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People are starting to see that L.A. is a destination for beer lovers as well as people who enjoy driving in traffic.
Now that will be even more evident when you read this piece on L.A.’s noteworthy beer bars and gastropubs that is online at the main craft beer website hub CraftBeer.Com.
It is an excellent primer for those new to our beer and also a reminder for those old hands of places that you should probably re-visit.
The second Huntington Beach brew to review is Sweet Crude Stout. And though I don’t like comparing beer to petroleum products, I am glad that Beach City bottles their scaled down or small version of their Imperial Stout.
Now, on to the review: Dark chocolate and a smokey roast greet the nose from the Sweet Crude. There is a sharp tinge with some metallic note to it that is the dominant take-away from the beer. Underneath is a coffee ground taste that would play well as a brunch beer if there wasn’t also a smoke note there as well. A well-carbonated rauch meets stout.
For me, there is too much of a spike to this beer where it needs to be velvety. Also the taste really sticks to the top of the palate and makes me want a drink of water to release it. Nothing technically wrong here, it just doesn’t have the flavors that I desire, in the right balance, for me to really enjoy it.