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Toronado Slides Along in a State of Uncertainty

The classic craft beer dive bar of San Francisco is still for sale, and things are getting … odder. Crypto…

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In the aftermath of IPA day

8 Aug 20148 Aug 2014
Last night I listed to a brand-new podcast, the Beer Curmudgeons Pilot episode. Sayre Piotrkowski, Certified Cicerone and publican now pouring his heart and soul into the delightful Hog's Apothecary…
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Dave McLean opens Magnolia Smokestack in the Dogpatch neighborhood

4 May 20144 May 2014
Several years ago, Dave McLean, founder of Magnolia Gastropub in the heart of the Haight Ashbury District, began to look for a place to brew more beer. The tiny brewery…
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Slow Learning: Sour beer experiments

2 Apr 20142 Jan 2015
Now and then the Beer By BART blog detours into the realm of home brewing, specifically the brewing of sour beers. Here's Gail with some photos and notes from her conversation…

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  • Destinations
    • 21st Amendment (San Leandro)
    • 21st Amendment Pub (Montgomery)
    • 47 Hills Brewing Co (San Bruno)
    • 58 Social (Montgomery)
    • Alamo Drafthouse (Bear vs. Bull) (24th St SF)
    • Albany Taproom (El Cerrito Plaza)
    • Ale Industries (Fruitvale)
    • Barebottle Beer Garden at Salesforce Park (Montgomery)
    • Barebottle Brewing Co. (24th St SF)
    • Bartlett Hall (Powell)
    • Beer Baron Bar and Kitchen (Rockridge)
    • Beer Hall, The (Civic Center)
    • Ben and Nick’s (Rockridge)
    • Bistro, The (Hayward)
    • BJ’s Restaurant Brewhouse (San Bruno)
    • Black Hammer (Montgomery)
    • 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 Brewing, Oakland (12th St)
    • Cellarmaker House Of Pizza (24th St. SF)
    • Church Key (Montgomery)
    • City Beer Store (16th or 24th St SF)
    • 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)
    • 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)
    • Hogwash (Powell)
    • Hop Grenade, The (Concord)
    • Jupiter (Downtown Berkeley)
    • Liquid Gold (Civic Center)
    • Magnolia Brewpub (Civic Center and MUNI)
    • Ocean Ale House (Balboa Park)
    • Old Kan Beer & Co (West Oakland)
    • Olfactory Brewing (Embarcadero and MUNI)
    • Original Pattern Brewing, Oakland (12th St)
    • Rosamunde Sausage Grill (24th St SF)
    • Shotwell’s (24th St SF)
    • Speakeasy Brewery (Embarcadero plus MUNI)
    • Standard Deviant Brewing (16th St SF)
    • Suppenküche (Civic Center)
    • Temescal Brewing (MacArthur)
    • Three Sheets (West Dublin/Pleasanton)
    • Toronado (Civic Center and then MUNI)
    • Triple Rock (Berkeley)
    • Trumer Brewery (North Berkeley)
    • Woods Cervecería de MateVeza (16th St SF)
    • Woods Polk Station (Civic Center)
    • Zeitgeist (16th St SF)
    • ØL Beercafe (Walnut Creek)
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