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We end our field trip to Durham with a stop at a brewery / blendery Barrel Culture. A purveyor of primarily American Wild Ales that are brilliantly colorful in photographs.
Here are my choices for a taster flight (with one palate cleansing stout thrown in)
Y’all So Last Year – Berliner Weiss
Summer Jam – Strawberry, Sweet Dark Cherry, and Pinot Noir Grapes
So Icyyy Base – Passion Fruit And Pink Guava
Game Over – Passionfruit, Mosaic, & Galaxy
Coal Juice Imperial Stout
Our next stop in Durham is at Clouds Brewery. This brewery has spots in both Raleigh and Durham. Clouds began brewing in March 2016, they tilt towards European lagers and ales.
Wolkenbräu Lager
“Hybrid German-American Lager brewed with imported Nobel hops and German pilsner malt with the addition of American adjuncts for a light crisp finish. Our Wolkenbräu lager was the Gold Medal winner of the 2016 NC Brewer’s Cup for Commercial Light Lager!”
One Eye Pale Ale
“Hybrid English-American Pale Ale brewed with imported British pale malts and generously dry hopped with both imported east Kent Goldings and American grown Cascade hops. The bready malt body is well balanced by a combination of US and UK hops.”
Precipitation Pilsner
“Our brewery’s 5th release, the Precip Pils, is a German style Pilsner that showcases a prominent hop bitterness over a mellow malt sweetness.”
Mission to Märzen
“An amber lager, showcasing Pilsner, Vienna and Munich malts. This beer is smooth and malty with just a touch of alcohol on the finish.”
Welcome to 2018! For L.A. Beer fans, it will be a busy first month to the year with many anniversaries and events already on the calendar, anchored by the L.A. Beer and Food Festival. But we will duck outside for this month’s A Book & A Beer and to Durham, North Carolina to visit some breweries from our computers.
~ e-visits to three breweries from Durham, North Carolina perhaps Barrel Culture Brewing and Blending, Clouds Brewing, Fullsteam Brewery or Ponysaurus Brewing Co.
~ special featured reviews of beers bought during one visit to Sunset Beer.
~ Heads-Up on Los Angeles Beer Events
~ Three suggested beers to buy this month. One light, one medium and one dark
~ A Book & A Beer reads The River Why
~ I will tap the Firkin and give my no holds barred opinion on the craft beer world.
Here are two events to get your January started in the Los Angeles craft beer world:
1) January 4th – Boomtown Brewery Tap Take Over at Harajuku Taproom
2) January 13th – Transplants Brewing 2nd Anniversary