Celebrate American Craft Beer Week At The Lab!

Posted on May 11, 2012 by Dr. Hops

American Craft Beer Week starts Monday May 14th! Check out all the awesome action happening at The Lab! So much fun every day, good thing there’s a nice hotel right across the street!

Monday May 14th
Special Keg Tapping – Ballast Point Sextant Oatmeal Stout on Nitro! (San Diego)
All night happy hour and free appetizers at 9pm
Tuesday May 15th
Special Keg Tapping – Dales Deviant IPA (Colorado)
Sneak peek samples of the New Lab Java Porter!
Meet The Lab’s Brewer – Roger guest Bartends from 5-7pm!
Wednesday May 16th
Special Keg Tapping – Enegren Black Saison (Moorpark)
$2 off beer samplers, only $8 for 4 awesome brews! Yes this includes the Sextant, Deviant, and Black Saison… if there still pouring!!
Meet Enegren’s Brewers – Chris and Matt Enegren pour samples from 5-7pm!
Thursday May 17th
Special Keg Tapping – The Lab Belgian Pale Ale
Live Music – The Nova Trio – Latin Jazz Dinner Set 7-9:30pm
Blend Late Night DJ Sets – 9:45 – close
Friday May 18th
Free Brewery Tours with Roger 5-8pm. Warning, this typical includes some sampling….
Live Music – Slooza Palooza – 9:30pm www.facebook.com/SloozaPalooza
Saturday May 19th
Free Brewery Tours with Roger 5-8pm. Warning, this typical includes some sampling….
Live Music – 50 sticks of Dynamite – 10pm http://www.reverbnation.com/50sticksofdynamite
Sunday May 20th
Special Keg blow out – $4 pints of any special keg still pouring! (Sextant, Deviant, Lab Belgian Pale)
Sunday Hangover Brunch Menu 11am-2pm
Happy Hour All Day!
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Cinco De Mayo Bash at The Lab!!

Posted on May 1, 2012 by Dr. Hops

We’re going all out for this one, come party with us for Cinco De Mayo at The Lab!!

$2 taco bar, $5 Margaritas all night, Tequila Samplers with a sangrita on the side, Shot girls giving out free tequila samples, Latin style music Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, and of course awesome dinner specials including:

Nachos with fresh made tortilla chips, cheese, and jalapenos

Jicama, Mango, and Papaya salad with chile lime dressing

Birria with Mexican Rice and Black Beans

Mexican style grilled Sea Bass served over spinach with tomatillo salsa

Yum! See you soon to start the party! Dinner Specials run both Friday and Saturday so you have time to try them all. Also, make sure to get here early Saturday, DJs in the back patio and the taco bar start at 2pm!

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New Menu Items Coming Soon!

Posted on April 30, 2012 by Dr. Hops
We’re always experimenting with new things at here at The Lab, and that of course includes our menu items!
Take a look below for some of our new creations, and minor tweeks to existing favorites!
  • New Salad, Savoy Spinach with andouille sausage and grilled onions in balsamic with crumbled goat cheese.
  • New Salad, Shrimp Panzanella Salad: Sauteed shrimp with mixed greens, buffalo mozzarella, cherry
    tomatoes, red onion and vinaigrette.
  • New Pizza, since our yummy Harvest Pizza is out of season Chef Moez created a new tasty pizza invention, The Labs Summer Peach Pizza. This one is made with fontina, mozzarella, sliced peaches, carmalized onions, walnuts and a honey drizzle.
  • New Tacos, Cali street tacos with chicken, pico de gallo, and red and green salsa. Nice and authentico!
  • Our sausage plate with braised red cabbage now has a choice of brats or bourbon street andouille.
  • Blue Cheese and Kick Ass Fries are changed up a bit, but they are still delicious so don’t worry! The cheese and garlic will be baked and then topped with a blue cheese sauce. Kick ass fries come with chile frito and blue cheese habanero sauce.
  • Sauteed spinach in garlic olive oil and Mung Beans with coconut curry are new additions to the Botanical menu.
Come on down and try one of the new dishes! I’ll bet you find a new favorite!
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Festival season is here and it started with a BANG!

Posted on April 13, 2012 by Dr. Hops

 

Let the Festival Season Begin!

Lovers of fun everywhere rejoice as festival season is officially upon us! We kicked off this years fun filled festival line up with LA Beer Fest, pouring Lab brews to the 9000+ beer fanatics in attendance. See below for our next events where we’ll be serving up the cold ones. If you happen to be at one of these parties please come and say hello! Dr. Hops would love to meet you!

Valley Cultural Center’s Food, Wine & Microbrew Festival

April 19th, 2012  |  5 PM – 8:30 PM
at Westfield Promenade at the corner of Erwin and Topanga Canyon Boulevards.

