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Featured Review – Pineapple Saison from Angel City

After skillfully handling the sugar from strawberries, Angel City took on another challenge with another sugary fruit in pineapple. How does this Saison fare…

When a fruit is in the beer name, it is either way to over the top and cloying or it is not there at all.  In between is rarely seen.  The Angel City Pineapple Saison which could be a sugary tiki bomb is the rare beer that emphasizes the style first and foremost and then brings the fruit in as a guitar solo or special effect in an action movie.  This has those swirling Belgian yeast esters and slight toast malt notes with the addition of just the right amount of pineapple. 

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Featured Review – Avocado Ale from Angel City

It takes guts to use an ingredient that is in high demand and short supply and is thus expensive but Angel City has come back with multiple versions of their yearly Avocado Ale. Here is my review of the basic 16oz canned version…

Maybe this is the beer equivalent of avocado toast?  Pours a medium yellow color. Lots of grain character.  Neither the taste of avocado or honey comes through but the consistency of both is there.  This is very silky and almost oily. No cilantro or lime at all.  That could use to be amped up.  In, the end, this is a pleasant beer to have alongside something with wilder flavors as a counterpoint.

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‘Cado 19

Avocado August is almost upon us.

Angel City Brewery keeps upping their game with this year’s (4) avocado ale variants:

The day will feature specialty pours including:

  • Classic – Avocado Ale
  • Guavacado Ale – Guava and Avocado Ale
  • Lavacado Ale – Spicy Avocado Ale
  • Javacado Ale – Coffee and Avocado Ale

There is also…”a special cask ale only available on tours: Avocado Grapefruit Ale made with local grapefruits from their non-profit partner Food Forward.“

The festivities run from August 2nd to August 4th.

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Angel Pride

To celebrate both Pride Month and LA Beer Week, Angel City Brewery worked with  the Los Angeles LGBT Center to create LGBTQ Pride,  a base wheat ale that was brewed with a unique set of ingredients such as lemon, ginger, blackberries, tea and quinoa.   You will be able to find the beer at their DTLA brewery and can also be found at the LA Trans Pride, on Saturday, June 15 as well as at the Center’s showing of Hairspray, as part of their OUT Under the Starsseries on Friday, June 21 at Hollywood Forever Cemetery.

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Patio Sours

Sunday, January 27, Angel City will be bringing Sour to the People and to DTLA with special barrel-aged sours.  The day will also mark the opening of their brand new beer garden. 

Below is the sour list with my picks in BOLD.

In addition to their regular lineup, Angel City will also be tapping into a full list of speciality styles for the event, including:

Angel City will also be releasing two bottles that Sunday: Both Stoned Fruit and Nothing at All 2019 vintage will be on sale for $14/each.

According to their press release, “the non-profit partner for the event will be Sunrise Movement Los Angeles, whose goal is to combat climate change. The local non-profit will be hosting a table and raffling off Angel City gift baskets all day, every hour!”

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Angel Lyft

Unless you have the alcohol tolerance of a superhero and not just dressed as one for the coming candy-thon known as Halloween, you will need to use public transit, taxis or Lyft.

As an extra incentive, Angel City Brewery and Lyft are launching a discount. look for pink or green Angel City IPA cans starting on Friday, October 26. Each of these colorful cans has a $5 off codes for new and existing Lyft riders.

To up the ante there will also be a sweepstakes for riders and drivers from November 1st through December 31st. Per the press release, “One lucky rider will win a $500 credit at the brewery and $500 worth of Lyft credits, while one driver will win a $250 credit at the brewery, $500 in Lyft credits and $250 in gas money.”

That’s money saved for candy, turkeys and presents this year if you are lucky enough to win.

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2018 of 666

One of my favorite beers for the scary season is on the way, Number of The Yeast, will return to taps and in a limited amount of 16-oz cans on Friday, September 28th at Angel City Brewery.

And yes, it is good to still have a Black (Cascadian) IPA around in 2018 but the extra cool part is that the brewery has teamed with Art Share and artist Parker Winans for a crazy, dark piece of can art. “Winans’ art will be on display and available for purchase in Art Share L.A.’s rotating gallery series at Angel City Brewery or you can check out his art shop HERE.

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One Released – One to Come

Angel City has released one new beer Mid March and also has another coming mid April….
MARCH – Barreljuice, Barreljuice, Barreljuice – “A beer-exorcist from the Netherworld; a simple saison transformed into a tart, golden, paranormal beer. Brettanomyces fermentation followed by six months confined to Chardonnay wine barrels, conjures an earthy barnyard aroma with hints of stone fruit and grape. This beer is dry yet sour, with subtle flavors of peach and persimmon.”

APRIL – Fuzzy Nelson – “An evolution of Angel City’s own Funky Wit; a Wit beer aged in French oak white wine barrels with Brettanomyces and Roeselare yeast. This “fuzzy” version features Nelson Sauvin hops and California kiwis. It’s sour, hoppy, funky and very approachable.”

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Featured Review – Zero Flocs Given from Angel City

I came home from vacation to find two cans of the best named hazy IPA on my doorstep. Zero Flocs Given from Angel City Brewery is

Pours a slightly hazed light yellow color. Lots of lacing on the glass. Has the signature softness of a NE IPA. Herbal and grassy on the nose. Tastes a bit sticky. There’s good strong bitterness that coats the tongue. A bit of dried orange comes through as well.

I would deem this as an everyman’s hazy IPA. It could easily start someone on a journey of the style.

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Featured Review – Oolong Saison from Angel City

I do appreciate the little touches when I get a box from Angel City Brewery. And with the bottle of Oolong Saison, there was a little packet of Oolong tea. I don’t know if I am supposed to pair the tea with the beer but I like it.

On to the beer…

Pours a hazy orange. A more assertive near Hefeweizen yeast profile. Banana esters here. The tea shows up right at the end but could use more oomph to it. Loads of carbonation that fades to a silky finish. Dry finish and clove, I get. But not the melon or pepper that the label describes.