June Events

June is looking a bit a slow right now, but things should pick up a bit towards the end of the month. We do have a couple of Brasserie d’Achouffe events at the start of the month.

The Trilogy With Sir David Walker
Congregation Ale House in Azusa, Pasadena, & Long Beach
Thursday 6/28/12 @ 6pm Azusa, 7:45pm Pasadena, 9:30pm Long Beach
“One Man, One Night, Three Chapters. Join us as we toast the release of Firestone Walker’s 2012 Parabola with Sir David Walker as he becomes the first to host a Congregation Ale House beer event at each Chapter in one night. We will have about 8-10 beers on tap and a Firkin and be headlining Parabola. And to put it over the top, each location will have a Firestone specialty beer from deep in the cellar or something that hasn’t been released. David Walker will be on site and available to answer any questions and drink a few.”

Monkish Brewing Pint Night
City Tavern in Culver City
Thursday 6/28/12 @ 6pm
Monkish will be bringing 7 different beers for your imbibing pleasure, including:
Oblate (6.3% ABV) Belgian blonde with chamomile
Crux (5.6% ABV) Belgian single with elderflowers
Moria (4.9%) Belgian black single with sweet orange peels
Red Table (5.6%) Belgian amber with pink peppercorns
Pour Toi (6.2%) dry-hopped Belgian pale ale with only euro-hops
Anomaly (8.5%) silky Belgian strong dark
Feminist (9.4%) Belgian triple with lots of hibiscus

Beachwood Brewing Summer Flight Night
Mohawk Bend in Silver Lake
Thursday 6/28/12 @ 7pm
“We’re starting up a couple summer flight nights. Our second one features hyper-local beer from Julian and the crew at Beachwood Brewing & BBQ in Long Beach. Here are the confirmed brews, but we just might have a few additional surprises up our sleeves: Dominator IPA, Udder Love milk stout, El Verano saison, Knucklehead Red, Alpha Master pale ale, James Brown ale.”

Eagle Rock Brewery Tap Takeover
Sunset Beer Co in Echo Park
Friday 6/29/12 @ 7pm
More info to come.

Firestone Walker Rare Beer & Keep the Glass
Steingarten LA in West LA
Friday 6/29/12 @ 6pm – 11pm
“Steingarten LA Proudly Welcomes The Firestone Walker Brewing Company. Please join us for a special night featuring Firkin Friday & Keep the Glass. $5 Pints of a special cask all night! SEVEN AMAZING BEERS: PARABOLA 2012, FIRESTONE XV, NECTAR ALES BLACK XANTUS 2011, VELVET MERKIN, SUCUBA 2012, SOLACE AMERICAN WHEAT, PALE 31. On hand will be a representative from Firestone Walker to talk about the beer and give away pint glasses. **while supplies last** A special menu will be available so come hungry.”

THINGS THAT ALREADY HAPPENED

Beagle Freedom Project FunRaiser
The Pub at Golden Road in Glendale
Tuesday 6/5/12 @ 6pm – 11pm
“Golden Road is helping us save more lab beagles! Beagle Freedom Project rescues animals from laboratory research and seeks to end animal testing entirely. Golden Road Pub will donate 25% of all Vegan Sales from that night plus $3 from every 6 Pack purchased of their beer to us. We will have some fun raffle items as well!”

D’Achouffe Gnome Week Kick Off
Little Bear in The Arts District (Downtown)
Wednesday 6/6/12 @ 5pm – 2am
“Brasserie d’Achouffe Operations Manager Jean Luc is flying in to hang out at Little Bear. We will be giving away Gnome Hats, Interactive Gnome Coasters, Chouffe Glasses & conducting the world’s smallest toast! Taplist: La Chouffe – Belgian Strong Pale Ale, McChouffe – Strong Dark Ale, Houblon Chouffe Dobbelen IPA Tripel, Gnomegong (Ommegang Collab) – Belgian Strong Pale Ale, Chouffe Biere Du Soleil – Saison.”

Gnome Week Celebration
Library Alehouse in Santa Monica
Thursday 6/7/12 @ 6pm – 9pm
“Come down to the Alehouse for a night of fancy red gnome hats, excellent Belgian beer and general good times. We’ll have the following beers on tap from La Chouffe and Ommegang: Gnomegang, McChouffe, Houblon Chouffe, Biere du Soleil. We’ll see you on Thursday!”

