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A Rare Thanksgiving

The Stout mini-chain has another round of their Beer Fest for Beer Geeks events coming on November 18, 2017

The next “The Rare Experience” will be “featuring about 20 celebrated breweries pouring rare, barrel-aged, funky, sour and often inaccessible beers. The Rare Experience takes place outside of the restaurant’s Hollywood location from 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm..

A partial list of breweries includes “Allagash Brewing, Almanac Beer Company, Epic Brewing and High Water. Local breweries Boomtoon Brewery, Dry River Brewing and Craftsman Brewing will be on deck, while the popular Fremont Brewing and Third Window are making their debut.”

General Admission tickets are $50 and includes unlimited tastings (rare bottle pour tickets available for purchase) with entry at 2:00pm. VIP tickets are $70 and get you access to rare bottles throughout the event, plus an early entry time of 1:00 pm.

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Make Mine Rare


When Stout brings out kegs and special bottles for a festival, they are not your garden variety beers. You will find quite a few foreign beers which might be a good course correction after L.A. beer-ing this week.

So you might want to check out the latest beer list for their upcoming July 1st Rare Beer event, right HERE!

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Today is International Stout Day

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Whether you like collecting badges on Untappd or you just need an excuse to drink something other than an IPA, International Stout Day (aka TODAY) is here to help. And, of course celebrate the classic beer style, Stout.

Learn more about Stout Day and then head to a craft beer shoppe and try one.

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Share-able

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Beers from The Bruery come in a bottle size and (sometimes) ABV that promotes sharing and now the Orange County brewery has announced a new bi-annual beer series, Share This.

The basics are that each release of Share This will both “spotlight unique ingredients and an important cause in a specific region.” The only constant being that the base beer will be an 11.9% ABV imperial stout.

ST:1 is an “imperial stout with Bourbon & Catimor variety coffee beans from the Cagat family farm of the highlands of Mindanao island in the Philippines.” The coffee coming to The Bruery via Mostra Coffee.

More importantly, each bottle of Share This™: Coffee produced, one dollar is donated to Free Wheelchair Mission’s efforts in the Philippines. Free Wheelchair Mission (FWM) is a nonprofit organization that provides wheelchairs at no cost to people with disabilities living in developing nations.

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Featured Review – 30th Anniversary from Bell’s

In addition to reviewing a pair of San Diego beers that were new to me, I have two Bell’s beers to review. And this one is special…
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This one pours really thick. Almost an oil like sheen to it after the dark brown head fades down to nothing.  The aroma is chocolate covered black licorice.  There is a bit of heat to this at that back that lingers but it can barely contain the anise notes. If you liked the Italian licorice notes in Expedition Stout then this one doubles up on that fun. There is also a touch of coffee ground bitterness snuck into the mix as well as a boozy rum barrel sweetness.   This anniversary ale comes in a 12oz bottle which makes for sharing because this falls into the category of sampler size is best.  Get two friends and share one bottle.

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Featured Review – Flying Cloud Stout from Anchor

I am splitting the featured beer reviews in two.  Anchor and Base Camp will alternate through May.  And we start on the Flying Cloud from Anchor Brewing.

There is a gorgeous dark brown head on this beer. One of the darkest I have seen. It fades away all too quickly and the glass is filled with an inky black export offering.

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The taste is very full and thick. Bitterness. Coffee dreg bitterness is first to announce itself followed by a slight hint of milk chocolate. I can’t believe no coffee was added to this beer because it has the hallmarks of a coffee porter. There is also a bit of burnt notes in the mix as well.

This would be a morning beer substitute to go with eggs and bacon and a hearty breakfast.

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Sean Suggests for March 2015

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Since last month was light and local, this month we go towards chocolate flavors and expand our reach from Pennsylvania and up the coast of California as far as Paso Robles.

~LIGHT
Surf Brewery / Surfer’s Point Amber 5.00% ABV
” Named after our local surf break by the pier, Surfer’s Point, this amber Lager is brewed in the style of a Vienna Lager. The beer brings a clean malt sweetness balanced against American noble hops. Featuring soft notes of toasted bread and hints of chocolate wrapped up with a clean lager.”

~MEDIUM
BarrelHouse Brewing / Stout 6.00% ABV
” Since the first batch, our people can’t get enough of this creamy, complex, drinkable stout. We crafted this unfiltered brew with oats for creaminess, lactose for sweetness, Belgian dark syrups for intense dark fruit notes, dark malts for a hint of chocolate and coffee roast, and just enough hops for an award winning bittersweet finish. The perfect beer made for the perfect moment. “

~DARK

Victory Brewing / Deep Cocoa 8.50 % ABV
“We’ve unlocked the mysteries and nuances of malts to deliver these luxurious and provocative flavors in this complex and satisfying porter. Raise your glass and taste the Victory of Deep Cocoa! Aromas of roasted malts blend with deep, dark chocolate in this bold and intense chocolate porter. The deceptively light body bursts with chocolate and nuttiness finishing with a lingering chocolate bitterness”

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Review – Mean Old Tom from Maine Beer

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2014 has been filled (already) with firsts.  Me getting to try my first beers from breweries new and old.  And another brewery etches its name on the list.  Maine Beer Co. from Freeport. Here is my review of their Stout aged on Vanilla beans, Mean Old Tom.

First off (sorry about that), love the simplicity of the label.  Believe it or not that does send a message almost as powerful as the aroma of a beer.  “Do What’s Right” really resonates with me.  The initial aroma isn’t as vanilla forward as I thought it would be.  Beneath the espresso/latte foam lies a smooth mellow and persistent hit of milk chocolate.  Some bitter coffee notes linger just out of reach as well.

Flavor wise, again it hits the milk chocolate.  Maybe that is the subtle mixture of chocolate malt with the vanilla beans that creates that.  The taste is really nice though. And I get a hint of cola flavor as well.  And while it isn’t velvety smooth, Mean Old Tom isn’t thin on the palate either.  It is riding the line in between which is rare these days.  Same for the ABV.  This is light but deep.