Tag: Echo Park

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Maybe # 3

Over the latter half of 2024, I have been checking Instagram because of the curious case of the account for Monkish Brewing in Echo Park (see below).

I looked again at the start of the new year and still no activity at all.  Perhaps a hoax? Not an official account? Sheer hopefulness and jumping the gun?  

Rest assured that if anything does come to pass, there will be a post about it unless Project 2025 and their neo-prohibition nazi goons take away my right to blog about beer.  (that went from positive to dark quick, didn’t it?)

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Sage Advice

Do not piss off vegans is good life advice overall and even more for any restauranteur in that space.  Echo Park’s Sage found that out when they added regenerative farmed meat to its menu in an attempt to climb out of a financial deficit and though no official word has been seen by me, that probably means that the brewing operations are kaput as well.  During the last hop harvest that I attended, I kept hearing Texas in discussion and that appears where the owners are consolidating down to.

With the loss of Mohawk Bend and Sunset Beer, that makes Echo Park a bit of a craft desert.  

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Echo Flex

A common complaint when going to concerts or sporting events is primarily the price of beer but also finding a good and local craft beer.  Baseball and soccer tend to be better than basketball and hockey but concerts and theatre seemed to lag a bit unless you were BYOBing at the Hollywood Bowl.

But if you are a fan of the musical booking at the famed Echoplex, well your choice of beer just got better with….

…Party Beer Co. has very appropriately added to the party.

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Persimmon-versary

Hard to believe it was only 2017 when Sage Plant Based Bistro expanded into brewing. Picking up a lot of “firsts” in the process . Echo Park’s first brewery. Women owned and brewed. Using local, organic ingredients including hops from their own farm.

Here is the brewery description of their 5 year anniversary beer, “we teamed up with our favorite partners Sow-A-Heart farm to make a saison loaded with fresh persimmons aged with Oak. With a caramel nose this beer is sweet and slightly tart from the persimmons with an oaky finish.”

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Button Mash Back

As the door closes on Sunset Beer, a little ray of light as last week, Button Mash a few blocks down Sunset has re-opened with Tacos 1986 as a new food partner.

That means asada and other treats to go with your craft beer and endless games of Tapper.

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Thunderbolt

I veer into cocktails on occasion, actually bulking up my bar this year for once, so I was excited to try Thunderbolt and their primarily pre-made drinks.

I started with one of two cocktails on the menu that had a charity component to it. $2.00 from the Highball of the Month goes to the Another Round Another Rally fund for hospitality workers. The glass and the slab of ice was very eyecatching with the red/pink of the brambled gin. This is a raspberry drink that you can drink all day.

Next was a final attempt at the famous Negroni. I have had two before this and the strange Campari flavor had left me unfulfilled. The Thunderbolt version was fine but it put the nailin the coffin of me liking Negroni’s.

The location on Temple is done up real well with a dark bar vibe that is pierced by sunlight from two sides. They also have beer and cider but the star is the spirited concoctions.

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Sunset 8

Can you believe it? Sunset Beer Company is close to their Eighth Anniversary! On Saturday, October 19th, they will unveil a very special tap list. Snacks and Masa Pizza will be available when night rolls in. Raise a glass to a classy independent beer shop.

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Sage Echo Park is Brewing


A long time ago, I briefly mentioned on this blog that the Sage Vegan Bistro in Echo Park was in the process of creating a little brewery at their restaurant thereby brewpub-izing it.

A cursory search did not find the name or background of the brewer but the location now has a full bar with 36 taps and down the road, fairly soon now, we should be seeing Sage beers like a habanero pilsner and a rosemary-beet amber.

A 1st visit will be happening soon with a report to follow.

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Another brewery on Sunset?

A few posts back, I talked about Sunset Strip Brewing in the planning process, now there is a brewpub in the planning phase for Sunset Blvd. in Echo Park.

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Sage operates a mini-chain of restaurants in the Los Angeles area and is looking to expand their Echo Park corner into a brewpub.

Let’s see if this comes to fruition.