Golden Road Brewery night
Sunset Beer Co in Echo Park
Friday 6/8/12 @ 7pm
“We’re welcoming back Golden Road, and they’re bringing some awesome stuff! All six of our taps will be taken-over, along with a cask. What’ll be in the cask? We don’t even know, yet! This is gonna be a good night!”

Beer O’Clock: Weekly Beer Tasting
Buzz Wine Beer Shop in Downtown LA
Friday 6/8/12 @ 5pm – 9pm
Hill Billy Jeff has a great line up for tonight with Firestone Walker Parabola, Mikkeller Big Worse aged in Red Wine, Jolly Pumpkin Oro de Calabaza, Lost Abbey Deliverance, Haandbryggeriet Haandbaak and Dark Force Reserva. $16 for a tasting flight of all these beers and a cupcake from Big Man Bakes! Bottles will be available for sale, but in limited quantities.

One Night Stand Featuring Eagle Rock Brewery
Beer Belly in Korea Town
Wednesday 6/13/12
Expect to find some great beers from Eagle Rock Brewery and some really tasty food.

Stone Brewing Night featuring Mixtape Vol.1
Far Bar in Little Tokyo
Wednesday 6/13/12 @ 6pm
“Come join is for a night of great fun and beer as we’ll be tapping a keg of Mixtape Vol 1 from Stone. We’ve also been told that they are going to be sending us another “very special” keg for the event. We’ll also be featuring other Stone classics as well as glassware to giveaway. Also on tap this evening: 2012 Russian Imperial Stout, Smoked Porter, Stone IPA, Ruination, Stone Pale Ale. Our Wednesday House Band Jambo Ningus will be rockin the patio as well.” My bet is the special keg will be Stone Ruination Tenth Anniversary IPA.

Hangar 24 Craft Brewery Night
Mohawk Bend in Silver Lake
Wednesday 6/14/12
“You won’t want to miss these local brews — including some of their bigger, bodacious rarities. Stay tuned for more details to come.” My bet is there will be Essence, Hammerhead, and maybe some Palmero or Pugachev’s Cobra as well as some of their year-round brews.

Taps Takeover & Mandoline Grill
Sunset Beer Co in Echo Park
Friday 6/15/12 @ 7pm
“TAPS Fish House & Brewery!
Tap List: Keller Pils, Cream Ale, Irish Red, IPA, Doppelbock, Remy (bottles of Remy too!)”

B3 Ride: Bike Brunch Beer
Saturday 6/16/12
A charity fundraiser bike ride for pediatric cancer research that rewards those who raise the most money with ever-increasing levels of free beer. The ride starts at Tony’s Darts Away and finishes at Mohawk Bend, with a stop at The Pub at Golden Road. More info at the link above.

3rd Anniversary Barrel Aged Beer Festival
38º Degrees in Alhambra
Saturday 6/16/12
Barrel Aged Beer: Allagash Curieux, Avery Samael’s Oak aged Ale, Ballast Point (Special Surprise), Big Sky Ivan The Terrible, Deschutes The Abyss, Dogfish Head Immort Ale, Drakes 1 Bourbon, 1 Scotch, Oh Dear, Drakes Barrel Aged Drakonic, Eagle Rock (Special Surprise), Epic Brainless on peaches, Epic Big Bad Baptist, Firestone Walker Parabola, Flying Dog barrel aged Gonzo, Golden Road El Hefe Anejo, Great Divide Oak Aged Yeti, Hangar 24 Barrel Roll #4 Hammerhead, Napa Smith Grateful Dog, New Belgium Lips Of Faith Tart Lychee, Russian River Sanctification, Stone (special surprise), The Lost Abbey Bourbon Angel’s Share, Uinta Labyrinth
The Hoppy: Stone 10th Anniversary Ruination, Firestone Double Jack, Firestone Wookie Jack, Port 6th Anniversary Ale, Russian River Blind Pig, Russian River Pliny The Elder, Alesmith IPA, Ballast Point Sculpin, Ballast Point Tongue Buckler, Blue House Ales 1st Anniversary Two 5 Left, Strand Atticus, Oscar Blues Deviant Dales, Dubuisson Cuvee Des Trolls, Dupont La Biere De Beloeil, Maredsous 8 Dubbel

