Firestone Venice Brewery

Free Parabajava for the first 250 customers

 

We have already been over this back rider... no java for you

 

i was joking but, yeah, hehe. none for me. hehehehehehe. it's funny because it's true

 

http://thefullpint.com/beer-news/firestone-walker-venice-propagator/

Oh hey, the multiple permit issues topic I was talking about way back when that caused financial strife and production delay...

from the article from Adam himself

 

that is such a bummer.

on the bright side, hopefully this image means things are going in a good direction in terms of getting brewing going

 

Thank you! If they "secured all the permits before construction" they would be another 4 years from opening. If any new business especially a brewery tried to get all the paperwork and red tape out of the way before opening they would never, ever open. City of LA is fucking terrible in this regard.

On the other hand I'm very excited that this is finally happening.

 

whoa, i guess they're officially opening Apr 7

http://www.firestonebeer.com/visit/venice.php

 

ah, does this mean they're open now? maybe the apr 7 just mean when they'll be starting evening hours

West Side BAs please investigate

 

There should be other past sour releases available as well

 

Wow, I did not realize that this would involve a different set of beers altogether. Very cool.

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The Propagator Lives

The Venice Propagator is intended to lead the charge for Firestone Walker’s experimental and R&D beer programs. The first program specifically developed for the site is the maturation and blending of what Brewmaster Matt Brynildson calls “rustic” ales, splitting the difference between the barrel-aged strong ales made at the Paso Robles brewery and the wild, or sour, ales made at the Barrelworks facility in Buellton.

“The whole point of the Propagator is not to duplicate things going on in Paso Robles or Buellton, but rather to meet a specific creative need,” said Brewmaster Matt Brynildson. “This rustic ale program is one such idea.”

Brynildson noted that rustic ales—a loose category of unfiltered, largely barrel-conditioned, often farmhouse-style beers—have not had a fitting home at Firestone Walker until now, as they are too unstable to make at the clean production brewery but also too susceptible to souring influences at Barrelworks.

“We have dabbled in these types of beers with our original Lil' Opal and our Unfiltered DBA, and now we have a place where we can sink our teeth into them,” Brynildson said. “These will be beers that translate well on draft but don’t make a lot of sense in a bottle—unfiltered, small batch, barrel-conditioned beers that are not sour but remain charmingly unrefined.”

The rustic ale program began with the recent arrival of used Firestone Union oak barrels, and will continue to grow into the space with new beers and ideas as they develop. Brynildson ultimately hopes to collaborate with other local brewers by bringing in their wort, then conditioning and finishing the beers at Firestone Walker Venice.

 

well, thats what the pilot system is for after all

 

Soft opening right now, they had close friends and family over the weekend.

 

Admittedly I haven't been paying much attention. Venice is only an hour or so closer to me than Buellton, so it's not like I'll be over there much.

 

I'm interested in the "Rustic Ales" part of this. Between Monkish, HPB and FW Venice...LA's saison/farmhouse ale game sounds like it's going to be strong. I hope Beachwood can improve their stuff plus get better labels.

 

Yeah, I saw that too. seems like it's still unclear though. just wondering if they are soft opened daytime this week

this article makes it sound like they will only be opened in the evenings till May

http://la.eater.com/2016/4/4/11364710/firestone-walker-brewpub-venice-opening

 

Yeah, that's how I read the press release in the link you posted

 

One of the best breweries in the world just got better.

 

Just called that number and spoke with Cathy at Paso Robles HQ. She said that they are doing soft opening all this week and upping capacity every day to test stress levels between family and friends, but not to the public. if all goes well, they are planning on being open to the public by the weekend, and being open only in evenings until May when they will go full days. I asked when the hours of operation will be posted and she wasnt sure but she took my number and told me she would gather some more info and call me back.

EDIT - She just called me back with a damn quickness to tell me mr walker said the hours are as follows starting this weekend ...

5 PM-11 PM weeknights
5PM -12 AM weekends

Wont open for lunch until they get dinner service down and they are predicting by may for that, but dont have a date.

 

I'm still confused. Just kidding. thanks for the info. Will be checking it out this weekend for sure