Brewery visit in Orange County/Long Beach this weekend...

Beachwood

 

Beachwood

 

Beachwood and Green Cheek.

Beachwood's definitely not "up and coming", but it gets lost in the hype nowadays. Smog City also consistently makes delicious beers and there's a tap room both near Monkish and near(ish) to Beachwood..

 

Beachwood LB > Beachwood HB > Green Cheek > RiiP

BWLB will have all their beers there. BWHB has half or less than half of what’s offered at their LB location. You get food at the LB location (bonus). Not much haze in the Long Beach area. But some fine clear west coast offerings. If your looking for half haze and half clear head to RiiP. And you get some nice scenery at RiiP being across the street from the beach. Hungry at RiiP? Super Mex is next door. If you end up at BWHB, RiiP is 3+ miles away. Green Cheek is good for experimental ipa’s (clear and haze) and other styles.

 

Beachwood

 

If Simcoast to Coast is still up at Beachwood (and it should be) just kinda...pour it down your gullet. For me, it's literally the best thing that's come out of Beachwood in a year. Any of BW's IPA offerings that aren't hazy are pretty damn delicious, and Street 3, Block 2 should be put up on the house list soon too!

 

Seal Beach (and I think maybe Long Beach now too, if not soon) serves breakfast.

SB & Riip prob have best atmosphere being right near the beach, with SB having the small town vibe and Riip just having a great view/breeze.

 

I don’t think you’ll find anything local here better than Monks haze. They do a pretty fine job for west coast. The others mentioned are good. I don’t do Monks because all the drama and hype and traffic. Plus to me it’s all the same tasting haze. Plus west is the “best”
FYI, if you hear the word Offshoot, run the opposite way. Don’t stop. But for west coast you’ll like what BW has to offer. Simcoast to Coast is still freaking amazing.

 

I normally agree w/DCGunman, but I would have to say that I enjoy Green Cheek IPA's more lately. Beachwood is still good, but it's been a while since I've had something there that really killed it for me. Also, the drive there is the only place you'll really be able to hit if your visiting. Assuming you're from out of town of course. At least Green Cheek gives you the option to hit more places and possibly revisit anywhere that might have new stuff on tap.

The Cocohut Super Plus sounds pretty awesome and some of their other IPA's look pretty strong right now. Their website has a list of what is on tap.

 

GC is spot on in my books too. It’s the location for me. Us local drinkers like to find something good close by and stick to it. Unfortunately I’m stuck in the middle of BWHB and RiiP. A mile n half both ways from my place. If 4 Boys was the only local brewery near my house I would run to GC every time.

 

Oh god, you running, hopefully not in the Modern Times speedo on top of it.

 

Them speedos May stay in hibernation longer than I expected. Maybe permanently if MT don’t get their sh!te together.

 

Yeah, being a mile from BWLB is the bee's knees. Also, their IPAs are not incredible, but Ten Mile is worth the stop for me for the Helles alone.

 

Radiant Beauty from Green Cheek is the best IPA I've had all year. Clear with that signature pop Evan gives his WCIPA beers. The same pop that put Noble on the map.

 

Would recommend Green Cheek as others have said. Love their West Coast IPAs and lagers.

If you’re around LB, def hit up Beachwood for their West Coast IPAs and BBQ chicken nachos and fried pickles and Blendery for their sours, about a five-minute walk from each other.

 

You could try most breweries mentioned in this thread if you swing by the orange county brewers guild invitational on Saturday in Anaheim from 12pm to 4pm. Just purchased tickets and you can find 15% discounts all over the place. Hint: Visit green cheeks instagram.

If not I second green cheek out of all the breweries in the area if you're just looking for IPA's. If you're open to other styles swing by Bruery Teurrex which is an easy 5-10 min drive. IMO offshoot isn't as terrible as most make them out to be. They aren't monkish but they're enjoyable and usually you can find 4-6 IPA's on tap.

Enjoy!

 

Beachwood > the trash I throw away > Monkish