Lo! San Francisco Beer Week Cometh!
The rains thunder and drench. The winds moan and howl. The chill seeps and numbeth. Wherefore must we, the thirsty disciples of malt and hops, linger and pine for the joyous celebration of that sustaining elixir? Yet, in the depths of our winter's infirmity, I feel the clouds may soon part. Indeed, from this rainy vantage, I can feel the vigor with which San Francisco Beer Week nears, only a fortnight away!
The heights and spires of the Opening Gala are visible on the horizon from San Francisco's Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. I can almost taste the 60 extremely rare, limited-release beers that will awaken my gullet and sharpen my senses. The caramel warmth and oaky spice of the SF Brewers Guild Imperial Common beckons me. I can sublty hear the instruments and chantery of musicians. I can nearly smell the grilled meats, spice route tacos, fresh sushi fishes of the Far East, and earthly vegetables that will be prepared for sale. I can feel the goodly hand shakes of the brewmasters that will be spinning tales of their brewing exlpoits while pouring tankards of ale. News has traveled that tickets are for sale now, and will increase in price after the end of the month.
The inscriptions for Opening Gala ticket purchasing are:
http://sfbrewersguild.inticketing.com/events/70238
http://sfbrewersguild.inticketing.com/events/72087 (includes VIP session)
Steel thy resolve! and ready thyself! lest you miss out on:
- A music concert, live comedy, and a dozen breweries at a Beer-In for charity at Cobb's Comedy Club
- Craft Beer Can Chicken at 515
- A dinner with barrel-aged beer pairings by Beer and Nosh's Jesse Friedman with celebrity chef Jen Biesty at Scala's Bistro
- Nightly food pairings with Drake's Brewing Co. new Belgian Trippel at The Front Porch
- Beer to Brakers bike ride with brakes at breweries in San Francisco
- A chance to brew your own beer at Devil's Canyon Brewing Co.
- New beer releases like Triple Rock's Keyser Soze Imperial Stout, Gordon Biersch's Rauchbier, Special Bock and Barrel-aged Dunkles, Russian River's Pliny the Younger, Schmaltz's Jewbelation Bar Mitzvah, and Speakeasy's new collaborative beer with Whole Foods
- Bavarian breakfasts at Gordon Biersch restaurants with a tour of the production brewery in San Jose
- An empire of beer and cheese tastings with award-winning breweries: Valley and Schooner's team up in Antioch; Firehouse in Sunnyvale; Iron Springs in Fairfax; Rogue at their Public House in SF; plus a beer and cheese vs. wine and cheese pairing duel in Albany
- Beer appreciation 101 class with certified beer judge Peter Estaniel
- Meet the brewers nights with Black Diamond, Sudwerk, Trumer, Allagash, Marin, Ballast Point, Moylan's, Triple Rock, Bear Republic, and the SF Brewers Guild
- A hopless beer tasting with Moonlight Brewing Co. at Monk's Kettle
- A Peninsula pub crawl on CalTRain with Wet Your Whistles
- The annual decadent beer and chocolate dinner from Beer Chef Bruce Paton with a sunset view of SF from Treasure Island
These amazing events and SF Beer Week are all able to come together because of the support of the SF Brewers Guild, Speakeasy Ales & Lagers, Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurants, ThirstyBear Brewing Co., 21st Amendment Brewery, and Magnolia Pub and Brewery.
