Ever since the Ol’ Factory Cafe closed in Sand City, I’ve been searching for a place to drink a decent beer on the Monterey Peninsula. Sadly, in the last few months, that typically meant bringing beer with me from Sonoma County when visiting home, or making a trip to Bottles and Bins and seeing what they had available (a very good option, I might add). Thankfully, a new spot has opening to satisfy my need for tasty craft brew: the Cannery Row Brewing Company. Continue reading Cannery Row Brewing Company
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Beer and food. It’s just a natural pair. When you get a chance to sit down to a meal that’s been well prepared with all of the components well thought out, that’s when a meal becomes more than simply sustenance and evolves into an experience. For the Hopmonk Brewer’s Dinners, Chef Billy Reid has the beer, food and atmosphere in mind when preparing a full lineup of food. This past Sunday, Lost Coast brewery was special guest to be paired with his dishes. Continue reading Hopmonk Brewer’s Dinner with Lost Coast Brewery I got an email this morning announcing the arrival of Odonata’s Saison and I had to share the news with everyone. Odonata Beer Company is based in Sacramento and is the basically a two man operation. Peter Hoey, formerly of Sacramento Brewing Co., and Rick Sellers, formerly of DRAFT Magazine and Pacific Brewing News, have teamed up for (in my opinion) the most exciting new brewery in California in 2010. Their beer has been trickling out to the masses for a while now, but with the arrival of Saison, they now have their flagship. Please read below for a couple press releases as well as a recipe from the Homebrew Chef. Continue reading Introducing Odonata Beer Company As craft beer drinkers, we tend to like to drink local. What’s better than sitting down in a brew pub to have beer brewed fresh on premise? If not at a brewpub, check the local scene and see what’s going on. There may be local breweries on tap that you couldn’t find anywhere. This is a great idea most of the time. One exception is if you find yourself in Monterey, CA. Continue reading Hop Press: When Drinking Local Fails You When a brewery is pumping out near 80,000 barrels of beer a year, you would expect them to focus on production. They would have to. Just to reach that amount of beer they would have to brew near 7,000 gallons of beer every day. Even with such demand on their facilities, Lagunitas is brewing numerous one-off beers. Here’s a little sampling of what they’ve been up to lately. Continue reading Lagunitas Happenings Last night we had a fun evening at the Toad in the Hole. With passover coming to an end it was time to break the beer fast, and what better way to do it than with Shmaltz Brewing. We had a selection of their regular releases as well as something rather special to mark the occasion. Keep reading for pictures and a recap of the evening. Continue reading Breaking the Beer Fast with Shmaltz Brewing 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. Continue reading Hop Press: Callistoga Inn Restaurant and Brewery 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. Continue reading Examiner.com: Changes in Cloverdale Microbrewing is so passé. The Bay Area alone has dozens of breweries that would qualify under this antiquated term. You want small batch? You want locally distributed? Get on the nanobrewing train. Continue reading Sonoma County Nanobrewing: Healdsburg Beer Company Just before Christmas I was treated to a beery surprise.My friend Wes was coming down from Corvallis, Oregon and he brought with him a special shipment: a case of samples from Block 15 Brewing Co. This case included 7 of their regular releases and 4 special releases. To say the least, I was excited to get a chance to try these. Continue reading Block 15 Comes to Sonoma County |
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