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May 14, 2012
Bay Area Beer Culture Takes Over the Craft Brewer's Conference and World Beer Cup
The annual Craft Brewer's Conference is unlike other professional gatherings. Every expo hall reeks of hops. The hospitality suite boasts 140 free-flowing taps. And, the attendees are significantly more bearded. As usual, the Bay Area beer scene was heavily represented at this year's event, held l ... More >>
Music
April 18, 2012
Bouncer Discovers a Crafty Illusion Behind Cervecería MateVeza
The annual Craft Brewer's Conference is unlike other professional gatherings. Every expo hall reeks of hops. The hospitality suite boasts 140 free-flowing taps. And, the attendees are significantly more bearded. As usual, the Bay Area beer scene was heavily represented at this year's event, held l ... More >>
Blogs
April 13, 2012
Jupiter Brewpub Offers a Summer of Sour Beers
There's a reason certain beer styles are released seasonally. Spiced pumpkin beers flood the shelves during the fall, when we celebrate with jack-o-lanterns and sweet potato pie. In the coldest winter months, breweries release their warming, roasty imperial stouts. In the summer months of sandals an ... More >>
Blogs
April 5, 2012
Triple Rock Brewery Fills A Room With Firkins
Hand-pumps, casks, firkins, and real ale. If these terms sound foreign, then all the more reason to attend this weekend's 10th Annual Bay Area Firkin Fest at Triple Rock. Around 20 Bay Area breweries will contribute 'real ale' -- brews poured from a cask or 'firkin'. This traditional method of ... More >>
Blogs
March 23, 2012
Sample Rainy Day Brews at Beer Revolution's Imperial Stout Fest
Spring is in the air. Sort of. If you squint and ignore the frigid temperatures, you can kind of see it in the distance. This weekend's inevitable downpour, however, will nicely complement your drinking activities. On Saturday, Beer Revolution launches its first annual Imperial Stout Festi ... More >>
Calendar
February 8, 2012
The 10 Days of Beer Week
Spring is in the air. Sort of. If you squint and ignore the frigid temperatures, you can kind of see it in the distance. This weekend's inevitable downpour, however, will nicely complement your drinking activities. On Saturday, Beer Revolution launches its first annual Imperial Stout Festi ... More >>
Blogs
January 27, 2012
Southern Pacific Brewing Brings Beer to 'Fermentation Alley'
We have good news and bad news. The good news is that much-anticipated Southern Pacific Brewing will be open this weekend. The bad news is that they aren't named after South Pacific, the romance musical. We were bummed too.Thankfully, there will be plenty of tasty beer on hand this Friday as you sti ... More >>
Blogs
January 25, 2012
SF Beer Week's Coming -- Start Planning Now
How do I love thee, SF Beer Week? Let me count the ways! On second thought, scratch that. With over 200 events already on the Beer Week calendar, professing our affection would take forever. With the schedule expected to expand significantly over the coming weeks, it's easy to be overwhelme ... More >>
Blogs
January 4, 2012
The Jug Shop Ushers in a New Year of Beer Tastings
It's only a few days into 2012, but you've been behaving very well. The New Year diet is working, and tonight you'll be gorging on raw carrot sticks, a handful of unsalted almonds, and a tall glass of water. At the end of the week, celebrate the success of your resolution by breaking it in grand fas ... More >>
Blogs
December 14, 2011
Healthy Spirits Rolls Out the Beer Barrel ALSO: Party!
Healthy SpiritsThe most successful bars and beer shops are the ones that work closely with breweries. Building bridges with brewers not only helps secure distribution of limited beers, but it can also lead to collaborative projects that can put a store on the map. Russian River Brewing brewed ... More >>
Blogs
December 1, 2011
San Francisco's Five Best Restaurants for Beer Geeks
hober/FlickrSFoodie hates the term "gastropub." Hates it. But this city has more and more restaurants that technically qualify. Some are brewpubs where you can eat something more substantial than potato skins and greasy burgers. Some talk up their "beer program" (SFoodie sees that phrase and ... More >>
Blogs
October 26, 2011
Enjoy a Staycation with the 'BRU/SFO' Belgian Beer Month
Everybody seems a little tense these days. With all the worldwide protests and political squabbling, we'd like to pack up a suitcase and go #Occupy the Belgian countryside for a while. Some sugar waffles and a goblet of rich, Belgian ale would do the trick. Well, a boy can dream. Thankfully, ... More >>
Blogs
October 4, 2011
The Great American Beer Festival: Bay Area Brewers and Chefs Bring the Brew
In 1982, the inaugural Great American Beer Festival showcased 47 beers from 24 breweries. The lucky 800 attendees had a fair shot at trying every beer in the room. Thirty years later, even the most hardened liver shudders in fear of how the festival has grown. With 466 breweries pouring 2,400 beers ... More >>
Blogs
September 29, 2011
Ales Unlimited Showcases Craft Brew, City Beer Store Expands
Given the increasing popularity of craft beer, you'd think there would be specialty brew shops in every neighborhood by now. But, despite years of booming industry growth, City Beer Store and Healthy Spirits have held their footing as the city's notable destinations for craft beer shopping outside o ... More >>
Blogs
August 5, 2011
New California Law Gives Brewery Tasting Rooms a Break
