Well, another SF Beer Week has come and gone. Thousands of empty kegs will be making their way back to breweries, serving staff are hopefully getting some rest, and the San Francisco Brewers Guild hopes you had an incredible week. Your enthusiasm and support for this ten-day celebration is simply astonishing and greatly appreciated. Thank [...]

It is simply a great time to be a beer fan in the still growing South Bay beer scene, with more establishments providing better beer throughout the Valley. For SF Beer Week 2013, many places are hosting multiple or week-long events, among them Harry’s Hofbrau, Wine Affairs, Original Gravity Public House,  Jack’s Bar & Lounge, [...]

History Made at the First SF Beer Week New Albion Brewery, which was America’s first modern microbrewery when it opened in Sonoma in 1978 (having been incorporated October 8, 1977 – photo above circa 2012 by Jay Brooks), returned this year in bottles, for the first time in thirty years. When New Albion closed in [...]

San Francisco Beer Week is like a carnival for beer lovers. Everywhere you turn there are flashing lights, beer tastings, beer dinners, beer releases, meet the brewer events, and bearded women trying to lure you into their tents. Okay, maybe not that last part. All this activity makes it easy to forget that the heart [...]

When talking about craft beer in the San Francisco Bay region, it’s hard to not spend a lot of time north of the Golden Gate. New Albion Brewing opened in Sonoma in 1976 and helped kick off this great craft beer revolution. Since then, Marin Brewing and sister brewery Moylan’s, opened their doors in Marin [...]