Celebrating the Art and Craft of Beer
There all kinds of ways to drink the myriad styles, brands, and versions of beer -- in moderation, definitely with laughter, and quite often with second rounds, or at the very least, tasters. "So many beers, so little time!"
The SCCBB interrupts his indolent summer sabbatical to share several discoveries and note the passing of a seminal L.A. craft brewery after 15 creative, innovative, and significant years.
We should expect a solid variety of beer on tap. Sometimes I have an IPA moment, other times I have a Lager moment, while most of the time I have a Saison moment. When I visit a brewery, I expect to see beers that match the season (e.g., stouts during winter), specialty beers, and “go-to” beer types that match any and all moods I am in.
All kinds of positive personal associations enhance my appreciation and enjoyment of the beer I sample when I'm in Texas.
All things must pass. Solstices support the shift point where you release, forgive and reset. Anchor Christmas Ale is done. Long live its successors!
Eleanor and Chauncey visit Macleod and Brews Brothers, and recommend Nepali Brewboy's "Beer Guide."
Whenever I travel, I try to find craft beer brewed by independent brewers in the places I visit. In Part 1 of a multi-part series, we sip a few cold ones in Connecticut.
My favorite summer beer, Trumer Pils from Berkeley; a new sustainable beer initiative from Patagonia that fights climate change; and a seemingly weird beer from the British Isles called "Bishop's Finger."
"The first-generation L.A. brewers are still the ones to seek out for their consistently reliable quality beers and signature styles." - Melissa Mora Hidalgo
Chauncey engages in a meditation on a particular snifter of beer and discovers once again that the world is a weird, wonderful, and thoroughly beautiful place...
So Cal Craft Beer Blog 