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  LA Beer 10:37 am on October 12, 2010 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: 38 Degrees ( 3 ), Beachwood Brewing, Brouwerij West, eagle rock brewery ( 4 ), Firestone ( 7 ), LA Beer Week 2010 ( 7 ), Ladyface Alehouse ( 2 ), Nibble Bit Tabby ( 2 ), Ohana Brewing, Strand Brewing ( 3 ), Surly Goat ( 2 ), Tony's Darts Away ( 4 )   

  Tuesday Picks for Beer Week 

  Good morning Beer Geeks! How’s the ol’ liver holding up?

  Tuesday is the 6th day of LA Beer Week, and the lineup is looking pretty solid.

  Surly Goat

  

  Tonight at the Surly Goat, David Walker and Jace Milstead of Firestone-Walker will hold a mock blending session, giving you a peek behind the curtain into one of their anniversary beer blending sessions. For anyone who’s ever read the rolled up page that comes inside the box each year, this is a can’t miss event.  Available on draft this evening: Abacus, Bravo, Parabola, XIII, and more.  8pm

  Eagle Rock Brewery

  So you want to open a brewery, eh?  If you’ve read the Eagle Rock blog, you know what a challenge it was to get everything up and running.  From permits to inspections to city hall meetings, there’s a lot of work that goes into it.  Drop by the brewery tonight to learn from the following recently opened breweries:  Nibble Bit Tabby Brewery, Strand Brewing, Brouwerij West, Ladyface Ale Companie, as well soon-to-open Beachwood Brewing and Ohana Brewing.  Panel discussion will be moderated by Tomm Carroll of Celebrator Beer News.  7pm at the Eagle Rock Tasting Room. (More …)

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  David 11:59 pm on October 7, 2010 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: hot knives ( 3 ), LA Beer Week 2010 ( 7 ), the bruery ( 3 ), Verdugo Bar ( 4 )   

  A Weeknight Cheese Pairing 

  Putting together a beer & cheese pairing is a piece of cake.  All you gotta do is find a beer you’ve never tried before, and then figure out which of your current cheeses taste best with it.

  For me the beer was the Sierra Nevada / Charlie Papazian / Fred Eckhart 30th Anniversary collab, an Imperial Helles Bock.  The cheeses in my fridge?  Sliced Sharp Cheddar, some gooey Silver Goat chevre, and String.

  Now, if I’ve learned anything from the Hot Knives, it’s that there’s two ways to match beers & cheeses.  You can go for complimentary or contrasting flavors.

  As it turned out, the string cheese wasn’t string cheese at all, it was a cube of Jack.  Delicious as always, but clearly not the right choice for this prickly Belgo-German cinnabomb.  The Cheddar fared better, cutting through the malty booziness just fine.  The Chevre tasted downright awful when washed down with Charlie, Fred & Ken’s finest.  But I’ll keep some chevre on hand to go with Jack & Ken’s killer Black Barleywine.  Think cream cheese on a toasted chocolate chip bagel.

  Cheddar won this round, but with the amount of cheese consumed in this household, there will be a whole new field of competitors next time a 750 gets cracked.

  Coming Next Thursday…

  Hot Knives put on their fanciest pants and pair up with The Bruery for a sold-out beer & cheese symposium at Verdugo Bar.

  OK, so even though it’s a cinch to throw things at the wall and see what sticks, it’s tough to duplicate the Alcho-Lacto Oblivion that is a Hot Knives beer & cheese pairing.  To illustrate how amazing this LA Beer Week event will be, I’ve compiled a few helpful graphics to compare and contrast.  (More …)

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    Shail 8:53 pm on October 11, 2010 Permalink | Reply

    Any idea what time this event starts? Tried calling Verdugo and no response. No time listed anywhere!

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      David 2:50 pm on October 12, 2010 Permalink | Reply

      Hi Shail, the event is sold out, but you can drop by Verdugo for Bruery beers that will be pouring all night!

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  LA Beer 12:01 pm on December 10, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: chimay, lucky devil's   

  BBQ, Chimay & My Friend’s Place at Lucky Devils 

  

  Lucky Devils is supporting local Hollywood charity, My Friend’s Place, for the month of December 2009. We are working to raise awareness about the increasing number of homeless youth that live throughout Southern California. A portion of every sale made at Lucky Devils during the month of December will be donated to My Friend’s Place to help support the more than 1,800 homeless youth that pass through its doors with a variety of resources ranging from food, clothing, and showers, to transformative education and well-being services.

