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LABW9 & Angel City


Angel City will be releasing a new beer and a new beer to cans as part of their week long LABW9 celebration but they will also have the Vagabond Cheese people in for an event as well. Oh, and the DTLA United shuttle will have a special night too.

June 19th: Ale Academy – Beer and Cheese – Angel City Brewery and Vagabond Cheese present a special addition of Ale Academy with a guided beer and cheese pairing. 7-8pm. Tickets HERE

June 20th: Purple Grain Launch Party – Sip the craft beer creation that won Angel City’s 2016 “What Would You Brew” competition alongside the creator, as well as Angel City Brewery’s Head Brewer, Layton Cutler. 6-8pm. Free.

June 23rd: Sunbather Can Launch – Angel City Brewery’s Sunbather Ale has quickly become a fan favorite, and for a limited time during LA Beer Week, Angel City Brewery will be selling this tart, juicy beer in cans in the Public House Retail Shop. Join us in celebrating this new can release with music by our own brewer DJ Tyler & friends, poster giveaways featuring Sunbather-inspired art and guided brewhouse tours for a behind the scenes peek at how the beer was brewed. 4-6pm. Free.

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Day 1 – Unity 2017


For the 9th annual L.A. Beer Week, El Segundo Brewing has been put in the lead and hosted this year’s Unity brew.

It will not come as a shock that they went for their wheelhouse to do an IPA. But to add that extra local quality they had the brewers from the Guild attack local CA citrus and zest it by hand. That and the juice was added for this years brew.

And since ESBC knows how to distribute across the area in one (amazing) day, the new Unity IPA will be available pretty much everywhere on June 9th. Eagle Rock and Ladyface are good options and for a possible two-fer you can try Simmzy’s Burbank which will be pouring their 1st batch and probably Unity too!

#LABeer Come’s Together – Now More Than Ever

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LABW9 & Mikkeller DTLA


If your plans for L.A. Beer Week include DTLA then Mikkeller has a trio of intriguing events scheduled.

Starting on June 17th, they will celebrate the Mexican Craft Beer Scene. With a South of the Border line-up featuring:

Cerveza Fauna, Mexicali
Border Psycho, Tijuana
Cerverceria AguaMala, Ensenada
Cerverceria Wendlandt, Ensenada
Cerverceria Insurgente, Tijuana

On Father’s Day, the man himself Mikkel Borg Bjergso will be on hand along with the brewers from the Mikkeller to the south, San Diego for a one-night only private beer dinner. It will feature “5 exclusive beers from Mikkeller SD paired with 5 unique courses from Executive Chef Enrique Cuevas.”

Thirdly, AleSmith and Pizza Port take over the taps on June 22nd bringing more San Diego treats to L.A.

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In the Tap Lines for June 2017

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Get ready. The first part of the month will be filled with Firestone Walker Invitational re-capping and the last half will be all about L.A. Beer Week including my review of the Unity Brew that was brewed at El Segundo this year.
~ e-visits to three breweries from Nashville, Tennessee. Southern Grist, Honky Tonk Brewing and Czann’s Brewing Company
~ special featured review of the newest Unity beer for LABW
~ 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 The Mezcal Rush
~ I will tap the Firkin and give my no holds barred opinion on the craft beer world.

Here are two events to get your June started in the Los Angeles craft beer world:
1) June 1st – Libertine Flight Night at Southland Beer
2) June 2nd – Beer Camp Across the World at Select Beer in Redondo Beach

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#LABW9 is packed with beer happenings!
Make the most of the remaining days of L.A. Beer Week by checking the calendar for event information.

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#LABW8 – A Look to 9

So the 2016 edition of L.A. Beer Week is behind us.
Time to reflect on what worked and what else I would like to see happening…
1. I liked the idea of the Gold Line Pub Crawl with different breweries featured at different bars along the route of the train. Next year, it should expand to the new Metro line and the Red Line too. Heck, maybe even the Orange Line busway too.

2. I like the idea of Kick the Keg and Battle of the Guilds and the other competitions but it would be good to have more focused, smaller contests. Select Beer in Redondo Beach had the right idea with four IPA’s going head-to-head. Maybe have mini-contests each day of the week. Monday is Best IPA with one each from San Diego, San Francisco and LA, then the next night, rotate to a new bar for Saisons and so on.

3. The Kick-Off Fest needs to sit in one place for a while. L.A. Center seems to have enough space and the layout was A-OK this year, so I vote for keeping it there if possible. The other idea would be to alternate years. One on the Eastside and the next year Westside but at the same locations .

4. Food and Beer pairings are still out there but I would love to see (again) more focused events that are not so wallet damaging. Beer and cupcakes would be lovely. Special Beer and (insert favorite food here) pairing events in the vein of The Oinkster’s Burger Week.

5. Oregon Night at Beer Belly was a great idea and I would like to see that extended to the Brexiteer’s or German beers.
As usual, the organizers (especially the esteemed Franny) and the breweries are to be commended for all of the hard work and sweat put into this year’s craft beer celebration. The work for one festival is jaw-dropping. But they had to deal with two plus all the events in-between. All so we can have a plethora of choices.

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#LABW8 – Beer Belly goes to Oregon

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As a native of Milwaukie, Oregon, when I saw that Beer Belly was using #LABW8 for a night of Oregonian beers, it was literally the first thing on my calendar for the week.

And the list was full of rare in L.A. beers. I had my eye on the Session IPA from Breakside and the Banished Barrel-Aged Freakcake from Crux Fermentation. Both of which did not live up to my expectations. Rainbows & Unicorns was really light and just not hoppy at all. Freakcake was sour with a Christmas-y spice profile that finished with a teeny-tiny bourbon barrel push at the end.

Luckily, other beers did live up to the hype. Both Cascade sours were excellent with Figaro getting the nod over Shrieking Violet because it was more complex all around. Buoy Beer’s NW Red Ale seemed more ESB’ish to me but was a good finish to the night.

On nights like these, I wish there was a mega-taster flight. Maybe 3oz pours of each beer. Or I will have to wait for next year, and maybe Beer Belly goes to Oregon, Part 2.
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