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How Pouring at the Firestone Walker Invitational Beats Winning at World Beer Cup

Walking around the festival grounds on the morning of a Saturday in May, an old question came to mind. Why…

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A Beer Week Tribute to Tasty McDole

17 Feb 202223 Mar 2022
Wednesday, February 16, was Tasty Tribute Night at the Hop Grenade in Concord. Dozens of people who knew Mike "Tasty" McDole showed up to drink the kind of beers he…
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Five Parties To Usher In Beer Week

7 Feb 202217 Feb 2022
SF Beer Week is back. It’s coming up soon, running February 11-20, 2022.  Here at Beer by BART, that feels like a harbinger of health and normalcy. That sounds odd…
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A Forgotten History of the Women in the World of Beer

8 Nov 202117 Feb 2022
Reviewed by Gail Ann Williams  The first modern “microbrewery” was cobbled together in 1975, at the dawn of the craft beer renaissance. You may know the story. Jack McAuliffe was…

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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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