Best beer of the event: Golden Draak dark Belgian ale, 10.5% ABV. The beer poured a dark golden tone with a rich frothy head. The taste was sweet and malty that masked the evaporating alcohol well. For such a strong beer, it goes down dangerously easy.
Compared to the Block Party at Paramount Studios and the OC Beer Festival at Irvine Park, the LA Beer Festival was mess to navigate. Brewers were strewn across a disjointed network of alleys and small courtyards connected by a main avenue of travel that were all too narrow and cramped to accommodate the crowds.
On occasion some brewers had run dry before the conclusion of the festival. I could tell from the inventory of first brewer I sampled, Maui Brewing Company, that they didn't have enough supply to make through the first hour of the three hour session. Ninkasi and the brewer next to them was done by the time we wandered over to them. The Bruery was half gone the time we got there. Lesson here is don't go to the second session when you can go to the first, i.e. early bird gets the worm.
TLDR: Golden draak is awesome and I had good drunken time but left this event somewhat disappointed.
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