Green Cheek Beer Co. (2021)

Just dropped in after work to pick up their two new releases, Swimming Upstream and Taste the Sound, as well as All Your Friends since they still had some and I've skipped over it the last two times I've been there. Almost rebought Bier because that's a damn fine helles.

Some first impressions/casual notes tonight:
All Your Friends... dry Sauv blanc character from Nelson and passion fruit from Galaxy in spades; clean, zesty lemon + lime character otherwise. Crisp, bitter and refreshing WCIPA.

Swimming Upstream... strawberry and passion fruit from Strata, El Dorado is more on the candied end with melon and Starburst, orange marmalade and tea from Idaho 7. Very juicy mouthfeel, a hazy crusher. Love the varied hop combo and particularly El Dorado usage here.

OC Fair traffic is really fucking up my vibe, even on a motorcycle. Gonna be glad when that shit is over.

Still have a can each left of Slagathor's Lair, It's My B-Day Gift To Me and Cheating Death awaiting proper notes. It seems like now there's never a time when I don't have a GC beer in my fridge as I'll buy just about anything they put out. Not a bad problem to have

 

Tx for the show, I'm going to pass on the new stuff, i thought All your friends was ok, i'm a sucker for cheeky branding

 

Glad I got mine when I did then. Haven't sat down with it for more structured notes but my casual assessment is that it's a pretty nice one. Grabbed it along with Layers of Notes and some stuff from Windsor. It's never a loss going to either because the other will have something good to get.

 

Is there a better beer street? Cheek and Wind, baby.

 

Highland Park and Homage

 

Was just kind of thinking brewery + shop is a nice combo. I don’t want to disparage Hi and Ho though.

 

You been hanging out with Gunz?

 

Urban Roots collab dropping tomorrow: an all-Citra hazy TIPA and a 10° Plato Czech-style lager. UR posted the info on their IG.

Very much looking forward to trying the lager. Both breweries have done well releasing their respective 10° Plato lagers.

 

around lunch time today i had a 16oz pour of
2 Places At Once // Collab w/ Urban Roots
10° Czech - Style Lager 3.9%
released today

rock solid
i'm not a lager guy, had heard of the 10degrees, never had.
i'll open up a can or two manana.

*early covid, cheeky was selling whatever they had i think in crowlers drive thru style, i had urban roots Luna de Miel, best mexican lager i've ever had

 

Nice, I just ordered that and both Festbiers. Need some more lagers in my fridge.

 

Very happy with 2 Places at Once, restrained earthiness, a little grassy with a nice hop bite, but overall a clean, and crisp finish. Really good.

Also got to try their Oak Lager’d Festbier, which was excellent; freshly baked bread, mild tannin, with a velvety feel. Highly quaffable.

Loved Spinning the Elaborate Yarn. Happy to report that it’s still showcases BRE, big resinous energy, and some red berry notes. A personal favorite and one of GC’s best IPA’s.

 

Something I noticed when having the normal festbier and the oak one back to back was that the edges were smoothed out on the oak lager'd one. I wonder if that will still ring true when I sit down to write notes on them. Either way, both were great.

 

So for my bday dinner tomorrow I want to go to Green Cheek. My dilemma is I am the only beer drinker in my family and have two kids younger than 11.

Wanted to ask the group if brining the fam to eat on the patio with only one beer drinker still works.

I love their beer, and smash burgers so it’s the perfect spot for me.

if not any other ideas?

Beachwood used to be the place but hauling the kids from south OC, Laguna, to LB is kinda a hassle.

 

Pizza Port San Clemente

 

great idea. So great I went there sunday night with friends and family to celebrate. On a side note I got a full pour of dawn to dusk. Got me a little faded after drinking some WC IPAs.