Since my initial visit to Mumford in DTLA, I have been back two more times and it is time to update my views on the beers and the brewery. The big plus now is that they have a crowler fill station up and running. For $10-$12 bucks you can take home a fresh can of beer. That is great.
What also is heartening is that the beers are gradually improving. In my first taster tray, I really only enjoyed the LA Crema. The rest, including a strange rauch-hop IPA were underwhelming. Now hop heads have their choice of multiple IPA’s and a double IPA. I found Rambis IPA to be to my liking as was the DIPA, Looters. The Hop Rations IPA had a brilliant tropical fruit forward start but then faded into a strange bitterness that coated the tongue. It was truly a Jekyll and Hyde beer. The new dubbel tasted more like a German hefe crossed with a pretzel. It was fine if a bit watery but certainly not up to dubbel strength. The Scottish Stout, Groundskeepers was just fine. Nice dark color and easy drinking malt base.
The beer is improving to match the surrounding and on Sunday, you can park in the lot next door for free.
The beer variety is fine though I don’t quite taste a house character or a theme to their offerings that would mark them as unique but that may come in time.
