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Beer 2019, imo.


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I’m drinking this tonight:

http://seattlerefined.com/eat-drink/well80-brewhouse-recreates-olympia-brewings-first-ever-lager-recipe

 

It’s a flavorful light beer.  It’s a shame that it is just a limited run to coincide with the two local beer festivals.  Anyone in Portland or Seattle area next weekend should beeline down/up to Tumwater for their beer festival.   

 

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So looks like I will have a car after all while in SF. Getting in Monday early and then leaving late Wednesday. Have most afternoons free. Other than my initial plan of cellarmaker, zeitgeist, city beer store and toronado anything else I need to drive to? Figured I would Uber or walk since I’ll be in the union square area.

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Well since you asked (& as an excuse for me to go back and look through my pictures, especially as these preseason games are kinda boring me)....

 

Most importantly with a car, make it a point to get over across the bay to Faction in Alameda but make sure it be there at sunset. A very cool brewery housed in an old naval base.

 

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With an amazing view of downtown SF on the other side of the bay:

 

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Also, FYI - Almanac is right there close by as well.

 

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You can also go over to the Drake’s Dealership outdoor/indoor tapyard/taproom in Oakland. Liked the food there too.

 

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Which is also pretty cool at night:

 

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I’d also highly recommend Fieldwork in Berkley (especially during the day as you can drive around and check out the campus)

 

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And I don’t recall exactly how close but I believe pretty close by is Rare Barrel if you love badass sours.

 

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There’s so much good beer all around there...

 

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Well since you asked (& as an excuse for me to go back and look through my pictures, especially as these preseason games are kinda boring me)....
 
Most importantly with a car, make it a point to get over across the bay to Faction in Alameda but make sure it be there at sunset. A very cool brewery housed in an old naval base.
 
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With an amazing view of downtown SF on the other side of the bay:
 
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Also, FYI - Almanac is right there close by as well.
 
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You can also go over to the Drake’s Dealership outdoor/indoor tapyard/taproom in Oakland. Liked the food there too.
 
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Which is also pretty cool at night:
 
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I’d also highly recommend Fieldwork in Berkley (especially during the day as you can drive around and check out the campus)
 
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And I don’t recall exactly how close but I believe pretty close by is Rare Barrel if you love badass sours.
 
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There’s so much good beer all around there...
 

I’ve been to a few in Berkeley area. Went to temescal, fieldwork and rare barrel on my last visit for the Cal game. That was an adventure.

Guess I’ll need to make sure to go faction and almanac. Thanks for the recs!
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On 8/1/2019 at 8:13 PM, DDD Dad said:


Marzens suck. /unpopular opinions

first neg i have ever dropped on shag/surl.

On 8/1/2019 at 8:24 PM, HenryJames said:

The Nazis had marzens that they made the Jews drink.

Most of it is too sweet, but Ayinger is best marzen.

correct answer

On 8/2/2019 at 12:27 PM, shnsajax said:

 


Ayinger’s Octoberfest showed up this week. Temps are supposed to drop 10 degrees next weekend, so I guess bring it on.

 

showed up where?  my ayingerradar hasnt picked up on it yet.  sam at lone star bev always saves me a case and i havent heard from him yet.  

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11 minutes ago, chesthair said:

first neg i have ever dropped on shag/surl.

correct answer

showed up where?  my ayingerradar hasnt picked up on it yet.  sam at lone star bev always saves me a case and i havent heard from him yet.  

I'm in Boise, surprised we got it before DFW. If you go to Lone Star, give WhipIn a call in Flower Mound. Doubt they would get it before Lone Star but you never know. 

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43 minutes ago, utee94 said:

You have no idea what beer is supposed to taste like, too many years of destroying your taste buds with brutally overhopped bitter bombs. ;)

 

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In other news I picked up a crowler of Peticolas's Raspberry Ale last night.  Looking forward to giving it a try this weekend.

 

Also, chesthair, don't be a bitch.

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22 minutes ago, DDD Dad said:

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In other news I picked up a crowler of Peticolas's Raspberry Ale last night.  Looking forward to giving it a try this weekend.

 

Also, chesthair, don't be a bitch.

we need to fight.  the ancient monks brewed marzens to please the gods, they knew what they were doing.  no sour, fruity, shit to please the gods of the land. 

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1 hour ago, Bottlecap said:

Now thats a name I haven't heard in a long time.

Well of course I have.  He's me....

It's not cool to mention you spend any time, or worse yet live, in the CP.

But, I'm a computer engineer and not a cool guy so I have no problem admitting it. Dig Pub is regular for us.  

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I should visit Cedar Park. Is the Brass Tap still open in RR?

 

Think so.

It's a dirty word around the surl, but the Domain has several beer bars.  There's a Brass Tap there too, along with a Lavaca Street Bar, Jack and Ginger's (Irish pub) and I think a couple others I'm not recalling off the top of my head. 

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1 hour ago, DDD Dad said:

Peanut Butter Temptress hit the shelves today.

Last year I had a glass at their taproom, along with a glass of Bourbon Barrel Temptress..both delicious.  Then I took a third glass and mixed the two to make Bourbon Barrel Peanut Butter Temptress. The sum was even more delicious than its two delicious parts.

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6 hours ago, mdleast said:

Last year I had a glass at their taproom, along with a glass of Bourbon Barrel Temptress..both delicious.  Then I took a third glass and mixed the two to make Bourbon Barrel Peanut Butter Temptress. The sum was even more delicious than its two delicious parts.

 

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28 minutes ago, 'stache said:

I admit I drank a few Zimas in my day and enjoyed them.

My wife likes the hard seltzer stuff, so I've tried most of them by default at this point.  Way better than the alco-pop stuff to me, as it isn't nearly as sweet.  Most of it just tastes like seltzer waters, which I'm pretty well hooked on.

I've come to welcome Natty Light as a tailgate beer.  For one, it's the ISU way.  Two, it's cheap.  Three, I can drink them all day and not be a mess.

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