La Beer Week

David and Sour Jim's unruly trek in a '55 Land Rover to LA with 5 rare sour beers during LA Beer Week happens Saturday September 22. On board the designated transporter of Sours will be a collection of specialty Firestone Barrelworks Beers. A blind drawing the day of will determine the beer to be poured at each location.
Schedule:
Golden Road: 1:30PM
Verdugo: 3:00PM
38 Degrees: 5:00PM
Far Bar 7:00PM
Blue Palms 9:00PM
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September 22nd may technically be the start of Fall, but in LA we admittedly won't notice the change of seasons. We invite you to join us at the 'Better Weather Fest' to help kick off LA Beer Week, and celebrate the creativity and culture that surrounds us. The event will be held at our brewery in Atwater Village, and we will be celebrating our first year, this year's release of Burning Bush Smoked IPA, and our new brewery and restaurant expansions. Festival goers will be able to enjoy craft beers from a number of breweries throughout the Golden Road grounds, tour the new facilities, order eats from food trucks or at our Pub, and relax to the beats of multiple music offerings.rnrnWhen: Saturday, September 22, 12:00-4:00pmrnWhere: Golden Road Brewing, 5410 W. San Fernando Road, Los Angeles 90039rnrnTicketsrn$30 before September 20th, and $40 at the door; includes a commemorative Better Weather Fest glass and drink tickets good for five 6oz. pours.rnDesignated driver tickets are $15rnTickets can be purchased online at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/268322rnALL attendees will receive a special gift at the gate, and the first 500 people to buy tickets online will receive a special goodie bag!Breweries: Avery; Beachwood; Cismontane; Eagle Rock; Firestone Walker; Hangar 24; Kinetic; Lady Face; Oskar Blues; Stone; Strand; TAPS...and more!
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The Factory Gastrobar is hosting Drink Good BEERFEST in our parking lot from 12PM to 4PM on Saturday, September 22. We will be pouring 45+ brews from great West Coast brewers including Cismontane, Strand, Bootleggers, Stone, Eagle Rock, Drake's, Hangar 24, Iron Fist, Epic, The Bruery, Black Market, Knee Deep, Triple Voodoo, New Belgium, Lagunitas, and more! See website for beer list, pre-sale tickets ($25) or $30 at the door (if available).
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The popular Schneider Beer Brunch returns to Wurstkuche in downtown LA this day to start your Saturday off right! It is Oktoberfest season after all.

At 11am we will commence a tasty 5 course sausage and Schneider beer pairing, presented by a special guest from the brewery. Rumors also persist of an Aventinus Eisbock ice cream sandwich course for dessert paired with Vintage 2008 Aventinus, but you'll just have to attend to find out!

Please call (213)687-4444 for reservations. Price is $40.

Remember, we're just a quick walk from the Little Tokyo/Arts District stop on the Metro Gold Line.
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Usually us LA folk have to drive 200 miles or so in hopes to obtain some of our most treasured beers from Kern County before they sell out, but this time Kernville is coming to us! Multiple Time Award Winning KRBC Brewer/Owner and all around just great guy Kyle Smith will be in the house to share a compilation of his gems with all of us. This is definitely not one to miss! (tap list coming soon).
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Join us at our Azusa Chapter for SchneiderFest! from 5-7pm with a special guest from the brewery.

All Schneider beers will be available along with a keep the glass special, which will also entitle you to a special tasting of Vintage 2008 Aventinus!

Sample our Original Weisse which has been brewed since 1872; our all-organic Oktoberfest Weisse beer - Wiesen Edel-Weisse; our popular 100 year-old wheat dopplebock - Aventinus; the concentrated, complex Eisbock; the wonderfully hoppy and aromatic - Hopfen-Weisse; and our newest beer, the refined and elegant - Nelson Sauvin.

We will have suggested food pairings for the evening to go along with these wonderful and unique weisse beers.

There's plenty of parking behind our Azusa Chapter. Come early, stay late!
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Join us at our Long Beach Chapter for SchneiderFest! from 8-10pm with a special guest from the brewery.

All Schneider beers will be available along with a keep the glass special, which will also entitle you to a special tasting of Vintage 2008 Aventinus!

