Los Angeles County Beer Suggestions (mid-Jan 2023)

Your staying across the street from the Far Bar. A pretty cool spot kinda hidden. When in Little Tokyo area we would stop in for a pour just because it was one of my go to places back in the day.
If not for a pour or 2 maybe a night cap before calling it an evening.

 

Hit me up

 

Father’s Office has locations in Santa Monica and downtown, good food and they always have a solid beer list.
If you’re going out to Santa Anita, Ogopogo might be worth stopping into (not too far away from the track). Several good places in Pasadena too if you ventured that way.

 

Imho OC > LA > SD - SD has fallen off the map for me. Alpine is dead, the big 3 are dead, I never see AleSmith, Northpark is prominently Hazy’s… LA has Monkish, El Segundo, Smog City, Beachwood, Yorkshire Square, Homage (even though I haven’t tried their stuff)… But can either county really beat Green Cheek, Bottle Logic, The Bruery, Radiant, everywhere…with also OC Monkish, OC Beachwood… toss in Pizza Port San Clemente… Windsor’s tasting rooms… Noble Ale Works (lolz jk)

 

My favorite IPA brewery in California is Kern River. I suggest looking for their stuff too.

 

I may be in the minority here, but Father's Office is way over hyped. Burgers are just so so to me, and are like $20. A pour of Pliny? Sure in an 8oz glass for $12.
Library Ale House happy hour is the way to go if in Santa Monica.

 

@RaulMondesi NAILED IT!!!!!

 

Put this one in your notes for future Southern California trips. Bottlecraft Long Beach for a good selection of local beers with Russian River making appearances more than not. Surrounded by good food choices. I’m sure you are aware of Bottlecraft on your SD visits. Also all the Windsor venues now have sit down and drink taps. 20+ at all 3 locations. Windsor Brown has sandwiches. Heady and Bangers are gone. I wasn’t able to get any this time or the last 3 times.

 

Have not been in a while but perhaps Naja's is still a decent place to check out in Redondo Beach (not far from Torrance)?

 

father's office was great 10-15 years ago. it's gone way downhill since then

 

Insanely expensive and the Culver City location smelled like sewage the last time I was there

 

Skip burgers in LA completely (except In N Out of course). I say go to Phillipe’s and then Highland Park after.

 

What? No. There are a ton of fantastic burgers here. Father's Office is just disappointing.

In-N-Out is overrated too.

 

LAX In N Out is iconic. Love viewing it landing on the north runway. And the fly over SoFi is awesome.

 

I’ll take some recs please! I like in n out because it’s always quality and priced well. I’ve had too many $20 and up gastro burgers that have been disappointing. the funniest place I saw was called Burger She Wrote. I fall for gimmicks

 

@RaulMondesi take back what you said about Alesmith.
Sure it isnt an overhyped IPA factory like the ones that popped up in OC recently, but they still have solid world class beers worth trying and revisiting.

They also have Anvil and Stave Membership pours for non members and thats a huge plus.

 

Golden State works out of Cofax's kitchen now and they've always been one of my favorites here. Moo's smoked brisket burger is my current favorite. It should not be nearly as good as it is. Jitlada's Jazz burger is really delicious but it's a bunless Thai version of a burger. It's got some heat to it.

Everson Royce, Burgers Never Say Die, Heavy Handed, and Amboy are all really solid as well. Spoon and Pork has a good chorizo burger but I don't think I've seen it on their menu lately. I also have a soft spot for Johnny Pastrami.

 

Me and Mrs. Raul have some work to do!!!