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2023 Beer List

Live list, not all breweries have responded. As of Saturday Morning.

MacLeod Ale Brewing Co.	Firkin (10g)	The King’s Taxes – 80 Shilling (Scottish Export), 4.7%	Firkin (10g)	The Little Spree – Yorkshire Pale Ale, 4.7%		See you Saturday!
8 bit brewing co	Firkin (10g)	Casktoberfest, Festbier, 6%	Keg	Hydration Station, German Pilsner, 4.7%	Keg, God of Pour, Hazy IPA, 7.1%	See you Saturday!
TapRoom Beer Co	Keg	Sound Of Silence, Fresh Hop Hazy Pale (keg conditioned), 5.8%	Pin (5g)	Illusions Of Spook, Imperial Pumpkin Latte Stout w/ Spooky Foam, 12% ABV	Day Moon – Contemporary White IPA w Galaxy & Cara Cara Oranges, 16oz x 24 format can pour	See you Saturday!
Beachwood Brewing	Firkin (10g)	Painkiller – Belgian-style sour ale spontaneously fermented and aged in rum & coconut rum barrels with Pineapple, coconut , vanilla & nutmeg – 8.5% ABV	Firkin (10g)	Mocha Machine Picoso w/ Vanilla – Imperial Coffee Chocolate Porter With Chile, Cinnamon, & Vanilla – 9.2% ABV		See you Saturday!
Stereo Brewing	Firkin (10g)	Perfect Day IPA dry-hopped with Belma hops. 7.2%	Firkin (10g)	Wall of Sound Oatmeal Stout		See you Saturday!
Delahunt Brewing Company	Keg	Late Harvest Helles, Munich Helles, 5.0%	Keg	Orange Dream, Orange/Coconut Fruit Ale, 7.5%		See you Saturday!
Pizza Port Brewing Company	Pin (5g)	Nerf Herder, English Mild, 4.5%	Can/Bottle	Swami’s, IPA, 6.8%		See you Saturday!
Highland Park Brewery	Keg	15L Gravity Cask of Fest Bier, German Style Lager, 5.6% abv	Can/Bottle	1 case of 16oz cans of Breaking Silence, FRESH HOP WC PILS, 5.8% ABV. This is our collaboration with Breaking Silence (https://breakingsilence.org/)	2 cases of 16oz cans of Timbo Pils, West Coast Pilsner, 5.8% abv	See you Saturday!
Honey Pot Meadery	Keg	Basic Batch, Pumpkin Spice Latte Mead, 13%	Keg	STP, Nectarine Pineapple Wine, 6%	Assorted Bottles	See you Saturday!
Unsung Brewing Company	Firkin (10g)	De Péche a la Mode, 6.0% Peach sour with Vanilla Ice Cream	Firkin (10g)	House Party Seltzer, 6.0% seltzer w/ Tropical Fruit		See you Saturday!
Moonlight Brewing Company	Keg	Death & Taxes Black Beer 5.3% ABV	Keg	Wax & Wane English Style Pale Ale 4.3& ABV		See you Saturday!
Lost Winds Brewing Company	Firkin (10g)	Lemon Ginger West Coast IPA 6.8%				See you Saturday!
Bottle Logic Brewing	Can/bottle	Quarktoberfest, Fiestbeir, 6.3%	Keg	Witch’s Brew, Rum Barrel Aged Seltzer Party Punch 16% ABV		See you Saturday!
Ambitious Ales	Keg	Horses & Elephants, Saison, 6.2%	Keg	Ube Kape, Ube Ale, 6%	Maybee a Pin of Baltic Porter w/ adjuncts. First time doing it, don’t know if it’ll come out	See you Saturday!
Radiant Beer Co.	Pin (5g)	Choco-Doodle, Porter with Cacao Nibs, Cinnamon and Vanilla, 4.7% ABV	Can/Bottle	Extremely Well Würst, Märzen Lager, 6.2% ABV	Show Me A Sign, Hazy IPA, 6.9% ABV	See you Saturday!

