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One of the first independent breweries in the Los Angeles area founded by Richard Marcello and Joel Elliott. Strand specializes in premium handcrafted ales and prides itself as a pillar of the craft community in South Bay. Strand brews its handcrafted beer in small batches, and beer fans appreciate the time and energy that goes into the beverages. The first working production brewery in the city of Torrance, Strand now brews a range of different beers. Their larger facility also boasts a spacious taproom, which has helped grow Strand’s local customer base.
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yespr (55614) reviewed
Expression Session from Strand Brewing Company
11 years ago
6.6/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
1 pint 6 fl oz bottle. Pours clear and golden orange with a small white head. Aroma is grapefruity and light herbal to pine hoppy. Bitter, grassy and slight herbal. Dry and bitter into a dry finish.
Tried from Bottle on 08 Aug 2015 at 15:23
fonefan (86114) reviewed
Musashi Black IPA from Strand Brewing Company
11 years ago
7.8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle 1pt 9fl.oz. [ As Strand Musashi Black IPA ].Clear dark red - black brown color with a large, frothy, good lacing, fully to mostly lasting, beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, dark malt, malt, moderate to heavy hoppy, pine, grapefruit, light licorice. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and light heavy bitter with a long duration, licorice, roasted, pine, caramel. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20140818]
Tried from Bottle on 06 Aug 2015 at 05:31
Stuu (35163) ticked
Batch 100 from Strand Brewing Company
11 years ago
6/10
Bottle at craig’s. Pours deep brown, nose is light roast, toffee, taste is dry roasted, sweet, little thin, quite bitter.
Tried from Bottle on 22 Jul 2015 at 12:14
Leighton (35418) reviewed
Batch 100 Stout from Strand Brewing Company
11 years ago
6.6/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle shared during the Cad’s 10th anniversary bash - Clerkenwell, London. One from me! Pours deep brown with a creamy, tan head. The nose holds some dusty milk chocolate. Medium sweet flavor, chalky, with dry and bitter baking cocoa. Medium bodied with average carbonation. Dry and bitter on the finish. Lots of dry, ashy baking cocoa character. OK.
Tried from Bottle on 19 Jul 2015 at 08:54
allmyvinyl (21581) reviewed
Batch 100 Stout from Strand Brewing Company
11 years ago
6.9/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Bottle from Craig’s. Pours black with the merest whisper of beige head. Aromas of roast, coffee, some earthy notes, light chocolate. Taste is sweet, toffee, faint roast. Sweet, nutty finish.
Dregs run solo tasting
Tried from Bottle on 18 Jul 2015 at 15:08
Stuu (35163) reviewed
Batch 100 Stout from Strand Brewing Company
11 years ago
6.4/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle at craig’s. Pours deep brown, nose is light roast, toffee, taste is dry roasted, sweet, little thin, quite bitter.
Tried from Bottle on 17 Jul 2015 at 15:52
cagarvie (40318) reviewed
Batch 100 Stout from Strand Brewing Company
11 years ago
7.3/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
bottle at home ....deep brown ... thin tan lacing ... soft sweet fruit ... soft toffee malt nose ... daark roast .. dark chocolate .. sweet toffee roats .. big chocolate .. dark malts .. big roast berries ...
Tried from Bottle on 17 Jul 2015 at 15:51
bhensonb (23077) reviewed
Harvest Ball Orange Wheat from Strand Brewing Company
11 years ago
7/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle from Fresh and Easy in Napa, CA. Pours translucent gold with a slight, foamy white head. Aroma is orange. Med body with rather strong carbonation. Flavor is orange, maybe even zest, and wheaty. Not very malty. It’s drier than not, and it’s sort of a one note wit. Yet the orange is so strong that it works. Pool beer.
Tried from Bottle on 10 Jun 2015 at 18:49
madmitch76 (41486) reviewed
Expression Session from Strand Brewing Company
11 years ago
7/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
25th May 2015
Hazy gold beer, tidy pale cream colour head. Palate is light and semi dry, fine carbonation. Light pale malts with a modicum of creamy sweetness. Slightly bitter floralness leads to a mild orange and a trace of tropical fruits. Mild hop spice and bitterness before a dry finish. Grapefruit peel linger. A tad dry but clean, well balanced and drinkable.
Tried on 09 Jun 2015 at 16:18
Idiosynkrasie (18451) reviewed
Expression Session from Strand Brewing Company
11 years ago
6.8/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
500ml bottle. Clear golden colour with average, frothy, half-way lasting, minimally lacing, white head. Piney hoppy aroma, fruity hints of pineapple. Taste is piney and bitter hoppy, hints of pineapple, weak pale malty background; minimally mineral and chalky finish. Quite nice, the 3.8% abv correspond the the relatively weak malty backbone.
Tried from Bottle on 06 Jun 2015 at 08:38