Sour Friends Fest is back, this time in partnership with the Los Angeles County’s Brewers Guild. Join us during the 11th annual L.A. Beer Week on Saturday June 22nd for a celebration of some of the best barrel aged sour beer being produced within Southern CA.
This year, you’ll enjoy unlimited 3oz pours from the following independent breweries:
Beachwood Blendery
Berry Relativity 6.80%
Belgian-style sour ale fermented and aged in oak barrels with Boysenberry, Raspberry and Blood Orange zest
For The Love of Guava 6.50%
Belgian-style sour ale fermented and aged in oak barrels with guava
Brouwerij West
Picture Brain – Blueberry MF Saison 6.66%
Another in our line of mixed-fermentation saisons, PICTURE BRAIN is fermented in our stainless solera for six months, transfered and aged in used Syrah puncheons for another six months on blueberries, and finally bottle conditioned for another year. The process is long and arduous, but the results are incredibly worth the wait.
Dog Ate My Homework 7%
A fresh, decidedly fruit-forward saison, brewed with Washington State blackberries and black currants. This beer is deep red in color, but rather than being sweet like many fruit beers, Dog Ate My Homework is dry, tart, and refreshing.
Casa Agria Specialty Ales
Fruta Mixta 8.4%
Saison aged on apricot, peach, and raspberry.
Cerezita 6.4%
Grisette aged on tart cherries and pinot noir grape skins
Cellador Ales
Craftsman Brewing
Peachy Keen 8.3%
Two full years of barrel aging and the addition of five different Masumoto Farm peach and nectarine varieties compose what can be best described as a sublime drinking experience. Light in body, slightly tart and ultimately easy going but full of flavor, Peachy Keen is all about time and great ingredients.
Honesty Ale 6.8%
A barrel-aged sour beer brewed in 2016 with the addition of Montgomery Cherries from Washington worth their weight in gold. Aged in French oak for 2 years, tart with a lovely cherry nose. Think George Washington & the cherry tree; “I cannot tell a lie.”
Dionysius Brewing Company
Guava Paradise 7.20%
A barrel-aged golden sour aged with guava and ginger
Arcadian 7%
Open top fermented Saison with Masumoto fruit. – Two Variants – One with Peaches & the other with Nectarines.
Firestone Walker Brewing Company
Violet Underground 5.5
A cuvée was born from Somerset Wild, a newly minted Golden and Sunrise Raspberry ale, and Barrelwork’s blending warhouse, Cowbell. Proprietary yeast from both sides of the Atlantic, fresh local California fruit and French candied violet petals went into the cauldron. The resulting potion is bursting with ripe fresh fruit, a hint of violet petals and anchored by a funky yeast foundation. A quenching acidity and lively carbonation rounds out the collaboration. SLOambic 5.90%
American Wild Ale. For this vintage, fresh blackberries were added to Sour Opal, a beer matured up to 24 months in oak barrels, and then fermented using our proprietary blend of microflora for an additional four months. Bursting with ripe berries and brambles, as well as hints of jam, the fruit gives way to a rustic funk and soft oak flavors, finishing with a mouth-watering acidity. Bursting with fresh fruit aroma, we humbly present 2018 SLOambic.
Green Cheek Beer Co
TBD
Highland Park Brewery
Collective Blend #2 w/Masumoto Peaches 5.5%
Barrel-Aged Blended Sour w/Masumoto Peaches
On Cones 5.8%
Rustic Saison Aged on Sugar Pine Cones
Homage Brewing
Human Behavior 8.5%
Ale conditioned in oak w/Malbec Grape Must
Cherry Blosson Girl 6%
Barrel Aged Saison with cherries and grape skins
Horus Aged Ales/Cellador
Tammy 9.4%
An Idiosyncratic Wild Ale
To create the contents of this beer, Kyle & Kevin bound 2 barrels from Horus of cherry sour that had been resting in Buffalo Trace Rye Whisky Barrels, with beers from Cellador that had taken a long nap in a Four Roses Bourbon, Malbec, and Sherry barrels with marionberries, Malbec Grapes, and Black Raspberries. The result is a truly singular and potent potion, portraying a perfect imbalance of powerfully pungent flavors that pack a punch to your palate, and yet still complex enough to make you contemplate the meaning of life and the origin of the cosmos.
