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This week’s bars: BLUE PALMS BREWHOUSE, DAILY PINT, THE GOLDEN STATE, JOHNNY’S, LUCKY BALDWIN’S, LUCKY BALDWIN’S DELIRIUM CAFÉ, THE YORK
BLUE PALMS BREWHOUSE
6124 Hollywood Boulevard, Hollywood, 323 464 2337
CURRENTLY ON TAP
Pizza Port Pedestal (pale ale) - Carlsbad, CA
Brouwerij Framboise – Lambic, fruit, raspberries (2.8% ABV) - Vlezenbeek, Belgium
Victory Prima Pils – German Pilsener (5.3% ABV) - Downingtown, PA
Speakeasy Old Godfather – American barleywine (10.2% ABV) - San Francisco, CA
Telegraph Robust Ale – American strong ale (7.5% ABV) - Santa Barbara, CA
Marin Dirty Blonde – blonde ale - Larkspur, CA
Oskar Blues Old Chub – Scottish ale (8% ABV) - Lyons, CO
Bitburger Brauerei – German Pilsener (4.8% ABV) - Bitburg, Germany
Ballast Point Black Marlin – American Porter (6% ABV) - Point Loma, CA
Speakeasy Hunters Point – American Porter (7.9% ABV) - San Francisco, CA
Pizza Port Revelations – Belgian strong pale ale - Carlsbad, CA
Sierra Nevada ESB – extra special strong bitter (5.9% ABV) - Chico, CA
Lost Abbey Devotion – Belgian pale ale (6.3% ABV) - San Marcos, CA
Coronado Idiot IPA – American IPA (8% ABV) - Coronado, CA
Bear Republic Racer 5 – American IPA (7% ABV) - Healdsburg, CA
Firestone Union Jack – American IPA (7.5% ABV) - Paso Robles, CA
Blue Palms IPA – American IPA (6.9% ABV) - Paso Robles, CA
Firestone Pale Ale 31 – American pale ale (4.6% ABV) - Paso Robles, CA
Sam Adams seasonal release – Double Boc (8.8% ABV) - Boston, MA
Moylans Tipperary Pale Ale – American pale ale NITRO (5% ABV) - Novato, CA
Green Flash Summer Saison – farmhouse ale (4.5% ABV) - Vista, CA
Rogue Black Lager – Schwarzbier (4.6% ABV) - Newport, OR
North Coast Old Rasputin – Russian Imperian stout (9% ABV) - Fort Bragg, CA
Coney Island Lager – American Amber – Red Lager (5.5% ABV) - Brooklyn, NY
DAILY PINT
2310 Pico Boulevard, Santa Monica, 310 450 7631
NEW ON TAP
Stone Sublimely Self-Righteous Ale – Escondido, CA
Deschutes Organic Ale – Bend, OR
Stone Arrogant Bastard Ale with American Oak – Escondido, CA
Stone IPA (on cask) – Escondido, CA
Abita Turbodog – Abita Springs, LA
Green Flash Imperial IPA – Vista, CA
Beginning tomorrow: Russian River Brewing’s Bling Pig IPA, cask-conditioned Cali Belgique (Stone’s California Belgian-style ale), Port Brewing’s Hop 15 and Hop Devil, plus Lost Abbey Serpentine Stout.
THE GOLDEN STATE
426 North Fairfax Avenue, Downtown, 323 782 8331
NEW ON TAP
AleSmith Grand Cru arrives on Tuesday, in time for St. Patrick’s Day.
NEW IN THE BOTTLE
Co-owner Jason Bernstein said Russian River and Avery Brewing’s “Collaboration…Not Litigation” (Batch #3) is “spicy but raisin-y at the same time. It’s described as a ‘golden ale brewed with Belgian yeast.’ It’s a bigger beer.”
North Coast Brewing Red Seal Ale – Fort Bragg, CA
JOHNNY’S BAR
5006 York Boulevard, Highland Park, 323 551 6959
NEW ON TAP
Co-owner Zac Crandell said they’re going with Murphy’s Irish Stout for St. Patrick’s Day, replacing Grimbergen.
