Los Angeles County craft breweries in April had a strong showing at the Brewers Cup of California, with the Los Angeles County Brewers Guild winning back-to-back Guild of the Year awards.
Multiple breweries took home several awards, punctuated by downtown-based Arts District Brewing Co. taking home three golds – one for Norm in American-style stouts/black ales, another for Kindling in smoke beers and the third for The Lush in Vienna-style lagers. Lincoln Beer Co. in Burbank also took home a pair of golds, one for Railsplitter in American-style ambers/red ales and the other for Vanilla Carousel in American-style strong ales.
Other multi-award winners included: Pasadena-based Cerveceria Del Pueblo winning gold for Antigua under altbiers and silver for Melosa under fruit beers; San Fernando-based San Fernando Brewing Co. winning gold for De Valle Lager under American-style light lagers and a silver for O’Melveny Red Ale under British strong beers; Malibu-based Malibu Brewing Co. winning gold for Canyon Rosé Rice Lager under experimental beer and bronze for Sand and Sea Mexican Lager under American-style cream ales or lagers; downtown-based Angel City Brewery winning gold for Grenache Grisette under fruit beers, bronze for its IPA under American-style pale ales and bronze for Apple Pomace Puncheon under sours/bretts/other yeasts; Gardena-based Eureka Brewing Co. winning gold for Just A Phaze under hazy IPAs and silver for Tacos & Beer under American-style amber lagers; Signal Hill-based Ten Mile Brewing winning gold for Hidden Hollow under historical beers and Koji under international lagers; Claremont-based Claremont Craft Ales winning gold for Triple IPA under imperial IPAs and bronze for Jacaranda under American wheats/ryes; San Gabriel-based Ogopogo Brewing winning gold for Boeman under wit beers and bronze for Nachtkrapp under schwarzbiers; Long Beach-based Long Beach Beer Lab winning gold for Klassich Pils under German-style pilseners and bronze for Blonde under goldens/blonde ales; Long Beach-based ISM Brewing winning silver for Stable Trestles under Belgian-style pales beers and bronze for Chepedelic under international pale ales; Lancaster-based Bravery Brewing Co. winning silver for Korova under British stouts, bronze for Brighton ESB under English-style milds and bitters/IPAs and bronze for Lime Fatboys Cerveza under fruit beers; and Pomona-based Old Stump Brewing Co. winning silver for Not Tonight Honey under honey beers and bronze for Raspberry Lemonade Gose under goses.
Other guild members winning gold included Hawthorne-based Common Space Brewery for Good Signs under American-style pale ales and Redondo Beach-based TrustedGut for Blonde Ale under honey beers. Other silver winners were Long Beach-based Trademark Brewing for Codebreaker under American IPAs; Lawndale-based Far Field Beer Co. for Infrared under American-style ambers/red ales; the downtown location of Athens, Georgia-based Creature Comforts Brewing Co. for Pils, Baby! under American-style lagers; Long Beach-based Ambitious Ales for Professional Human Being under hazy IPAs; and Pico Rivera-based Brewjeria Co. for Californio under historical beers. Bronze winners included Palmdale-based Lucky Luke Brewing Co. for Lucky Light under American-style light lagers; El Segundo-based Five Point Five Brewing Co. for Tank Farm under American-style strong ales; Glendale-based Paperback Brewing Co. for Surrealist under Belgian-style pale beers; Long Beach-based Altar Society Brewing & Coffee Co. for Darkest Rituals under chocolate beers; Monrovia-based Hop Secret Brewing Co. for Tongue Butter under specialty stouts; and El Segundo-based El Segundo Brewing Co. for Standard Crude under wood- and barrel-aged beers.
Thousand Oaks-based Tarantula Hill Brewing Co. also took home awards – a gold for Feel the Flow under international-style pilseners and two silvers, one for Liquid Candy under hazy pale ales and the other for Call Day under international pale ales.