Long Beach Beer Lab	Keg	Vandals Punk Rock Festbier, 6.0	Keg	To Serve Hops Black IPA, 7.2		See you Saturday!
Unsung Brewing Company	Firkin (10g)	Morning Glory, Imperial Stout 12.5% w/Vanilla, Cinnamon, Coffee, Maple Syrup	Firkin (10g)	De Pesche a la Mode 6.0% Peach sour w/ Vanilla Ice Cream		See you Saturday!
Horus Aged Ales	Keg	Modern Jam BA Imperial Stout 16.8% ABV	Note this beer will be poured on check in and may run out.			See you Saturday!
GameCraft Brewing	Keg	John Märzen Oktoberfest Märzen 6%	Keg	Cooldown Kölsch 4.5% ABV		See you Saturday!
The Bruery	Firkin (10g)	Firkin (10g)	Pin (5g)	Tart of War – 6.3% – Sour Stout with Black Cherry War Heads	(I’ll submit another form)	See you Saturday!
The Bruery	Pin (5g)	Goses Air Head – 5.6% – Gose-Style Ale with Syrah Grapes and Air Heads Xtremes Rainbow Berry Gummies	Firkin (10g)	Ping-Pong in Ding Dang – 5.5% – Cask Conditioned, Unfiltered Munich-Style Helles Conditioned with Turbinado Sugar [20L GRAVITY CASK]	Sorry for the double submissions!	See you Saturday!
Santa Ana River Brewing	Firkin (10g)	Imperial red ale with peanut butter cocoa and vanilla 11%	Firkin (10g)	West coast ipa woth whole cone hops and passionfruit		See you Saturday!
Native Son	Keg	Whistling Saint Munich 5%	Keg	Citizen Crisp Kolsch 5.2%		See you Saturday!
MONKISH	Pin (5g)	HAZELNUT Coconut Space Brownie – 12% . Imperial Stout w/ cookies, brownies, milk sugar, vanilla, mash hops, lots of coconut … and WITH HAZELNUTS 12% ABV	Keg	FEMINIST WITH MINT AND VANILLA 9.4% Belgian-ish Tripel with hibiscus .. .AND VANILLA AND MINT		See you Saturday!
everywhere	Keg	seemingly ideal // hazy india pale ale brewed with premium pilsner malt & rolled oats, and double dry-hopped with citra & mosaic. (6.5%)	Keg	tropical solution // tiki inspired seltzer with apricot, passion fruit, key lime, and house-made bitters. (5.5%)	“fest beer” // bavarian cream pie inspired imperial stout with vanilla beans, crème bavaroise, and milk sugar. (11.3%)	See you Saturday!
Green Cheek	Keg	Lavender Lemonade, Seltzer	Keg	Nelson, It’s What We Like Here	Oaked Festbier, Twice the Bird’n	See you Saturday!
El Segundo	Keg	Ballpark Blonde w/ coffee	Keg	Inspiration IPA DDH w/ Strata and Nectaron		See you Saturday!
Villains Brewing	Keg	Not yet replied				See you Saturday!
Artifex Brewing	Keg	Not yet replied				See you Saturday!
Cerveza Cito	Keg	Not yet replied				See you Saturday!

Smog City	Keg	Not yet replied				See you Saturday!
Gunwhale	Firkin (10g)	Black beer 5.5%	Keg	Ojos negros bba imperial stout 15%

Halloween + Oktoberfest = FIRKENSTEIN

What’s not to love with Halloween and one of the best beer fests in the world, Oktoberfest. When you mash them together with thirty of Socal’s best breweries, it’s bound to be one hell of festival!!

Changes from previous years:

Moved from the Packinghouse to Center Street Promenade (near Windsor Brown’s and Anaheim Ice Rink. – More parking, shade, seats, and room to stretch out.
The event is no longer “cask only” – it’s cask preferred, but all breweries need to bring something unique to the event, unless it’s a straight-up Oktoberfest beer.
Food Trucks! We’ll have some fun ones.
Costume contest with prizes!

Beer and Nachofest!

2019 food is all about NACHOS because NACHOS are the perfect food delivery system! These will all be served inside of Firkfest from $5-8. Photos are for preview purposes only and may sizes may differ.

We’ll have a bunch of great stuff this year from:

Urbana Mexican Gastronomy

Located on the bottom floor of the Packing House, Urbana’s constantly flowing bar and sexy Mexi bites are always a must-stop.

