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Science. A large part of beer making. Which is why the name and label of this new Long Beach Beer Lab beer is so great. King of the Petri Dish is a West Coast IPA collaboration with King Harbor Brewing using Citra incognito, cryo and mosaic Hops.
Here is the beer description, “This experiment is super fresh with aromatics of grapefruit, wine must, and diesel dankness. On the palate flavors of white bread, grapefruit, orange, smooth bitterness, crisp carbonation and a clean dry finish.”
Tomorrow Boomtown Brewery releases the latest in their series of artist IPAs. This time it is …..
… aka a colorful can of Hazy DIPA.
If you have Soccer Pants then you need Football Shorts right?
Ambitious Ales took the hazy soccer and then made a “clean and clear version ” with the same hop bill and a similar grain bill from Soccer Pants Hazy IPA. Which returns what the brewery calls an “ultra crisp West Coast out of it with Strata, Mosaic and Southern Passion hops. “
Brewyard Beer Co. has found a nice groove with rice lagers and they have a new one in Kanpai Krush for those that want a fall alternative to maltier beers.
Well, you knew it was coming and you know what will follow in short order. Glendale local brewery Paperback Brewing has teamed with Tarantula Hill for a cold IPA, a DOUBLE Cold IPA.
Triple, Quad and Imperial must be in the works.
Norwalk Brew House has a new Mexican-Style lager with a golden twist, Agua De Oro.
Here is the write-up from the brewery, “This beer is an homage to Latinas in professional sports and women in the commercial brewing industry.
In honor of Latino Heritage Month, we partnered with 4x Olympian Brenda Villa whose Hall of Fame career and 4 Olympic medals has earned her the distinction of being the most decorated athlete in the world for women’s water polo. As a first generation Mexican-American, Brenda’s story exemplifies what it means to live the American dream. Agua De Oro amplifies Villa’s achievements while doing good in the process.
If honoring an Olympian wasn’t enough, the beer also “serves as a fundraiser benefiting The Brenda Villa Foundation, the nonprofit organization that supports youth aquatic programs in underserved communities.”
MadeWest Brewing has a new Hazy DIPA that you will not miss on the store shelf.
World Inside clocks in at 8.5% and hopped with Strata, Citra, Nelson, Mosaic Cryo.
Paperback Brewing has come out with a World Cup beer which is good even though I will not be watching this years edition because of Qatar’s horrible human rights record and anti-alcohol stance (that shifted when SABInBev put their foot down)
This is one of the better labels from the brewery which usually traffics in pulp and puns. It is still too busy by half like most of Paperback’s labels but the throwback artwork works in this context.
Next time the Timbers, Thorns or (poor form) Chelsea play, I will give this beer a whirl.
The AleSmith collabs keep coming, this time Other Half is the other half with Hop Cypher, “a new DDH West Coast-style IPA” This beer might be just a skosh easier to snare than the recent Monkish collaborations with the New York brewery.
Count me as a fan of both a classic cocktail and beers masquerading as one. Allagash Brewing has recently come out with Day’s End, a “red ale that takes inspiration from a cocktail known as the Boulevardier. Brewed with lambrusco grape must, angelica root, and bitter orange peel, then aged in bourbon barrels, this beer balances notes of vanilla, red wine, oak, and caramel.”