Strand + Cinco

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Strand Brewing Tap Takeover at Cinco tomorrow night from 3pm to 11:30pm

Enjoy half pints, full pints, and four, six and eight pour tasting samplers of Strand Brewing brews and “Drunken Tacos” during Cinco’s Tap Takeover with Strand Brewing.

Every time a guest buys a beer, taco or sampler, they can toss their name in a raffle jar to win sweet Strand prizes including hats, shirts and pint glasses. One lucky winner will go home with a rare special release Strand Second Sheep Russian Imperial Stout.

MENU SPECIALS:  “Drunken Tacos” – Strand Beach House Amber Beer-Battered Shrimp, pickled radish slaw, topped with a creamy chipotle salsa (two for $7)

BEERS ON TAP: Beach House Amber, 24th St. Pale, Atticus IPA, White Sand Imperial IPA, Bahgeera East India Pale Ale (3rd Anniversary Beer) and the last keg in LA of Ito-Weisse, Cherry Ito-Weisse and Musashi Black IPA

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Strand in Bottles

It is getting easier than ever to get your favorite LA craft beers in bottles!  El Segundo and Beachwood are now available and Monkish may be following suit soon and Strand Brewing will be jumping into the game mid-month.

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And you can grab some of these handsome bottles at their tap room this Saturday March 16th from 12-8

the following Beers will be available in bottles:

24th Street Pale Ale
Atticus IPA
Beach House Amber Ale
Second Sleep Imperial Stout

*Bottles are for take out only, same as a growler

And while you are there you can also sip on the re-released White Sand Double IPA on draft that day and/or sample a Special Cask of Oaked Second Sleep Russian Imperial Stout tapped at Noon.

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Let’s REALLY Tour – Strand Brewing

Foreword
Usually my tours are of the electronic variety, I wish I could tour breweries and write about them for a living but that is not the case (yet!). But today is different. An actual visit, with photographic proof.

I have met the fine people (Rich and Joel) behind the Strand Brewing enterprise at a few events over the last few months. And two days ago, I got to visit the brewery!

The iconic Strand logo on the door to the brewhouse
How about a hoppy IPA?
The beer bubbling away
Tap Handles that are made by the brewer!
A keg ready for the road

There is no one successful model in creating a brewery. But there is one constant. Caring about the quality of the beer first. Yes, the branding is important. Yes, the customers are important. And I learned a lot from talking to Rich about his views on those topics. But I could tell that the beer really comes first at Strand. They want a product that is up to their expectations and it is why Rich is especially proud of his re-order rate (100%).

I can assure you that Strand will be talked up even more this year as more people taste the Beach House, Atticus and 24 Street.