John M.
Yelp
Whenever I travel someplace new, I'm always looking to find a brewery there ASAP. That was certainly true of a recent stay in Palm Springs. Though I'd never been to any part of this desert valley spanning Palm Springs to the Salton Sea before. Sure as anything, Coachella Valley Brewing was on the agenda for my 1st day in the region.
Like most craft breweries, CVB is located in an industrial area not particularly close to much else. Arriving on an early Sunday afternoon with my partner in crime, the parking lot was full of dirt bikes. It seems motocross madness across the sandy desert is popular around these parts. Inside was fairly busy & had a different sort of a biker bar vibe going on.
We readily found a couple seats at the bar & got down to the business of trying some of their beers. Which took a little figuring out to do. The chalkboard had an impressive 26 beers listed. But only about 1/2 were available at the time, as designated by a large yellow dot next to the name of the beer.
Once we stopped picking beers without a yellow dot, we managed to cobble together 2 tasting flights. & so, while I watched the San Diego Chargers lose yet another game this season on the flat-panel TV hung above the large open doorway behind the bar, we tasted & deliberated the 8 CVB beers we picked.
There's also a cooler in the corner of the taproom across from the bar where I found 1 more CVB beer I wanted to try in a 22oz. bomber. I grabbed that on the way out & cracked it later that night. All told, my average rating on Untappd for the 9 beers tasted was just a shade under 4 out of 5, which is excellent.
Wherever I may roam, if there's beer there, I will seek it out. & I will find it. While I have no idea if/ when I may ever be back around these parts. I do know if/ when I am, I will also be back at Coachella Valley Brewing. Hopefully, then, I'll get to try some of those beers that didn't have yellow dots this last time.
