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Prost! This Week's South Bay Craft Beer Events
A weekly look at what is happening on the craft beer scene in the South Bay of Los Angeles.
This week, the South Bay Radio Show featured an entire show about the growing craft beer industry in the South Bay of Los Angeles.
The hour-long show featured multiple beer panelists, local homebrewers, store owners and the head dudes from The Dudes' Brewing Company.
Listen or download the show to hear a great discussion about craft beer in the South Bay.
Here is a look at what is happening on the South Bay's growing craft beer scene this week (July 11-18):
Beer Bars, Restaurants and Stores
Select Beer Store | Redondo Beach
Drake's Aroma Coma Release Party | Thursday, July 11 | 5-10 p.m.
Select Beer Store is hosting the release of Drake's Brewing Aroma Coma and Aroma Prieta. Both are highly sought after, limited release India Pale Ales, weighing in at 6.75% ABV and 75 IBUs. These sister beers are similar, but the different blend of hops used in each - all piney North American hops for Aroma Coma and fruity and citrus hops from New Zealand for Aroma Prieta - bring out a nice variance on the flavors. Both will be available on draft, along with other great beers from Drake's Brewing. Aroma Coma will also be available to take home in 22oz bottles.
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Naja's Place | Redondo Beach
Goose Island Night Stalker Night | Friday, July 12 | 4 p.m.
Najas Place will feature "Night Stalker," a big imperial stout from Goose Island Brewing out of Chicago. Usually hard to find in California, this beer will be poured in limited edition glassware for patrons to take home with them. Naja's is the only bar in the area that will have the beer and will also feature some of Goose Island's other beers.
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Sophie's Place | Redondo Beach
Current beers on tap at Sophie's Place (as of 7/11) are:
- Anderson Valley Brewing Company - Boont Amber
- Strand Brewing Co - Ito-Weiss on Cherry Blossoms
- Unibroue - Blanche de Chambly Wit
- New Belgium Brewing - Lips of Faith: Paardebloem Belgian Strong Ale (w/ pears and dandelion greens)
- Smog City - XPA
- El Segundo Brewing Co. - Hyperion's Stout
- Port Brewing - Mongo DIPA
- Figueroa Mountain Brewing - Paradise Road Pils
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1321 Downtown Taproom | Torrance
Monday Night Local Happy Hour | Mondays | 5 p.m. - Close
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.
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Breweries
Smog City Brewing Co. | Torrance
"Beer Hunter: The Movie" Free Screening | Sunday, July 21 | 2 p.m.
Smog City will serve up some beer and screen the documentary Beer Hunter. Beer Hunter is a film about beer aficionado, Michael Jackson, funded through kickstarter and Smog City is working in conjunction with Beer Belly, who helped fund the film and who have helped place the desire for "local" to the tips of every beer drinker's tongue, to bring this little film to you.
YOU MUST RSVP to attend this event. Space will be limited to the first 100 people to reserve their space on eventbrite. Please be aware that we only have about 12 chairs so either bring your own or bring a comfy blanket and pillow. We'll be opening up part of the brewery area to make room for an 'indoor picnic-like" setting.
Two new beers are being tapped this weekend at the tap room (as of 7/11):
- Sabre Toothed Squirrel
- L.A. Saison
This week's taproom hours for tasting and growler fills are:
Thursday: 4-9 p.m.
Friday: 4-9 p.m.
Saturday: 12-8 p.m.
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Current beers on tap at the Torrance taproom include:
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- Black Sand Imperial IPA
- White Sand Doulbe IPA
- Musashi Black IPA
- Beach House Amber
- 24th Street Pale Ale
- Atticus IPA
- Ito Weisse (Berliner Weisse)
- Cherry Blossom Berliner Weisse
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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Coffee Hyperion's Stout on Cask | Saturday, July 13 | 2 p.m.
El Segundo will be tapping two small casks of Hyperion's Stout on two different coffee blends expertly chosen by the coffee wizards at the Conservatory for Coffee and Tea in Culver City. They cold pressed both French Roast and a Peaberry Kenyan blend that the brewery added to each cask and slowly conditioned over the past month or so. The casks are chilling in the fridge now, and anxiously awaiting your taste buds this weekend!
Both casks will be available in pints (no growlers). In addition the brewery will also be pouring vanilla Hyperion's Stout, Standard Crude Imperial Stout, and of course just plain jane Hyperion's Stout. All will also be available as a flight for $10.
Bottles are Back:
Blue House Citra Pale and Two 5 Left DIPA bottles will be packaging and ready for purchase on Friday, July 12, barring any unforeseen complications. They will be available all weekend at the taproom for purchase, and at your favorite bottle shops starting next week.
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.
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Other Craft Beer Events
Total Wine & More | Redondo Beach
"Go Beyond Pilsners & Pales" Beer Class | Thursday, July 25 | 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Guests will go beyond the “grocery store selection” of Pilsners and Pales, and instead experience new flavors of Lagers and Ales that are only delivered by the biggest, boldest, and most bodacious of beers.
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.
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