The L.A. Beer Blast lets Food GPS readers know what’s new at select L.A. bars and restaurants with great beer selections. You’ll also discover beer-related events in the area.

Busy Dojo, Playcation + Near Beer in Santa Ana

Sean Inman takes a first (and second) visit to the Modern Times Dankness Dojo in DTLA. Take a Playcation with Portland’s HUB. Enjoy Bravus near beer from Santa Ana.

Numbered establishments on the map correspond to information below. Please note: craft beers rotate frequently at these establishments, and kegs might kick between the time we update the Blast and the time you arrive.

1. Tuning Fork (Studio City)

Beers of the Week:

1. MacLeod Grasshopper

2. King Harbor Brew Doughty

3. Iron Triangle Gold

4. 2 Towns Ciderhouse Rhubarbarian

5. Bear Republic Mosaic Rebellion

2. Southland Beer (Koreatown)

Beers of the Week:

1. Mumford Brewing Laces Out (draft)

2. Cellador Ales Septem (draft)

3. Fort Point Beer Company Resonance (draft)

4. Alesmith My Bloody Valentine (draft)

5. Eagle Rock Brewing El Cadejo (draft)

Upcoming Event:

Saturday, February 10 – A Cellador Ales Happening!

Join us for a day of wild and sour beer with Cellador Ales. We’ll have four beers on tap, we’ll be doing flights, and we’ll be hanging out with brewers Kevin and Sara (starting around 7pm). Plus, bottles for sale! And we’ll be open from 12pm-12am for this one!

Confirmed taplist:

• Milk Toast – dark wild ale aged in red wine barrels with raspberries and cinnamon.

• Murex – blend of six beers aged in oak barrels refermented with boysenberries

• Mas Mas – wild saison fermented with nectarines, then aged on spent peaches and nectarines in Malbec barrels!

• Septem – a blend of seven barrel-aged saisons and wild ales

Confirmed bottles:

• Akimbo Blend 2 – Chardonnay barrel sour with peaches

• Saison Ad Absurdum – blend of three barrel-aged saisons

• Restik Blend 2 – dry-hopped sour

• Ms Pea Split – sherry puncheon red wild ale with raspberries

• Blueberry Berlinerish – barrel-fermented brett berliner with blueberries

3. Ladyface Ale Companie (Agoura Hills)

Beers of the Week:

1. Ladyface 7th Anniversary Ale “The Shepherdess” Belgian-Style Barleywine Aged 20 mos. In Calif. Red Wine Barrels

2. Ladyface 8th Anniversary Ale “Octavia” – Belgian Golden Strong Ale, Wine Barrel-Aged (Sour)

3. On Cask: Hurricane Ellis – Chesebro Ipa W/ Cascade Hops, Mango & Carolina Reaper Pepper

4. Firestone Walker 18th Anniversary Ale – 227 Barrel-Aged Blended Strong Ale

5. Bagby Beer Co. 30 Years Of Haightronage – Belgian Pale Strong

Upcoming Event:

Friday, February 9 – HaHa Hops Comedy Night at Ladyface, 9PM on the patio, no cover, 1 item min purchase

Wednesday, February 14 – Valentine’s Day at Ladyface w/ Oysters & beer, & dinner menu specials. Make a reservation online at LadyfaceAle.com/reservations or by calling 818-477-4566.

4. The Bottle Room (Whittier)

Beers of the Week:

1. Indie Brewing East Side Pale

2. Kern River Class V Stout

3. Van Sternberg Triple Van De Garre

4. Almanac Rose Sour

5. Beachwood BBQ Mocha Machine

Upcoming Event:

Happy Hour Tuesday-Thursday from 3-7 p.m., Friday from 12 p.m. – 7 p.m. and all-day Sunday and Monday. Breakfast is every Saturday and Sunday from 9 a.m. – 12 p.m.

5. Blue Palms Brewhouse (Hollywood)

Beers of the Week:

1. Bell’s Hopslam

2. Bell’s Larry’s Latest Sour Ale

3. Chapman Crafted Orange Cream Milkshake IPA

4. Macleod Oaked 80 Schilling CASK

5. Green Flash Black Butte XXIX

6. Beer Belly (Long Beach)

Beers of the Week:

1. Green Cheek Now Open Thursday’s

2. El Segundo Nuclear Power Plant Triple IPA

3. Mason Ale Works/OffShoot Zero Moustafa

4. Smog City Benny & The Bretts Vol 2

5. Lost Abbey Ghost in the Forest

7. Beer Belly (Koreatown)

Beers of the Week:

1. Beachwood Hops of Fury

2. State Can’t Flocc, Won’t Flocc

3. Mumford Something Borrowed

4. Green Cheek German for Dark

5. Bottle Logic Pallet Treasure

8. Beachwood BBQ (Seal Beach)

Beers of the Week:

1. Firestone Walker Nitro Merlin

2. Smog City Wow Pop Pale Ale

3. Beachwood Foam Top Blonde

4. Cellador Apricot Atavism Sour

5. Beachwood Hops of Fury Triple IPA

Upcoming Event:

Wednesday, February 14 – Valentine’s Day Dinner Specials

This year we’ll be featuring special dinner entrees and a dessert designed with our beer lovers in mind. Choose from cold smoked seared day boat scallops, imperial stout braised pork belly, and bone marrow pound cake. And then enjoy with curated beer pairings including the brand new Beachwood Valentine’s beer, Kit & Canoodle–a decadent imperial raspberry chocolate stout that’ll ignite a passion with your palate & whomever you share a glass with.

9. Beachwood BBQ (Long Beach)

Beers of the Week:

1. Beachwood Hop Nino IPA

2. Beachwood Light Idea American Lager

3. Beachwood Kit & Canoodle Imperial Stout

4. Beachwood Udder Love Milk Stout

5. Beachwood LBC West Coast Style IPA

Upcoming Event:

Until Saturday, February 10 – Pliny the Younger Raffle Tickets

On sale at both Beachwood locations. $5 each, cash only, benefitting the Melanoma Research Foundation in memory of our dear friend Tony Carbone. Raffle on February 12. Visit Here for more details.

10. Angel City Brewery (Downtown LA)

Beers of the Week:

1. Angel City Public House Saison

2. Angel City Nite Terrors

3. Angel City Topaz the Time IPA

4. Angel City California Common

5. Angel City Black Lager