Just before we ticked over into July, the Beachwood Blendery released Masucot a spontaneous lambic-inspired sour ale aged in oak barrels with Masumoto Sun Crest & Gold Dust peaches & Golden Sweet apricots.
Peaches & Apricots
Passport to Craft
Beer, check. Pizza, check. Sandwich, check and then beer again, check. Sounds like the only passport one needs and a great weekend idea in Long Beach. It’s the Downtown Long Beach Craft Passport which also has a sake coupon too.
Be Well
The Beachwood Blendery has a new “lambic-inspired release: Be Well! Crafted with a blend of spontaneous barrels, apples, chamomile, and honey,”
A Serenade
If you are looking for a summer fruit explosion then look no further than Sangria Serenade from the Beachwood Blendery. It is a “Belgian-style sour ale fermented and aged in oak barrels with Grenache grapes, peaches, strawberries, and citrus. Notes of jammy strawberry, citrus and raspberry shine in this balanced blend.”
Experiential
Beachwood’s The Blendery is changing how you experience their Lambic-inspired beers plus learn more about them and their blending methods.
It is in a similar vein to the bourbon tours that I went on last month. Here are the details…
“Starting October 1st, we’re transitioning to a brand-new service program we’ve been working on to bring you a more personal, exciting, and dare we say geeky Blendery experience.
The Blendery will now operate as reservation-only with various packages that include curated beer flights of our latest releases, detailed tasting notes, charcuterie boards, and guided tours of our custom-designed barrel room.”
Instead of educating one customer at a time over a busy bar, this is a say to really showcase the beer.
Lost in Funk
Beachwood’s Blendery recently re-opened and here is a good reason to re-visit or first visit, Funk Yeah Lost Time Blend, what they are calling the “best of the best.”
50% of the Funk Yeah blend and 50% of two exceptional four-year-old barrels. It will be available in bottles and on draft while supplies last.
Constant and Infinite
Beachwood Blendery has some new blends made in collaboration with Portland’s Von Ebert Brewing that recently released.
Constancy of Change – Belgian-style sour ale fermented and aged in oak barrels with Pixie Mandarin and five spice.
Infinite Resonance – Belgian-style sour ale fermented and aged in oak barrels with Ruby Red Grapefruit & Salt.
Rhubarb Sketch
Rhubarb is not often thrown into the mix but if the Beachwood Blendery is doing it, then expect it to really shine. A choice selection of their aging beer was exposed to the rhubarb and then that was mixed with an apricot flavored beer for the final product. Releases today!
Spontaneous Christmas Celebration
OK the theme is not Christmas but for sour fans Beachwood Blendery and their Seal Beach locations will be filled with spontaneous only beers from December 12th through the 14th.
If you missed the Cellador Sour Fest earlier this year, this is a chance to redeem your beer cred.
Up From the Cellar – Propagation 001 from Beachwood Blendery
I dipped back into my purposefully dwindling cellar stash since the weather has turned a bit cold at night and hot at day so I needed something in-between and I found this gem from the early days of Beachwood Blendery...
This brings back memories from the very start of Beachwood Blendery. The cage was harder to pry off than the cork but once inside I found a simple Brett-astic small Saison. It made my stomach gurgle that night but this was a lovely sipper. Pours with a thick meringue foam. The flavor is all Brett but not overpoweringly so. It is easy to imagine this being a part of a blend. Lot of barnyard funk. Tiny bit of old hat as well.