Beachwood BBQ Beer Releases Thread

"Fortune Favors the Funk" Bottle Release at Beachwood Blendery



After 18 months of brewing, aging and countless tastings the time has come to begin transitioning away from The Propagation Series with the release of Fortune Favors the Funk, a 'Lambic inspired' ale.

Fortune Favors the Funk is a unique collaboration with our talented friends from Sierra Nevada. Together, we spent an afternoon tasting and blending to create a beer that showcases our love of wild flavors and balanced acidity. The final beer was created using the Blendery's 'Lambic inspired' barrels and an experimental hop Sierra Nevada provided, known as ex-598.

Fortune Favors the Funk was brewed with traditional lambic ingredients; pilsner malt, unmalted wheat and aged hops boiled for three hours. The base beer was fermented in neutral oak barrels and aged for almost a year. After blending, the beer was dry hopped with ex-598 hops, bottled with wine yeast, and allowed to condition for over two months. Fortune Favors the Funk has a classic rustic profile balanced with solid acidity, full body, and clean finish.
When: Friday, June 24th at 6pm.

Where: Beachwood Blendery, 247 Long Beach Blvd., Long Beach

Price: $18 / 750mL bottle

 

LA Beer Week

LA Beer Week returns this year on June 18 - 26.

June 17th in Long Beach: We'll be releasing our annual LA Beer Week collaboration with our friends at Drake's Brewing. This year we've created an IPA with Idaho 7 & Hull Melon hops and a touch of honey called Alpha Quadrant.

June 18th: Beachwood Brewing and Beachwood Blendery will be pouring beer at the official LA Beer Week Kickoff Festival at Los Angeles Center Studios in Downtown LA.

June 19th in Seal Beach:
Come celebrate Father's Day the right way, with an amazing tap takeover by our good friends from Cascade, plus special menu items. The fun starts at 11:30am.

Cascade beer on tap:
Shrieking Violet
Manhattan NW
Rose City Sour
Frite Gaulois
Grapefruit Wheat
Mixed Plum
Elderberry Blond
Apricot

June 21st in Long Beach: We'll be showcasing some of our closest friends from the greater San Diego area for LA Beer Week. On tap will be beers from Monkey Paw, South Park Brewing, Societe and more...

June 22nd at both locations:
World Champions unite--it is time for world domination!
We are teaming up with our fantastic friends at Noble Ale Works during LA Beer Week for a special tap takeover to celebrate both of our recent World Beer Cup victories. We will have some amazing brews from both breweries on tap at both of our Beachwood locations. The fun starts at 6pm.

 

Way too much information.

 

Good things come in threes @dcgunman

 

Already in line.

 

Hoping people stay away from this barleywine like others and it lasts so I can grab some.

 

I knew June was going to be expensive, but now July! Looking forward to these.

 

I will not be there in line for Barleywine. So you can have mine.

 

Heard Foam Top will be bottled.

 

I heard it might be canned.

 

Any rumblings on progress for the HB spot?

 

Thats what I heard at first, but then my source said they dont have plans to buy a canning line yet. So bottles first, unless something changes.

 

Yea you could be right. Heard that if and when they start canning it might be at the new HB location. Details are still coming in. They hope to be brewing their by end of summer?

 

Yeah correct. They hope to be, but my guess it wont be until Fall.

I haven't asked them yet, but I do wonder if they need to change their licenses. I assume they have been operating on a CA 23. But that allows 6 locations (including all owners and spots they may own). Now correct me if I am wrong, but I thought only 2 of the 6 could be restaurants. So that would mean that HB would be the 3rd (SB and DTLB). So they might need to switch to a type 1, if they ever want food at HB.

 

Current plan seems to be food trucks, but the topic of just having pulled pork/chicken catered there is feasible.

 

They are currently brewing in HB. It should be another couple of months before the tasting room can open. No info on cans.

 

BTW it's the same equipment that they are using in LB. if anyone was wondering.

 

Same water?

 

No wax on BA Barleywine??

 

My SoAS bottle didn't get a wax job either. Oh well. Wax on.....wax off. Still taste the same.