Beer Tasting with Brother Tibbi
Beer Tasting Sunday June 7th.
256 Main ST Pomona, CA 91766
Concentration will be on stouts.
For more information visit I Drink Local and You Can Too.
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blueberries and black licorice went well with the stouts offered. genius move
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BottleRock Downtown Opens
Just received an email notification that BottleRock Downtown has officially opened, only a few days after Monday’s soft opening.
Although BottleRock has always had a much bigger focus on wine, like most other restaurants in LA, the Culver City location has always had a sturdy beer list. The Downtown location seeks to expand on BRCC’s success by offering MORE of everything (see below). Fortunately for us, this means beer too!
Their best asset, and strongest indication that the new BottleRock will become Downtown’s best beer spot, is their new resident beer expert; beer geek and former Red Carpet beermonger Alex Macy.
Anyone who’s ever shopped at Red Carpet Wines knows they are an LA Beer Powerhouse, and they probably wouldn’t be that way without Alex’s guidance. He is a true beer geek who knows the LA beer scene backwards and forwards, you can pick his brain for hours and not scratch the surface of his beer knowledge.
Here’s the email announcement, keep reading for their current tap list:
The moment you all have been waiting for is finally here! BottleRock downtown opens its doors today to welcome thirsty Angelenos to more great pours and all that our Culver City location has to offer-on a magnified level. That means MORE of everything you love about BottleRock Culver City and MORE: 4,000 sq ft. of space; a wine list that will boast 1,000 selections to taste, sip on or buy to-go; rare, sought-after treasures such as First-Growth Bordeaux, Grand Cru Burgundy and allocated collector’s wine; an extensive beer list with 13 microbrews on tap; and an mouth-watering food menu demonstrating the talents of Executive Chef, Jared Levy (Providence, Blue Velvet). The downtown menu is structured to encourage exploration with mouth-watering offerings such as Seared Diver Scallop with Crispy Lamb Sweetbreads; Pork Belly Risotto; Crispy Arctic Char, Fresh Fava & Pistachio Falafel, artisan cheese plates, charcuterie and more!
Location: 1050 Flower St., Ste 167, Los Angeles, CA 90015 (entrance on 11th St. between Hope and Flower St.); Valet parking is $5 and is located on Flower St.
Hours: Sunday through Thursday from 11:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. and until 1:00 a.m. on Friday and Saturday.
Please visit http://www.bottlerock.net or call (213) 747-1100 for more information.
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Beer & Chocolate Pairing in Glendale
This Sunday, May 17th, Sidebar in Glendale is hosting a Stone Brewing/Mignon Chocolate pairing event. Tickets are $29, pre-sale only. There are two sessions, A: 1:00 – 3:00pm and B: 4:00-6:00pm.
All proceed will benefit the Real Medicine Foundation, which provides humanitarian support to people living in disaster, post-war, and poverty stricken areas. For this particular event, funds yielded will directly support establishing a primary care clinic in an Armenian village, which will provide free medical, preventative and public health services to a population in need.
No word on which Stone beers will be poured.
Sidebar is located at 1114 N. Pacific Ave, Glendale CA 91202. Tickets available at itsmyseat.com. Be sure to specify which session you would like to attend. For additional information, contact: dionicessgigs@gmail.com or call 818-249-1428.
Continue reading to see a flyer for the event.
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Firestone Beer Dinner at the Blue Palms, with The Firkins LIVE
The Blue Palms has a ton of stuff going on this week for American Craft Beer Week. Every night of the week, they’re doing a different featured brewery, with reps and brewers bringing some special beers. Check our LA Beer Events page for more info, or just head over to the Blue Palms. Chances are, you’ll walk right in on something awesome.
To celebrate American Craft Beer Week, they are donating $1 from every beer purchased to the Hollywood YMCA, but only if you sign the Declaration of Beer Independence (WARNING: pdf file is large).
To cap off the week, on Saturday the 16th, the Los Angeles Chapter of the Prime Rib Association is presenting a Firestone Walker beer dinner. Here are some details: (More …)
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LA Craft Beer Fest: Reaction Roundup
The biggest question on the minds of beer geeks after attending Saturday’s beer festival at the Echoplex: Have any of the organizers actually been to a beer fest before?
For all the things that were right (great beer, great food, great people), there were just as many things that went wrong (long lines, cramped venue, sweltering heat).
