The L.A. BEER BLAST is a weekly newsletter designed to let Food GPS readers know about what’s new at select L.A. bars and restaurants with great beer selections. Expect a new L.A. BEER BLAST every Thursday evening, in time for the weekend rush. Bars and restaurants are only listed if their selection has changed in the past week. Subscribe to Food GPS and you’ll receive the L.A. BEER BLAST by e-mail.
This week’s bars: BLUE PALMS BREWHOUSE, DAILY PINT, LUCKY BALDWIN’S, LUCKY BALDWIN’S DELIRIUM CAFÉ, PURE LUCK
BLUE PALMS BREWHOUSE
6124 Hollywood Boulevard, Hollywood, 323 464 2337
NEW ON TAP
Duchesse de Bourgogne Flemish Red Ale - Vichte, Belgium
North Coast Scrimshaw Pilsner - Fort Bragg, CA
Drake’s Hefeweizen - San Leandro, CA
Sierra Nevada ESB - Chico, CA
Rubicon Brewing Czech Pilsner - Sacramento, CA
Green Flash Brewing Le Freak - Vista, CA
Unibroue Blanche de Chambly - Quebec, Canada
Brouwerij Duvel Moortgat NV Maredsous 8 - Breendonk- Puurs, Belgium
Green Flash Brewing Summer Saison - Vista, CA
North Coast Old Rasputin - Fort Bragg, CA
ON CASK
Telegraph Robust Ale - Santa Barbara, CA
Stone Arrogant Bastard with Columbus hops (by Tuesday or Wednesday) - Escondido, CA
DAILY PINT
2310 Pico Boulevard, Santa Monica, 310 450 7631
NEW ON TAP
Coronado’s Islander IPA - Coronado, CA
Deschutes Buzzsaw Brown ale - Bend, OR
Lost Coast Chocolate Porter - Eureka, CA
AleSmith Imperial Red Ale - San Diego, CA
North Coast Brewing Brother Thelonious Belgian Style Abbey Ale - Fort Bragg, CA
Wexford Irish Cream Ale - Suffolk, England
ON CASK
Stone Smoked Porter with Vanilla Bean - Escondido, CA
Stone Arrogant Bastard Ale with American Oak - Escondido, CA
JOHNNY’S BAR
5006 York Boulevard, Highland Park, 323 551 6959
NEW ON TAP
Grimbergen - an Abbey-style Belgian beer
Stone Sublimely Self-Righteous Ale - Escondido, CA
LUCKY BALDWIN’S
17 South Raymond Avenue, Pasadena, 626 795 0652
The Old Town Pasadena pub hasn’t added any new beers since last week, but they’ll feature Belgian Beer Fest through March 1.
LUCKY BALDWIN’S DELIRIUM CAFÉ
21 Kersting Court, Sierra Madre, 626 355 1140
NEW ON TAP
The Biere du Boucanier is now red instead of dark.
Belgian Beer Fest runs until the end of the month.
PURE LUCK
707 North Heliotrope Drive, Los Angeles, 323 660 5993
NEW ON TAP
Brewery Ommegang Three Philiosophers – Cooperstown, NY ($6/12 oz.)
Tasting notes from Pure Luck owner Ben Ling: Ommegang starts with a Belgian-style brown ale and blends in sour/sweet cherry lambic to make Three Philosophers – a chocolatey, malty treat with a medium body and hints of tart cherries.
Russian River Brewing Russian River IPA – Santa Rosa, CA ($6/pint)
Ling: “A double helping of hops provide big floral and grapefruit flavors. Clear golden in color, with a light body and a refreshing clean finish.”
Coronado Brewing Co. Piccadilly Porter – Coronado, CA ($5/pint)
Ling: “This easy-drinking porter has big notes of chocolate and toasted malt, a light creamy sweetness, and clean finish.”
Craftsman Brewing Company Honesty Ale – Pasadena, CA ($6/10 oz.)
Ling: “Honesty is brewed every year for release on Presidents’ Day. A sour ale brewed with cherries, in the Belgian Lambic tradition, with a crisp tartness and aroma of fresh fruit.”
NEW BOTTLES
Brewery Ommegang Biere De Mars (Oct ’08) – Cooperstown, NY ($20/750ml)
Ling: Ommegang’s new batch of their elusive Biere de Mars is a masterpiece. Brewed with wild Belgian yeast and dry-hopped, it has an aroma of rose petals and clove, with a subtle flavor that is light on the palate. Slightly tart, with notes of apple cider and hit of hops in the finish.
PREVIOUS BEER BLASTS
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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