Sample our Original Weisse which has been brewed since 1872; our all-organic Oktoberfest Weisse beer - Wiesen Edel-Weisse; our popular 100 year-old wheat dopplebock - Aventinus; the concentrated, complex Eisbock; the wonderfully hoppy and aromatic - Hopfen-Weisse; and our newest beer, the refined and elegant - Nelson Sauvin.

We will have suggested food pairings for the evening to go along with these wonderful and unique weisse beers.

Take the Blue Line! We're a short walk from the 1st St. Blue Line Station in Long Beach.
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Starting at 8pm! $40 gets you unlimited 8oz tasters of all the beers we have on tap! Also includes a free tasting glass!
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Join us for our 16th Anniversary celebration featuring Stone Brewing Co! We will be featuring a great selection of Stone beers including some vintage kegs! Lucky Baldwins/Stone t-shirt and special pint available!
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Saturday, September 22nd, 1-4pm. In-store tasting featuring Brouwerij West, Noble Ale Works, and Ventura's Surf Brewery at Wally's. Brian Mercer, owner and brewer of Brouwerij West, will be on hand to discuss sensory analysis of his beer. $10 admission.
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One of the events of the OC Fest of Ales, the Food Truck Challenge includes the opportunity for food trucks to create a sample including Beer as an ingredient.

Which Food Truck will be most popular?
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In conjunction with L.A. Beer Week Beachwood BBQ in Seal Beach is proudly celebrating the season with a Farmhouse Ale Festival on Thursday, September 20 through Sunday, September 23. Join us for farmhouse inspired food specials and a rotating draft list featuring all farmhouse ales. Come experience a family of beers that have mesmerized our senses since the root of civilization.

Tap List So Far...

Logsdon - Seizoen Bretta
De Ranke - Saison
New Belgium - Prickly Passion Saison
Telegraph - Los Padres
Smog City - L.A. Saison
Santa Barbara - Saison du Bob
Nogne O - India Saison
Monkish - Floraison
Brasserie d’Achouffe - Biere du Soleil
Castelain St. Amand - French Country Ale
Flying Dog - Wildman Farmhouse Ale
Castelain Two Brothers - Diversey & Lill(e)
To Øl - Sans Frontière
Monkey Paw - Drunken Monkey Saison
Eagle Rock - Ginger Saison
New Belgium/The Lost Abbey - Brett Beer
Glazen Toren - Saison
Evil Twin - Ron & the Beast Ryan
Stillwater - Stateside Saison
Upright - Four
Upright - Six
Jolly Pumpkin - La Roja
Craftsman - Fireworks Saison

Plus a few more gems TBA...

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We're celebrating LA Beer Week by stocking all of our guest taps with local breweries, including LAB, Ladyface and Enegren. We will also be featuring "Beer Food" specials daily including our famous Ale Mac & Cheese and a Beeramisu made with our Midnight Howl IBA.
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Savor some suds at Savory during LA Beer Week. Enjoy a 3-Course Beer Dinner, paired with local brews from Beachwood Brewing, Monkish Brewing Company and Smog City Brewing. September 20-30, $40/person. Dinner Hours: Sunday-Thursday 5:30-9pm, Friday & Saturday 5:30-10pm. 29169 Heathercliff Road Malibu, CA 90265. Reservations recommended. EAT.DRINK.BE LOCAL.
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craft cocktails + la beer week = craft beer cocktails! all week!

(also, lovely smiling faces! almost always!)
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Leave your car at home, and enjoy the fermented delights of El Segundo Brewing Co., Beachwood BBQ and Brewing, Monkish Brewing, and The Brewery at Abigaile all in the same day!

From 1 - 10pm we will be running a continuously looping shuttle bus with the help of LA Craft Beer Tours between all four locations. Busses will start at El Segundo and Beachwood at 1pm sharp. But no reason to get on that first one... buses will pick up and drop off at each location about every hour. So just hop on, and hop off wherever your heart desires.

Each Brewery will have something special for participants.. so mark you calendars, and buy your tickets!

