#Breweries torrance california free

Head Dude, Jeff Parker, went from home-brewer to head brewmaster at the Strand, before teaming up with a couple of drinking buddies (Toby Humes and Mike Holwick) to start this canned line of eclectic craft beers in 2012. Taproom hours: Wed-Thu 4pm-1opm, Fri 3pm-10pm, Sat 1pm-8pm, Sun 1pm-6pm First-timers should seek guidance from his wife and curator, Adriana, or order a foursome sampler starting with the Shaolin Fist (spiced with Szechuan peppercorns) and the pink-hued, hibiscus-flavored Feminist. Just don't ask for an IPA (as the sign says).

Nguyen brews what he finds to create sublime flavors that can be polarizing or enlightening, depending on your palate.

Nguyen is a mad scientist (and college professor) who collects microorganisms by scouring “funk boxes” (wine barrels and giant oak crates). One of the best kept secrets among beer geeks is now out thanks to numerous awards for Henry Nguyen's signature sours. Monkish, just around the corner from Smog City, is another mom-and-pop shop, who take a monastic approach to creating inspiring Belgian-style beers. Taproom hours: Wed-Fri 4pm-9pm, Sat noon-8pm, Sun noon-6pm

#Breweries torrance california free

They also offer free guided tours and host home-brew club meet-ups. Their commercial-spaced taproom gives you a peak behind the brew curtain as visitors drink among fermenting tanks and fresh batches of seasonal brews such as their Kumquat Saison, whose ingredients came from the family’s backyard kumquat tree. Known for expertly-crafted, well-balanced, experimental beers, they developed a cult-following with their 2012 Great American Beer Fest Gold Medal winning Coffee Porter (what else?), a dark chocolate-flavored beer infused with fresh roasted Groundworks beans. Husband-and-wife founders Jonathan and Laurie Porter (talk about destiny) got their start brewing beers at the legendary Tustin Brewing Company in Orange County before opening their own brewery in 2013. Taproom hours: Wed-Fri 4pm-9pm, Sat noon-9pm, Sun noon-8pm. The beer pioneers have grown along with the scene they help start, recently moving into a sprawling Torrance location that will see production double from 4,000 barrels in 2014 to 8,000 this year. The warehouse-set taproom is kid-and-dog-friendly (like most on this list), featuring a 12-foot long bar, picnic tables and a rotating food truck bay. Named after the famous Strand bike path that runs along the South Bay shoreline, they quickly established themselves with their “grain to glass” motto featuring hand-crafted, easy-to-drink beers (like their flagship 24th Street Pale Ale and Atticus IPA), that fit into the South Bay lifestyle of backyard barbecues and sunset happy hours. Here's a rundown to get you acquainted with the faces behind the places that make up South Bay's craft capital.īusiness partners Rich Marcello and Joel Elliott were the first ones to plant their barley seeds in the 90501 when they opened up Strand Brewing Company in a desolate business park in 2009. There are over 30 breweries in LA now, with more on the way, but the working-class coastal community, known more for its industrial warehouses than its sandy beaches, is where the movement exploded. Brewers of all sizes and styles strive for a well-balanced beer. Thus, it was destiny that Torrance, whose motto is “a balanced city,” has become hallowed ground in Los Angeles’ brewing craft beer scene.