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It is high time that Los Angeles craft beer fans get a 10 year brewery! And that brewery is Highland Park. The bifurcated Highland Park / Chinatown brewery will have “special High 10 releases” between March 25th – March 31st.
What is so special, you ask? Well they will “be re-releasing past High anniversary beers each week.” Leading up to High 10.
Cellarmaker Brewing Co. has some cool 10th Anniversary beers with SoCal connections….
Czech GPT, now that is a cheeky use of the versatile Czech as pun generator. Plus a darn good trio of breweries for a pale lager.
Then Blaze Runner with Alvarado Street and Green Cheek. That is four killer collaborators.
Institution Ales, of which I recently reviewed the Fall Seasonal IPA, has a pair of 10th anniversary IPAs that came out at the end of October.
I wish I could get a mixed 4-pack, two of each.
If you haven’t been to the original Highland Park Brewery, here is a reason to head to…
“Our pals at The Hermosillo have been with HPB since day 1, literally! We started off brewing (& still brew) in a tiny space in the back of their spot on York. We’re so excited about their 10th anniversary & so excited to share Hermosillo Lager with y’all!
Hermosillo Lager is a 5.2%ABV lager made in collaboration with The Hermosillo to celebrate their 10th anniversary! Ross & Michael asked for something crisp & hoppy with a focus on more Noble hops, including HopHead Farms Zuper Saazer.”
Double digits is impressive. Doubly so if some of those years were pandemic ones. Bravery Brewing Co. has hit the ten year mark and will have a three day celebration just prior to the 4th of July.
Can you believe that the big bad pecan beer Woot Stout or the full name Stone Farking Wheaton W00t Stout is ten years old? It is back with new comic art for 2022 from Stone Brewing.
I like the art better than the Star Wars theme from last year. This is much more Stone feeling to me and I am sure the beer will be just as luxurious.
Time has taken on a different speed during the last two years so when the number ten is bandied about, it does make you think. Now Select Beer Store in Redondo Beach has arrived at that mark.
So, take the time and drive to the beach and buy a can or two to support.
Two anniversaries to alert you to so that you can raise a glass or buy in celebration of. Mostly because parties are probably not in the cards.
Trustworthy Brewing in Burbank turns five this month
Angel City in the Arts District turns ten this month.
So find their beer, take a pic and wish them both happy birthhdays!
Sunset Beer has reached the double-digit mark and their 10th Anniversary Party will be on Saturday, November 6th.
Here are the details from the Echo Park beermonger, “We expect that our Anniversary Beer “Down Sunset” from Los Angeles Ale Works will be canned AND available at the party. We’ll have a fun and unique tap list ready to go for the event, so we hope you’ll join us in a big “Cheers to Ten Years of Beers” on November 6th. Keep in mind – you will need to be FULLY vaccinated to enter bars in L.A. after November 3rd, so be mindful and prepared for that! Have a great weekend!”
Institution Ales has released a new Pale Ale brewed in with the TOaked Homebrewers Club to honor their 10th Anniversary of brewing at home. (BFH)
Here is how the Camarillo brewery describes it, “This beer is a double-dry hopped Pale Ale featuring Nugget, Mosaic, & Cryo Pop. Cryo Pop is a proprietary hop blend by Yakima Chief hops that’s super tropical and citrusy.”