A Craft Beer Drinker's Guide to the South Bay Revisited

In May, this South Bay Brews News column debuted an interactive map to all things craft beer in the South Bay of Los Angeles. However, with our switch to the new and improved Patch web design, the map disappeared. Today, we are happy to relaunch the map for your craft beer drinking pleasure.


It is becoming less and less of a secret these days that the South Bay is a hot spot for the growing craft beer movement in Los Angeles and across the country.

With so much choice, Patch has made your next beer drinking expedition a little easier with an interactive map showing all the popular breweries, restaurants, bars and stores that pay special attention to craft beer.

• RED = Beer Bar or Restaurant
• GREEN = Brewery
• PURPLE = Beer Store
• YELLOW = Homebrew Supply Store

In building the map, we highlighted establishments that pay particular attention to serving craft beer with a range of draft and bottled beers along with venues that host craft beer events.

While we worked hard to include as many venues as possible, we may have missed some along the way so let us know in the comments your favorite craft beer venue and we will add it to the map.

While you are at it, check out what is happening at some of these establishments this week (June 13-20):

Here is a look at what is happening on the South Bay's growing craft beer scene this week:

Beer Bars, Restaurants and Stores

Select Beer Store | Redondo Beach

• Groundwork Coffee Porter
• Smog City XPA
• Amarilla Gorilla IPA
• Little Bo Pils
• Third Nipple Tripel (previously unavailable outside of the brewery).  
  

• Onion & Cheese
• Chicken Jambalaya
• Smoked Gouda Mac & Cheese
• Chocolate Bourbon Pecan and more!
  

• Hoptimum Imperial IPA
• Summerfest Lager
• Ruthless Rye IPA
• Celebration IPA and more.  
  

• Unibroue - Blanche de Chambly Wit
• Bear Republic - Red Rocket Ale
• The Bruery - Hummulus Lager
• Ommegang - Game of Thrones Belgian Pale
• Smog City Brewing - Amarilla Gorilla
• Oskar Blues - TEN FIDY Imperial Stout
• Ballast Point - Sculpin IPA
• Deschutes - Twilight Blonde Ale

1321 Downtown Taproom | Torrance

On Monday nights, 1321 features a $3 local beer night. Every Monday, anything from the South Bay on tap will be $3 after Happy Hour to close. This week's local beers are:

• Strand 24th Street (Pale Ale)
• Strand Atticus (IPA)
• Smog City Groundwork Coffee Porter
• Monkish Brewing Shaolin Fist (Dubbel brewed with sichuan peppers)
• Monkish Brewing Por Toi
• Dudes' Brewing Blood Orange
• El Segundo Brewing Blue House IPA

• June 19: Samuel Adams Pint Night
• June 26: Ballast Point Pint Night 
  
• July 3, Widmer Brothers
• July 10: “Special Cask” tapping (Brewery TBA)
• July 18: (a Thursday) St. Arnoldus* Day Celebration with Belgian Brews (*Patron Saint of Belgian Beer)
• July 24: El Segundo Brewing
• July 31: Strand Brewing Co. 

Breweries

• Smog City XPA
• Amarilla Gorilla (IPA)
• Groundwork Coffee Porter
• Third Nipple Tripel (Belgian-style Tripel)
• Double Dry Hopped Belgian XPA (Experimental Series)
  
• Alt Tripel (Experimental Series)
• Bourbon Red
  
• The Nothing (Double Chocolate Imperial Stout)

Strand Brewing Co. | Torrance

Current beers on tap at the Torrance taproom include:

• Cherry Blossom Berliner Weisse
• Musashi Black IPA
• Ito Weisse Berliner Weisse
• 24th Street Pale Ale 
• Beach House Amber
• Atticus IPA

Tap room hours this week for beer tasting and growler fills are:

Thursday: 4-9 p.m.
Friday: 4-9 p.m.
Saturday: Noon-8 p.m.
Sunday: Noon-6 p.m.

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El Segundo Brewing | El Segundo 

Tap room hours for beer tasting and growler fills are:

Wednesday: 5-9 p.m.
Thursday: 5-9 p.m.
Friday: 5-9 p.m.
Saturday: 2-9 p.m.
Sunday: 2-7 p.m.

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Monkish Brewing Co. | Torrance

Tap room hours this week for beer tasting and growler fills are:

Thursday: 4-9 p.m.
Friday: 4-9 p.m. 
Saturday: 3-8 p.m. 
Sunday: 1-6 p.m.

Other Craft Beer Events

"Hooray for IPA" Beer Class | Thursday, June 13 | 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Lovers of hoppy, craft beers are always on the hunt for new brews, and Total Wine & More has just the thing - a new “Hooray For IPA!” beer class. Hops lovers and thrill seekers should prepare their taste buds for an India Pale Ale (IPA) style excursion. Guests will delight in tasting a variety of IPA styles including: English IPA, Belgian IPA, American IPA, American Double/Imperial IPA, and other hoppy goodness.

The class costs $15 per person and reservations can be made in store.

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Editor's Note: Only establishments that have submitted updates are included in this column. If you own a beer bar, brewery, beer store or beer-centric restaurant in the South Bay of Los Angeles and would like to include your establishment's updates in this column, please send editor John Schreiber an email atJohn.Schreiber@Patch.com. This column relies on the updates from local business owners to keep it running—please contribute!

Full Disclosure: John loves working around craft beer and as such, is an employee of Select Beer Store one day per week. However, he is not involved in the store's submission process for this article.