Lazily wandering through Facebook, I saw this little nugget, “… Boont Amber Ale has just been elected into SF Chronicle’s NorCal Beer Hall of Fame.” And I was, wait, what? There is a NorCal Beer Hall of Fame?
Granted probably not housed in weird looking building like the NFL Hall of Fame in Canton but still. Started way back in, let’s see, 2019. Inducted that first year were Anchor Steam, Lagunitas IPA, Russian River Pliny the Elder, Sierra Nevada Pale Ale, Trumer Pils.
This year’s class is currently hidden to me behind a paywall but the aforementioned Anderson Valley is in as is Fort Point KSA.
It got me to thinking what would be on the SoCal version. 1903 from Craftsman, Solidarity from Eagle Rock, 24th Street Pale Ale from Strand, Blue House IPA from El Segundo Brewing off the top of my head.
Maybe the L.A. Times should start up their own version.