Strand Brewing Company

Microbrewery in Torrance, California, United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Strand Brewing - Out of business

Established in 2009

Contact
2201 Dominguez St., Torrance, CA, 90501, United States
Description
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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7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Aroma: roasted malt and coffee. Flavour: roasted malt with chocolate and slightly sour. Colour: very dark brown with a white head. From: tasting at Rasmus40 May 2015.
Tried on 23 May 2015 at 11:41

7.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Bottle from Alesbymail. Black with a light brown head. Aroma is sweet, roasted malt and licorice. Flavor is quite sweet and rather bitter. Dry and roasted rather bitter finish. 230515
Tried from Bottle on 23 May 2015 at 11:38

7.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle from Capitol Beer in Sacramento, CA. Pours dark gold with a creamy white head. Large citrus aroma - even burnt rubber notes! Med minus body. Flavor is huge citrus - almost zesty. Quite bitter. How else to get a load of flavor in 3.8% AB? Good job on this one.
Tried from Bottle on 30 Apr 2015 at 19:20

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Bottle @ The Cad’s 10yr Shindig. Pours a dark amber brown color with a small off-white head. Has a roasted malty chocolate and caramel aroma. Roasted malty chocolate and caramel flavor. Has a roasted malty chocolate and caramel finish.
Tried from Bottle on 25 Apr 2015 at 06:13

6.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle at the Cads 10th Anniversary bash, thanks to LKS, 29/03/15. Extremely dark mahogany brown with a decent beige head. Nose is dark fruit rinds, charr, spice, toffee, chocolate, earthy strokes. Taste comprises toffee, light mineral notes, cocoa powder, raisens, dark fruit notes, pinch of spice. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a trace of earthy hops. Ok stuff.
Tried from Bottle on 21 Apr 2015 at 17:01

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle at the Cad’s 10 yr Shindig. Thanks Leighton. It pours dark brown with a small beige head. The nose is toasty, soft roast, earth, coffee and cocoa. The taste is toasty, earth, ash, dark fruits, cocoa, liquorice and umami with a dry finish. Medium body and moderate carbonation. Solid enough.
Tried from Bottle on 30 Mar 2015 at 09:27

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle at Toms 10 yr anniversary. Black beer lasting tan head. Chocolate soy sponge aroma. Chocolate in mouth. Ok.
Tried from Bottle on 29 Mar 2015 at 11:48

7.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Bottle thanks to allmyvinyl. Appearance - a lovely amber with an attractive thin head. Nose - wild floral honey. Taste - more of the same. Then oranges. Palate - light to medium bodied with a creamy texture and a long dry finish. The dryness builds through the glass. Overall - well balanced.
Tried from Bottle on 27 Mar 2015 at 08:56

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle shared with Ashton McCobb and nihtila. Pours clear amber gold, thin white head. Aromas of us hops, pine, toffee. Taste is nutty, bitter orange. Oily texture, bitter sweet finish.
Tried from Bottle on 27 Mar 2015 at 08:54

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle. Amber beer with a low off-white head. Yeast and earthy aroma with light fruitiness. Orange and yeast flavor with wheat. Medium bodied. Orange and yeast linger with wheat.
Tried from Bottle on 19 Jan 2015 at 16:44