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18Mar 202022 Mar 2020

Cheers to a Future Night Out: Buy Gift Cards and Merch to Support These Beer Bars, Bottle Shops and Beer-Forward Restaurants

Yesterday we started a list of local breweries – including brewpubs – that offer gift cards for a future toast…

17Mar 202020 Mar 2020

Beer for the Future: Support your Local Breweries with Gift Cards and Merch

Well, this is quite something. The governments of Bay Area Counties have ordered most businesses to close. (Some brewpubs are…

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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…

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…

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…