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21Oct 201921 Oct 2019
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Bay Area Brewers Join The Craft Beer Tribes At The Great American Beer Festival 2019

It’s nine A.M on a crisp Saturday morning in Denver. A steady stream of people files into the vast convention…

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7Oct 20197 Dec 2019
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Sierra Nevada’s OG System: on the Road from GABF to SF Beer Week

Ken Grossman put together his brewery in Chico, California, almost 40 years ago. Brewing equipment manufacturers did not make “microbrewery”…

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13Sep 20197 Oct 2019
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Bay Brewers Claim Awards at Inaugural California Craft Brewers Cup

SF’s nearby brewers made out well in the first annual California Craft Brewers Cup event, organized by the regional brewers…

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Bay Area Brewers Bring Home Gleaming Medals

22 Sep 201828 Sep 2018
Today 2,404 breweries competed for hardware and a moment in the spotlight in Denver, Colorado. A total of 8,496 brews from 49 States plus DC were thoughtfully evaluated over several…
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City Beer Moves Up: How one small underground shop changed the SF beer scene

3 Sep 201820 Oct 2019
[By Steve Shapiro and Gail Ann Williams] San Francisco’s City Beer Store has reopened in an attractive modern building that’s larger and closer to the Civic Center BART station, at…
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Watching Brut IPA sweep the nation

2 Sep 20184 Sep 2018
Yesterday we visited Social Kitchen and Brewery out in the western side of SF. This sign, with its birthplace slogan, greeted us at the doorway. And that proud claim was…
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Out of Here: Midwest Beer Journey

25 Aug 20182 Sep 2018
A week ago we were sipping tasty beers in the sultry heat of the upper Midwest. (BART gets you to both SFO and OAK, after all.) The region delivers the…
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Wild-Caught Cider Yeast Adventure

24 May 20182 Sep 2018
Friday, May 25 at 5:00 pm is the debut of a cider at Redwood Coast Ciders in San Carlos made with a wild California yeast I captured in the Trinity…
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The Bistro IPA Festival: Beyond Clarity

15 Apr 20182 Sep 2018
In the inevitable march of beer evolution, this year has seen several unclear milestones.  Just last year, while respected veterans of the beer community were still saying "hazy over my…

