Golden Road Brewing/ Tony Darts Away

A couple of weeks ago I had planned on visiting my good friend, Javier, who lives in Hollywood. Knowing my love for craft beer, he had planned on taking us (Steve aka Big Red and I) to a couple of the local breweries. Eagle Rock, Angel City and Golden Road. However, his job is extremely demanding and he was called into work on Saturday. So we found ourselves in Burbank after he was off and he decided to take us to Tony's Darts Away. 

Luck would have it that Tony's Darts Away is one of the best craft beer bars in the Los Angeles area. Tony Yanow, owner of Tony's Darts Away as well as craft beer bar Mohawk Bend and Golden Road Brewery, is passionate about IPA's. One can tell from the continually rotating 38 taps, which showcases a beer list with one page of IPA's and another page for everything else . This place made me feel like I had never left the craft beer scene in San Diego, every beer I had there was great. The beer gods were on our side as it was also Tony's Darts Away 3rd anniversary celebration. For the anniversary Tony wanted to create a beer that was worthy enough for the occasion and also represented his love for IPA's. Enter Darts Away IPA. 

Brewery: Golden Road Brewing

Beer: Darts Away IPA

Style: Double IPA

ABV: 9.6%

Tony, the staff at TDA and Golden Road's head Brewer, Cole Hackbarth, picked flavors together that would best represent the bars personality. Whether it be lugging grain bags or adding ingredients to the mash, every member of the TDA team assisted with the brewing process, a very special and personal touch added to this great beer. The nose is full of citrus and pine notes and while my pour had no head, the amber body was very enticing. Initial flavors of pine, grapefruit and is followed by a smooth yet bitter finish. Fresh hops are abundant in this fantastic double IPA. Kudos to Golden Road Brewery and the Tony's Darts Away team.

“It was meant to be an anniversary beer only, but the response has been so overwhelming that we may need to brew it again soon.” – Tony Yanow

Aroma: 8

Appearance: 4

Flavor: 8

Palate: 4
Style Rating: 9/10

Overall: 24/30

While in Burbank/LA, I wanted to try beers I wouldn't normally try and with the 3 year anniversary celebration, TDA brought in a great list of beers. Highlights from the day were Golden Road's own It's not always sunny in L.A (a great black IPA), Wolf Among Weeds (a tasty hop forward IPA) along with the Bruery's White Oak (a wonderful blend of Golden Belgian and an aged Golden Belgian), San Diego's own Ballast Point Habanero Sculpin among others.....that I'll need to refer to my untappd account to remember. However, the good news is that the great beers of Golden Road brewing are coming to San Diego. Starting tonight at Hamilton's Tavern the Golden Road team will be there answering any questions, come by and check them out. 

Beer list: 

Wolf Among Weeds IPA
It's Not Always Sunny in LA
The Big Le "Brah" Ski
Golden Road Berliner Weisse
Point the Way IPA
Trouble Ahead Red
Kolsch
+cask of Get Up Offa That Brown w/ Handsome Coffee 

Great point! KCCO!