Al Pastor Nachos from chef Ernie

The Iron Press

Chef Peter at The Iron Press has been one of the best new additions to the food hall recently. Have you checked out his entirely new menu? His nachos are incredible! The Iron Press is upstairs in the Packinghouse and has one of the best beer programs in Anaheim.

House nachos at The Iron Press

Heritage Barbecue

There’s no doubt you’ve seen the OC’s latest barbecue popup hotness. Daniel Castillo is bringing true central Texas smoked briskett, available as an addon to Iron Press’ nachos or solo! Price TBD.

Bark-crused brisket from Heritage BBQ

Adya Fresh Indian Flavors

Chef Shachi has fulfilled our dream of eating Indian-style nachos for ONE. DAY. ONLY. Get it here! Try it with her BOMB chili hot sauce! (Vegetarian). Adya has a terrific happy hour with beer on draft and is located upstairs at the Packing House.

Love, Indian style from chef Shachi at Adya

Promenade Pub (TBD)

Cultivation Kitchen (TBD)

2018 Cask List

2018 Map

*Brewery*	*Beer 1*	*Beer 2*	Anything else you want to add?
Asylum Brewing	Asylum’s Grog Honey Blonde 6.5% ABV with lime zest, all spice, cinnamon and ginger	Christian’s Hut Honey Blonde 6.5% ABV with passionfruit	❤
Barley Forge Brewing	The Orange Curtain IPA 6.2% ABV with lime peel and mosaic hops	Vizzini Dry Hopped Sour 6.4% ABV with apricots and El Dorado hops	buy tickets now!
Beachwood BBQ and Brewing	“Dark and Squally”, Belgian Dark Ale with, ginger, lime and rum-soaked oak chips	LBC IPA double dry-hopped with Citra	Tiki makes me Freaky
Bootlegger’s Brewery	“Pokin the Bear” Hazy Double IPA w/ Lactose, Toasted Coconut & Lime Zest	“Jorange Ulias” Kettle Sour 4.4% w/ Pomegranate, Hibiscus & Orange Zest
Bottle Logic	Blue Hawaiian Tart Wheat	Hammonds Ale	Possibly the video beer
Chapman Crafted Beer	West Coast IPA w/ Lime & Ginger ABV 6.7%	New Normal- Hazy IPA w/ Hibiscus ABV 7.4%
El Segundo Brewing	Beach Day American Wheat 5.0% ABV with coconut, nutmeg, pineapple puree, and dried sweet orange peel	Cerveza Fresca: Passionfruit Unfiltered IPA 8.0% ABV	buy tickets now!
Firestone Walker – Propagator	Corn n’ Oil Schwarzbier 5.1% ABV with lime zest, toasted almonds, clove and angostura bitters	Falernum Hefeweizen 4.6% ABV with lime zest and toasted almonds
Good Beer	IPA 7% with piña	IPA 7% with piña, house grenadine, and honey mixed to order
Gunwhale Ales	Hurricane War Bonnet 8.5% ABV raspberry/hibiscus saison with orange, lime, pomegranate, passion fruit, and rum soaked oak chips.
Inland Wharf Brewing Co.	Admiral Nimitz ESB-1 6.3% ABV	West Pac IPAW-1 7.5% ABV	Beer 3: Stormy Sky PTR-1 5.7% ABV
Left Coast brewing co.	Blonde Marvel 4.5% abv with lime and grapefruit zest and rum soaked oak chips
Los Angeles Ale Works	Blockchain Mango Milkshake IPA 10% ABV with Pineapple and Coconut	Squanchy Kitten Fruit Salad DIPA 8.7% ABV with Calamansi, Guava, Cherry, and Kumquats (FIRK)
MacLeod Ale Brewing Co.	Good Ol Geoff Mild Ale 3.9% ABV	Cutting Bracken Brown Ale 5.3% ABV	Two Pints of Heavy \| Wee Heavy, Whisky Oaked \| 8%Mull of the Mountains \| German Kellerbier \| 5.4% Mull of the Mountains \| German Kellerbier \| 5.4%
Mikkeller San Diego	Nageligent Indulgence Juice Brett Saison with Passionfruit, Ugli Fruit, and Blue Algae 6% ABV
Modern Times Beer	Piña Colada Fortunate Islands Hoppy Pale Ale, 5% ABV	Mojito Lomaland Saison, 5.5% ABV
Noble Ale Works	Painface Killiah #3, collab cask with Playground DTSA, 5.6% abv, blonde ale with lactose, coconut, pineapple, kaffir lime leaf and coffee	Skittlebrau, tart beer with skittles floating in it. This is a tiki version of our traditional Skittlebrau using tropical skittles!	Beer #3- Gam Gam’s Sweet Sweet Peach Cobbler A la mode, tart beer with peaches, vanilla, cinnamon
Offshoot Beer/Terreux	Relax – Hazy IPA 6.8% ABV with ruby red grapefruit, pomelo grapefruit, pineapple & allspice	Frucht: Nagel: Guava & Mango – Tart Wheat Beer 4.4% ABV
Pizza Port	Mai Tai IPA 6.8%
Riip Beer Company	Cocktail Haze IPA 8.1% with Rum Soaked Oak, Fresh Citrus Zest and Pineapple	TDH Dan K IPA, 7% American IPA triple dry hopped Citra Cryo, Simcoe Cryo, Nelson, Mosaic.
Smog City Brewing	Grape Ape IPA 7.1% abv double dry-hopped with Topaz	Little Bo Pils 4.4% abv with coconut and grapefruit
Stereo Brewing	Wall of Sound Oatmeal Stout with vanilla beans & lactose	Tales of Brave Ulysses Scottish Ale w/ coconut cream, pineapple, blood orange & nutmeg (our interpretation of the classic Painkiller!)	We’re coming to party.
TAPS Brewery	Coffee and coconut Scottish Export. “SCOTS ON THE BEACH” 4.7% abv
Towne Park	Sherif DIPA 10.3% ABV with Citra dryhops, passion fruit, and mango	Brunette Brown 5.6 ABV with Chipotle and Raspberry	It’s your Towne. Paint it.
Unsung Brewing Company	Amber with Caña Brave rum soaked oak chips and caramelized pineapple (Collaboration with The Blind Pig in RSM)	Plum Sour Ale w/ Tropical Fruit (haven’t chosen the fruit yet, sorry).
Verdugo West Brewing Co.	Trustworthy IPA with Coconut, Orange, Vanilla and Hibiscus	What Plane? Oatmeal Stout with Vanilla, Orange and Cinnamon
Yorkshire Square Brewery	Dumpster Fire, Pub Bitter, 3.6%	Git Rekt M8, Dark Mild, 4.0%
Tickets	Tickets	Tickets	Tickets

