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Beer Brittle

I saw these at the fabulous Bruery Provisions store in Old Town Orange and I hadn’t spent all of my money on beer, I might have picked up these to try.

Here is the description….“Joy Lyn’s introduced their newest product in early 2009 and it has quickly become a popular snack and gift item. The Beer Brittle is a peanut brittle made with Sierra Nevada’s Pale Ale. Each small batch is cooked the old-fashion way….in a large copper kettle, then poured and spread by hand on a warming table. It is packaged in resealable bags displaying the Sierra Nevada Pale Ale Logo.

The beer brittle has a subtle hint of hops and malt and is a delicious taste of sweet and salty. The buttery brittle is a rich golden brown color and has a delightful crunch.”

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Nebraska Brewery # 3 – Empyrean Brewing Company


Our third featured Nebraska brewery is Empyrean Brewing Company and boy have they grown like gangbusters.

It may be due to beers like the newly bottled….
Super Nova Summer Fest
“Easy drinking with hints of sweet corn, bread and caramel, finishing with a blast of citrus hop character and just enough crisp to balance the sweet. It’s a toast to rolling surf, Baja hoodies, beach BBQs and the elusive green flash.”

…or ….
Fallen Angel Sweet Stout
“A smooth-drinking, late-winter wonder. We’ve crafted this English-styled stout using roasted malts and a healthy dose of lactose sugar to produce a creamy-rich beer with hints of roasted chocolate.”

You can find their brews all across the state.

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Beer Bloggers Conference – Day Three


Drinking Flying Fish Exit 4 and listening to Brewvana talk about his view on what beer blogging should be and how he got craft beer on mutiple media outlets.

Before that 8 different “co-workers” gave presentations on what they know about. I have had a lot of great craft beer but I have learned more.

Check out the Facebook posts and Twitter streams to see the minute by minute breakdown. Type in Beer Bloggers Conference and start reading. More detailed cogent posts to follow when I have processed it all.

And a bazillion photos too.

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Without You….

Evil Twin and Mikkeller have some serious creativity. Though the label is boring the name of this new sour ale is pretty cool.

I am hoping that 12%, the importer can bring the beers over here in good condition. And then I hope they can make it to LA.

Would be cool to have a Mikkeller. Evil Twin taste off.

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Beer Bloggers Conference – Day Two


A long but educational day. Many speakers from blogging communities to sensory info. Oh and Jamie Floyd from Ninkasi dressed as Darth Vader. And I captured two Six Points beer. AND my new favorite beer from Breakside. Gin barrel double wit. Just wow. AND a sneak of Jubel 2011. More on that and The Love of Beer movie later in the week.

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In the history books

I may be in Portland, networking with a great group of beer bloggers but that won’t stop me from thinking about the LA beer scene….

Late last month, KCET.org posted an informative slice of Los Angeles history focusing on breweries.

It got me to thinking that we need to get our current LA craft beer boosters and artists to pay a little homage to our past. The easiest way being to make some lagers that call back the old beer names like Eastside and Brew 102. Or maybe make a Zobelein & Maier session ale.

Or to take it one step further, take our new pop-up beer gardens to some of these historical brewing spots and have a history professor talk about the site and and the stories of brewing from the early days of the City of Angels.

I am sure there are some stories to tell.

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Wirtshaus

I was checking out Daniel Drennon’s latest beer escapade and came across Wirtshaus in another section of the LA Weekly.

So LA is getting a German themed restaurant to compete with the Red Lion. I noticed that Gaffel was on the list of their beers as well. You might just see a review of this place in the coming months.