828 Traction Ave · Arts District · Downtown LA

DTLA's brewery,
bar and event
playground

House-brewed beer on 30 taps, cocktails, a full kitchen, vintage Skeeball, two patios and three rooms you can take over.

What's happening Host an event Menus & tap list Directions

Mon–Thu 11 AM – 12 AMFri–Sat 12 PM – 2 AMSun 12 PM – 12 AM All ages until 7 PM, 21+ after.

Coming up

Full calendar →

The calendar is being loaded. Dodgers games, Beer Society nights, bingo and the occasional wiener dog race all land here.

Until then, Instagram has this week.

One address.
Three rooms.

A brewery that's also a bar that's also a speakeasy. Here's how it fits together.

The main bar with the brewhouse tanks behind it The Main Bar 30 taps poured steps from the tanks they came out of. The kitchen, the Skeeball lanes and the patios all hang off this room. Go → The Pub, the front room on Traction Avenue The Pub The front room on Traction. Its own bar, its own door, and the room to ask about when you want a party without taking over the whole brewery. Go → The Study, a dim cocktail room with a backlit bar The Study The speakeasy behind the brewery. Cocktails, candlelight, Thu–Sat, 7 PM – 12 AM. Find the door. Go →

What you're
walking into

Vintage Skeeball lanes lit up along the wall
Skeeball Vintage lanes along the wall. Winner buys the next round, or that is the rule we enforce.
The outdoor patio with string lights
Two patios Front and back. Dogs welcome outside. All ages until 7 PM, so Sunday afternoons look like a block party.
A smash burger and fries on the bar
A real kitchen Smash burgers, a Nashville hot chicken sando, birria tacos, wings, a giant pretzel with beer cheese. Lunch through last call.
A row of tap handles with the ADBC badge
Brewed back there A 15-barrel brewhouse behind the bar turns out about 2,100 barrels a year: lagers, hazies, a Kölsch, a schwarzbier, and a World Beer Cup gold medalist.

On tap
right now

Live from the brewery. When the brewers change a keg, this changes with it.

Full tap list

Happy hour pints and pitchers on the beer page.

Classic

  • Oro Blanco get it with a lime!
    Mexican-Style Light Lager 4.4%
    $7.00 Pint$24.00 Pitcher
  • Hermano creamy • silky • floral • lavender • spice
    Hefeweizen 5.3%
    $8.00 Pint$28.00 Pitcher
  • Memory Lane strawberry • jasmine • delicate
    Japanese-style Rice Lager 5.5%
    $8.00 Pint$28.00 Pitcher
  • Until Daylight mild • hazelnutty • toasty
    Schwarzbier 4.8%
    $8.00 Pint$28.00 Pitcher

Hoppy

  • Swing For The Fences passionfruit jam • honey • mango
    Hazy IPA with Riwaka / Citra 6.5%
    $9.00 Pint$32.00 Pitcher
  • Traction dank • berry jam
    IPA 7.5%
    $9.00 Pint$32.00 Pitcher
  • Through The Roof Award winner lime zest • berry • kiwi • papaya
    6.2%
    $8.00 Pint$28.00 Pitcher
  • Supply & Demand tropical mango • peach compote • juicy
    IPA 7%
    $9.00 Pint$32.00 Pitcher

Tap list updated Oct 19, 4:42 PM PDT · Untappd

Throw it here

Birthdays, company parties, fantasy drafts, watch parties, wrap parties, full buyouts. The Study, The Pub, the patio, a stretch of the floor, or all of it. Catering from our kitchen, custom tap lists, Skeeball tournaments, A/V, a photo booth.

One events contact, one email, a reply within a business day.

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Find us

828 Traction Ave
Arts District, Downtown LA

Directions

Hours

  • Mon–Thu 11 AM – 12 AM
  • Fri–Sat 12 PM – 2 AM
  • Sun 12 PM – 12 AM
  • The Study Thu–Sat, 7 PM – 12 AM

Good to know

  • All ages until 7 PM, 21+ after.
  • Paid lot next door, street parking around the block.
  • Dodgers, Lakers, Rams, LAFC on the screens. Other games on request.

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