SF Beer Week 2017

Last year, I didn't do too many formal events.

Just happened to be at Cellarmaker that week where they had Quadruple Dobis on tap, which was pretty insane.

Also went to the 28th Annual Celebrator Party that final Saturday, which had about 25 - 30 mostly California breweries pouring taps including Russian River's Pliny the Elder, Sierra Nevada Barrel Aged Narwhal, and Trumer themselves having 4 different variants of their pilsner.

Finally, I also recommend checking out any Kick the Kegs events, where generally bars have accumulated so much stuff from beer week, that they're generally pouring them for 50% off at the end of it all.

This year, though, I'm doing more targeted stuff since I know what breweries I really enjoy.

 

thinking of flying up for rare barrel events... looking pretty loaded from what i can see

 

I'm flying in for the weekend primarily for the opening gala, which is one of the best beer festivals I've ever been to. Great location, good crowd, reasonable size and incredible beers. I don't know how many of the beers there are easily and readily available around SF, but since I don't live there any more, most of the beers at the gala are new or rare treats for me.

 

Dipa fest at the bistro in Hayward 2/11, my cousins jam band will be headlining this year as well.

 

Rare Barrel has the best events for the week and I don't think it's close.

 

Ill be going for the final four days. My strategy is usually to spend as much time as possible at Cellarmaker and to hit just a couple of events. Then usually try to wind up at some of the bars and breweries after an event and hope there are some leftovers to be had without lines. I figure the bay area always has amazing beer around. You can blindly stumble around the area during SF beer week and be sure to run into an abundance of amazing beer.

 

How busy will Feb 12th be at cellermaker and Rare Barrel? I saw RB had an event that day. We will be getting into town via airport right around 11am. Going up to santa rosa after a few visits though.

 

Looking for a ticket to the Rare Barrel/Jester King early shindig on Wednesday. Hit me up if you have an extra or possibly two.

Thanks.

 

I'll be at Younger on Saturday like every year, Rare Barrel does some cool things for SF beer week as well. Way to much happening around this time of year you have to pick a few and roll with those. Trying to do it all will drive you nuts and brake the bank hahaha cheers and Welcome to the Bay

 

Hi All. Self promotional plug for Almanac's Save the Whalez Sourfest for SFBW. Happy to answer any questions about the event (or other Almanac events for SFBW) - Jesse

What: Save the Whalez | Almanac & Friends 3rd Annual Sourfest
Where: Fort Mason, Gallery 308 – 2 Marina Blvd, San Francisco, CA
When: Thursday, February 16th, 2016 6-10pm
Price: $75
Tickets: https://fortmason.org/event/save-whales-almanac-sourfest/
More Info: http://www.almanacbeer.com/event/almanac-save-the-whales-sourfest/
BA Event Link: https://www.beeradvocate.com/events/info/82317/

Ticket price includes souvenir Almanac glass, unlimited beer samples, and food

Beer List:
Almanac Beer Co – Blueberry Jack, Dry-Hopped Blueberry & Blackberry Barrel Aged Sour
Almanac Beer Co – Valley of the Heart’s Delight ’17 , Barrel Aged Sour Blonde with Apricots & Strawberries
Almanac Beer Co – Fernet Francisco Barrel Sour, Farmhouse Ale with Strawberries Aged in Fernet Francisco Barrel
AZ Wilderness – California Lemon Law, Farmhouse ale aged in French oak barrels with lemongrass and lemons
Firestone Walker Barrelworks – Krieky Bones, Flanders Red with Montmorency Cherries, ’16 Vintage
Beachwood Blendery – Single Barrel Cherum, Lambic-inspired ale with Cherums
Blackberry Farm – Alban Farmhouse Red, Red Ale aged in Alban Vineyard red wine barrels.
Brouwerji West – TBD
Bruery – Sour in the Rye with Kumquats, Sour ale with rye aged in oak barrels with kumquats
Casa Agria – Frambuesa de la Casa
Cerebral – Dreamy Thing,Chardonnay Barrel aged dry-hopped farmhouse ale
Crooked Stave – TBD
Crux – Golden Albarino, Sour golden ale aged in wine barrels with Albarino grape juice
Dionysus- Rose´ Sauvage, Golden sour ale aged in French oak barrels with raspberries
Double Mountain – TBD
Drakes – Cherryland, American sour aged in oak barrels with cherries
Good Beer Co – Prubechu T’Oro, Farmhouse ale aged in oak barrels with Guamanian SourSop
Green Flash – Nouveau Tarte, Sour red ale aged in bourbon barrels
Headlands – Lightship Sour Solera, Sour lager aged in cabernet barrels
Highwater – Nyctophilliac, Sour stout aged in oak barrels
Jester King – Fen Tau, Sour blonde ale aged in oak barrels with peaches
Libertine – Passion Party, Sour golden ale aged on passion fruit
Lost Abbey – Veritas 018, Sour blonde ales aged in oak barrels with peaches and nectarines
Modern Times – Delectable Mountains
Mraz – Mrs. Kiwi & Mr. Nelson, Saison aged in wine barrels with kiwi and dry-hopped with Nelson
Off Color – Papillon, Sour blonde ale aged in gin barrels
Perennial – TBD
Rare Barrel – There Are Rules , Golden Sour aged in oak barrels with raspberries, peaches and apricots
Russian River -Beatification , 100% Spontaneously Fermented & Barrel Aged Sour
Sante Adairius – Contact Barrier , Saison aged in oak barrels with szechuan peppers
Shady Oak – Alternative Facts , Farmhouse ale aged in oak barrels and dry-hopped with Mosaic & Equinox
Smog City – Benny and the Bretts, Vol. 1 ,Red rye sour ale aged in wine barrels
Stillwater – Gose Gone Wild, Dry-hopped gose with Brett
Sudwerk – TBD
Telegraph – TBD
Woodfour – TBD
Yachats – Salal Sour, Mixed-culture saison with salal berries
Yazoo – TBD
18th Street – TBD

