This post is a part of the 2015 New Beer Every Day Beer Diary Challenge, #ottbeerdiary. Over the course of 2015, I will be trying a new beer every day. Please read the background in the link above, and enjoy reading about the most recently tasted beers below. If you’d like to join the challenge as well, let me know in the comments below, and be sure to check out Grown-up Travel Guide and his #grownupbeerdiary, where Andy Higgs came up with the diary format in use below. You can catch up on all of our posts as part of the challenge under the tag ottbeerdiary.
Day 61: March 2, 2015
Diary entry:
Back to the office in San Diego. Managed to catch up with a few colleagues I hadn’t seen in almost a year who weren’t there on Friday. Also managed a few good presentations and Q&A sessions, so a productive trip overall I’d say.
Even managed to find some time to run and pick up my suit for my niece’s Bat Mitzvah this week.
Was in a bit of a panic, as my last meeting did run a little late, and I wound up getting a later start than I wanted for my drive up to LAX, and I was afraid I’d be stuck in serious traffic. But that turned out to be an unnecessary fear, as I hit only minor patches of traffic on the 405 Freeway in Orange County, and managed to drop off my rental car and make it to LAX, checked in and in the lounge by 6PM!
The Beer:
Name: Orange Wheat
Style: American Pale Wheat Ale
Producer: Hangar 24 Craft Brewery
Alcohol content: 4.6%
Bottle size: 16oz
Purchased from: Delta Sky Club at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)
I first visited Hanger 24 in Redlands when I visited my uncle and cousins who live in Highland, nearby to Redlands. It’s a beautiful brewery to visit, especially on a day with nice weather. I also managed to try a couple of their beers at the Brewbies festival in Oceanside, CA in 2014. The Orange Wheat is one of their flagship beers, and is a nice, orange-flavored wheat beer. Very tasty once the flavors come out.
Commercial Description: Crisp, Tangy, and Refreshing. The citrus aroma, light airy mouthfeel, and tangy finish are this unfiltered beer’s trademarks. This is accomplished by adding whole locally grown oranges throughout the brewing process, which perfectly coalesce with the wheat and barley base. Our oranges are purchased through the Old Grove Orange company (affiliate of the non-profit Inland Orange Conservancy) whose main objectives are to save the local orange trees from disappearing, spread the word about the local citrus growing heritage, and to feed the hungry with the unutilized oranges. Please visit them at www.inlandorange.org. All we need to do to save the orange trees is to eat or drink locally grown oranges!
