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It doesn’t take too many broiling SoCal days before you start grasping for anything that will cool you down. Agua Frescas are a great way and why not throw a tropical twist on it….
Los Angeles Ale Works has with their their new fruited wheat beer POGua Fresca.
Here are some of my choices for L.A. Beer Week as of today. I will have tried to pick one for each day ( still need ones for the 17th and 18th ) but there is not a lot of choices on the website. Either the number of events is really low or they are not being added to the main site.
Los Angeles Ale Works and Common Space – Friday, June 13 – Block Party
Homage Brewing – Saturday, June 14 – Nine Year Anniversary
Lincoln Beer Co. – Sunday, June 15 – Dads and Donuts with Randy’s Donuts
Hermosillo – Monday, June 16 – Highland Park Tap Take-Over
Beachwood Blendery – Thursday, June 19 – Bottle Share and Beer Release
Common Space – Saturday, June 21 – Defend the Parks Day
Select Beer Store – Sunday, June 22 – Cellador Tap Takeover
When the temperature rises, our local breweries seem to rise to the occasion with just the right beer for it, like….
…Los Angeles Ale Works getting a cream ale out to us to keep us cool. Add to that a little beer style education with a catchy name as well.
Taking a short break from the We Love L.A. banner of charity beers for the Eaton Canyon and Palisades fires to support three beers outside the main push.
Cerveceria del Pueblo and Arts District Brewing – Flowers for the Canyon
Glad to see an XPA beautiful bright yellow color. Getting a Concord grape note in this. Has a nice bite to it as well.
Paperback Brewing LA Strong IPA
Pours a dark yellow with loads of rising bubbles. Piney and dank. Tastes more like a DIPA. Lots of hops here.
Los Angeles Ale Works ReBuild IPA
This is a prototypical West Coast IPA in 2025. Leaning into the citrus realm while pouring a sharp yellow color
Los Angeles Ale Works has risen up to their 8th anniversary at the original Hawthorne location and on March 8th, they will mark the ocho milestone.
One of my favorite charities along with World Central Kitchen is Habitat for Humanity. Both have been and will be integral to recovering from the devastating wildfires here in Los Angeles.
The latter will be getting a boost from a new beer coming at the end of the month from Los Angeles Ale Works…
It has been a bitter November so let’s dive into some hops to console ourselves. And let’s keep it in the Los Angeles family and within low 7% abv too.
Los Angeles Ale Works Steady Coastin’ West Coast IPA – 7% – “Crisp with notes of juicy melon, berry, sweet fruit, and fresh pineapple.”
Brown Soul Brewing Juguito Hazy IPA – 7.1% – “inspired by our very own Chef Hugo, who many have come to know affectionately, as “Juice”, this hazy IPA packs a punch”
Ambitious Ales Frodo Foggins Hazy IPA – 7.2% – “we took the base of our NZ style Pils and beefed it up into a mighty foggy one! Pillowy soft with lots of juicy character the Freestyle Hops Motueka and Kohia Motueka Hop Kief are bursting with notes of lime sherbert, starbursts and tropical fruit.”
I am Team Cat when it comes to pets ’cause I like their attitude and their presence at breweries and distilleries and Los Angeles Ale Works will be honoring their house cat on Saturday 10/19 for Scrappy’s 7th Birthday, which will see the release of the birthday edition of Scrappalicious Juicy IPA plus other fun activities and maybe, even the guest of honor as well.
I have another Instagram handle for L.A. craft beer fans to follow. @laaleworks_hermosa.
Los Angeles Ale Works will debut their 3rd location in Hermosa Beach in 2025. You can check out the announcement video HERE.
Some breweries tend to go with hazy and others go with juicy when they are labeling their non West Coast IPAs. Los Angeles Ale Works uses the latter and have a new one you should check or or more appropriately check in to, Hotel Hazeway Juicy DIPA with “hoppy notes of peach, passionfruit, white grape and red currant.”