Our Fine Sponsors
Presenting Sponsor
San Francisco Brewers GuildOfficial Website
The San Francisco Brewers Guild was created to preserve, celebrate and promote the heritage and craft of San Francisco’s artisan breweries. Six breweries proudly carry on a long tradition of beer brewing in the City.
Dozens of breweries once plied their trade in San Francisco and the roots of the modern American craft brewing renaissance also run through the City. Today, San Francisco remains a vital part of the country’s brewing culture.
San Francisco’s craft breweries are proud to combine the best ingredients and traditional brewing methods with modern ingenuity to create a fascinating, diverse and delicious array of truly local beers.
Official Sponsors
21st Amendment BreweryOfficial Website
The 21st Amendment Brewery offers a variety of award winning house made brews and American grilled cuisine in a comfortable loft like setting. Join us before and after Giants baseball games in our outdoor beer garden. A great location for functions and parties in our semi-private Brewers Loft. See you soon at the 21A!
Beach Chalet Brewery & RestaurantOfficial Website
The Beach Chalet Brewery & Restaurant is located above the Golden Gate Park Visitor’s Center which features the amazing and historic WPA frescoes created by Lucien Labaudt in the 1930’s. Upstairs you will find the Beach Chalet Brewery & Restaurant. It was developed by Gar and Lara Truppelli and Timon Malloy in 1997 after the Chalet had sat vacant for 17 years. To remodel and restore this historic building to its former glory so it could be a landmark to be enjoyed by future generations as well as to create a space for their restaurateurs’ dreams, they brought Heller Manus Architects onboard to help make their dreams a reality.
Gordon BierschOfficial Website
Gordon Biersch San Francisco is an established microbrewery and restaurant that brews lager beer in the traditional German style. Our menu specializes in Pacific-American: contemporary dishes drawing from local and regional products, accented with pacific flavors. These flavors pair excellently with our full-bodied, yet smooth German lagers.
Our brewery uses state of the art equipment that was fabricated in Germany exclusively for Gordon Biersch. Fermenting tanks are visible from both the bar and dining room. Our fully active grain silo is located directly in front of the building, framing our front door. Our handcrafted German house lagers are Pilsner, Märzen, Blonde Bock and Dunkles with seasonal favorites brewed throughout the year.
Magnolia Gastropub & BreweryOfficial Website
The Haight-Ashbury’s only brewpub combines good beer, fresh food and friendly service in a comfortable pub setting. Located at the bustling intersection of Haight and Masonic, Magnolia is a refuge from the pace of urban living; a place to relax among friends. The pub fosters the tradition of classic English and European ale houses and the best of San Francisco’s unique style. Magnolia’s artisan ales, handcrafted with premium ingredients, are paired with a seasonal and sustainable menu that features the best of the Bay Area’s independent, local producers.
Speakeasy Brewing Co.Official Website
Speakeasy was founded in 1997 in San Francisco’s Bayview District. The founders were bonded by the hobby of home brewing, the passion for great beer, and the desire to rebuild part of San Francisco’s great brewing tradition. Speakeasy is committed to handcrafting ales & lagers in small (15bbl.) batches and to providing quality beers in the spirit of the many San Francisco breweries that did not survive Prohibition.
Thirsty Bear Brewing Co.Official Website
ThirstyBear Brewing Co. is the first restaurant in the United States to combine artisan brewing with authentic Spanish cuisine. Critics worldwide have praised ThirstyBear’s beer and food since 1996 when the San Francisco Chronicle named us as one of the five best new restaurants in the Bay Area. Our beers have won critical acclaim and numerous awards in both local and international competitions.
ThirstyBear Brewing Co. serves nine distinct beer styles on any given day. We explore a wide variety of classic beer styles, reinterpreting some and inventing others. Our philosophy is to carefully choose the exact proportions of a few, select malt and hop varieties to insure that each beer is well-balanced, yet distinctive and consistent.
Industry Sponsors
DelarosaOfficial Website
From the team that brought you Beretta, Adriano Paganini, Deborah Blum and chef Ruggero Gadaldi, Delarosa features Roman style pizzas, seasonal antipasti, salads, panini, pasta, entrees, desserts and artisanal beer, wine and cocktails.
Brookston Beer Bulletin Official Website
The Brookston Beer Bulletin is the website of Jay Brooks, beer columnist and writer based in the Bay Area. He writes a syndicated column, Brooks On Beer, for the Bay Area Newsgroup that appears in numerous newspapers throughout the area. In addition, Brooks contributes features and other articles to a variety of beer publications, including Ale Street News, All About Beer, American Brewer, Beer Advocate, Beer and Brewing, Beer NW, Beer: The Magazine, Celebrator Beer News, DRAFT, Modern Brewery Age, New Brewer, Zymurgy and others. He is formerly the General Manager of the Celebrator Beer News, and for fives years was the beer buyer for Beverages & More.
Morris DistributingOfficial Website
Morris Distributing is one of the largest specialty beverages distributors in the San Francisco Bay Area. Serving Marin, Sonoma, Napa and San Francisco counties for over a decade, Morris Distributing prides itself on quality products, quality service, and free on-time delivery service.
StarbellyOfficial Website
Starbelly is a casual Castro neighborhood café serving California comfort food and creative beer and wine-based drinks. Expect a laid back atmosphere featuring a large patio and communal table fashioned from a bowling alley lane. Starbelly offers hearty meals for weekend brunch, lunch and dinner, served late.
Associate Sponsors
Brewers Supply GroupOfficial Website
Brewers Supply Group provides an integrated approach to brewing ingredients by providing our customers with the highest quality malt, hops and filtration products. With customer friendly warehouse distribution points in the West, Pacific Northwest, Mountain Region, Midwest and Eastern parts of the United States, we are your one stop source for all of your brewing and distilling needs.
Media Sponsors
107.7 The BoneOfficial Website
107.7 The Bone is THE Bay Area’s rock station.
Celebrator Beer News MagazineOfficial Website
The Celebrator® Beer News Brewspaper is published bi-monthly by Dalldorf Communications Inc., and is distributed by subscription and through breweries, pubs, restaurants, liquor/wine and beer stores, homebrew shops, and tourist information centers throughout the US and Canada.
Drink Me MagazineOfficial Website
Drink Me Magazine is a lifestyle magazine created for the alcohol enthusiast. Developed to navigate the art of and cultures of the world of alcohol, Drink Me creates a community to share the diverse social and epicurean traditions of alcohol.
ImbibeOfficial Website
Imbibe is the magazine of liquid culture. In every issue, you’ll find the best drink recipes, reviews, destinations and profiles—everything you need to know about the fascinating people, places, flavors and cultures surrounding the realm of drinks. From wine, spirits and beer to coffee, tea and everything in between, Imbibe celebrates your world in a glass. Click here to see what the buzz is about.
KSFO 560Official Website
KSFO Radio is The Bay Area’s Talk Leader. Whether it’s talking about public transit, the public school system, the mayor, the President or the federal deficit, KSFO Radio talk shows are driven by issues and callers. Our hosts respond according to their own convictions. All KSFO hosts are committed to “the news and views you won’t hear anywhere else” and they’re tuned into what Bay Area adults are talking about.








