The consummate South Bay craft beer drinker is definitely riding the coat-tails of a new year dedicated to an economy that”s progressing forward for independent brewers and consumers who are looking for beers that taste. Taking a hint from California”s wine tasting playbook, a new tour operator called LA Craft Beer Tours is offering shuttle service to and from brew pubs and craft breweries in the Orange County, Los Angeles, and South Bay locales. The one that matters the most is the South Bay Beer Shuttle tour which will taxi thirsty patrons on an approximate pick-up & drop-off schedule that runs from 7:00 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. on the first and third Thursday of every month. Next rendezvous for the South Bay shuttle happens tonight.
The adventure starts at the corner of Franklin & Main near El Segundo Brewing Company (Rock & Brews is close by), then floats on down toward Manhattan Beach online casino australia Pier for a quick sip at BREWCO and parlays south on down to The Brewery at Abigaile in Hermosa Beach with a final stop at The Select Beer Bottle Shop & Taproom in Redondo Beach”s Riviera Village. Seating is based on a first come, first served basis but to guarantee a spot on the bus folks can reserve a seat online for $10. Left off this craft beer tour are stops at The Strand Tasting Room and Monkish Brewery probably because their Torrance zip codes just don”t connect with flow of traffic.
In our humble opinion, one of the most safest and efficient ways to sample craft beer in the South Bay uses two pedal motion via beach cruiser along The Strand (not the brewery) and requires one stop at Naja”s Place on the King Harbor side of the Redondo Pier. That said, why not stretch out the palate on a cold winter night and leverage the smart publicity of new tour offering potentially free shuttle rides to and from some tasty beer destinations.