Greenbar Distillery - Los Angeles

Great restaurant. greenbar distillery is served in part cafeteria style, where they pick up a dish of samples at the beginning and go along the collection drinks and gloomy in direction greenbar distillery.

Good local whisky and neat facility in a place run by really nice people. Good place for events as well.

First distillery tour, I’ve been on and it was worthwhile. It triggered a distillery tour bug in a me I never knew I had. For those of you who are residents of California, you’re unable to buy directly from the distillery due to some random laws, probably prohibition related. Even learnt an interesting technique to make my own spiced rum not sharing it ofcourse .

The beers are all solid. And if chilling outside is more your thing, they also have a patio with umbrellas that cover some of the seating. Greenbar Distillery also offers tours of their brewery, just ask the bartenders and they will direct you. With so many craft breweries in Los Angeles, let us help you by putting Greenbar Distillery on your list. The beers and the bartenders are worth it. Cheers!!

Took a tasting tour of the distillery on a Sunday afternoon when regular operations were shut down. It made for a rather boring presentation. I could barely follow the tour guide as she speaks fast and low and assumes everyone is following her internal references and run on thoughts. I've gone to tons of tours of distilleries and wineries all over Europe and can understand tour guides even though they speak English as a second language because they incorporate humor, quips, and present in a loud voice. There was very little show and tell to bring alive the points about processing. For example she mentioned wheat used in making alcohol. How difficult is it to pass around a bottle of wheat kernels and point to the vats where the alcohol is fermenting? Then again there were confusing conflations. She mentioned 100 percent organic locally procured ingredients. So where is the wheat grown locally?? Oh, except the wheat. I simply had a hard time following and keeping in mind the different information pertaining to each of the spirits and liqueurs. I wouldn't recommend this to international visitors since I am barely able to follow along. It's a shame because their products are very interesting particularly as they use organic infusing herbs and plants. For 15 in France I would have had a full flight wine tasting with nibbles and a glass of wine. Here, although they aren't allowed to give you over a certain amount of alcohol in the tasting, surely they could offer some complementary smelling tasting experiences with food or herbs? We had a taste of five spirits choose between three tequilas, two gins, two whiskeys, two rums, two vodkas, two amaros which are European bitter style liqueurs and a variety of herbal liqueurs. The tequilas are made in Jalisco and their anejo aged tequila at 70 is incredibly good. Every one of their spirits is top notch I will give them that. Presentation for the price was a bit of a let down, but still an eclectic find in what is a bleak, industrial setting under a highway...very metaphorically underground Los Angeles.