This one almost slipped my mind, but I’m glad it didn’t, cause this is too good to miss! This Friday at 8pm, The Daily Pint is holding an IPA tasting, complete with a whole spread of food pairings. There are a ton of great beers that we never get in LA. After finally trying Blind Pig a couple weekends ago from the bottle, it’s great to see we’ll be getting a keg of it. Hit the jump for a full list of beers that will be served at the Pint.
Have you ever had one of those times when you do something, and then you think to yourself, “Wow, that was a total Forrest Gump moment” ?
Maybe it was a time you brought a friend ice cream at the hospital. Maybe it was your athletic prowess that resulted in a meet and greet with the president. Or maybe your Forrest Gump moment was a bit more literal.
Well Nick Moffatt has been having a Forrest Gump Moment every day for the past five months of his life. That’s because right now, Nick is crossing the US on foot.
Forrest Gump Moment
He started in New York back in June, and next week, he finally makes it to the Santa Monica Pier.
To celebrate the completion of more than 3000 miles of walking, Nick will be kicking his feet up and enjoying a few pints of the finest cask ale Southern California has to offer.
Come join Nick, by him a pint, or even better, donate what you can to the charities he’s walking for.
A portion of all cask ale sales from the night will be donated to the American Legion Legacy Scholarship fund.
Wednesday, November 19th, 2008 at the Daily Pint
The Daily Pint will be pulling out some pretty sweet casks for the event, and all 4 beer engines will be running. Check back a couple days before the event, and I will try and post the beer list. Also check out the Daily Pint’s website, linked below.
Daily Pint
2310 Pico Blvd.
Santa Monica, CA
For more info on the event, visit Nick Walks America and California Beerzine
Firestone 12th Anniversary
OK, I’ll admit it. I’ve known about tonight’s Firestone tasting at the Blue Palms Brewhouse for a couple weeks now. I caught wind of it a couple weeks ago at Brian Yaeger’s Red White and Brew book release party, but have been reluctant to post it up on here, in fear that all the 10, 11, and 12 will be gone before I get there.
OK, maybe a little silly, but still. We’re talking about a vertical tasting of all of Firestone’s anniversary releases on tap. In addition to 3 of the most sought out beers in the country, they will also have kegs of Lil Opal, Saucerful of Secrets (The base of last year’s Eleven), Oaktoberfest, Unfiltered DBA, Union Jack, Pale 31, Walker’s Reserve Porter, Bravo Imperial Brown, and a cask of bourbon barrel aged Velvet Merkin.
You can try a 3 oz snifter of each anniversary beer for $20. Even though that means twenty dollars for nine ounces, I’d still say its a bargain.
Brewmaster Matt Brynildson will be on hand, assuming he can make it down to LA despite the fires going on in Santa Barbara right now.
Come on over to the Blue Palms at 6 oclock if you can, you wont regret it.
21st Amendment, a great brewpub and restaurant in San Francisco, recently announced they are expanding production. They are joining the ranks of craft brew superstars Oskar Blues and Surly Brewing by putting great craft beer into cans. Normally only available at the pub, 21st Amendment is now receiving wider distribution, available throughout California at BevMo, and soon making their way into supermarkets in the Bay Area, Sacramento, Tahoe, and Alaska (what, no LA love?).
Their two beers are Brew Free Or Die IPA, and Hell or High Watermelon Wheat, both of which are quite tasty.
Right now on their website, there’s a note up that congratulates President Elect Barack Obama with a tasty little slice of double entendre:
Find out more about 21st Amendment at 21st-amendment.com
Wish I was down in San Diego for O’brien’s Wet Hop Festival, which is going on right now as I type.
From Tom Nickel:
I am expecting 24 different wet hop beers from San Diego, Northern California and Oregon. We should have 22 different draft beers, 4 casks and even one bottled beer. The line up will include beers from Pizza Port Carlsbad and Solana Beach, Ballast Point, Port Brewing, Stone, 21st Amendment, Anderson Valley, Beach Chalet, Bear Republic, Black Diamond, Blue Frog, Butte Creek, Lagunitas, Moonlight, Sierra Nevada, Triple Rock, Deschutes and Full Sail.
The fun starts tonight with two very rare and special festival pre-party casks from Sierra Nevada – Harvest Ale and ESP. This year’s Harvest is great and I can’t wait to try it on cask. The ESP is one of my favorite Sierra beers. It is the bottled version of the Pale Ale, which is a little stronger and more hoppy, with wet hops added in the conditioning tank. These are the only casks of these beers in southern California, so don’t miss them tonight, Thursday, 10/23 at 5 pm. We also have a few wet hopped ales on tap right now including Port Brewing High Tide, Sierra Nevada Harvest and Full Sail Lupulin. More will be added tonight as well.
I bet Beer Molly from My Beer Pix will be there, holding down the photo blog front. If anyone makes it down there, let me know how it goes.
JUST ANNOUNCED
This Saturday, September 13th, Verdugo Bar is hosting their 1st annual Oktoberfest. In addition to their usual biergarten, they will also be converting their parking lot for the afternoon to make way for all the festivities.
Come on out to Glassell Park for beer, brats, music, and even a few competitions like stein holding, boot racing, beer pong, and more. Tickets are 20 dollars at the door, and that covers you for 3 beers. Food and more beer will be available for purchase. Most German beers don’t go too high on the alcohol content, so there will be room for 4, 5, 6- as long as you’re not boot racing!
Pre-sale tickets are available for $15 dollars. Call the bar at 323-257-3408 with your credit card handy to pay.
Dirndls and leidenhosen are strongly encouraged (by me).
Visit the Verdugo Bar website for more details.
It’s not quite official, but the Blue Palms Brewhouse opened its doors for business last Friday night. Word of a new craft beer bar in the heart of Hollywood has been spreading like wildfire over the last few months, and the rumor mill had been working overtime.
Founders (!) in LA? Proximus (!!) and Russian River on tap? A firkin of Firestone’s Parabola (!!!) for the opening?
The official opening is this Saturday the 16th, so you will have to check it out then, because I can not confirm or deny anything that might have been mentioned. All I know is that owner Brian Lenzo is a huge beer fanatic, and he definitely has some tricks up his sleeve.
Beer geeks were out in full force for the soft opening, and there were plenty of big beers to be had. Hair of the Dog Fred was on tap, probably for the first time in Los Angeles (west of Stuffed Sandwich, that is). Other heavy hitters included St. Bernardus Abt 12 and Ola Dubh 30, which first reared it’s delicious head at Verdugo Bar a few months ago.
photo credit: flickr user lesbal123
Contributing to the opening day excitement, there were several new beers that made their LA debut at Blue Palms. I was excited to see the Black Sour from Craftsman, a new beer that I hadn’t heard of. Mark Jilg and Head Brewer Todd Peterson were in attendance, but I didn’t get a chance to ask them about this new creation. It’s definitely not a puckeringly sour beer, but like all Craftsman beers, it’s worth your money. Continue reading