 

Has anyone seen a beer list for this event?

 

Beer Week is such a shit show that I haven't attended any events the past couple of years other than going to Cellarmaker. I just can't bring myself to stand outside City Beer Store or most other spots for hours when I can walk right in every other week of the year.

 

I was thinking about going to some of the City Beer Store events. These lines you mentioned, are they just at peak hours, or from the very opening?

I'm guessing that means it will be the same for Liquid Gold...

 

Maybe not so much for LG, but the past few years at CBS has been pretty bad from the very opening.

It's just not fun for me to have to wait in line then not have any room to drink your damn beer and that's if someone hasn't already bumped into you and spilled half of it.

 

I just checked the taplist for both Beercraft spots and they have some good stuff.

Rohnert Park has Other Half Double Dry Hopped Mylar Bags and Other Half Green Diamonds and Novato has Tired Hands Enhanced Sincerity, Trillium Double Dry Hopped Fort Point, Other Half Double Dry Hopped Suparillo, Other Half Motueka & Galaxy DIPA.

 

Hop Grenade has a couple great events coming up too:

Melvin Brewing 2x4 Day

• Saturday, February 4, 2017
• 2:00pm 6:00pm 14:00 18:00

2x4 Day is the celebration of 2x4, 2x4 Man and drinking the best IPAs! Melvin Brewing has hand picked The Hop Grenade along with some of the best bars around the globe to help celebrate this monumental day. We will be tapping EIGHT Melvin Brewing beers along with Hip Hop music, Kung-Fu movies, and guarenteed fun!

SF Beer Week: Beachwood Brewing

• Monday, February 13, 2017
• 6:00pm 10:00pm

The Brewing Network invites Beachwood Brewing's Brewmaster Julian Shargo to join them on The Session. Julian never travels light and will be bringing a huge lineup of his SoCal classics. Be here for this one! Tap List: TBD

 

I'd love to go to Save the Whalez. Can't imagine it working out, though. Even if my taxes come before then, I probably wouldn't be able to make it on time.

Google says, if I left work right at 4 and ran straight to the bus stop, I could make it there at 5:52, but Google is usually off a bit. I'll have to look into it more...

 

One of my favorites is Ballast Point night at Public house. Minimum beers folks, maximum BA victory at sea.

 

Super pumped to hit the event at the jug shop on sat 2/11. The link isn't working so I cut and paste the info. It's sold out but seems pretty impressive and only 100 tickets sold. Hope it's worth my $80. I plan on being rolled outta there. Bottles being sold too.

"Please join us on Saturday, February 11, for our biannual "It Came From The Wood" barrel aged beer tasting. We will be welcoming back Eric to help us kick off SF Beer week 2017 as we showcase over 100 barrel aged beers from around the world. Expect representations from Cantillon, Drie Fontienen, Tilquin, Goose Island, Cascade, Logsdon, Grimm, Prairie, 50/50, Lost Abbey, and so many more!