Jason HenryDrake's Barrel House in San Leandro was built expensively under the old lawYou walk into a brewery tasting room and order a sample. The beer is delicious, but you can't help noticing that the brewery doesn't have washable tile flooring and the cashier isn't far from the dishwasher. ... More >>
Blogs
July 28, 2011
Home-Brewed Beer of the Month Club Avoids the Law
BrewlabYou get a mismatched six-pack of home-brews from the beer CSA.CSA boxes are like Forrest Gump's box of chocolates: You never know what kind of local, sustainably farmed, organic, heirloom tomato you're gonna get. Sign up for the Brewlab club, however, and one thing's for sure: Your mon ... More >>
Blogs
July 26, 2011
Dead Kennedys: Not Drunk Enough to Promote Heineken
via FlickrOf all the ways to promote beer, a song called "Too Drunk to Fuck" seems like a pretty dumb way to do it. Earlier this month, complaints forced Heineken to drop a beer ad on Spotify that featured a lounge-ish cover of the Dead Kennedys' classic punk song by Nouvelle Vague, the UK ... More >>
Blogs
June 27, 2011
Bay Area Beer Personalities Shine at National Homebrewer's Conference
Jason HenryOld Hangtown's Ale Camino.Homebrewers are an interesting demographic. Get two of them together at a barbecue and you're bound to overhear chatter about proper fermentation temperatures and yeast preference. Get 2000 homebrewers in a room together and you're in for a party and years ... More >>
Blogs
May 10, 2011
City Beer Store Celebrates Five Boozy Years
Jason HenryWanderer, Rouge Baril Baltique, and Open Container, all brewed to mark City Beer Store's fifth anniversary.With the proliferation of local beer bars, gastropubs, and grassroots brewing operations, it's easy to forget how much our beery landscape has changed in five short years. The ... More >>
Dining
March 9, 2011
Drink 2011: Brewers Join Forces -- Beer Ensues
Jason HenryWanderer, Rouge Baril Baltique, and Open Container, all brewed to mark City Beer Store's fifth anniversary.With the proliferation of local beer bars, gastropubs, and grassroots brewing operations, it's easy to forget how much our beery landscape has changed in five short years. The ... More >>
Blogs
February 13, 2011
Sunday, Beery Sunday: Day 3 of SF Beer Week
Annie&John/FlickrWake and slake: Beer brunch at 21st Amendment.Sunday, Feb. 13 Onward, soldiers! Day Three awaits, and we're going for the trifecta. Pickle your liver at these lazy Sunday events: Start bright and early this morning with some hair of the dog at 21st Amendment: Big Be ... More >>
Blogs
February 11, 2011
Saturday Report: Where to Go on Day 2 of Beer Week
bittermelon/FlickrSo many beers, so few hours.Saturday, Feb. 12 It's Day Two. The gloves are off, and the beer beckons. If you're not venturing to Hayward for the 11th Annual Double IPA Festival, local options abound. Ease into your weekend Saturday with an afternoon happy hour of exc ... More >>
Blogs
February 10, 2011
Guide to SF Beer Week's Food Brew Pairings, Part 2
bittermelon/FlickrFatted Calf dinner at Magnolia.You've read part one of our SF Beer Week dinner roundup. Pair your beer with food during the second half of the week here: Wednesday, Feb. 16 Drake's Sau and Brau Dinner Where: Drake's Brewing Co., 1933 Davis (at Phillips), #177, San Leandro ... More >>
Blogs
February 10, 2011
What To Do This Weekend, Feb. 11-13
bittermelon/FlickrUm, did we say there'd be beer? See Fri., Feb. 11.Craving more? Scroll through additional listings here. Fri., Feb. 11: Food, Wine, and Amore at the Ferry Building Ferry Building Marketplace, 1 Ferry Building (at Embarcadero), 5-8 p.m. Affordable hors d'oeuvres, Napa Valley ... More >>
Blogs
February 2, 2011
Chocolate Meets Beer in Richmond
Chocolate and Beer FestivalSecond Annual Chocolate and Beer Festival Where: Craneway Pavilion, 1414 Harbour Way, Richmond, 510-735-1133 When: Sat., Feb. 19, 2-6 p.m. Cost: $28 (includes parking, entry, four chocolate tickets, and two beer tickets) The rundown: This sweet spot in SF Beer ... More >>
Blogs
January 11, 2011
The Best Barleywine? Our Panel Picks a Winner
Jesse Friedman/Beer and NoshAmerican barleywine daddy Fritz Maytag, at the Anchor Brewery he once owned.What began more than three decades ago as a small-batch specialty beer made by a local beer hero has grown thunderously into perhaps the most cult-acclaimed craft beer style in America: the ... More >>
Dining
November 10, 2010
Fresh Eats: Our weekly roundup of SFoodie news
Jesse Friedman/Beer and NoshAmerican barleywine daddy Fritz Maytag, at the Anchor Brewery he once owned.What began more than three decades ago as a small-batch specialty beer made by a local beer hero has grown thunderously into perhaps the most cult-acclaimed craft beer style in America: the ... More >>
Blogs
July 21, 2010
Beer Dinners, or the Fine Art of the 'Brew Fixe'
Jesse Friedman/Beer & NoshThere's no steadfast rule to putting together a beer dinner except, duh, you should have good food and pair it with good beer. Beyond that, they come in all shapes and sizes, meaning number of courses and the hit your wallet will take. Proving attending one doesn't ... More >>
Blogs
June 1, 2010
Saturday's Giants Brewfest Was a Clusterf#%k. Here's Our Advice for Next Year
Brian YaegerWe don't mind rubbing elbows. It was the rubbing of everything else that got to us.Saturday's Giants Brewfest was only a success if you consider that the event sold out. But packed N-Judah cars more than three hours before game time was an early indicator that there would be more ... More >>
Blogs
April 29, 2010
Will the Sale of Anchor Mean the Death of Quality at S.F.'s Revolutionary Brand?
