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Smog City has a wicked cool sour and aging program but they also impress with their IPAs. And there is a new one in 6-packs, Wow Pop! IPA flies under the “Crushable” moniker and per the brewery features notes of “juicy peach, pine needles, and toasted grain before arriving at a satisfying grapefruit rind bitterness.”
The start of March is gonna be hoppy here in Los Angeles. The L.A. IPA Festival wll take over Mohawk Bend for a weekend of over 60 IPAs on tap.
For a twist this year, there will be VIP food and IPA
packages available. Below is the information (The Sunday package
sounds killer to me)
SATURDAY, MARCH 2, 2019
•Doors open at 9:30am
•Industry Judging & People’s Choice all day
•Awards at 4pm
•No Tickets or Reservations
SUNDAY, MARCH 3, 2019
•Doors open at 9:30am
•Build You Own Flights all day
•Walk-ins Welcome
VIP PACKAGES:
•Satruday Brunch With The Brewers Package – $40
Brunch with the Brewers and judge IPAs along with the pros!
•Saturday Final 5 Judging Package – $30
Judge the 5 California West Coast-style IPAs that make it to the Finals!
•Sunday No Leftovers Package – $45
Join us for a recap brunch featuring your choice of 1 brunch appetizer and 1
brunch entrée, as well as unlimited tastes of any of the remaining Los Angeles
IPA Fest beers!
Just when I think that Brouwerij West has made too difficult a label, well, they go and top themselves. This time mauve, pink and blue clouds grace their latest IPA, Hitchhiking Ghosts. Oh and I bet the liquid inside it just as artistic.
I am a huge proponent of the charity beer be it all the proceeds, part of the proceeds or even just raising awareness. Anchor Brewing has added a new IPA to their line-up, Baykeeper to honor that group’s 30th anniversary of being an advocate for one of the most iconic bays in the world.
This might be interesting to search for in your grocery store, Columbus Craft Meats now has an IPA salami. I don’t know if the spice to hop balance will showcase both but this looks to be a fun item to pair with your favorite hazy.
We are close to the 2018 finish line, here is the next holiday ale…
A canned San Diego IPA from Pure Project.
We head north of Los Angeles to http://braverybrewing.com/ for their savior-tastic winter DIPA…
“Introducing HOP JESUS! This flavor savior is all about the hops. This Double IPA receives a triple dry-hopping of Amarillo, Cascade, Citra, Mosaic, and Simcoe hops giving it bright notes of grapefruit, passion fruit, and tangerines.”
Hidden World of New Zealand has a new Gin that is also an IPA, or is it vice-versa?
Bad News – Now the Feijoa & Citra Hop version is out of stock but, since this whole gin endeavor is “a collaboration between Luke Nicholas of Epic Brewing Company and Anthony Sexton of Vaione Gin” then it might be worth looking for this brand and then stocking up on tonic too.
Amongst the can designs, Boomtown is making quite a mark with their artist series. This time they have enlisted the artist DJ Neff to design their DIPA, “Graffiti”. It will be available in 4-packs and on draft at 12pm on Saturday, December 8th at their DTLA tasting room
Here is the beer info from the brewery…
“Graffiti is an 8.4% Hazy Double IPA brewed with Citra, Mosaic, and 007 hops. Enjoy notes of Pineapple, Tropical Fruit, Kiwi, Grapefruit and Lime Rind.”
We head hazy to local Eagle Rock Brewery and their multi-hued can of hazy IPA goodness, All Your Oats.
Available now. So get some before the 16oz cans are gone for the year.