On the heels of such a successful beer festival last month, its perplexing that the organizers couldn’t foresee the inevitable popularity of their own event.
But before offering up our too much of our own opinions of the festival, let’s take a look around the web and see what other people had to say.
Before making it through the gate, beer geek Ben Wideman waited in line for over 3 hours. Once he made it in, he got to try all the beers he was there for, but most of the pub grub was gone.
Pat from EatingLA started her post by praising the taco truck, which offered up sustenance for the omnivores in the crowd. She finally braved up and tried the lengua! Nice work Pat. You’ll be eating cabeza in no time.
Pat tried about 12 of the 28 beers on tap and it’s obvious she knows how to pick ‘em:
My favorite beers? Of course, I didn’t get them all, but I’d have to say the most interesting were the Bruery’s Cuvee Jeune Young Lambic, Stone’s Sublimely Self-Righteous Black IPA and Uncommon Brewers’ Siamese Twin Belgian style Dubbel. Also notable were Taps’ strong but well-balanced Barleywine and Craftsman’s tasty Scotch Isle Ale.
Veggie food blogger Kirby Von Scrumptious knew this was an event she couldn’t miss, and bought her tickets online as soon as she heard about it. She managed to take some great food shots, and enjoyed the Hefeweizen cupcakes. But most important, the beer:
There were varieties for every taste, from light and smooth TAPS’ Belgian White, to Telegraph‘s bold 10% ABV Rhinocerous Rye Barleywine. The most unusual beer that I tried was definitely The Bruery‘s Cuvee Jeune Young Lambic: the sour notes were so strong that it tasted like orange juice. My favorite beer of the day also came from The Bruery: the Tradewinds Tripel, an interesting Golden Ale with a touch of rice and Thai basil.
The Uncouth Gourmands praised the event as a Wonderland of Beer, and even made a little beer report card! At the top of their list was the Telegraph Rhinoceros Rye Barleywine, which was “bold, resonant and delicious!”
It also looks like they got to try some of the elusive Firestone Parabola that made a brief appearance. This is an incredible oaky, vanilla-y, boozy stout reminiscent of one of their Anniversary beers (maybe one of the main blends? Beer geeks, help me out on this), and anyone who got a pour was very lucky. From the Uncouth Gourmand blog: (More …)
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thanks for the nod!
fantastic run down of various perspectives from the event. I’m still kicking myself that didn’t get a chance to sample the ice cream or burritos.
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Scott Kingsbury
I POSTED THIS COMMENT IN RESPONSE TO THE REVIEW BY THE UNCOUTH GOURMANDS:
“Oh dear. Wow. I have not needed to write a rebuttal to anything I’ve read online in many moons. I’m not a contrary person by nature – not by a long shot. I’m a man of peace…but – I cannot believe that we were at the same event!! Are you sure we were at the same place?? THE L.A. Craft Beer Fest at the Echoplex?? Yesterday??
How bad was it?? Let me count the ways…over-sold, too crowded, not nearly enough local beers (where was Angel City?), the venue was much too-small (by a factor of four at least, I’d say) – They needed at least three more beer stations…and until the big electric fans were brought in, the temps inside were almost unbearable (at least it was cool in the men’s restroom! The A/C was obviously working…it just couldn’t keep ub with 500+ hot, breathing humans) – it was claustrophobic, with unbearably long lines for beer, far too few places to sit (at least where it didn’t sound like a monster-truck rally of noise!) and just a nightmare.
A “Wonderland of Beer?” Hardly. IMO that was a torture chamber…the beer just made it bearable! The Stone Black IPA was awesome as always – and the two Craftsman beers from Pasadena were very tasty.
Next time I’ll buy a few bottles and stay at home and watch hockey instead.
Hopefully the organizers learned something. Everybody I talked to was very disappointed. Please…next year a bigger venue able to hold an event like this!”
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David
Burritos were great, as were the cheeses & nuts. I totally missed the ice cream and the hefeweizen cupcakes though. Damn!
melissa 11:37 pm on June 7, 2009 Permalink |
For those of you that missed this event, sham on you!!! But then again more tasty beer and one-on-one time for those of us that went. Tibbi, the great beer expert and very sexy man, gave a superb intro to stouts and beyond tonight. The last beer tasting he hosted was on Lambics, so I can only wait to taste what he has in store for next time. I’m no dummy when it comes to great beer, but Tibbi really knows his stuff and manages to surprise everyone with tasty new hard to find beers every time.