The Dudes' Brewing Continues Launch Events

The Dude's Brewing Company, the South Bay's newest and soon to be biggest brewery, continues its beer launch events next week in Los Angeles.

After celebrating its first launch events in the Beach Cities this month, The Dudes' Brewing will head to other venues across Los Angeles to bring their South Bay brewed beer to the masses.

Next week's Dudes' launch events will take place at:

• Wednesday, April 3; 6 p.m. | Far Bar | Little Tokyo, Downtown LA
• Saturday, April 6; 6 p.m | 38 Degrees | Pasadena
• Sunday, April 7; 5 p.m. | Kings Row | Old Pasadena

In addition to the launch events, The Dudes' Brewing will launch its newest beer – Double Trunk Double IPA – at Select Beer Store beginning at 5 p.m. on Thursday, April 4. The event will be the first time the general public can try the beer.

Here is a look at what else is happening with craft beer this week (March 28 - April 4) in the South Bay:

Beer Bars, Restaurants and Stores

Simmzy's | Manhattan Beach

House-Aged Clutch Beer Release | Tuesday, April 9 | 5 p.m.

Simmzy's will release a keg of New Belgium's Clutch (dark sour ale) that it has been ageing in house for the past two years. The beer will be paired with a goat cheese souffle and presented with some of New Belgium's other beers. Beers on tap include:

• New Belgium - Clutch (aged since 2011)
• New Belgium - Imperial Coffee Chocolate Stout
• New Belgium - Heavenly Feijoa Tripel (a collaboration with Canada’s Dieu du Ciel)
• New Belgium - Cascara Quad (a Belgian style quad brewed with dates and coffee cherries)

Adam's Fine Wine & Liquor | Redondo Beach

New bottle arrivals at Adam's Fine Wine & Liquor this week include:

• Epic Brewing - Elder Brett
• Epic Brewing - Brainless Raspberries
• Epic Brewing - Straight up Saison
• Alpine Brewing Co. - Willy
• Alpine Brewing Co. - Irish Red
• Telegraph Brewing Co. - Obscura Cacao
• Cambridge Brewing - Sgt. Pepper (Saison)
• Mikkeller - Tequila Barrel Aged Mexas Ranger
• Mikkeller - It's Alive: White Wine Barrel Aged
• Moonlight Meadery's Flutter (Mead)
• Hidden Legend's Chokecherry (Mead)

Select Beer Store | Redondo Beach

Select Beer will be closed on Easter Sunday, March 31.

Dude's Double Trunk DIPA Release | Thursday, April 4th | 5 p.m.

Select Beer will host the release of The Dudes' Brewing Company Double Trunk Double IPA. This will be the first opportunity to taste the Dudes' newest beer

Beers currently on tap (as of March 27):

• Weihenstephaner - Original (Helles Lager)
• Smog City - L.A. Saison
• North Coast - Pranqster (Belgian-style Golden Ale)
• Monkish Brewing - Select Monk 1 (Belgian Single)
• Brewery at Abigaile - 001 1st Anniversary (Double IPA)
• Firestone Brewing - Union Jack (IPA)
• Black Market Brewery - Invasion Imperial Red
• Monkish Brewing - Tripelist (Belgian-style Tripel)
• O'Hara - Celtic Stout (on Nitro)
• Ballast Point/Coedo Collaboration - East to West IPA
• The Dudes' Brewing - Grinning Face Porter (Coconut Porter)

Sophie's Place | Redondo Beach

Current beers on tap at Sophie's Place include:

• Uinta Brewing - Hop Notch IPA
• Epic Brewing Company - Wit Beer
• Strand Brewing Co. - Beach House Amber
• Port Brewing - Board Meeting Brown Ale
• Chimay- Tripel (White)
• Dogfish Head + Sierra Nevada - Rhizing Bines Imperial IPA (going quick)
• Port Brewing - Mongo Double IPA
• Smog City Brewing - Groundwork Coffee Porter

1321 Downtown Taproom | Torrance

Located in the Old Torrance neighborhood, 1321 has the following beers on tap this week, including some rare and unique choices:

• Monkish - Select Monk 1 (Belgian Table Beer)
• Dudes' Grandma's Pecan (Nut Brown Ale)
• Bootlegger's Knuckle Sandwich (Double IPA, Rare)
• Dogfish Head & Sierra Nevada Rhizing Bines IPA (The beer is dry hopped with a new hop varietal so new that it doesn't have a name, just Hop 644)
• El Segundo Citra (Pale Ale)
• Bruery Mischief
• Victory Prima Pilsner
• Strand 24th Street (Pale Ale)
• Coronado's Mermaid Red (Amber Ale)
• Anderson Valley Boont Amber
• Duvel Single
• Stone Vertical Epic 12/12/12 (aged four months now, and just retapped)
• Weihenstephaner Hef (Hefeweizen)
• Strand Atticus (IPA)
• Port Brewing Mongo (Double IPA)
• Clown Shoes Chocolate Sombrero (Imperial Stout)

Naja's Place | Redondo Beach

El Segundo Brewing Keep the Glass Night | Thursday, April 4 | 8 p.m.

Naja's Place on Redondo's International Boardwalk will host El Segundo Brewing for a keep the glass night. Those purchasing El Segundo beers will get to take the glass home with them for future enjoyment.

Breweries

El Segundo Brewing | El Segundo 

New Bottle Release | Friday, April 4 | 5 p.m.

El Segundo Brewing, which recently began bottling its beers, will release two more beers in bottle format next week – Two 5 Left Double IPA and Blue House Citra Pale Ale.

To celebrate the brewery has invited Vella Pizza to join them for the evening and dish out some delicious pies for all the hungry folk.  Since, what goes better with beer, than Pizza?

During the event, the brewery will also tap a cask of Amarillo dry-hopped Pale Ale. 

On draft, in growlers, or in bottles, will be:

• Blue House Citra Pale
• Two 5 Left Double IPA
• White Dog IPA
• Blue House Pale
• Blue House IPA
• Hyperion's Stout
• Vanilla Hyperion's Stout

Limited availability left on Standard Crude Imperial Stout bottles.  Plenty of draft pints to go around though!

Tap room hours for beer tasting and growler fills are:

Wednesday: 5-9 p.m.
Thursday: 5-9 p.m.
Friday: 5-9 p.m.
Saturday: 2-9 p.m.
Sunday: 2-7 p.m.

Strand Brewing Co. | Torrance

Strand Brewing Co. continues to sell four of its beers in bottles from the taproom and soon enough, at local establishments and stores.

Current beers on tap at the Torrance taproom include:

• 24th Street Pale Ale
• Atticus IPA
• Beach House Amber
• Bagheera 3rd Anniversary (Spiced East India IPA)
• White Sand (Double IPA)

Beers on tap for next week include:

• Black Sand
• Black IPA

Tap room hours this week for beer tasting and growler fills are:

Thursday: 4-9 p.m.
Friday: 4-9 p.m.
Saturday: Noon-8 p.m.
Sunday: Noon-6 p.m.

Monkish Brewing Co. | Torrance

Tap room hours this week for beer tasting and growler fills are:

Thursday: 4-9 p.m.
Friday: 4-9 p.m.
Saturday: 3-8 p.m.
Sunday: 1-6 p.m.

Editor's Note: Only establishments that have submitted updates are included in this column. If you own a beer bar, brewery, beer store or beer-centric restaurant in the South Bay of Los Angeles and would like to include your establishment's updates in this column, please send editor John Schreiber an email at John.Schreiber@Patch.com. This column relies on the updates from local business owners to keep it running—please contribute!