Smog City Brewing will be celebrating their 12th Anniversary (almost a teenager) this month and if past parties are any indication there will be fun beers to be had and cans and bottles to grab for later.
Smog 12
No Clouds
Claremont Craft Ales recently released the latest in their Departure Series (they’ve reached double digits) #10- A Simcoe / Strata IPA named Clear As Day.
Squawk
Karl Strauss Brewing continues their collaborative IPA series with Squawk Box IPA. The name should clue you in to the partner in this hop flight, it is Green Cheek Beer Co..
“Inspired by the famed citrus groves of Orange County, this beer is the liquid equivalent of a sun-kissed orange. With a tantalizing mix of Talus, Citra, and HBC-586 experimental hops, every sip is a burst of citrus and stone fruit flavors and aromas”
More Replicants
Replicant, the super fun contract brewery from a Shell gas station in Pasadena has another new beer on the way. But before, I show the label, do plan a visit to get the current Replicant beers. They have cool Sci-Fi art and are fan fiction beers in the best possible sense.
Coffee IPA is a cool sub-style that, at least for me, has more hits than misses, as opposed to a Black IPA.
Smell Like a Pirate
That feeling when you take that first sip of a beer can be Ahhh! Take that into the realm of aroma and you get a new juicy IPA from Glendale brewery, Brewyard Beer. Co.
PV
By law, beer bloggers must always talk about pilsners as if they are on the cusp of popularity. (they are popular, just not IPA popular). So, I present a local option for you pils believers…
….P(alos) V(erdes) Pils from Burning Daylight Brewing.
Patio beer
Stone Brewing has been outside apparently, which is probably why Patio Magic Double IPA is now out.
“This 8.8% botanical creation uses a special ingredient from New Zealand called Phantasm, which is made from Sauvignon Blanc grape skin extract. When making white wine, grapes are pressed off their skins. The skins produce some of those amazing fruit characteristics also found in hops. In combination with certain yeasts and hops it intensifies the flavor and aroma experience.
Combine that with a hefty dose of the experimental hop HBC 843 from Hop Breeding Company, and you’ve got an immensely complex but simply amazing IPA.”
Hoppy N/A Poppy
Figueroa Mountain Brewing is joining the N/A realm with their Hoppy Poppy IPA getting a sibling.
“Hoppy Poppy IPA is brewed with the same bold hop flavors and aromas as the original Hoppy Poppy IPA, but with less than 0.5% alcohol. This allows beer lovers to enjoy the taste and experience of a traditional IPA no matter the occasion.”
Hope this is the N/A IPA one that uses lots of hops.
Downtown Cellar
Kellerbier is the latest release from Angel City Eastside series which usually tackles Germanic styles a bit off the normal beer style track.
This is their DTLA take on a “historical German “Cellar Beer.” This unfiltered pale beer is fermented with lager yeast but is not lagered for too long so it’s served young and fresh – think of it like a rustic Pilsner without the maturation and aging. It has a slight toasted and malty flavor with hints of green apple, and the hops bring about herbal and floral qualities with a touch of fruity hop bitterness for balance.”
Austin the 3rd
El Segundo Brewing started Broken Skull’ing with an IPA then went to a pilsner and now is back to the hops with a Broken Skull DIPA. Probably best to not drink one before any kind of wrestling.