Fellow beer geeks (that means trolls shilling for Bud and Coors, drop dead),

I'm off to Los Angeles on business. In the process, I'm getting my fiancee
a ticket and we're spending a week with her family in Arizona. Amtrak,
believe it or not.

Long and short of it: I have about 36 hours in downtown Los Angeles,
Saturday morning to Sunday evening. I have friends coming in to take care
of business, and then we can pub-crawl, somewhat.

I'm looking for recommendations for brewpubs or local craft brews I must
try. Right now the only stuff I know I'm shooting for are the Red Car
Brewery in Torrance and any Riverside products with trains on the label,
plus maybe a couple 22-ouncers of Moylan's best stuff.

Suggestions welcomed; I may take convenience (across the street from Union
Station) versus price or selection, although I hear Beverage Warehouse on
McConnell Ave. in West LA is worth my trouble. Comments?

Lastly, if anyone would like to stand in Aurora, Ill. and hoop up some
America's Brewpub growlers from the roundhouse there as we roll by on the
Southwest Chief........ (damn, I wish it was Flossmoor we were going
by.......)

Cheers...........