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Teams Announced For The Fourth Annual Beer Float Challenge
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Joshua Lurie of Food GPS has been a busy man as of late. He recently co-produced the Fried Chicken Fest , and now comes word that he'll be hosting the Fourth Annual Beer Float Challenge as part of L.A Beer week, which takes place from September 20-30. The beer float biz will go down on Saturday, September 29 from 2 p.m.-5 p.m.
Chefs will be paired with local brewery and tasked with making a unique beer float that highlights the quality of the craft brews while being creative with ice cream. There are some serious pastry aces on this year's roster, including Food & Wine Magazine's Best Pastry Chef nominee Josh Graves (Rays & Stark Bar) and croissant queen Hourie Sahakian of Short Cake . They'll have to compete with the likes of Top Cheffer Chris Crary and the winner of last year's challenge , Andre Guerrero of the Oinkster , as well as one of our favorite creameries in Los Angeles , Sweet Rose. It will be tough to top the Oinkster/Eagle Rock Brewery's collabo from last year -- a bourbon chocolate ice cream float with pig candy and the brewery's Solidarity ale, but we are looking forward to see what the all star line-up comes up with.
Teams are as follows:
Eagle Rock Brewery + Andre Guerrero & Jan Purdy (The Oinkster / Maximiliano)
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Strand Brewing + Christian Page (Short Order) & Hourie Sahakian (Short Cake)
El Segundo Brewing Co. + Shiho Yoshikawa (Sweet Rose Creamery)
Golden Road Brewing + Josh Graves & Paul Sanguinetti (Ray’s and Stark Bar / C+M)
Beachwood BBQ and Brewing + Tony DiSalvo & Chris Crary (Whist)
Tickets are $35 per person, and include five floats and a savory treat from Golden Road Brewing. $45 VIP tickets entitle attendees to all of the above, plus early admission at 1 pm, a special Golden Road beer, and a glass to keep. Proceeds benefit the Pablove Foundation.
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