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You may have noticed a lack of posts on brewed For Thought. I apologize but have been having DSL problems of late. Blogging from the cell phone isn’t very easy so sadly, Brewed For Thought has been sacrificed for the time being. Please visit my site on the Hop Press for regular SF Beer Week updates and expect a delayed Beer of the week post mid-week before we get back on schedule.
This month’s Session threw me off a little. It seemed too perfect for me to write about. Cask-conditioned beer. I host a weekly event at Toad in the Hole based on fresh casks. I’m starting to host regular events at Taps also based on fresh casks. So I should have numerous ideas, something to really blow people away my readers and other Session contributors. That’s not what happened, I contemplated a few ideas, but settled on a simple story. More »
Every other Thursday, Brewed for Thought and BetterBeerBlog are teaming up for a piece called Hopinions. We will alternate who picks the topic and trade emails on the subject, two apiece. This week it was Pete’s turn and he wanted to talk about the upcoming SF Beer Week. More »
Sometimes a festival is so hyped that when the day comes, it just can’t live up to the image you’ve built up in your mind. The Brewing Network’s first annual Winter Brews Festival was not one of those festivals. More »
If you’re reading this blog, you’ve got some beer geek in you. You sniff your glass, pick apart the flavors, and refer to how you’d like to “elevate beer” to an equal status as wine. Then there’s the other half of craft brewing. It’s silly, it laughs at puns and refuses to take itself so seriously. This is why I love Shmaltz Brewing. Ever since I was in college, He’Brew, The Chosen Beer, made me giggle. Now, with a second line of lagers, Shmaltz continues this tradition with aggressive, big beers that appeal to the silly craft beer lovers in us all. This week’s Beer of the Week is Human Blockhead. More »
Wine country is known for being the home to many great breweries. Sonoma County is known for Russian River, Bear Republic and Lagunitas among others while Napa County is home to one of the father’s of California craft brewing, Don Barkley. Hidden along the Napa River in the town of Calistoga is an another example of fine craft brewing taking place among the vineyards at Calistoga Inn. More »
January 24, 2010 marks 75 years of beers being sold in cans. While many associate fizzy, yellow lagers with canned beer, the craft beer movement has been embracing this means of distribution more and more lately. So for this Beer Can Appreciation Day I wanted to crack a few cold ones and enjoy some tasty beer that’s packaged in aluminum. More »
I love when a beer surprises you. When I first heard of BJ’s Restaurants, I didn’t expect much. It was a mall chain and let’s be honest, would you expect much from “mall beer?” Then I was given a taste of their Grand Cru and immediately knew I was wrong. That was last year. I’ve since been to a few BJ’s and continue to be impressed with what they have to offer. This year, to celebrate their 10th Anniversary, I went back to my local BJ’s (and the newest in the Bay Area) to try their Grand Cru and feature it as my Beer of the Week. More »
Coming up on their 9 anniversary, Ruth McGowan’s Brewpub in Cloverdale is shaking things up. In the near future look for a new menu, a return of live music and beers from new brewer Tim Gallagher, formerly of Russian River Brewing Company. More »
Some things were meant to be: peanut butter and jelly, french fries and ketchup, and now, bacon and beer. 
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Brewery Trivia Night
Wednesday 7pm
Bear Republic
SF Beer Week
2/8 Shmaltz & Hops
2/11 Tour of CA
2/12 Lagunitas Pint Night
UPCOMING EVENTS:
2/9 Sonoma Springs
2/16 Bear Republic
2/23 Belgian Night
3/23 Grand Teton
3/30 Mad River
4/8 Schmaltz
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