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1st Visit – Broken Timbers Brewing

Tucked into a very sparsely populated industrial park, Broken Timbers Brewing has a country shabby chic interior and a tap list with an altbier as a mainstay. 

I went through a taster tray of a variety of non hoppy beers and came away impressed. I had a light lager which actually had some flavor and mouthfeel and their Dublin Dawn Irish Coffee Oatmeal Stout was redolent of Irish whiskey without going too far in that or a too sweet direction. The stout and altbier were also quite nice. 

My visit was to the main brewing location but they also have a nearby satellite tap room as well.

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Best Beers of April 2025

This month coffee infused beers are ascendant. Starting with Long Beach based Trademark Brewing and their Morning Drive Coffee Cream Ale which I tasted at their new outpost in Torrance. This was followed up by Broken Timbers and their Dublin Dawn Oatmeal Coffee Stout, which had a real nice coffee meets whiskey but without going too far.

But my favorite of the month is a collaboration between Faction Brewing in they Bay Area and Riip Beer. It is Bergs of a Feather, a Hoppy Dark Lager. I complain about Black IPAs rarely striking the hop to dark balance, but this hit all the marks for me.

I also want to mention the Meet Me in the Woods cider from Benny Boy here in Los Angeles. It is pricey for sure, but I found a unique strawberry meets spruce combo to really work. But my drinking buddy, Rich sure thought it was too much tree for his liking.