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Beer by BART, Alphabetical

  • Destinations
    • 21st Amendment (San Leandro)
    • 21st Amendment Pub (Montgomery)
    • 47 Hills Brewing Co (San Bruno)
    • Alamo Drafthouse (Bear vs. Bull) (24th St SF)
    • Albany Taproom (El Cerrito Plaza)
    • Ale Industries (Fruitvale)
    • Amnesia (16th or 24th St SF)
    • Amnesia (16th or 24th St SF)
    • Anchor and Hope Fish House (Montgomery)
    • Ave Bar, The (Balboa Park)
    • Bare Bottle Brewing Co. (24th St SF)
    • Bartlett Hall (Powell)
    • Beer Baron Bar and Kitchen (Rockridge)
    • Beer Hall, The (Civic Center)
    • Beer Revolution (12th St Oakland)
    • Ben and Nick’s (Rockridge)
    • Bistro, The (Hayward)
    • BJ’s Restaurant Brewhouse (San Bruno)
    • Black Hammer/Pacific Brewing Laboratory (Montgomery)
    • Black Sands Brewery (Civic Center plus Muni)
    • Bobby G’s (Berkeley Station)
    • Brewcade (Civic Center plus MUNI)
    • Buffalo Bill’s Brewery (Hayward)
    • Caps & Taps (Dublin/Pleasanton)
    • Cato’s Ale House (MacArthur)
    • Cellarmaker Brewery (Civic Center)
    • Cellarmaker House Of Pizza (24th St. SF)
    • Church Key (Montgomery)
    • City Beer Store (Civic Center)
    • Cooler, The (San Leandro)
    • Crafty Fox Ale House (16th St SF)
    • Dark Horse Inn (Balboa Park)
    • Drake’s Brewery and Barrel House (San Leandro)
    • Drake’s Dealership (19th St. Oakland)
    • E. J. Phair (Concord)
    • Elevation 66 Brewing (El Cerrito Plaza)
    • Englander, The (San Leandro)
    • Faction Brewing Company (12th St Oakland plus Bus)
    • Fermentation Lab (Civic Center)
    • Fieldwork Brewing (North Berkeley plus bus)
    • Fort Point Beer Company (Embarcadero )
    • Fort Point Valencia (16th St. SF)
    • Fourth Bore, The (Orinda)
    • Good Hop, The (19th St Oakland)
    • Harmonic Brewing (Embarcadero plus MUNI))
    • Harry’s Hofbrau (Bay Fair)
    • Hog’s Apothecary (MacArthur)
    • Hogwash (Powell)
    • Hop Grenade, The (Concord)
    • Hopwater Distribution (Powell)
    • Jupiter (Downtown Berkeley)
    • La Trappe (Montgomery)
    • Lanesplitter (MacArthur)
    • Lanesplitter (North Berkeley)
    • Liquid Gold (Civic Center)
    • Local Brewing Co. (Powell)
    • Lost and Found (19th St. Oakland)
    • Lucky 13 (Civic Center plus MUNI)
    • Luka’s Taproom (19th St Oakland)
    • Magnolia Brewpub (Civic Center and MUNI)
    • Magnolia Dogpatch (Embarcadero and MUNI)
    • Marin Brewing Company (Embarcadero and Ferry)
    • Mikkeller Bar (Powell)
    • Monk’s Kettle (16th St SF)
    • Ocean Ale House (Balboa Park)
    • Old Devil Moon (24th St, SF)
    • Old Kan Beer & Co (West Oakland)
    • Pacific Standard (Downtown Berkeley)
    • Pi Bar (24th St SF)
    • Public House (Montgomery)
    • Rare Barrel Sour Beer Co. (Ashby BART and Bus)
    • Rosamunde Sausage Grill (12th St Oakland)
    • Rosamunde Sausage Grill (24th St SF)
    • Shotwell’s (24th St SF)
    • Sierra Nevada Torpedo Room (North Berkeley plus bus)
    • Social Kitchen & Brewery (Civic Center plus MUNI)
    • Southern Pacific Brewing Company (16th St SF)
    • Speakeasy Brewery (Embarcadero plus MUNI)
    • Standard Deviant Brewing (16th St SF)
    • Steep Brew (16th St SF)
    • Steep Brew SOMA (Powell)
    • Suppenküche (Civic Center)
    • Temescal Brewing (MacArthur)
    • ThirstyBear Organic Brewery(Montgomery)
    • Three Sheets (West Dublin/Pleasanton)
    • Toronado (Civic Center and then MUNI)
    • Trappist, The (12th St Oakland)
    • Triple Rock (Berkeley)
    • Triple Voodoo Brewing (Embarcadero and MUNI))
    • Woods Bar & Brewery (19th St, Oakland )
    • Woods Cervecería de MateVeza (16th St SF)
    • Woods Polk Station (Civic Center)
    • Zeitgeist (16th St SF)
    • ØL Beercafe (Walnut Creek)
  • Ale Arsenal (San Carlos CalTrain)
  • Firehouse Grill and Brewery (Sunnyvale CalTrain)
  • Rose and Crown (Palo Alto CalTrain)
  • Steelhead Brewing Co. (Burlingame CalTrain)
  • Anchor Brewing (16th St plus MUNI bus)
  • Devil’s Canyon Brewery (San Carlos CalTrain)
  • Drake’s Brewery (San Leandro Plus AC Transit or LINK Shuttle)
  • Trumer Brewery (North Berkeley)

Beer Currents: latest stories

  • Bay Area Brewers Join The Craft Beer Tribes At The Great American Beer Festival 2019
  • Sierra Nevada’s OG System: on the Road from GABF to SF Beer Week
  • Bay Brewers Claim Awards at Inaugural California Craft Brewers Cup

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