We are closing down the store early for extra room and limiting the event to only 100 people this year. This event sells out every beer week so make sure to get your tickets now and guarantee your spot to this incredible tasting. We will have cheese and snacks available during the tasting and one or two food trucks in the parking lot for you to soak up the booze. Most of the beers tasted will be for sale and receive a discounted price for one night only.

Beers to be tasted include:

Cantillon Lou Pepe '13 Geuze
Cantillon Fou Foune
Drie Fontienen Oud Geueze (March 2015)
Tilquin Quetsche
Hansens Outbeitje
Hansens Kriek
Hansens Handgeplutke
Hansens Geuze
Rodenbach Character Rouge
Alvinne Kerasus
Mikkeller SpontanDoubleBlueberry
Mikkeller BetelGeuze
De Ranke Cuvee De Ranke
To Ol PEARdon the Interruption
Dunham Assemblage #1
Dunham Saison Reserve

De Garde Desay Deux
De Garde Pale
De Garde (Unknown)
Upright Heart's Beat
Upright Shades
Breuery Terreux Oud Tart
Breury Terreux Tart of Darkness
Bruery Terreux Sour in the Rye
Cascade Sang Royal
Cascade Ginger Snap
Cascade Foudre #1
Cascade Cranberry
Cascade Blueberry
Cacade Bourbonic Plague
Allagash SV13
Allagash Evora
Barrelhouse Rosaline
Crux Better Off Red
Crux Freakcake
Almanac Farmers Reserve Grand Cru
Almanac Dogpatch Grand Cru
Logsdon Cerasus
Logsdon Far West Vlaming
Logsdon Oak Aged Seizon Bretta
Lost Abbey Red Poppy
Russian River Consecration '14
Russian River Temptation
Shady Oak Barrelhouse Alpha Cure
Shady Oak Barrelhouse Sonomatastic
Shady Oak Barrelhouse Bokonon
Struise Pannepot Grand Reserve '11
Biriffico Del Ducato La Ultima Luna Amarone '14
De Molen BA Cease and Desist
De Molen Hel & Verdemenis
De Molen Goths & Vandals
To Ol Goliat '13
To Ol Sort Maelk
To Ol Sur Maelk
To Ol By Udder Means
To Ol Black Maria '14
To Ol Liquid Confidential '14
Mikkeller It's Alive '14
Mikkeller Golden Sap '14
Mikkeller Chipotle Porter

Goose Island Bourbon County Stout
Goose Island Bourbon County Stout '15
Goose Island Bourbon County Barleywine
Goose Island Bourbon County Barleywine '14
Gosse Island Bourbon County Coffee Stout on DRAFT
Goose Island Bourbon County Proprieters Rye
Goose Island Bourbon County Rare
Goose Island Hombre on DRAFT
Sierra Nevada BA Bigfoot '14
Sierra Nevada BA Narwhal '14
Sierra Nevada Boulevard Terra Incognita '14
Deschutes Pinot Suave
Deschuts/Hair of the Dog Collage #2
Allagash Fluxus
Allagash St. Klippinstein
Allagash James Bean
Clown Shoes Luchador En Fuego
Clown Shoes Peace That Money Can't Buy '14
Clown Shoe Flight of the Angry Beasts
Crux Tough Love
Praire Noir
Prairie Vanilla Noir
Prarie Coffee Noir
Prairie Coffee Okie
Prairie BA Bomb
Prairie Pirate Bomb
Lost Abbey Track 8
Lost Abbey Track 10
Lost Abbey Santo Ron Diego
Lost Abbey Santa's Little Helper
Lost Abbey Older Viscosity
Lost Abbey Angel's Share '15
Lost Abbey Angel's Share '16
Lost Abbey Agave Maria
Lost Abbey My Black Parade
Founders Lizard of Koz
Midnight Sun Arctic Devil '14
Boulevard Rye on Rye Sazerac
Caldera BA Old Growth
Grimm Sumi Ink
50/50 Eclipse Old Fitzgerald '12 (Blue)
50/50 Eclipse Four Roses '13 (Red)
50/50 Eclipse High West Bourbon '13(Orange)
50/50 Eclipse Buffalo Trace '13 (Yellow)
50/50 Eclipse Evan Williams '13 (Black)
50/50 B.A.R.T '13
50/50 Annularity '14
50/50 Old Conundrum '14

Plus whatever I come across in the next month that looks fun and delicious!

**We will also be bringing up a few surprises from San Diego that are not available up here!

Also expect 4-5 Barrel Aged beers on DRAFT (hopefully stuff that is not available in bottle)

And for a palate cleanser- Firestone Easy Jack or something similar on DRAFT

Hope to see you there!"