Sipping in Springtime – Stagecoach Museum Newbury Park

April 29th, 2012  |  4 PM – 8 PM
at Stagecoach Museum in Newbury Park.

Santa Barbara Brew Zoo. Beer Fest in the Zoo!!

June 2nd, 2012  |  1 PM – 6 PM
at The Santa Barbara Zoo.

Casa Pacifica Wine, Beer, and Food Festival

June 3rd, 2012  |  1 PM – 6 PM
at California State University Channel Islands – Camarillo.

 

 

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SATURDAY NIGHT MUSIC: Rachel Sedacca and Scarlet Fire with The Maykers

Posted on March 23, 2012 by Dr. Hops

We are excited to have Rachel – who was featured on the cover of VC Buzz last month – grace our stage this Saturday at 9pm. Check out her website for her bio and extensive catalog.

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FRIDAY NIGHT MUSIC: Soul Machine

Posted on March 23, 2012 by Dr. Hops

Soul Machine Consists of exceptionally seasoned musicians, and an extraordinarily soulful vocalist, Laura J. Cozzi, who sparkles with energy and stage presence. They play soul, jazz and Motown favorites from the likes of Aretha Franklin, Gladys Knight and Etta James. Expect them to start playing at the Lab at 9ish tonight!

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PHOTOS: Lagunitas 5-Course Beer Pairing Dinner

Posted on March 22, 2012 by Dr. Hops

Wow! Tuesday was an awesome night. We had a great, fun, crowd and appreciate all who participated. And thanks to the Lagunitas Brewing Company for joining forces with Chef Moez and Brewmaster Roger “Dr Hops” Bott to make this night possible. BTW, blogger Chef Lars has a review of the night already posted. Now onto the photos:

Opening Reception The opening reception featured Lagunitas Pils, artisan cheeses and crudite. But the highlight was the format which allowed for mingling and meeting many new people.

Lagunitas / Lab Brewing Co Beer Pairing MenuWaiting at your table after the first course mixer was the gorgeous menu above which certainly served to wet this person’s appetite.

Fennel Frisee with in house made censored citrus dressingThe Fennel Frissee with in house made censored citrus dressing was served with Lagunitas Censored Ale.

Lagunitas Rep Sam Naft with a Lab waitressLagunitas Brewing Company rep Sam Naft (left) with a Lab waitress.

Saffron Risotto with Bay ScallopsThe Saffron Risotto with Bay Scallops was served with Lagunitas Little Sumpin’ Sumpin’. Both were delicious!

Partial crowd shotWe had a fantastic turnout (partial crowd shot above) and thank everyone who came out for this special night.

Short RibsThe IPA Braised Short Ribs with gorgonzola and spinach mash were served with Lagunitas IPA.

Wild Mushroom and Mascarpone PolentaThe Wild Mushroom and Mascarpone Polenta was served with Lagunitas IPA.

Cheesecake with Cappuccino Stout ReductionThe Cheesecake with Cappuccino Stout Reduction was served with Lagunitas Cappuccino Stout (links to video).

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Lagunitas 5-Course Beer Pairing Dinner Tomorrow

Posted on March 19, 2012 by Dr. Hops

Lagunitas Beer Pairing DinnerFull menu and more information here.

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FRIDAY NIGHT REGGAE With The Souls of Love

Posted on March 16, 2012 by Dr. Hops

Reggae band the Souls of Love play the LAB tonight starting at 9pm.

Souls of Love is a reggae music collective assembled by ILocks, the longtime keyboardist and backing vocalist for Eek-A-Mouse and Ras Michael and The Sons Of Negus. Throughout his career, ILocks has bridged the gap between the black urban culture of Los Angeles and the influx of reggae music. ILocks was born to a Mexican woman and Italian man, and as a baby he was adopted by an older African American couple and raised as their son. He spent his childhood in the vibrant community of South Los Angeles, later attending Fairfax High School. He grew up in the Baptist church and was influenced at a young age by his adopted father who was a classically trained vocalist and sang in nightclubs in St. Louis and Los Angeles, usually unaccompanied, before giving his voice to the church. At a young age his father taught him a musical lesson that he will never forget. ILocks remembers the story with a twinkle that is ever present in his eyes. “He taught me how to sing and play Soul music, he taught me what Soul really is, which is Love.” It is with this spirit that ILocks formed the Souls of Love with his wife, Geri Love Walker, his eldest son Elijah Walker on bass and his longtime friend and collaborator, Gerald Couchman behind the drum-kit.

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SATURDAY NIGHT MUSIC: Reggae’s Urban Dread

Posted on March 7, 2012 by Dr. Hops

Our favorite reggae band, Urban Dread, returns to the Lab this Saturday night around 9pm. Covering all of your favorite reggae hits, the band has become a Lab fan favorite.

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