Beachwood Blendery Thread

Good, but Monkish and Highland Park are doing better right now.

Good. Rather see this than a bunch of shelf ISOs.

 

In my opinion it was the real winner. Fiancée agrees. Berliner was nice and balanced. Pretty sure they will use it as a base going forward.

 

I am surprised there isn't more talk about the saison, it was on point IMO and I can only imagine what it taste like out of the bottle.

Anyway the release went smooth, they handed out doughnuts and iced coffee which was generous. I like the whole ticket idea where I can roam and come back before 330pm and be guaranteed bottles

 

For those interested, Gabe and Ryan were on this weeks episode of the Four Brewers podcast

 

if you don't reach for the stars how you ever gonna touch the sky?

 

This isn't nearly as bad as the "Alpine Brewing Thread" that has been haunting me for over a year now...

 

went down at about 5 o'clock just to check it out and taste the beers. not crowded at all and still had bottles of the berliner weiss.

they did a great job with the space. forgot to ask about the glassware i saw online. next time. can't wait to see what they get up to in the future. wish i could have had #1. just for the sake of consistency.

 

The glassware wasn't for sale but seemed like it woukd be in the future

 

HF shelf is essentially what he's trading away.

 

They look like the Lost Abbey glasses

 

They are just standard Teku glasses.

 

yes exactly

 

The Saison is really nice, it's tart and the brett comes through as fruity more than funky so it has this really awesome tropical fruit character to it.

It's funny that suddenly LA has 3 different breweries that are doing refreshing tart saisons to the point that we're comparing them to each other. Worth noting that the Blendery beer was all on stainless and not barrel fermented at all, and also all brett (no lacto) which makes it a bit different than the house styles from the other two guys.

For the record, I think all 3 are making fantastic beer.

 

Hell, yeah. Finally start creating some West Coast hype.

 

EDIT: nvm

 

Information for the December release, four bottles this time including a very low bottle count fruited saison.

When: December 12, 2:00pm-10:00pm / December 13, 12:00pm-6:00pm

Where: 247 Long Beach Blvd., Long Beach 90802

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The ‪#‎PropagationSeries‬ is what we're calling the first of our released beers. These beers were brewed to explore various components of what will ultimately become part of our house culture. This is a one-and-done series, not to appear again.

Pouring at the Tasting Room will be:
Propagation Series 002
Propagation Series 004
Propagation Series 008
Propagation Series 016
Propagation Series 032

Bottles for Sale:
Propagation Series 004: Ale with Rye, Lactobacillus, and Brettanomyces
Berliner Rye. $13. 1250 bottles available for release. Limit 3 bottles.

Propagation Series 008: Ale with Spelt, Brettanomyces, and Hallertau Blanc hops
Saison. $13. 1000 bottles available for release. Limit 3 bottles.

Propagation Series 016: Ale aged in oak barrels with Brettanomyces
Saison. $15. 900 bottles available for release. Limit 3 bottles.

Propagation Series 032: Ale with Brettanomyces aged in Oak Barrels with Pluots.
Fruited Saison. $16. 350 bottles available for release. Limit 2 bottles.

 

Fruit doe

 

Same day as that Bruery sour program. Shot fired

 

They were pretty upfront when they started this whole project that the first few beers they brewed were just going to be base beers for later blends. I think it's pretty cool that as consumers we're able to taste along with them as they experiment with these brews. It's 2016, good breweries don't need to hype anything anymore. We do that well enough on our own.

 

Are they splitting it up into two days?