Tag: Beer garden

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Fountain of Youth

This Instagram reel HERE shows a lovely outdoor beer garden in Slovenia where you can buy a commemorative glass and get six pours of local beers.  

At first, I wished that there was one of those in my town but then I realized that it must need to be policed and monitored and maintained all the damn time.  Here in the U.S. those beer taps would be targeted and taken apart or, at the least, graffitied to within an inch of their lives.

Maybe I am being too negative and I should visit this one and see for my own eyes.

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Want To Visit in 2022 Brewery # 3 – Drake’s Dealership

Who doesn’t like a beer garden, especially now when you can tuck yourself away in a corner with a beer and if you happen to be at the Drakes Dealership in Oakland, you can have a wood fired pizza along with your choice from over thirty taps.

Here are a few to tempt you to the bay…

Parma Pils – “Our Director of Packaging and Logistics, Anthony FINALLY brewed a beer. BIG PARMA created an Italian Pilsner for the masses. Enjoy this crispy dry-hopped pilsner which included a hefty dosing of Penne in the mash. We selected a gorgeous Noble hop called Saphir to dry-hop with. This hop gives aroma and flavors of tangerine, and a subtle herbal spiciness.”

Idaho 7 Days a Week – “Idaho 7, one of our brewers’ favorite hops, is going to be presented in a brand new way! Double dry-hop? Triple dry-hop? This extremely dry-hopped beer will explode your mind with the pungent fruity flavor you’ve ever had!”

Smashing Grass DIPA – “Enjoy pound after pound of sticky, resinous, high quality hops in this super dank West Coast Double IPA, including Delta, Simcoe, Citra, Cascade and Nelson Sauvin.”

Death of the Sun Bourbon Barrel Aged Stout – “Death of the Sun came the day the world went black. A beast of an Imperial Stout aged for over a year in the cosmic dark of Heaven Hill Bourbon Barrels. Notes of layered malt, dark fruit and chocolate tame its heat. A beer so good you will rejoice in its perpetual darkness.”

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Top O’ the Wire

Oregon already has an artisan malt house constructing a tasting room and not Crosby Hop Farm is going that route to this summer.  They are working on the TopWire Hop Project, a beer garden on the grounds of the Crosby Hop Farm, “an independent, fifth-generation hop grower, merchant and processor nestled in Oregon’s heralded Willamette Valley.”

The beer garden is “constructed out of a large shipping container” and there will be rotating craft beers, tours of the farm and IPA’s to spare. If only they had a small hotel on site, then I would be set.

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Are You Ready for Some… Three Weavers

It may not be ready when T. Swift opens the new Inglewood Stadium next year but Three Weavers will have a large 20,000-square-foot  presence in the stadium.  There will be a beer garden + opening in 2021 in the Hollywood Park development.

The beer garden per sources “will feature plenty of room for on-site brewing, as well as seating by way of outdoor tables and space for live music.” It is quite amazing that any sort of true craft presence is being invited into one of these projects.  The big beer cabal usually puts the kibosh on any sort competitors even at lesser pro sports venues, let alone a biggie like the NFL.

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No Need to Leave the Airport

beer-flights

Not that the Colorado craft beer calendar isn’t crowded enough now the Denver International Airport will play host to a temporary beer garden.

“The beer garden will be open from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily from Sept. 19 to Oct. 4 in the center of the Jeppesen Terminal. It’s called “Beer Flights” and is presented by the Colorado Lottery.

Admission is $10 with a valid ID for those 21 or older only. It includes a souvenir glass, a bag of pretzels provided by Southwest Airlines, and access to 10, 2-ounce samples of beer.”

A total of 11 Colorado breweries will be represented.

• Avery Brewing Company
• Breckenridge Brewery
• Bristol Brewing Company
• Dry Dock Brewing Company
• Great Divide Brewing Company
• Left Hand Brewing Company
• New Belgium Brewing Company
• Odell Brewing Company
• Ska Brewing Company
• Pug Ryan’s Brewery Company
• Telluride Brewing Company

How do we get LAX on board with this?

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A Christmas ColLAboration

Who says L.A. can’t do Christmas? We may not have the biting cold, or frost, or snow and we may be able to walk around in shorts on Christmas Day but we can do the winter warmer.

Just in beer garden style, one week from today, thanks to the hardworking people behind ColLAboration. “This time around, the garden will feature a selection of winter and holiday brews (including 2 special releases from Golden Road), along with old favorites from: Golden Road Brewing, Eagle Rock Brewery, Cismontane, Hangar 24, Anchor Steam, Sierra Nevada, Eel River, Firestone Walker, Stone, Russian River, Lost Abbey, Dogfish Head, Oskar Blues, Avery, New Belgium, Bootleggers, TAPS, Bruery, Beachwood, Smog City and many more.”

Check out the details on the attached flyer below.

PLUS – Golden Road will be premiering two new beers from their Brewer’s Choice line!

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colLAboration in July

If this can happen…

…then what may happen when the colLAboration takes a month long residence in West Hollywood?

Check out the website HERE to get all the details because you don’t want to miss the beer or the people at these events.

But for starters here is the general where and when….
Saturday, July 9th
12 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Saturday, July 16th
12 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Saturday, July 23rd – A Salute to Belgian Beers!
12 p.m. to 9 p.m.

8950 Sunset Blvd. in West Hollywood, CA 90069

The new Duvel/ColLAb glasses are $15. Those who purchased the $10 glass from the first or second event can use that as their admission; most beers will be $5 to $6.

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the colLAboration continues…

…and here is the latest update, “colLAboration – the mobile craft beer garden from the brains behind Tony’s Darts Away, Verdugo Bar/Surly Goat, Blue Palms and 38 Degrees – is popping-up a second time in Hollywood on Saturday, June 4th at the corner of Gower and Hollywood, from noon til 7 p.m.

The garden will feature dozens of the best in California beers including:
Firestone Walker, Sierra Nevada, Russian River, Beer Valley, Craftsman, Green Flash, Moylan’s, Avery, Alesmith, New Belgium, Dogfish Head, Port/Los Abbey, Eagle Rock, Hangar 24, Oskar Blues, Grand Teton, Uinta and many more.

Also, for the entire month of July, COLLAB will be held every Friday (4 p.m. to 9 p.m) and Saturday (noon to 9 p.m.) on the Sunset Strip right across from the world-famous Roxy Theater, featuring craft beer from California and beyond.

When: Saturday, June 4th 12 noon to 7pm.

Where:6124 Hollywood Blvd. at the corner of Gower and Hollywood

Cost:Those who purchased the $10 glass from the first event can use that as their admission; most beers will be $5 to $6. Glasses will also soon be available for purchase online at http://www.collaboration.la/

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an afternoon of colLAborating

The logo is cool but the idea behind it is even better.

Last Saturday, I got to spend a lovely spring LA day drinking beer. Great craft beer at the ColLAboration pop-up Beer Garden. I partook of Stone Vanilla Bean, Bear Republic Double Rocket. Red Poppy from Lost Abbey but my surprise favorite was the habanero Sculpin from Ballast Point. So balanced that I imagine the technical skill it took to pull that trick off. I probably can’t do a pint of it because of my low scovill tolerance but the few sips I had were great. 2nd place went to Brouwerij West’s Blonde. Perfect on a summer day. I love both of their beers.

Brian from Blue Palms talks the beer list.

Volunteer Alex with the pour.

A blonde ale from Brouwerij West to start the day.

Me with Brian Lethcoe from Nibble Bit Tabby.

vanilla bean porter and triple exultation. Guess the brewers!

More analysis to come on FoodGPS on Thursday morning.