Plus.. Tickets are only $15.. and you can ride all day!
For tickets.. http://southbaybreweryshuttlebus.bpt.me

Southbay has nutured a craft beer culture that may still be in its formative years, but that doesn’t mean that we don’t have some fabulous stuff to offer. Come and see for yourself.
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Try 10 of our 12 beers on tap between Sept. 20-30 and receive a Bar One T-Shirt! Taps include Chimay, Tripel Karmeliet, Young's Double Chocolate Stout, Lost Coast Tangerine Wheat, and more!
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We will be celebrating Oktoberfest with Weihenstephaner and other Bavarian favorites.
On tap we will have Weihenstephaner Oktoberfest, Doppelbock and Hefe Weissbier. Hacker-Pschorr Oktoberfest, Kostritzer Schwarzbier Black Lager and Aecht Sclemkerla Rauchbier Marzen. Not to mention some delicious Bavarian sausages from Continental Sausage Company.
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Come join us for a weekend of Oktoberfest fun! We're pulling out all the stops and hosting 10 California based breweries over the course of the weekend. September 22nd and 23rd will be days to remember at Kings Row Gastropub. $6 gains you entrance and a commemorative mug for filling. Beer and food tickets will range in price from $5 to $7. Come on down to Kings Row for great eats and drinks! Check our website to get in the know on what beers/breweries will be present and what the food specials will be. Can't wait to see you!
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All 3 Scoops locations:
Scoops LA-712 North Heliotrope Dr.
Scoops Westside-3400 Overland Ave.
And the new Scoops Highland Park-5105 York Blvd.
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Run or walk through Anaheim's history of alcohol - starting from wine making through to the current Anaheim brewery.

This fun 5K will include activities along the course and (for those who purchase the combo ticket) it will also include general admission to the OC Fest of Ales! Select your samples from 100 different beers, great live music and a Food Truck Challenge.

Tickets at ocfestofales.com. Look for the BeerRun5K COMBO Ticket!
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During LA Beer Week all of our guest taps will be taken over by local beer and we will be featuring a different "beer food" special every night including our Ale Mac & Cheese and Beeramisu! Check our website of facebook for each day's special.
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A True Oktoberfest celebration with 1 Liter steins, starts @ Noon! Customers get a 1 liter stein with purchase of Oktoberfest Brews*

*While supplies last!
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New Belgium Tap Takeover during the entire LA Beer Week. We will have giveaways on September 28, 2012 from 6 pm to close. We will be tapping the Lips of Faith New Belgium & Alpine Brewing Company collaboration Super Indian Pale Ale at 8 pm sharp. We will also have New Belgium Red Hoptober, Somersault, Tart Lychee, Trip 13 and Peach Porch Lounger.
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Each day of beer week City Tavern is putting up a different barrel aged beer with a food pairing. Some of the beers include: Parabola, Angel's share, sourdough, black nocturne, dark shadoze, fs xv anniversary, bourbon barrel the twelve... and more
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Pioneering California Microbrewery meets Hollywood favorite and hotspot! Lost Coast Brewery is honored to partner with Sadie Restaurant during LA Beer Week on some special menu pairings and cocktails featuring our award winning beers.

Please join us for some craft beer-inspired menu pairings by Mark Gold to accompany the craft beer-inspired cocktails of Giovanni Martinez.

Call for reservations (323.467.0200) or drop in!
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Over 100 beers, VIP food pairings, music and a Beer Run 5K. The inaugural Anaheim's OC Festival of Ales will kick off on September 22 in Downtown Anaheim.

VIP and regular tickets are available from ocfestofales.com.

For more information, email ocfestofales@downtownanaheim.com
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Saturday the 22nd is the first day of Fall and that means Pumpkin,....Pumpkin Beers that is!!!

We will be pouring different Pumpkin style beers from different breweries including Uinta, Dogfish Head and Epic Brewing Co.

Chef Tony will bring Back his Japanese Pumpkin Pizza with Homemade Ricotta and Pumpkin Seeds.
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NO CHARGE FOR THESE TOURS, SEATS ARE VERY LIMITED
Email Pat@lacraftbeertours for reservation

LA Tours
1130am to 515pm
515pm to 11pm
Both of these tours start and return at Eagle Rock Brewery with stops at Strand, El Segundo and Golden Road, we'll spend about an hour at each brewery
For late tour you can be dropped off at Golden Road approx 945pm if you prefer
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