LA Beer Week 2015

Not bad at all.

 

Peche n Brett was $35 also, unless I got undercharged! I thought the prices on all the bottles were fair.

Thanks for the correction, @cquiroga!

 

Bob said those boxes were empty. Someone tipped it to try and they were definitely empty

 

I think it was the other way around for teh btls. PnB was $35 and Kriek was $45.

 

Stoked that my friends were there in time to grab a Kriek, and a 2012 and 2013 Gueuze. And triple-stoked that I got to try some of @3SH33TS 's Mattina Rosa bottle, I had almost bought one earlier in the evening.

 

Yeah, even fresh it still isn't as coffee forward as I was hoping, but it is a damn fine imperial stout.

 

I think I have a spare if you don't end up with one from the brewery.

 

How was Beachwood last night? Thinking of going by tonight.

 

Had a great time...got there about 30 minutes before 6 and got a table right away. Place didn't really get packed until 730ish. Bar looked pretty damn busy though. Only bummer was the glassware for the expensive sours...crappy taster glasses.

Make sure to grab a pint of Citraholic and Pablo Escobeer. The hoppy saison was just ok...tasted a little simple considering all the interesting hops they added. The new Alpha session IPA was not very good...tasted off.

According to the hopcam, there are still some beers on from Cellarmaker...Dank Side of the Moon and Mo Passion are both great. And don't miss out on the black IPA with coconut from Monkey Paw...seriously good.

 

Society tonight. A lot of great beers will be pouring again. I personally like Societe IPAs more than the one I got to taste last night, DsotM. M&C tapped out just before I was going to order it. Crazy night. I saw the hop cam this morning. I think it hasn't been updated. All of the Cellermaker brews were gone by 8. For those who haven't had Societe's beers or only a couple......go. I'm fortunate I live a couple of block from BTs BBq in HB which always has a Societe beer on tap. Plus I make my Societe stop 4 or 5 times a year.

 

Has anyone had pineapple sculpin ? City tavern in DTLA is having Kick the keg event tonight and pineapple sculpin tapped out in 23min at their kick the keg event at their culver city location, not sure if to make the drive for pineapple sculpin or wait for Najas place Saturday for ballast point variety taps on all their beers

 

So will Ballast Point start bottling/canning Pineapple Sculpin?

 

There is a sculpin variant night next Tuesday at Tony's Darts Away. Pineapple will be on apparently.

 

Ah, cool to know, whenever I'm in SD with Dak and Stephanie we always visit them.

 

Mango sculpin was okay, just a little boring. Pineapple was solid. Not as much fruit forward as most of the bottles of Grapefruit Sculpin, but a nice twist on the original with a bit of Pineapple.

@AlexBarillas

 

I think pineapple sculpin is a tap exclusive variant at the moment , I'm hoping they will have it at their brewery if I miss out during all these LA beer week events

 

Agreed. I enjoyed it a whole lot.

And those flutes last night at Beachwood were kind of terrible. Certain beers tasted totally different when they were poured into other glasses. So weird.

 

@AlexBarillas The Pineapple Sculpin was on last night at Naja's for the Brewers Guild event. Buddy just told me.

 

And today at HPB.

Mother lovin' vintage bottle beer today!!! Lazy Susan $15 (1 btl limit), regular Griffith $12 (1 btl limit), and Vacation with Brett $10 (2 btl limit). Still bottles of all the previous release available. Limited supplies on most of these. All sales are at the brewery back door from 5-7pm. Beer!!

 

Sucks Lazy Susan is a 1 bottle limit but whatareyagonnado?