Firestone Venice Brewery

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  1. robL

    robL Initiate (0) Oct 22, 2010 California

    I heard from a friend who will be working at the Venice location that the long-term plan will likely be to only feature a couple Barrelworks beers on tap similar to how the Paso facility has them. But the Pilot Batch System will offer exclusive Venice-only beers on draft, with the possibility of growler fills as well.

    It appears as though FW is taking the approach that while each location is apart of the overall FW family, they also have their own distinct identities and offerings. Smart move if you ask me.
     
    #41 robL, Mar 10, 2015
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  2. tokimedo

    tokimedo Savant (1,038) Feb 28, 2015 California
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    yeah, def taproom only exclusives brewed in house and only avail there. super excited for that jazz.
     
    #42 tokimedo, Mar 10, 2015
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  3. johnInLA

    johnInLA Pooh-Bah (2,350) Jun 12, 2005 California
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    The combination of Pilot Batch brews ( hopefully with Growler fills ), a restaurant that I can take my wife to and a store where I can pick up releases such as Firestone 18, Parabola, Stickee Monkey, etc., as well as, the occasional Barrel Works release is a win, win, win, from my perspective.
     
    #43 johnInLA, Mar 11, 2015
  4. tokimedo

    tokimedo Savant (1,038) Feb 28, 2015 California
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    i think in the case of this tasting room and brewery, everybody is a winner. haha. so freaking stoked on it opening!
     
    #44 tokimedo, Mar 11, 2015
  5. wethorseblanket

    wethorseblanket Pooh-Bah (2,893) Dec 12, 2008 California

    Not in line...

    yet.
     
    #45 wethorseblanket, Mar 11, 2015
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  6. UnknownKoger

    UnknownKoger Pooh-Bah (1,895) Jul 9, 2010 California
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    gonna patronize the shit out of 'em...patronize 'em so hard
     
    #46 UnknownKoger, Mar 11, 2015
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  7. Earlycsquid

    Earlycsquid Initiate (0) Jan 7, 2013 California

    Yeah, I'll be a regular there. Can't freaking wait.
     
    #47 Earlycsquid, Mar 11, 2015
  8. JohnCassillo

    JohnCassillo Initiate (0) Mar 29, 2013 California

    Same. The fact that my wife enjoys their food up in Buellton, as well as the beers, also makes this a MUCH easier sell.
     
    #48 JohnCassillo, Mar 11, 2015
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  9. thome50

    thome50 Initiate (0) Dec 10, 2006 California

    Except that, like most breweries in California, their growler fill prices are high. Add on that they really don't do many (might change with the small pilot system there but I highly doubt it) fills of special beers it's always a better value to pick up a fresh six/four pack than do a growler fill. And the six/four pack prices are pretty much always higher than anywhere you see it distributed. That said, the bottles are going to be the freshest you will find so if that is a problem in LA then this will help fix that as you mentioned.
     
    #49 thome50, Mar 11, 2015
  10. chromebomb

    chromebomb Initiate (0) Dec 16, 2009 California

    Can't wait to ride my bike here!
     
    #50 chromebomb, Mar 11, 2015
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  11. Alpha309

    Alpha309 Initiate (0) Nov 13, 2014 California

    Looks like Mid 2015 has been pushed slightly to September 2015. Glad the timeframe is getting narrower.

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    #51 Alpha309, Apr 14, 2015
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  12. Black_Rider

    Black_Rider Pooh-Bah (2,019) Mar 26, 2013 California
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  13. SoCalBeerIdiot

    SoCalBeerIdiot Pooh-Bah (2,191) Mar 10, 2013 California
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  14. Spreetaper

    Spreetaper Initiate (0) Jul 16, 2014 New York

    Oh man I am going to be in that area in late Sept - I sure hope they manage to get it open!
     
    #54 Spreetaper, Jun 12, 2015
  15. johnInLA

    johnInLA Pooh-Bah (2,350) Jun 12, 2005 California
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  16. tokimedo

    tokimedo Savant (1,038) Feb 28, 2015 California
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  17. johnInLA

    johnInLA Pooh-Bah (2,350) Jun 12, 2005 California
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    Right. Please look at the post above mine to understand the context.

    The point was that David Walker admitted that the Sept opening was optimistic. Let's hope he pulls it off.

    The link was just provided as full disclosure of the qoute.
     
    #57 johnInLA, Jun 13, 2015
  18. jnance88

    jnance88 Zealot (572) Jun 10, 2014 California
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    I just mapped this place from my house. 25 minutes with Friday afternoon 405 N traffic. Can't open soon enough.
     
    #58 jnance88, Jun 13, 2015
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  19. tokimedo

    tokimedo Savant (1,038) Feb 28, 2015 California
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    ok then, its not that big of a deal. i would have just quoted socalbeeridiot and posted my response instead of reposting...
     
    #59 tokimedo, Jun 13, 2015
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  20. SoCalBeerIdiot

    SoCalBeerIdiot Pooh-Bah (2,191) Mar 10, 2013 California
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    Sadly, the traffic around the Lincoln/Washington intersection can be much more maddening than the 405 traffic during rush hour. I'm only 4 miles away and I bet it takes me 25 minutes or more through traffic. Happy it's so close, but that area already sucks for traffic.
     
    #60 SoCalBeerIdiot, Jun 13, 2015
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