Brouwerij West

It's been awhile since last post.....
https://www.beeradvocate.com/community/threads/brouwerij-west-opening.375320/

 

I had Dig My Earth yesterday and while it was overall good I wouldn't say it was a home run even for the "style". Honestly I felt the haze got in the way of it being a great beer, if they cleaned up the haze and refined the grain bill it could be a excellent DIPA.

but that's my overall critic of the "style" in general. The only thing I like about the "haze craze" is the push towards freshness means I'm getting a pretty fresh IPA-like beer.

 

From what I remember is that the brewers were initially renting out spaces in various cities around the South Bay, but would get kicked out for some reason?( I think I'm wrong here) and landed at the port of San Pedro and I'm sure it's due to the attractiveness of the Crafted building which opened up few years prior. Their taproom took quite a few years to open as well. Living in a neighboring city I had heard of talks about a dedicated brewery opening in S.P. for a while. So production wise, they've been at it for a while.

 

I bought like 4 or 5 four packs of the last batch of Picnic Lightning, really solid stuff, thanks for the heads up on this new one, I'll go grab a four pack at my local that carries them.

Cheers,

 

Picked up a 4 pack today. Thought it was really solid. Gave a taste to a non beer drinking friend and he enjoyed it too.

 

They were mainly gypsy brewing out of Davis for a few years. Brian Mercer, the owner, is from Pedro and said he always wanted to open the permanent brewery in Pedro...just had to wait for the right time and place (and money).

Their story is pretty interesting, and their beers beyond their IPAs are solid. Popfuji is a solid pilsner. Their Saison is great. Their quad is also pretty good

 

Popfuji is a very good beer, hopefully they make it year round.

 

Quick question for you: How much was the 4 pack at your local?

 

My local shops in Torrance/Redondo Beach range in price from 20-25 for the four pack

 

Brouwerij West deserves a lot of praise for many things. The location is amazing, size-wise and ambiance is perfect, probably the best space for any brewery around here. They've had some really great beer on draft since release, and their Dog Ate My Homework is a spectacular year-round.

Some other solid releases from the past year:

Cofffee Tripel
Super Orange
Spelt Saison

 

Not entirely sure as I picked up the 4 pack and a Jam the Radar together. Total was 53.00 so somewhere around 20 plus tax I guess.

 

They are pouring Dig My Earth at the LABW kick off, tomorrow.

 

they make it up this way. while i enjoy some of their beers they are on the pricier side for DIPAs, normally above $5 a can. i give their beers a shot tho. i think id rather spend $5 on a can from fieldwork instead tho. Now if they were $3-$4 a can id be all over it.

 

Where did you get JtR?

 

Southland beer. Yep its long gone.