Taps Fishouse & Brewery Night featuring Remy
Far Bar in Little Tokyo
Monday 6/18/12 @ 6pm
“Join us for a night with Victor Novak and his award winning beers. We’ll be tapping a very special keg of Remy (2010 GABF Silver Medal Winning Bourbon Barrel-Aged Russian Imperial Stout). We’ll have five other Taps beers on as well this evening. So come and enjoy some outstanding beers with one of our favorite brewers.”

Tuesdays at Tony’s: Surf Brewery Night
Tony’s Darts Away in Burbank
Tuesday 6/19/12 @ 7pm
“Come meet Luke from the very local Ventura Surf Brewery on Tuesday night. We will have a whole bunch of Surf’s beers on, including: Mondo’s Cream Ale, Surf Black IPA, County Line Rye Pale Ale, Shaka XPA, Anniversary Imperial Brown, Strawberry Wheat. Come ready to learn about their delicious beer from Ventura County, CA”

Firestone Anniversary Vertical Flight
Sunset Beer Co in Echo Park
Thursday 6/21/12 @ 7pm
“In addition to blowing your mind, here are the flight selections for 6/21.
Flight #1 Anniversary vertical: 11, 12, and 13. then either 14 or 15. We don’t know yet.
Flight #2 (when the first one sells out): Abacus 2011, Sucaba, Parabola 2010, Parabola 2012 (on tap!)”

Drakes Brewing Night
Far Bar in Little Tokyo
Thursday 6/21/12 @ 6pm
“Join as we welcome our friends from the North end of California for a night of great ales and beer talk. On this night we will feature four great core line Drakes beers as well as two very rare barrel-aged gems being sent special delivery to us directly from Drakes Barrel House in San Leandro. Chris Elmes and Dow Tunis will be here from the brewery to enjoy the brews and chat it up with you as well.On tap this night will be: Cuvee De Mallard (Imperial Stout/Scotch Ale blend ,Bourbon barrel aged, 8.25%), Total Recall ( Imperial Stout/Amber blend, Port barrel aged 7.5%), Drakes 1500, Amber IPA, and Drakonic.”

Brouwerij West Tap Takeover
Buzz Wine Beer Shop in Downtown LA
Friday 6/22/12 @ 5pm – 9pm
“Friday Night, June 22nd from 5-9pm, Brian Mercer, Owner & Brewer at Brouwerij West will take over our taps for a night of shock and amazement. There will be food. There will be Country Music. There will be ‘BeachBillies’ and ‘ValleyNecks.’ There will be moments of extreme awkwardness and inappropriateness. Flight will consist of Blond, Kapuziner Weisse, Saison, Tripel, Mor Mor, and Alesmith Old Numbskull and cost $16”

Hanger 24 Craft Brewery BBQ
The Golden Gopher in Downtown
Sunday 6/24/12 @ 1pm – 4pm
“If you love craft beer and BBQ, Golden Gopher has an event you are not going to want to miss. On Sunday, June 24th, starting at 1pm Golden Gopher will be giving out free BBQ with the purchase of a Hanger 24 beer. Pretty sweet deal huh? This is what Sunday’s are made for. Come in and score!”

Firestone Walker Night at Far Bar with David Walker
Far Bar in Little Tokyo
Tuesday 6/26/12 @ 7pm
“Come and enjoy an evening of great Firestone Walker beers with us as we welcome our multiple time GABF Award winning friends from the 805. The man himself, David Walker, as well as the rest of the crew will be here to toast a beer with you and talk everything that is FW on what should be a sunny early Summer evening at Far Bar. On tap this night: Parabola, Unfiltered DBA, 805, Pale 31, Double Jack, Wookey Jack, Hemp Ale, and possibly another.”

3 Jacks & an Imperial Stout
Sophie’s Place in Redondo Beach
Wednesday 6/27/12 @ 5pm
Come try the full line up of Firestone Walker “Jacks” (that would be Union, Double, and Wookey) and Parabola.

Cheers
Beer Guy LA