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They also offer free guided tours and host home-brew club meet-ups. Their commercial-spaced taproom gives you a peak behind the brew curtain as visitors drink among fermenting tanks and fresh batches of seasonal brews such as their Kumquat Saison, whose ingredients came from the family’s backyard kumquat tree. Known for expertly-crafted, well-balanced, experimental beers, they developed a cult-following with their 2012 Great American Beer Fest Gold Medal winning Coffee Porter (what else?), a dark chocolate-flavored beer infused with fresh roasted Groundworks beans. Husband-and-wife founders Jonathan and Laurie Porter (talk about destiny) got their start brewing beers at the legendary Tustin Brewing Company in Orange County before opening their own brewery in 2013. Taproom hours: Wed-Fri 4pm-9pm, Sat noon-9pm, Sun noon-8pm. The beer pioneers have grown along with the scene they help start, recently moving into a sprawling Torrance location that will see production double from 4,000 barrels in 2014 to 8,000 this year. The warehouse-set taproom is kid-and-dog-friendly (like most on this list), featuring a 12-foot long bar, picnic tables and a rotating food truck bay. Named after the famous Strand bike path that runs along the South Bay shoreline, they quickly established themselves with their “grain to glass” motto featuring hand-crafted, easy-to-drink beers (like their flagship 24th Street Pale Ale and Atticus IPA), that fit into the South Bay lifestyle of backyard barbecues and sunset happy hours. Here's a rundown to get you acquainted with the faces behind the places that make up South Bay's craft capital.īusiness partners Rich Marcello and Joel Elliott were the first ones to plant their barley seeds in the 90501 when they opened up Strand Brewing Company in a desolate business park in 2009. There are over 30 breweries in LA now, with more on the way, but the working-class coastal community, known more for its industrial warehouses than its sandy beaches, is where the movement exploded. *The California Welcome Center is located in Del Amo Fashion Center on the Main Level between Express & Uni Qlo.Brewers of all sizes and styles strive for a well-balanced beer. Thus, it was destiny that Torrance, whose motto is “a balanced city,” has become hallowed ground in Los Angeles’ brewing craft beer scene. NO beer run is complete without a cool pair of shades! Show your passport, and get a free pair of orange Discover Torrance sunglasses that also double as a bottle opener – we’ll even throw in a free Beer Map! Get acquainted with the South Bay’s best craft beer scene!Īlso, stop by the California Welcome Center* during the week of the Beer Run.

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The full list of Torrance Beer Run breweries includes: location) or HopSaint Brewing Company, while supplies last. Completed passports can be redeemed for your Beer Run T-shirt at Smog City Brewing Co.

The Torrance Beer Run is a fun way to explore all the great independent craft breweries Torrance has to offer! Pick up a passport at any of the participating breweries starting Saturday, June 18th. The Beer Run is a self-paced tour of 12 breweries around the City of Torrance (no actual running required!), collect a stamp in your Beer Run passport from each stop and turn in your completed passport for a Limited Edition 2022 Torrance Beer Run T-shirt. Running from June 18th – June 26th, Discover Torrance is proud to present the 2022 Torrance Beer Run in conjunction with L.A. Double-check your laces and grab your passport, the Torrance Beer Run is BACK!