They’re not just a Long Beach staple.<\/p>\n
For anyone living in Southern California in the 90s, Sublime was a force to be reckoned with. And when\u00a040 oz. to Freedom\u00a0<\/em>came out 25 years ago, it altered the soundscape of the entire region. Borrowing from the ska of North OC kids, the punk of LA, and Long Beach’s roots in fusing everything from reggae and jazz to R&B and Latin sounds, Sublime created a sound that was solely theirs.<\/p>\n Led by Bradley\u00a0Nowell from 1988 until\u00a0his death in 1996,\u00a0Sublime’s history is one of legend: unable to garner traction with major labels, Bradley borrowed a grand in cash from his dad, created Skunk Records, and sold over 30,000 copies of\u00a040 oz. to Freedom\u00a0<\/em>out of the band’s van. Using Long Beach as a backdrop for videos, including the famed Gaytonia building rooftop in Belmont Shore, Sublime would soon become the most known band to come out of the streets of Long Beach.<\/p>\n And now, San Diego’s AleSmith brewery will be honoring the debut of that album by creating a Sublime Mexican Lager, including a small batch of limited edition 40 oz. bottles for collectors. (We’ll really want to expresss\u00a0our sorrows that a Long Beach brewery wasn’t given the option instead but alas…)<\/p>\n \u201cThe [current] band members are all big fans of this style of beer,” said AleSmith CEO and owner Peter Zien. “We wanted to create our thirst-quenching version of a traditional Vienna-style lager that showcases a grainy, malt-forward sweetness with\u00a0easy drinkability. Clean and crisp with subdued hop bitterness to balance, makes Sublime Mexican Lager the go-to beer for hot summer days or pre-concert tailgating.\u201d<\/p>\n Set with plans\u00a0national distribution, the beer won’t only be accessible through the small batch of 40-ouncers; AleSmith will mostly be offerings the\u00a0beer in 12oz. six-pack cans come June of this year.<\/p>\n \u201cBeing a beer lover, I\u2019m so proud to partner with an elite world-class brewery like AleSmith and I know Sublime fans will absolutely love it,\u201d said\u00a0Troy Holmes, widow of Nowell. \u201cLike Bradley sang, \u2018That second\u00a0beer was such a turn on…\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n