Just back from a trip to LA and while we couldn't squeeze in as much beer time as we do on normal vacations due to driving all over So Cal visiting family and friends we did make it to a few good places.
Didn't get as many pics of the beers as I wanted due to bad battery in my cell phone but I got a few.
1st up is an icelandic beer I had never seen before... we had the Pale and the Porter.... they were both worth the money and then some.
(side note I bought this and a bottle of scotch on a sunday at 10am)
Big Daddy IPA
No trip back home would be complete without some Pliny
A guy I went to High School with has opened the best Burger/beer bars in the nation by far.
Hit up his Pasadena Slaters 50/50 location and was treated to an awesome burger (the 50/50 part means it is 50% angus beef and 50% bacon) and had some Pliny, 6 different Stones, and some other Russian River beer I forget the names of.
If you are ever in So Cal and like beer I highly recommend this place, the food and beer selection is out of this world.
We decided since Stone was our favorite Brewery we had to take Andrea there since she has never been. It has changed a bunch since I was last there. The new bistro by far is the best food you can get at a brewery and the brewery itself is the best looking one i've ever seen. We had about 20 tasters each including some that were Cali only (pumpkin ale and a new barley wine that is 18%)
The Soap in the Bathroom smelled like a good strong porter
A menu from the restaurant I ended up keeping
@mtweller this one is for you since I know you like these hops also
yeah and I fought it for as long as possible but eventually their new line up brought me to my knees....... Sorry I'm not strong enough