Making a Cask: Dylan Mobley of Bottle Logic

Firkfest 2017 Photos!

How to Make a Cask: Andy Black of Yorkshire Square Brewing in Torrance

Visit Yorkshire Square in Torrance! yorkshiresquarebrewery.com

Win a Magnum of Bottle Logic Red Eye November!

From four-time Firkfest supporting food vender The Iron Press Anaheim:

#SudsOfLove

Beer + Charity… Count us in! We here at the Iron Press in Anaheim have been so fortunate to get our hands on one of the ULTRA rare and highly sought after magnum (That means, “Gargantuan!”) bottles of Bottle Logic’s coveted “Red Eye November”. Because of how lucky we’ve been feeling, we’ve decided to pass it on with a little extra positive juju added in for good measure!

From January 23rd until February 20th, with the purchase of every pint of House Lager, Bottle Logic 714 Blonde, and Stone Delicious IPA – customers will receive a raffle ticket entering them into the raffle of our prized “Red Eye November” magnum bottle! That’s right!… We’re raffling that bad boy off to one of you!

What makes this deal even sweeter for us here at The Iron Press Anaheim is that a portion of the proceeds from this epic month-long event will be going to CHOC Hospital. This hospital and the children in it have a special place in our hearts, so we are over-the-moon to be able to give back to them!

It will kick-off on January 23rd (starting at 5:00PM) at the J. Wakefield Brewing Tap Takeover that we’ll be hosting at our little craft beer bar in the Packing House. This event is not one you want to miss! We’re calling on all our fellow craft brew nerds to come on out to this super special event. Nowhere else in California can you drink J. Wakefield suds on tap, as they do not distribute out here on the West Coast.