  To kickoff the month-long event, owner and restaurateur Lucky Vanous, has created a tasty holiday special – Ribs and Chimay. The house-smoked BBQ Ribs are made spicy or sweet and are served with your choice of Jalapeno Corn Bread Pudding or Sweet Potato Fries for $16. Add Belgian Chimay, just $8 a glass, and refilled for just $6. Join Lucky Devils Monday or Tuesday and you can keep your Chimay glass (while supplies last). Bring an item from My Friend’s Place donation list (http://myfriendsplace.org/ donatewishlist.html) to put into Lucky’s oversized stocking, and be entered to win a dinner for two at Lucky Devils ($50 value).

  “We are proud to support the work My Friend’s Place provides here in Hollywood,” Lucky Vanous said. “Their efforts to provide tools to help our homeless youth succeed in life are a cause we firmly believe in.”

  Cheers!

  Stacy Failing
  LUCKY DEVILS
  6613 Hollywood Blvd.. Los Angles, CA 90028

  Phone: 323.465.8259

  Email: LD6613@yahoo.com

  Web: http://www.luckydevils-la.com

  Hours: Monday-Thursday 11:30a-10p, Friday 11:30a-12a, Saturday 10a-12a, Sunday 10a-10p

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  LA Beer 7:15 am on September 16, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: Beer Dinner ( 2 ), beer pairing ( 2 ), Coolhaus, Let's Be Frank ( 2 ), Stone Brewing ( 9 ), Verdugo Bar ( 4 )   

  TONIGHT: Stone and Let’s Be Franklin @verdugobar 

  Thanks to everyone who came out to the Daily Pint last Wednesday for the Vertical Epic release!  The weiners flowed like beer, and the beer flowed like wine.  And you wondered why they call it hump day.

  Being an equal opportunity beer group, we didn’t want to give the Westside the only chance to mix & match delicious Stone Beers with mouth watering Let’s Be Frank dogs.  So this week we take the party east into Glassell Park to visit another LA bastion of incredible beer, Verdugo Bar.

  If you east-of-the-405-ers didn’t make it out last week cause the Pint is too far away, now you’ve got something else to complain about.  Trekking over the hill into Glassell Park.  Well quit your whining!

  Anyone who’s been to Verdugo knows it’s always worth the trip, especially for an event like this.

  Absent last week but in full effect this week is frequent LBF tag-along, Coolhaus, which will be there to help extinguish the flames after a couple of Devil Dogs or Smoked Porter with Chipotle.

  To top it all off, there will be a late night DJ tribute to Aretha Franklin courtesy of Devil’s Pie.  (rumors of free cupcakes?)

  Continue on for the list of Stone Beers on tap, plus their suggested hot dog pairings, courtesy of the Verdugo Bar events page. (More …)

   
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  LA Beer 8:09 pm on September 1, 2009 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: Daily Pint ( 4 ), Let's Be Frank ( 2 ), Stone Brewing ( 9 ), Verdugo Bar ( 4 )   

  Beer and Hot Dog Dinner x 2! 

  Ya han comido tacos con cerveza, and you’ve already slurped down your fair share of real beer floats.

  Now it’s time to test out a new pairing – Hot Dogs & Beer.

  Starting next week, you’ll have two opportunities to match up Let’s Be Frank hot dogs with some of San Diego’s finest.

  Stone Brewing is a great match for this beer dinner with Let’s Be Frank, both companies are well known for their commitment to higher quality products and supporting local producers.

  Let’s Be Frank @ The Daily Pint

  On Wednesday, September 9th, the Weinermobile (well, it’s actually more of a trailer) will be parked in front of the Daily Pint (twitter, facebook) from 7pm on.  Let’s Be Frank will be using Stone beers in the preparation of their food, and each dog will have a corresponding beer pairing on tap at the Pint.  Exact menu will be released closer to the date.

  Let’s Be Frank @ Verdugo Bar

  For all you folks on the eastside of town, if you can’t make it out to the Pint, the Let’s Be Frank trailer will be making it’s way to Verdugo Bar (facebook, twitter) the following Wednesday, September 16th.

  More information to come, but for now you can check out the Beer Geek LA event pages on Facebook:

  Let’s Be Stoned @dailypint

  Let’s Be Stoned @verdugobar