LA Beer Week 2011
Big Crawl in Little Tokyo Kicking Off at Far Bar Plus a Special Send Off to LA Beer Week
Oct 19th
Another crawl will be taking over a part of LA this Thursday, October 20. Nine bars have united to represent Little Tokyo for this LA Beer Week event. More >
L.A. Beer Float Showdown 3: Andre Guerrero, Jan Purdy and Eagle Rock Brewery Take Home the Win [PHOTOS] [VIDEO]
Oct 15th
The 3rd Annual Beer Float Showdown, presented by FoodGPS.com, where five chefs are paired with five California breweries to create an original beer float wrapped up today. The judges were prominent beer and ice cream aficionados; the attendees. The competition included Chef Ilan Hall of The Gorbals and “Top Chef” with Tustin Brewery Brewmaster and Smog City Brewing Co. brewer/owner Jonathan Porter, Chef CJ Jacobson of The Yard and “Top Chef” with Firestone Walker Rep Jace Milstead, Chef Laurent Quenioux of Vertical Wine Bistro and LQ@SK with Beachwood BBQ and Brewing Brewmaster Julian Shrago, Chefs Andre Guerrero, Jan Purdy of The Oinkster and Maximiliano with Eagle Rock Brewery Brewmaster Jeremy Raub and Chef Thi Tran and Nguyen Tran of Starry Kitchen with Ladyface Ale Companie Brewmaster Dave Griffiths and owner Cyrena Nouzille. Check out our photo gallery and video of the event. More >
Deconstructed LA: Introducing Firestone Walker Brewing Co.’s Newest Anniversary Beer with Matt Brynildson & Sean Z. Paxton
Oct 13th
Paso Robles, CA’s Firestone Walker Brewing Co. debuted their latest anniversary beer, XV, on October 12th. To kick off the brew, an eight course pairing held at the Avalon’s Bardot Room in Hollywood was conceived by “Homebrew Chef” Sean Z. Paxton with the theme of deconstruction. The intent was to take the eight beers that comprise Matt Brynildson’s blend, XV, and pair them with foods to bring out their intricacies. Ultimately, the goal was to better understand and appreciate the anniversary beer that will be available for purchase at the their brewery on November 5, and to Firestone Walker vendors shortly after. We were on the scene with Chef Sean Z. Paxton and Firestone Walker Brewing Co.’s Brewmaster, Matt Brynildson, to chat about Deconstructed LA. More >
LA Beer Week Kick-off at Naja’s Place — What a Party! [PHOTOS]
Oct 11th
LA Beer Week officially kicked off last night at Naja’s Place in Redondo Beach, CA with a Stone Brewery Co. tap take over. About 50 different Stone beers were poured alongside catering by Stone Catering, serving BBQ duck and vegetarian tacos. Here is a photo gallery from last night’s event, plus a bar dive video with Stone Brewing Co.’s CEO Greg Koch. More >
Where to Hang Out with Kern River Brewing Company During LA Beer Week
Oct 11th
Just North of Lake Isabella, best known for rafting, camping and hiking sits Kern River Brewing Company, Kernville, CA’s first brewpub. A brewery started five years ago by Eric and Rebecca Giddens and Brewmaster Kyle Smith. Recently at the Great American Beer Festival in Denver, the team took home a gold medal for their Citra Double IPA beer (Imperial IPA category). Los Angelenos, if you don’t want to drive 165 miles north, here is your chance to try some of Kern River Brewing Company’s brews and meet the team behind the fermenters. Just remember, it’s not going to look as pretty here in the concrete jungle. More >
How to Navigate L.A. Beer Week’s Musical Beer Crawl in Echo Park
Oct 10th
Dear Los Angeles, L.A. Beer Week has officially begun TODAY! That means you have 14 days of winning opportunities to drink appreciate beers all over our expansive City of Angels. Beer dinners, meet the brewer nights, beer panels, beer festivals, pub crawls and so much more have filled the L.A. Beer Week events calendar, but there’s an event you are not allowed to overlook.
Yes, my children, the Musical Beer Crawl TOMORROW is an epic evening uniting 13 different music venues and craft beer pouring establishments on Echo Park’s W. Sunset Blvd. To enjoy the crawl, you must carry your free Musical Beer Crawl passport, entitling you to a host of great deals and special moments to cherish for the rest of your entire life. Here’s our lil outline on how we will own the night. You should join us. More >
City Tavern Wants You At Their Restaurant Everyday of Beer Week!
