen, vienna, flaked corn & rye. Kettle hopped with mosaic. Dry hopped during primary & secondary with mosaic. layered for 6 weeks. Incredibly crisp & refreshing with notes of citrus, lime, tropical fruit, pine & fresh cut grass.”
Pink Guava Fruit Smoothie IPA – the fourth version of a smoothie IPA, “The notes are incredibly interesting with flavors of starburst, strawberry & watermelon jolly rancher.”
All Season Brewing has collaborated with the now defunct Eagle Rock Brewery to bring back the L.A. flagship beer, Solidarity Dark Mild back, at least for a limited time.
So, if you want a hit of nostalgia in these turbulent times, then head to south of Wilshire to have a pint or two. It will be available later this month.
Ogopogo Brewing is going to the marker, the upcoming Haven City Market with a second location in the food hall.
I am a hearty supporter of taking your time with your drinks. No beer bongs or shots for me and bartender and writer Danny Childs has taken his work as an anthropologist and ethnobotanist and merged those studies in the botanical world and bartending into the new book Slow Drinks.
And it must be quite good since he won a James Beard Foundation Award. Makes me wonder what I could forage here in Glendale.
Audio Graph Beer Co. has a new summer beer out in cans and they are not effing around….
This Instagram reel HERE shows a lovely outdoor beer garden in Slovenia where you can buy a commemorative glass and get six pours of local beers.
At first, I wished that there was one of those in my town but then I realized that it must need to be policed and monitored and maintained all the damn time. Here in the U.S. those beer taps would be targeted and taken apart or, at the least, graffitied to within an inch of their lives.
Maybe I am being too negative and I should visit this one and see for my own eyes.
Moonlight Brewing beers have been showing up on Los Angeles beer shelves this year and maybe, the two below will as well…
I would go for the orange label first, then purple.
The long anticipated and long hyped Deadpool 3 is in theaters now and for this month’s edition of A Podcast & A Beer, instead of focusing on an ongoing series or a podcast season, the featured podcast is just that, one podcast.
It is the Ringer-verse and the story of how Deadpool and Wolverine is the summer of 2024 blockbuster. Ringer staff writer Daniel Chin does a deep dive on these two iconic (now fellow MCU) characters.
For an 1 1/2 podcast, the pacing is brisk with, thankfully, minimal commercial breaks for Mint Mobile. The timeline is laid out well so that even a non comics fan can follow from point D to point W. And there is also a good though discussion of why Marvel is at a low point and could really use that Deadpool mystique.
For beer, well you could skip beer and find bottles of red or yellow branded Aviation Gin but I would suggest looking to the year 2009 when X-Men Origins: Wolverine arrived and brought them together for the first time. It might take a little sleuthing where you live and it might bring back memories of long lost breweries but the easy thing to look for is a brewery that just turned 15.
For Los Angeles that would have been Eagle Rock Brewery and Ladyface Brewing. The former just called it quits but you might find some last remainig cans around. So instead head to Agoura Hills and Ladyface to have a draft and a 4-pack.
The second of the duo of re-looks at Lagunitas Brewing is their IPA in the big ol’ stovepipe can.
This 3.2 extra ounces IPA pours a real dark yellow tinted with orange color. Has a pilsner aroma to it and the first sip gives off orange peel, cracker and a dry finish. Very current hoppy pils with old school malt vibes. There is a weird mix of watery mouthfeel but at the top is a very earthy and sodden with hops. As if the brewers were going one way then made a sharp U-Turn. This is a real solid IPA overall and one of the few that is an actual low ABV one compared to big DIPAs that usually get put into these bigger cans.