The Daily Pint

***UPDATE:  Tonight’s Scotch menu has changed.  We apologize for the short notice!  See new menu below***

Said “Look man, come down here.”  He got down there.  What you want?

Move it on over to the Daily Pint this Wednesday 10/21 for a double dose of special events.

With the magical convergence of LA Beer Week and Whisky Live, we have double booked the Pint for a scotch tasting and an evening of casks from Firestone Walker.

This is a complete departure from our past scotch tastings, with a whole new lineup of single malts from the Highlands & Islands.  Choose any 6 whiskies out of the 9 on the list for the low low price of 30 dollars!  Master Distiller Ian MacMilan will be there to guide the tasting and talk shop.

There are some surprisingly old whiskies on the list for such a low price, Deanston 30 yr and Bunnahabhain 25 yr being the standouts.  Add four more whiskies and your tab is still only $30.  See below for the full menu.

Scotch lineup has changed.  See below for an updated image.  Whiskeys include:

• Singleton 12
• Glenkinchie 12
• Cragganmore 12
• Oban 14
• Ardberg 10

Remember our original Firkin Fridays, before the LA Times article and before our 4 beer engines were installed?  The first cask we ever had was the Unfiltered Double Barrel (April 11th, 2008), and it’s been far too long without a Firestone cask on the board.

In addition to the Firestone beers we normally keep on draft, Wednesday will see the return of Unfiltered Double Barrel, plus casks of Union Jack, Pale 31, and Walkers Reserve Porter. Read the rest of this entry »

Summer is almost here, and that means it’s time for a vacation.

First up, India. We’re pouring a keg of Avery Maharaja, a big IPA with a heavy, grapefruity hoppiness. This beer weighs in at 10.24%, but drinks like it’s 6%. You’ll finish this one before you’ve started. Appease your colonial overlords and wash it down with some Firestone Union Jack, another worthy IPA.

Take off your turban and pop on your fez, next we travel to Russia.

Now on tap: Stone Imperial Russian Stout 2009. A beer that needs no introduction. It’s worth mentioning that in the back, we’ve got a few vintage bottles from previous years. Ask Llan or Phil, and we can pull one out for you and throw it in the fridge.

After this one kicks, we’ve got one more keg of IRS, and we might try and hold on to it for a while. Sure, we’d love to break it out in 2014, but we just don’t have the facilities to store beer for that long.  How long do you think we should wait before we put on our last keg of 2009 IRS? Leave a comment and let us know your thoughts.

Get in here and drink some of the IRS we’ve got on now so you can taste the difference in a few months.

ON CASK RIGHT NOW:
Stone Pale w/ Coriander
Stone Self Righteous w/ Columbus & Amarillo