LA Beer Week - Brewer's Brunch at Eagle Rock Brewery

I just returned from the Brewer's Brunch at Eagle Rock Brewery, where Chef Jerry was serving up great brunch out of his food truck pop-up Tot Box (operating out of the Deano's Deli truck today.) I tried the Heisenberg tots, which consisted of tater tots with a variety of Italian sausage and maple syrup. If you like salty-sweet, it's a slam dunk. But, this is a beer blog, so I'd be remiss if I didn't also mention the wonderful variety of Eagle Rock beers on tap today:

• Solidarity, both the "regular" version and the vanilla bean version on nitro -- this is their unofficial "breakfast beer," as I like to think of it. A black mild with a nice roasty flavor that is low in ABV
• Manifesto -- their version of a wit, a great light option with floral notes provided by the addition of rose petals
• Populist -- their west coast style IPA; you'll get citrus and resin out of this
• Revolution -- their XPA, which displays the character of the grain in nice balance with the hops

The above are their year-round offerings; in addition they also had some seasonal selections:

• Eradicator Jr -- the bock they brewed for the GABF ProAm category, with a sweet nutty character
• Imperialist -- the first DIPA they've brewed, it's a huge 10% hoppy delight
• Unity -- the official beer of LA Beer Week, this year Unity is a "Berliner Rye," or a twist on the Berliner Weiss style that is brewed with rye rather than wheat. Unity also has the addition of prickly pear, which lends a crisp fruit note on top of the tartness from the traditional BW style.

If you try nothing else new this week, make sure you grab the Unity when you see it on tap. This light, refreshing beer could not be more appropriate for the scorching heat of the past few weeks here in LA. I'm going to review it later this week in more detail, but before I get to it I want to let everyone out there know that they should be on the lookout for it!

The brunch is officially done by now, but the taproom at ERB is open until 6pm on Sundays and 4pm-10pm Wednesday through Saturday, which should give you plenty of opportunities to try Unity before the closing festival next weekend!