About- Adam Solarz
Adam Solarz
In Adam’s world, TV is king, Hawk Harrelson is a 3rd grandfather, Rush is the greatest band of all time, and there’s no better way to be remembered than as the ultimate teammate. Beer makes him feel as warm and fuzzy as the tiny dog that follows him everywhere. He prefers stoops over porches, but he’s hoping that writing here will justify all the times he’s said “sure, I’ll do one more” or driven to Van Nuys in rush hour because one store had some Cantillon. Given all that, he is exceptionally lucky to have any friends at all, let alone the ones who tolerate him.El Segundo Brewing Company |Two 5 Left
May 6, 2014 | Adam Solarz
ABV: 8.2%
Ah, Los Angeles. Main Street, mom and pop shops, and shuffle board courts. Or wait, LA has oil refineries and aviation? Yes and no. Enter El Segundo, quite possibly the strangest, most awesome small town in America and the home of a darn fine brewery. Read More
Modern Times Beer| Blazing World
April 9, 2014 | Adam Solarz
ABV: 6.8%
Modern Times’ can first caught my eye because it reminded me of a classic baseball uniform, inviting in that vintage American summer day feeling (I guess it’s like that every day in Southern California). This can is beautiful, simple, classic, and awesome. In the beer world, looks can deceive, but Modern Times Beer has it all: perfect inside and out. Read More
Lost Abbey | Deliverance
March 20, 2014 | Adam Solarz
ABV: 12.5%
This week I woke up and it felt like somebody just emptied a fistful of quarters into a Magic Fingers bed. Only I’m at home in California, not in a South Dakota Super8 circa 1978, and that means… earthquake! I’d never felt a quake before, and really it was over as soon as it started. Nothing cracked or fell, and even my pictures stayed straight on the wall. So it was mostly an excuse for folks to go all Chicken Little all over Twitter, but it was a little unsettling to think about the ground opening up and swallowing us all. What better beer to mark a “near death experience” than Deliverance from Lost Abbey.
Deschutes and Goose Island – Class of 88
February 14, 2014 | Adam Solarz
Belgian Style Ale
IBU: 7 / 17
ABV: 10.9% / 11.2%
Beer brings people together. That was true 25 years ago, when Gary Fish (Deschutes) and John Hall (Goose Island) were starting their breweries and that was certainly true last week at the Pintley release party for the new Deschutes/Goose collaboration, Class of 88 Belgian Style Ale. I’m new to both Los Angeles and PorchDrinking, so an opportunity to meet some fellow craft beer enthusiasts and to try a brand new beer was too much to pass up. Read More
Revolution Brewing – A Little Crazy
February 11, 2014 | Adam Solarz
ABV: 6.8%
I checked two bags on my flight back to LA from Chicago, and thanks to the absurd amount of beer I was transporting, the baggage weight limit was a real issue. Walking up to the counter I knew it was going to be close, but I was prepared to jettison anything and everything to keep my precious stock of Chicago beer. Read More
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