Oct 10th
Well, what proprietor wouldn’t want you at their establishment everyday? To achieve this, Culver City’s, City Tavern, will be featuring a different craft beer every day during LA Beer Week. Each beer will be paired with a dish for that evening to bring out the best of the brew. Also, as a special tribute to LA’s newest brewery, City Tavern will have Golden Road Brewing on their table taps for the two weeks of LA Beer Week. More >
Meet Great American Beer Festival Winner The Bruery’s Patrick Rue at Beer Belly
Oct 10th
Orange County’s The Bruery took home three medals at this year’s Great American Beer Festival in Denver, CO. It’s no small feat as they competed against over 500 breweries from across the United States. Now, you’ll have a chance to meet the mastermind, Patrick Rue, during LA Beer Week at Beer Belly in Koreatown.
East Meets West: Japanese Inspired Limited Edition Collaboration Beer – Debuting At Far Bar
Oct 7th
Southern California’s, The Bruery, and Deleware’s, Dogfish Head Brewery have combined their talents and created their new beer FBBB(GQS), Faster, Bigger, Better, Bolder (Gradually, Quietly, Steadily). The brew is meant to serve as “an homage to the contrasting lifestyle views of American excess set against the more humble and traditional ways of Japan.” With this intent, they’ve created a beer of excess that still holds to tradition. Now you can finally taste the beer from Sam Calagione and Patrick Rue. More >
Take a Magical Beer History Tour to All Three Lucky Baldwins Pub Locations
Oct 5th
The original Lucky Baldwins Pub in Pasadena, CA was opened 15 years ago by David Farnworth and Peggy Simonian, long before Los Angeles went into a craft beer frenzy. On October 18, during LA Beer Week, beer lovers will get a chance to visit all three Lucky Baldwin Pub locations on an exclusive bus tour featuring over 100 beers on tap including Stone Brewing Co., Pasadena’s very own Craftsman Brewing Company and breweries across Southern California. More >
Deconstructed LA: Firestone Walker Brewing Co.’s 15th Anniversary Celebration — Breaking Down 8 Beers and Pairing Them
Sep 27th
LA Beer Week, bringing out the best of all that is beer, is the chosen time-frame for Firestone Walker to debut their 15th Anniversary beer in Los Angeles, XV, a blend of eight different barrel-aged beers. Deconstruction LA is the theme of the event where the plan is to “breakdown the brewery’s rarest beer blend into its key components aided by the genius of Sean Z. Paxton, the ‘Homebrew Chef.’” Basically, 8 beers, 8 dishes, and the anniversary brew. More >
L.A. Beer Float Showdown: Round 3 — With an Insider Q&A
Sep 22nd
The L.A. Beer Float Showdown makes another appearance at this year’s LA Beer Week on October 15. How do you make beer and ice cream work? You take 5 reputable chefs and pair them with 5 California brewers/reps. The teams will compete for $500 and the bragging rights that come with it, as 1st year winner The Golden State + Scoops and 2nd year winner Boneyard Bistro, know all too well. Attendees will be doing the judging of the beer floats on flavor, originality, and presentation with 25% of proceeds benefiting the Share Our Strength organization which works towards eliminating child hunger. If you’re looking for something to eat with your floats, Neri’s Curbside Cravings will be posted up selling traditional and contemporary Filipino food. More >
Boneyard Bistro & The Bruery’s Epic 12 Course Dinner: Food Bows Down to Beer
Sep 22nd
This beer goes well with the kangaroo loin… No fool! The kangaroo goes well with the beer! Boneyard Bistro in Sherman Oaks, CA and Orange County’s, The Bruery, have designed a 12 course dinner that brings out the best of 13 rare Bruery beers. In their own words, “our goal is not simply to find beers that pair with certain foods, but to design food around a specific beer; to identify specific flavors in the beer, and then use food to highlight those flavors.” Boneyard Bistro and The Bruery aim to bring out the subtle characteristics of the beers that often go unnoticed. The event is October 13 during LA Beer Week. See the colossal menu after the jump. More >
LA Beer Week Official Kick-Off Event at Naja’s Place in Redondo Beach with Stone Brewing Co.
Sep 20th
With LA Beer Week around the corner, the brewers are starting to screw on their taps. On October 10th, Stone Brewing Co. will be at Naja’s Place in Redondo Beach, an old fixture in the Los Angeles beer scene for the official LA Beer Week Kick-Off Event. The event boasts to be “the ultimate Stone Brewing experience unlike any other (ever) outside the brewery.” It will feature 40 rare Stone beers on tap, VIP guests, book signing, and Stone Catering-provided food. More >
