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Cellarmaker House of Pizza Jettisons Brewing Equipment

If you stopped by Cellarmaker’s popular pizza location Tuesday to pick up pizza and a couple of four-packs, you many…

Amburana Wood: Flavors from Brazil Reach the San Francisco Bay

11 Jul 201920 Oct 2019

We just published two articles about an amazing spicy wood from South America. One is the main introduction to this curious spicy wood traditionally used to age artisan cachaça in…

Anchor Brewing Employees Vote To Unionize

13 Mar 201920 Oct 2019

On March 13th, 2019, employees at the historic Anchor Brewing Company in San Francisco voted themselves into a union. When the secret ballot vote was tallied, the union had been…

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Stormy Waters At Anchor Brewing

8 Mar 201920 Oct 2019

March 8, 2019 By Steve Shapiro On a rainy Tuesday evening, a standing-room-only crowd gathered at Anchor Brewing’s Public Taps. Many were there at the invitation…

Strong Beer Collaboration Helps Make February The Bay Area’s Best Beer-Drinking Month

29 Jan 201920 Mar 2019

This Ancestor of SF Beer Week is Alive and WelL Ask most any bar owner, brewer or – for that matter – any restaurateur about their business in January and…

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Vinnie Cilurzo Tells Why Russian River Brewery Beers Are About To Get Even Better

21 Oct 201820 Mar 2019

With a smile that lasted for hours, Russian River Brewing Company co-owner Natalie Cilurzo made a speech; conducted interviews; greeted friends and customers; and kept an eye on her greatly…

Magnolia Brewing Returns to the Dogpatch

28 Sep 201821 Oct 2018

On September 26, an excited crowd gathered to celebrate the rebirth of a brewery in San Francisco's Dogpatch Neighborhood. The front of house of Magnolia Brewing Company's 30-barrel brewery has…