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Long Time No See – Brewery at Simmzy’s

With quite a few breweries in Los Angeles, it is hard to keep current and some places with long gaps between visits. I am going to try to rectify that situation this year and re-visit more often, with the first stop being Simmzy’s in Burbank.

I started with the Zwickle Tickle because who can pass up a kellerbier. That is me being serious by the way. Need to see more Zwickle on tap lists. It was a light and refreshing start to the evening. I also tasted the longest named beer on the list and it was the Schwarzbier was the equal of the Zwickle. Now a pause before tackling the final beer that I tasted, I don’t quite understand the whole tequila and bourbon shot thing. I understand them separately, but I am not a mixer by nature and it seems weird to have an IPA and then shoot down some Maker’s Mark.

I then tasted the Hazy Batch # 5 and it was good to start. Big fruit taste and aroma but as it warmed it morphed into a really not much bitterness beer with a touch of butter taste to it. Not having had any of the previous 4 versions, I don’t know what comparison to make but it didn’t end up working for me.

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Re-Visit – Gordon Biersch

There are certain breweries that still plug along but seem to have been passed by beer-wise. BJ’s being one and Gordon Biersch being the other.

So I found myself in Burbank with time to kill before my fantasy football draft and decided to visit again for the first time in years.

Here are my quick notes on the beers from the taster tray:

Golden Export – pretty light yellow. Little corny. Bit viscous. Carbonation at the back helps. 

WT-Hef – clove centric and not really hazy but still a nice spice focused version

10th inning IPL – lightest colored beer.  Sweet tart bitterness.  Light on the tongue. Lemon 

Oktoberfest – solid. Little mineraly though. Pretty light too.

Blonde Bock – not bad. Strength comes through.  Plain but tasty. Little bit fusel 

Last Dance DIPA – old school DIPA.  Heavy on alcohol. Some orange rind notes. Middle of the Road.

Overall the place has not changed at all it was busy on a Thursday and not because of how great UCLA was playing. The menu is now tour of styles and not as Germanic leaning as it once was. I really liked the taster flight with bartenders choice it was a fun little extra and the price of $5 is an absolute steal even if the beer isn’t the hippest or adventurous around.  I don’t think that it will be earning a brewery rotation spot but they must be doing something right.