California, beer paradise: from Los Angeles to Santa Barbara Although the Los Angeles area is one of the least prolific scene brewing in California, we must admit that the majority of travelers visiting the elongated state staying a few days or more. Our relentless desire to enjoy fine products obliges us - what torture, you understand - to find the best drink in establishments where ale of all kinds. Let's go that step, then!
Apart microbreweries such
The Bruery who concoct beautiful creations in various styles of bottles (Berliner Weisse, Old Ale, Saison, American Strong Ale, etc..), The majority of bars and restaurants in this part of the coast have their beers on tap. Since the city does not deserve an article alone, we even decided to expand the area to Santa Barbara, a little further north along the Pacific. The same ostentatious demonstrations are shown along the beaches, but the brewing of high quality institutions do not proliferate. Here, the Telegraph Brewing
stands out with his beer thirst simply impeccable, and their delicious
California Ale, Golden Wheat Ale
,
Wheat Reserve,
White Ale and Porter
Stock appear in most food shops in the city.
Here So without further ado, our top 4 bars and brouepubs where it is good to loosen the taste buds in this region in muscular starlets:
Blue Palms Brewhouse
6124 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles
Tourists visiting Los Angeles will probably want to tread the Hollywood Walk of Fame Star upholstered biggest stars. Word of guy who's been there, you get tired quickly. Once that satiety grab you, go to the Blue Palms Brewhouse
. This lighting bar with blue fedora artificial palm trees and perhaps impress not look, but Hollywood Boulevard is not known to harbor the most authentic pubs either ... Here, a diverse crowd comes to drink from the same 25 rows of barrels. Frequently, special events are organized to create
happenings mainly related to California microbreweries in the city of
happenings. The bar seems to be improving every year and the owner has surrounded himself with collaborators who supplied a lot of credibility in the community. Ironically, Blue Palms has become an oasis in the parched THE
Library Ale House
2911 Main Street, Santa Monica
On the main street in Santa Monica, a few hundred meters from its beautiful beach and the charming canals of Venice, restaurants abound with exotic allure. Difficult to decide to cross the door. For the connoisseur of beer, it should not be any question: the Library Ale House, having been on the prestigious list of 150 locations that the amateur should visit at least once in their life according to the magazine All About Beer. Inside one discovers a lively bar where meals are served very honorable Mexican accents sometimes, sometimes American. Again, we are surprised to see this motley crowd, but apparently mainly consists of regulars, dive to the labia majora in their pints of Imperial Stout Imperial IPA and others. These are more than twenty drums that drive the bar whose character contrasts with the nature tourism in the area. Hard to beat for miles around.
Ladyface Alehouse & Brewery
29281 Agoura Rd
, Agoura Hills
Finally, an American brouepub not trying to emulate its competitors. Imbued with personality, paintings of the mysterious lady with long hair, the emblem of the brewery, on the terrace facing the hills burnt by the sun, this French-inspired brasserie (!) Won at first glance. Beer-house, whether the derailleur
a beer Beware toasted malts adjoining grassy hops and yeast aromas reminiscent of fresh bread, the Three Daughters
Tripel IPA or
Cheseborough , Delighting palates in search of complexity and flavor free. If for some personal reason, the beers Ladyface do not like beer invited them, you will conquer. Whether it
Lost Abbey, Sierra Nevada of
or
Bruery , you will surely find a beer to accompany your salad or raised your meat cooked to perfection.
Hollister Brewing
6980 Marketplace Drive, Goleta
One of the unsung heroes most of the Hollister Brewing Calfornia. Brewer a immeasurable talent moving in this very ordinary bistro-pub located in a posh shopping mall - one is in Santa Barbara, do not forget it. Most beers on the menu, more than a dozen beers are called "session", that is to say beer thirst designed to be drunk to the pint. All exhibit a know-how and some unusual even develop a captivating personality, such as Rye BSE, Gose and India Red Ale. Its Angry Sun, an Imperial Stout at the cafe, has nothing to envy Speedway Stout and mortal sin of this world. The "The J", brewed with smoked malts and hemp, evokes a cross between Humbug and Charbonnière God of Heaven! so the body is well developed and the flavors balanced. Goleta impossible to leave without a growler
, these 1.8-liter pots filled with your favorite of the evening.
Next step in our guide: San Francisco!
Photos this article courtesy of Johann Schlager 