PLUS, we will have some SURPRISE kegs we’ve been hiding from our homies at Bottle Logic! We feel like this event of rarities is just what we need to start this legendary month of craft beer and community coming together! An official winner will be drawn by random on February 20th!

Here’s what we’ll have on tap for the J. Wakefield Brewing event:

El Jefe Hefeweizen, 5.5% ABV
A traditional German Hefeweizen in its core, but with the addition of fresh coconut flakes for a taste of South Florida and it’s beautiful surrounding beaches.

Miami Madness Berliner Weisse, 7%ABV
Our world famous Florida Weisse is brewed with Guava, Mango, and Passionfruit and has been rated #1 Best Berliner and #2 Best Berliner on BeerAdvocate.com & RateBeer.com.

Even More Nuts Imperial Stout, 14% ABV
Specially brewed in collaboration with Evil Twin Brewing, this full bodied rich stout is loaded with tons of Macadamia, Pecan and Hazelnuts.

Atomik Apple Imperial Berliner Weisse, 7% ABV
Another great collaboration beer, brewed with RAR Brewing infused with fresh Hidden Rose Apples.

What about Barb Imperial Sour Ale, 7% ABV
Complex and tart with Strawberries & Raspberries added.

All I do is Wynnwood New England DIPA, 10.5% ABV
The specialties keep on coming with this delicious beer brewed in collaboration with Untitled Art featuring Citra & Hallertau Blanc hops and infused with Gewurztraminer grapes. All I do is Wyn, wyn, wyn, no matter what.

2nd Breakfast Imperial Stout, 10.5% ABV
A richly sweet stout brewed with copious amounts of Almonds, Cinnamon and Vanilla.

PB and Gains Imperial Stout, 13% ABV
J. Wakefield’s twist on the Fluffer Nutter bar. PB&Gainz is an Imperial Stout brewed in collaboration with RAR. This specialty features loads of Peanut Butter, Chocolate and Vanilla.

Also, coming up next for us:
Tuesday, February 20th at 5:00 P.M. we’ll be hosting our annual “My Boozy Valentine” event. This is where we stack our taps with hard-to-find and vintage heavy hitter craft beers! So, come celebrate love or commiserate about love with US, your favorite Beer Cupids!

// The Iron Press Anaheim is located in the Anaheim Packing House (where Firkfest is) at 400 S. Anaheim Blvd, Anaheim.

Early bird tickets to Firkfest are still available here!

Firkfest 2017 Map

Eat Some Tiki Food Porn at Firkfest 2017

Adya – Fresh Indian Flavors (Anaheim Packing House and Irvine at UCI Marketplace)
HATCH (Union Market Tustin)
The Iron Press (Anaheim Packing House and Costa Mesa)
Salt & Ash (Placentia)

Adya – Fresh Indian Flavors is chef-owned by the talented Shachi and specializes in Bombay-style street food. One of my favorite pairings in the Packing House is her goat cheese naan and Far Out IPA from Bootleggers. With $4 beers from 4-8pm, happy hour here is a must! A four-time Firkfest supporter, this year chef Shachi going crazy tropical with pineapple-glazed chicken vindaloo and watermellon chaat, which vaguely translates to tropical spiced kebabs and watermelon nachos. Feast your eyes:

Watermelon Chaat from Adya (vegan)

Pineapple Chicken Vindaloo from Adya, pairs stellar with IPA

The Iron Press is also a four-time Firkfest supporter, and it’s no surprise by their huge lineup of revolving craft beers on tap. With two locations in OC (Costa Mesa at SoCo and in the Packinghouse), they pair beer with waffles, tots, and other fun fare. Their Tuesday tap-takeovers are always a crazy fun time, so check them out! This year they’re going tropical with Tiki Nachos, complete with pulled pork, bbq, and asian slaw. (smaller versions available at fest)

Sort of like the Matterhorn with pulled pork, tangy bbq sauce, and poke-like asian slaw, Iron Press / Hatch collab

Like all hidden Tiki gems, HATCH is sort of hard to find, but once you’re there, you want to order ALL THE THINGS. Specializing in tropical bites, Tiki cocktails and craft beer, it’s no wonder we sought them out to provide grub for a bunch of tiki beer heads! HATCH is bringing their specialty, the Rum Braised Pork Sliders. Tasting somewhat like okonomiyaki in a bun, you’ll want to toss a couple of these ‘down the hatch’, so to speak.

