Library Alehouse tapping into rare brews for L.A. Beer Week

The Library Alehouse in Santa Monica bar will tap one new rare beer a night from Oct. 8-17 for L.A. Beer Week, starting with Karl Strauss Big Barrel DIPA and continuing with such hard-to-find offerings as Russian River Consecration and Port Brewing's Older Viscosity.

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Reviews from First Friday August 2010

Thanks to everyone who came out for the 22nd "First Friday."

For those who couldn't make it, there's always next month on Sept. 3 @ 9:30 p.m. (Note the later post Street Fair start time.)

A run-down of our favorite (and not so favorite) beers from August 2010:

Allagash White
Great flavor, clove taste, crispy
Very good!
Love it -- Want to try it with orange
The Best

Dog Fish Head Red & White
Different, but really good
Yummy -- loads of flavor
Wrong, just wrong

O'Dell Brewing 90 Shilling Ale
Delicious!

Karl Strauss Zinfandel
Sweet, rich, wine notes
I like a * at the end of the night
Not a fan

Sunset Wheat
Yum: Blueberries!
Great

Red Hook Long Hammer
Tasty

Tangerine Wheat
Bitter
Lite and citrusy

Fullers Porter
Great coffee aftertaste

White Rascal
Great Ale with spicy finish

Bitch Creek ESB
Strong

Kona Wailua
Lite hint of passion!

Kona Fire Rock
Da-Kine Stay Ono!!
Broke da mout!

Guinness Draught
Yum!

Harp Lager
Solid, as always

Bass
Great!

Young's Double Chocolate Stout
Decent
Not bad, not great

Bootleggers Knuckle Sandwich
Tastes like basil

Orange Blossom Ale
Terrible

Czechvar
Awful

Dixie Blackened Voodoo
Not a fan
Not so much
Not a favorite

Samuel Adams Chery Wheat
Cough syrup
Yuck!