Gunbarrel Brewery # 1 – Finkel & Garf

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The name may conjure up the old-timey department store that your grandma bought you sweaters for your birthday but Finkel and Garf is in fact it is our first stop in Colorado and the Gunbarrel district in Boulder.

It is a father and son brewery that has two goals:
1.“To make outstanding craft beer.“
2.“To facilitate great moments among family and friends.”

They also don’t take themselves too seriously adding toys to their logo instead of the usual beer images or fancy fonts.

Onto what I would drop into my taster tray: (they use the one word method of description)

Cream Ale – Creamy + Malty + Floral
Oatmeal Milk Stout – Roasty + Chocolate + Malty
American Lager – Crisp + Dry + Floral
Pale Ale – Malty + Hoppy + Citrus
Rye Saison – Spicy + Tart + Crisp

In the Tap Lines for April 2015

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There will be some Firestone Walker coverage this month. For that, I do NOT apologize. This year marks the third trip to beautiful Paso Robles to catch up on all things Parabola, Easy Jack and Feral. Don’t worry, there will be plenty other beer news too.

~ e-visits to three breweries from new-ish brewers in the GunBarrel District of Colorado Asher Brewing, Vindication Brewing, Finkel & Garf
~ special reviews of beers from Bell’s (that I didn’t do last month)
~ Heads-Up on Los Angeles Beer Events
~ Three suggested beers to buy this month. One light, one medium and one dark
~ Beer-centric podcast review, Tales from the Cask
~ I will tap the Firkin and give my no holds barred opinion on the craft beer world
~ … and Session # 98 will converge bloggers onto a single topic, this month it is Cans or Bottles

Here are two events to get your April started in the Los Angeles craft beer world:
1) April 7th – National Beer Day at Project Taco
2) April 15th – Beers and Cheers with El Segundo Brewing at the Doughroom.