Homage Brewing
Human Behavior 8.5%
Ale conditioned in oak w/Malbec Grape Must
Cherry Blosson Girl 6%
Barrel Aged Saison with cherries and grape skins
Long Beach Beer Lab
Milk The Raspberry 7.2%
Barrel Fermented and Barrel Aged Mixed Fermentation Ale on Raspberries
Hell of the North 11.20%
Flanders Style Red Ale with Viognier Grapes
Mikkeller Brewing San Diego
Logger Blocks 5%
Oak Fermented & Lagered Kellerpils
Art Concerned 9.8%
Blended Wild Ale Aged on Temecula Syrah Grapes
Modern Times beer
Shrine of Forsaken Gods 6.3%
Barrel Aged Pale Sour with Raspberries
Wizard & Graf: Chapter 2 6.4%
Cider/Beer Hybrid Aged in Amphora, Red Wine Barrels, & North American Port Barrels
Monkish Brewing Co.
Same Tree 6.6%
Tart saison aged in French oak foudre, conditioned with yellow peaches and nectarines from the Masumoto Family Farms
Lonely Traffic Light 5.5%
Barrel-fermented farmhouse ale collaboration with Holy Mountain Brewery
Pure Project
Scyndication 8.10%
Collaboration with Cellador. Flanders Style Red aged in Whiskey, Wine, and Brandy Barrels
Twist of Fate 6%
Collaboration with Woodfour. Saison aged in Brandy Barrels with Cabernet Sauvignon and Malbec Grapes
Sour Cellars
Breaking Camp 5.3%
Blended golden sour with black raspberries
Wiping Feet 5.9%
Golden sour dry hopped with Huell Melon
The Bruery
Brazo Brazo 8.50%
American wild ale with Brazo blackberries
Frucht: Grapefruit and Salt 4%
Greyhound cocktail-inspired tart berliner weisse with grapefruit and salt
The Good Beer Company
OC Negative 8.00%
Hazy Sour DIPA with blood orange, milk sugar, and citra hops
Knuckleheadz 6.80%
Barrel fermented and barrel aged mixed culture wild ale brewed with Mecca Grade rye and wheat. With cultures from Good Beer, Horus Aged Ales and rye starter from Prager Brothers Artisan Bread
The Rare Barrel
Summer’s Gonna Hurt You 6.30%
Golden Sour Beer Aged in Oak Barrels with Masumoto Peaches and Nectarines
Mellifluent 6.6%
Golden Sour Beer Aged in Oak Barrels with Strawberry, Peach, and Mango
A percentage of all ticket sales will directly benefit the Los Angeles County Brewers Guild, a 501(c)6 nonprofit.
ANNNND palate cleansers from our following friends:
Highland Park Brewery
Pleasant Pils 5.3%
Italian Style Pils – Uses traditional European ingredients; Dry Hopped with German Saphir and German Opal
Brouwerij West
Pop Fuji 5%
Unfiltered Pilsner
GameCraft Brewing
Pay To Win 7.1%
Gold Medal Winner at LA International
Citra Mosaic West Coast IPA
**Pour list is subject to change at any time**
GENERAL ADMISSION
12:30p-4:30p
$45
VIP (SOLD OUT)
Early Entry starting at 11:30a
$55
*limited to 75 people*
The Sour Friends Fest will also feature Pacific Pizza Co. & Poutine Brothers (vegan options available), as well as Churro Garage.
Hopped LA & The L.A. Brewer’s Guild will also be present with merchandise available.
No minors are allowed at this event.
We hope you can join us in celebrating not only the 11th Annual Los Angeles Beer Week, but also all the great Barrel Aged Sour beer being produced here in Southern CA!