LUCKY BALDWIN’S
17 South Raymond Avenue, Pasadena, 626 795 0652
NEW ON TAP
McChouffe (“a dark beer, a double”) – Achouffe, Belgium
Houblon (“a light beer, strong in hops”) – Achouffe, Belgium
Duvel Maredsous 8 (“a nutty dark beer”) - Breendonk- Puurs, Belgium
Boon Mariage Parfait on cask (“a sour ale”) - Lembeek, Belgium
For St. Patrick’s Day, Guinness will be flowing full-stream from the taps.
LUCKY BALDWIN’S DELIRIUM CAFÉ
21 Kersting Court, Sierra Madre, 626 355 1140
NEW ON TAP
Lucky Baldwin’s eastern outpost extended their Belgian beer festival through Sunday, and maybe further. They still have plenty of Belgian beers, T-shirts and mugs. La Chouffe Belgian Tripel is back on, and they ran out of the Gulden Draak Vintage Ale.
THE YORK
5018 York Boulevard, Highland Park, 323 255 9675
Owner Ryan Ballinger checked in on Tuesday with a full report The York’s beer offerings:
NEW ON TAP
“Into the second and final keg of Craftsman’s Honesty Ale, a seasonal offering, a tart cherry Belgian-style fruit beer. When this one is gone, it is gone for 11 months.”
“There has been talk of picking up a hoppy rye beer on tap soon.”
NEW IN BOTTLES
“Now in 12oz. bottle is Kronenbourg 1664, and we have a small Belgian called “Stella Artois” on draft in its place. I’m pretty sure we’re getting in on the ground floor with this beer. If I have to give you notes on what sSella tastes like, you have been sleeping for five years at least.”
“750ml of The Bruery white orchard, a Belgian-style ale brewed with spices, wheat and oats. It is a great beer for our new longer afternoons. Their tasting notes: “flavors of fresh citrus, bready wheat, and a hint of lavender.”
“We also sell The Bruery black orchard, a dark-colored but light-flavored beer of a similar sort in 750ml bottles.”
“Just in is the 2009 release of Reutberger’s St. Josephi Bock, a seasonal bock beer they release in the spring each year. It has a fantastic amber color, nice malt balance, and wonderful finish. It is 6.9% ABV, easily one of my favorite breweries. Better to drink it there, but we get some here, which is easier of course.”
“Also, a light beer from German schonram brewery called Surtaler. It is light and crisp, or as the Germans put it: “Ein „schweres Leichtes, da mit 3,4 % Alkohol stärker als die meisten seiner Gattung. Eine wohlschmeckende Alternative zu allen Biermischgetränken (unter Brauern als „Bierpanschereien“ bekannt). Spezialmalze runden den Geschmack ab. Das malzige Aroma erinnert an eine frisch gemähte Wiese. Im Antrunk schmeckt man eine leichte Malzsüße, die in eine angenehm anhaltende Hopfenbittere übergeht. Im Nachtrunk sehr spritzig. Das Surtaler ist ein Leichtbier mit überraschend viel Rückgrat, das es dem relativ hohen Stammwürzegehalt und der Verwendung von 15 % Spezialmalz verdankt.”
“We will be open early (2 p.m.) and going big on Tuesday for St. Patrick’s Day with our Guinness and Smithwick’s in addition to an assortment of Irish whiskeys, corned beef and cabbage, and all kinds of affronts to proper drinking.”
PREVIOUS BEER BLASTS
L.A. BEER BLAST #7 (March 6, 2009)
L.A. BEER BLAST #6 (February 26, 2009)
L.A. BEER BLAST #5 (February 19, 2009)
L.A. BEER BLAST #4 (February 12, 2009)
L.A. BEER BLAST #3 (February 5, 2009)
L.A. BEER BLAST #2 (January 29, 2009)
L.A. BEER BLAST #1 (January 22, 2009)
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