beernesday

i'm off to san francisco this weekend for weekend #1 in a row of 3 that i will be out of town for in search of beer (there are many heavily armed people and dogs at my house while i'm gone, btw) i'm playing in a soccer tournament - with beer in hand - most of the time i'm there but i still have grandiose plans to hit some of the following: mikkeller city beer 21st amendment cellarmaker brewing toronado pi bar magnolia brewpub monk's kettle i haven't been back to sf in a long time like years... maybe five of them i used to go there alllll the time but then i got busy doing other things and going other places and now most of my friends have left the city just in time for it to go totally beer crazy so many beers so little time always the same old story

stillwater artisinal ales will be getting a brick and mortar address this year brian strumke won't be brewing there though of love and regret, located in baltimore, will be styled after san francisco's city beer with a pub downstairs and a provisions store upstairs "Renovations started a week ago and is expected to end sometime in the Spring. He described the bar's look as "Old World modernism."  "I want it to feel like you're walking into one of our labels," he says. "Like a feeling of intrigue."" pub grub, 23 taps, casks, stillwater ales... sounds perfect to me (except for that pesky part about it being really far away from vancouver!)

city beer is a beer store extraordinaire in san francisco located on folsom between 7th and 8th city beer features a gazillion craft beers from all over the world and several taps to drink from while you shop! just check out the incredible selection of beers on offer: like a kid in a candy shop its rebecca in city beer store! i think i am in love with the stillwater labels must investigate this brewery more thoroughly... and these were the beers they had on tap when i was there (june 23rd...): we tried the lagunitas, the allagash, the drakes and the lambic not each one, just one each! i am trying the lambic in this photo, ordered by alison i ordered the lagunitas double ipa, which she is holding in this photo i guess alex lapped us cuz his black ipa looks empty... (not pictured is stacey, who had the allagash) it was a wonderful atmosphere everyone was smiling and chatting and getting drinks we were drinking while we perused the shelves it w...