Monrovia’s Hop Secret has a new summertime brew out now, Hop Springs, a West Coast Lager.
Described as “a crisp and clean lager with a burst of West Coast hop flavors at ABV: 5.5%.”
Hop Springs Eternal
Wish I Could Get It – Diamond Rain
We head to Astoria for a super limited coastal coolship combo of Fort George Brewing and Brothers Cascadia Brewing. Diamond Rain…
“In 2019, Brothers Cascadia Brewing parked their coolship in our courtyard and we brewed a collaborative wort, inoculating it with local wild yeasts and bacteria. The beer sat in oak in our cellar for over three years before we split it into two batches, adding copious amounts of Blackcap Raspberries to one, and blending both with a one-year-old mixed culture saison. We bottle conditioned the two blends for almost a year and now, four years after the initial brew, Diamond Rain is ready to fall.”
A Serenade
If you are looking for a summer fruit explosion then look no further than Sangria Serenade from the Beachwood Blendery. It is a “Belgian-style sour ale fermented and aged in oak barrels with Grenache grapes, peaches, strawberries, and citrus. Notes of jammy strawberry, citrus and raspberry shine in this balanced blend.”
New from PRSC
The People’s Republic of South Central are back with a new hazy IPA release, The BLVD with Citra, Nectaron, Galaxy and Sabro Cryo leading to flavors of key lime, cantaloupe and honeysuckle.
Look for it on their website or in distribution.
Barley Smoked
The Bruery has a lot of very creative beers each year. I do scroll by many of them but each time I do see one or two that pique my interest. Such as….
…rye and barrel is just a great start and barleywine and smoked make things unique so I will look for it.
Angel Coast
You know summer and its high, high heat are here when the new pilsners start rolling in, here is another, this time from DTLAs Angel City…
Formed
Replicant at the Arroyo Shell has a new IPA coming out with the not greatly appetizing name of Malformation Hazy IPA. Good to see that they are having luck having un-named breweries work with them on this fun series of beers.
Park It
Park’s BBQ is having a bit of an L.A. moment. Getting lots of good press for their Korean BBQ. Now they have teamed up with the gastropub Father’s Office for a lager to pair with that food.
Will add to my never diminishing list of places to visit.
Sunny Pils
Two words, not one for Pizza Port’s newest release, “Sun Sets is a Pilsner hopped with New Zealand hop varietals of Motueka and Nelson. This NZ-style Pilsner is also brewed with Phantasm, a grape musk from New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc grapes.”
Looking like a hoppy pilsner summer on the way.
Riip’d
No signs of craft collaborations quiet quitting anytime soon and here is another one to look for, that I particularly like the label for because it combines both breweries trademark look….
As for the beer itself, Riip’d Into Existence has your Mosaic T90 and Cryo, Strata CGX, Columbus Cryo, and El Dorado so should be just a touch hoppy.