If you are ticking every MadeWest Short-Lived IPA, well there is a new one. ISM Brewing (serial collaborators, them) are the newest…
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Dynamo
Two of the busiest collaborators in the busy have gotten together, Portland’s Von Ebert Brewing and Long Beach based ISM Brewing have just released Dynamic Essence West Coast IPA.
“This collaboration helps us continue to live up to our brand of being a brewery ‘where tradition meets evolution’ – taking a West Coast IPA and putting our spin on it by amping up the terpenes to make a very tasty beer.”
In the Tap Lines for June 2025
Back in the states for hopefully some June gloom as I was starting to like the rainy Irish weather. This is L.A. Beer Week Month, so expect some posts from around the Southland as we all celebrate L.A. even in these uncertain and troublesome times.
~ e-visits to (3) breweries from Northern Ireland, more specifically, Belfast
~ special featured review of the 2025 Unity Brew from ISM Brewing.
~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 Going to the Match by Duncan Hamilton
~ A Podcast & A Beer listens to DC High Volume – Batman
~ Sports & A Beer returns with the off season
~ New Beer Releases and Best Beers of the Month
~ I will tap the Firkin and give my no holds barred opinion on the craft beer world.
LABW 25 – Unity
Big news was dropped last week in regards to the 2025 Unity Brew for Los Angeles Beer Week.
That news is that ISM Brewing out of Long Beach will be the host…
…which is a strong choice. They have been busting out collaborations and great label design work and holding down that promenade corner in Long Beach very well.
B&B
When in Los Angeles, you can obviously get great tacos but pizza and hamburgers are not too far behind either. And it is that last food item that interests us today because this month, Highland Park Brewery has an interesting line-up that will pair very well with their pilsners….
…the last one, Yellow Paper is darn good but I am even more intrigued by what Fluid State from Ventura and ISM from Long Beach are cooking up.
Review – Mere Visions West Coast IPA from ISM Brewing and Brujos Brewing
Gotta powerhouse hype combo for the review today, ISM Brewing in Long Beach have paired up with Portland’s Brujos Brewing on a straight up West Coast IPA, Mere Visions.
This has got to be one of the lightest straw yellow IPAs that I have come across. Hopped with an impressive roster of Columbus Cryo, Mosaic Cryo, Strata, Simcoe and Chinook. Very well balanced overall. That Simcoe smell comes through. There is a medium hop hit before a soft bed of wheat notes. You could call this a White IPA as well.
1SM
ISM Brewing is ready for their 1st year anniversary close-up in Long Beach next month and I can bet it will include some fun beer and food treats.
BP11
The now mostly quarterly Beer Paper LA will be holding an 11th Anniversary shindig at ISM Brewing in Long Beach near the end of the month. I will be up north in PDX but this would be a good time to visit ISM, if you haven’t already….
LABW 2024
This month is going to be all about L.A. Beer Week posts, so buckle up. Of course the signature event is the festival in Long Beach but lets get some other events talked about like to start, this fun event in, checking notes, Long Beach…
June 14 – ISM Brewing will be tapping beers from all our neighboring Long Beach breweries. Additionally, we will have cans and draft pours of the LB Super Collaboration from Trademark Brewing. Craft Beer LB will be in popping up and will have rad LB merch for sale. Hang out with us, jam out with our DJ and taste the best of what LB has to offer. Breweries include: Ambitious Ales, Ten Mile, Syncopated, Beachwood Brewing and Blendery, Altar Society, Trademark, Steady and Belmont Brewing.
June 16 – Highland Park Brewery is hosting a Lager CanJam on Sunday June 16th, 2024! Inspired by our friends, Threes Brewing, we asked some breweries from around the country to send us a case of their tastiest lager!
June 18 – Calling all Cicerones, beer nerds, home brewers, pro-brewers, and just general trivia fans! Brush up on your beer knowledge and head to the Angle City taproom on Tuesday, June 18th. We’re celebrating LA Beer Week with beer-themed trivia.
More events on scheduled, these are just my first set of picks. More to come.
Review – Two from ISM Brewing
One of the breweries that I am hyped about is ISM Brewing in Long Beach. I grabbed a couple in cans recently and it is review time.
Coastal Curves is the hopped up West Coast Pilsner and it pours a bright and bubbly yellow. Aroma is definitely hoppy. Getting a bit of Simcoe, I think. There is a bit of berry here. also a peppery note as well. Not super crisp but there is a minerality there that keeps this from veering into pale ale territory.
Sonic Substance a collaboration with Creature Comforts and it too pours a bubbly, vibrant yellow color. Getting a bit of a soft pine near a citrus grove feeling from this one. Not dank but not a fruit bomb either. Tastes heavier than the 6.66% listed ABV.
If forced to choose, I would go toward the pilsner. But it is a close race.