Brian YaegerFritz Maytag in 2005.Why, Fritz ― why did you sell Anchor Brewing? And does it mean the end of an era for craft brewing both in San Francisco and across the nation? Of the 4,000 breweries operating in America at the end of the 19th century, a little over 1,500 were back up and ... More >>
Blogs
April 16, 2010
Awesome Range of Beers at Public House Leads the League
Brian YaegerCertified cicerone Eric Cripe assembled the epic beer list.If the Giants keep winning, AT&T Park should be packed for the home stand that starts next Friday. This season, no longer will fans need to shell out big bucks for mediocre food inside the park when there's Traci Des Jardi ... More >>
Blogs
February 9, 2010
SF Beer Week: Remembering a Local Champion of Craft Brews
From now through the end of SF Beer Week, we're providing daily quarterbacking for the frothiest events. Skol, dudes. SF Beer Week isn't just about celebrating the breadth of beers made and drunk locally, but the community that supports them. Their greatest cheerleader was journalist Bill Br ... More >>
Blogs
February 4, 2010
SF Beer Week Starts Tomorrow. Here's What to Check Out
From now through the end of SF Beer Week, we're providing daily quarterbacking for the frothiest events. Skol, dudes. The 51-week wait is over: The second annual SF Beer Week, a week-long affair so dazzling it requires 10 days, begins tomorrow with the SF Brewers Guild Opening Gala at Yerba ... More >>
Blogs
January 18, 2010
California Craft Brewers Represent at the Fancy Food Show
B. YaegerFirestone-Walker Brewing's Brandon Borgel, part of the California brewski cointingent.For three days (Jan. 17-19), Moscone Center is so full of munchies, it's like a stoner's wet dream. The National Association for the Specialty Food Trade (NASFT) is in the midst of producing the 35t ... More >>
Blogs
October 9, 2009
Oom-Pah-Pah in Oakland Tomorrow at Oaktoberfest
Oaktown is the site of tomorrow's appropriately named Oaktoberfest in the Dimond District (Ground Zero: MacArthur and Fruitvale), 11 a.m.-6 p.m. It's continuing a longstanding tradition: In the early 1900s, the area was full of beer gardens and German-owned vacation spots for S.F. families. ... More >>
Blogs
May 5, 2009
Weird-Ass Beer of the Week: Hanssens Oudbeitje 2000
The freshness of the strawberry aroma is surprising given the beer's eight years in bottle.
Blogs
April 3, 2009
Happy Hour Deals: The Cosmopolitan
$6 for a Duvel and a pile of fried asparagus is a great deal.
Music
December 3, 2008
The Beer Whisperer
$6 for a Duvel and a pile of fried asparagus is a great deal.
Blogs
October 2, 2008
Hey, Beer Man: S.F. Writer Manages to Land Greatest Job in the World
$6 for a Duvel and a pile of fried asparagus is a great deal.
Calendar
September 17, 2008
What Isn't Art?
$6 for a Duvel and a pile of fried asparagus is a great deal.
Blogs
May 12, 2008
Magnolia Pub & Brewery Closes for Remodeling
$6 for a Duvel and a pile of fried asparagus is a great deal.
Blogs
May 6, 2008
Food Porn: The Giant Pretzel At Monk's Kettle
$6 for a Duvel and a pile of fried asparagus is a great deal.
News
March 21, 2007
Hatin' on the Haight
The 40th anniversary of the Summer of Love could be ruined by bad vibes. And public urination.
Best of San Francisco
May 11, 2005
Best Free Drink Tour
The 40th anniversary of the Summer of Love could be ruined by bad vibes. And public urination.
Music
December 17, 2003
Underworld
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Best of San Francisco
May 14, 2003
Best Microbrew
White Hawk Original IPA, Mendocino Brewing Co.
Best of San Francisco
May 23, 2001
Best Place to See a Movie and Drink Beer
The Parkway Theater
Dining
March 21, 2001
Sweet Sauerkraut
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