Rum Braised Pork Sliders, supertropical! HATCH style!

Salt & Ash is executive chef Cody Stort’s home in Placentia. You may recognize the gruff pork worshiper from the Fullerton brunch scene, but I know him as a crazed beer dinner mastermind. I happened to mention the words “spam musubi” to him and let him run wild. He hit me back with Cajun-Rubbed Pork Belly Musubi with Thai Glazed Salad. Seriously. Beer fest food done right.

Cajun-cured pork belly, waiting the musubi treatment!

Food is extra but is priced similarly to their respective businesses. Keep in mind a food purchase supports the OC Brewer’s Guild, which helps make beer better in OC! None of this suits your fancy? Empty your glass and take a stroll through the Packinghouse. Just don’t carry beer outside of the fest, and you’ll be great!

Only a few Firkfest tickets are left! Grab yours quick!

Live list, not all breweries have responded. As of Saturday Morning.

MacLeod Ale Brewing Co.

Firkin (10g)

The King’s Taxes – 80 Shilling (Scottish Export), 4.7%

Firkin (10g)

The Little Spree – Yorkshire Pale Ale, 4.7%

See you Saturday!

8 bit brewing co

Firkin (10g)

Casktoberfest, Festbier, 6%

Keg

Hydration Station, German Pilsner, 4.7%

Keg, God of Pour, Hazy IPA, 7.1%

See you Saturday!

TapRoom Beer Co

Keg

Sound Of Silence, Fresh Hop Hazy Pale (keg conditioned), 5.8%

Pin (5g)

Illusions Of Spook, Imperial Pumpkin Latte Stout w/ Spooky Foam, 12% ABV

Day Moon – Contemporary White IPA w Galaxy & Cara Cara Oranges, 16oz x 24 format can pour

See you Saturday!

Beachwood Brewing

Firkin (10g)

Painkiller – Belgian-style sour ale spontaneously fermented and aged in rum & coconut rum barrels with Pineapple, coconut , vanilla & nutmeg – 8.5% ABV

Firkin (10g)

See you Saturday!

Stereo Brewing

Firkin (10g)

Perfect Day IPA dry-hopped with Belma hops. 7.2%

Firkin (10g)

Wall of Sound Oatmeal Stout

See you Saturday!

Delahunt Brewing Company

Keg

Late Harvest Helles, Munich Helles, 5.0%

Keg

Orange Dream, Orange/Coconut Fruit Ale, 7.5%

See you Saturday!

Pizza Port Brewing Company

Pin (5g)

Nerf Herder, English Mild, 4.5%

Can/Bottle

Swami’s, IPA, 6.8%

See you Saturday!

Highland Park Brewery

Keg

15L Gravity Cask of Fest Bier, German Style Lager, 5.6% abv

Can/Bottle

1 case of 16oz cans of Breaking Silence, FRESH HOP WC PILS, 5.8% ABV. This is our collaboration with Breaking Silence (https://breakingsilence.org/)

2 cases of 16oz cans of Timbo Pils, West Coast Pilsner, 5.8% abv

See you Saturday!

Honey Pot Meadery

Keg

Basic Batch, Pumpkin Spice Latte Mead, 13%

Keg

STP, Nectarine Pineapple Wine, 6%

Assorted Bottles

See you Saturday!

Unsung Brewing Company

Firkin (10g)

De Péche a la Mode, 6.0% Peach sour with Vanilla Ice Cream

Firkin (10g)

House Party Seltzer, 6.0% seltzer w/ Tropical Fruit

See you Saturday!

Moonlight Brewing Company

Keg

Death & Taxes Black Beer 5.3% ABV

Keg

Wax & Wane English Style Pale Ale 4.3& ABV

See you Saturday!

Lost Winds Brewing Company

Firkin (10g)

Lemon Ginger West Coast IPA 6.8%

See you Saturday!

Bottle Logic Brewing

Can/bottle

Quarktoberfest, Fiestbeir, 6.3%

Keg

See you Saturday!

Ambitious Ales