{"id":90,"date":"2019-04-26T18:05:19","date_gmt":"2019-04-27T01:05:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/?p=999947708"},"modified":"2019-04-26T18:05:19","modified_gmt":"2019-04-27T01:05:19","slug":"long-beach-homebrew-coldxela-socal-cerveceros","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/hi-lo\/food\/long-beach-homebrew-coldxela-socal-cerveceros","title":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t miss these Long Beach homebrewers at ColdXela beer fest"},"content":{"rendered":"

When Latinx-focused homebrew club SoCal Cerveceros <\/a>first wanted to share DIY beer beyond its seven founding members, they invited a few friends and threw a mini rager in a South Los Angeles backyard.<\/p>\n

Three years later and the club is now 130-plus brewers strong. New members hail from every corner of the region\u2014including more than a few based in Long Beach\u2014representing a diversity of backgrounds, experience levels and brewing styles. The feat of encouraging underrepresented beer lovers to make their own brews is so impressive that SoCal Cerveceros was recently named Anchor Brewing\u2019s Homebrew Club of the Year.<\/p>\n

And those humble house party beginnings? Well, that\u2019s grown up too.<\/p>\n

The club\u2019s annual ColdXela event, happening tomorrow in downtown L.A. from 2-7 p.m<\/a>., is now one of the most anticipated beer fests in the region, with more than 50 individually branded home breweries pouring hundreds of hand-crafted beers for upwards of 1,000 attendees.<\/p>\n

ColdXela (pronounced similar to a certain overpriced, two-weekend event in the desert; \u201cchela\u201d is slang for \u201cbeer\u201d in Spanish) is not only a testament to the growing homebrewing community in L.A., but a chance to take a peek inside the flavors, experimentation and grassroots talent that will define the next generation of professional brewers.<\/p>\n

Here are five Long Beach home brewers to try while you\u2019re there.<\/p>\n

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