![]() 1999: Taps Fish House & Brewery, Brea (Orange County)Īs someone who covered L.A.’s early beer scene and saw Taps represented at many L.A. Find 1903 and other Craftsman beers at gastropubs and bars like Stout Burger and Beer Bar (Hollywood, Santa Monica), The Guild Hall (Burbank, Whittier), 38 Degrees Ale House & Grill (Alhambra), Lucky Baldwin’s (Pasadena), the Crooked Gaff Kitchen (Whittier), or follow their Instagramfor updates. With no taproom open to the public, Craftsman fans have to look for it on draught at one of 75 bars, pubs, and restaurants that serve Craftsman’s core beers, including Poppyfields Pale Ale, Heavenly Hefeweizen, a rotating seasonal or experimental beer, and 1903 American Lager-Craftsman’s delicious flagship brew since 2003. ![]() “I like beer that tastes like beer,” says Jilg, eschewing today’s trendy hopped-up hazies and fruity seltzers in favor of solid, nuanced brews with history made from traditional ingredients. Memorable vintage pre-Prohibition-inspired ales and lagers are the hallmarks of Mark Jilg’s Pasadena brewery, launched in 1995 out of a homebrewing hobby that goes back to the 1980s. Photo via 1995: Craftsman Brewing, Pasadena originals who opened the doors for the growth of local craft beer we see today. brewers are still the ones to seek out for their consistently reliable quality beers and signature styles-L.A. Here are eight great “OG” breweries founded in greater Los Angeles at least a decade ago that helped put our city on Cali’s craft beer map. Though smaller and younger than California’s more established craft brewing regions, greater L.A.’s mighty beer presence began with a handful of breweries that held their own with-even won medals alongside-their storied cohorts to the north and south. County Brewers Guild counts nearly 90 members or about 8% of the state’s breweries. craft brewing (San Francisco’s Anchor Brewing was founded in 1965), and ten years or so behind San Diego, which bills itself as the “Capital of Craft” and the home of foundational beermakers like Karl Strauss (1989), Pizza Port (1992), AleSmith (1995), and Stone Brewing (1996).Ĭurrently, California has over 1,100 breweries and, counting, the most in the country. For context, this is decades behind Northern California, often hailed as the “birthplace”of U.S. L.A.’s craft brewery scene began in earnest in the post-2008 Great Recession period. It’s exciting to see so many options for fresh craft beer around town, which wasn’t always the case. County Brewers Guild’s 14th annual Los Angeles Independent Beer Fest on June 10th, returning after a three-year hiatus to showcase the present and futureof L.A.’s growing craft beer scene. This year, more than 75 local breweries will pour their suds at the L.A. Beer Butch,” where Professor Hidalgo examines L.A.’s craft beer scene using her background in academia, LGBTQ, and L.A.
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