• Toronado Pub, San Francisco

    Once you arrive and push the salon-style swing doors, you walk into a Mecca, a drinkers haven.

  • Beer Paradise in the East Bay

    I was fairly caught off guard by the appearance of the place. Once inside, I made my way to the beer section. Wow!

  • Ben & Nick’s

    I love the locale of it, right down the street from BART

Alpine Pure Hoppiness Imperial IPA pic

"This is nectar of the gods. A perfect sticky satisfying hop bomb"

It was Friday and I was looking to stock up for the weekend.  My local beer store just received a palate of Alpine beers that had come in the day before. Nelson and Pure Hoppiness quickly Read the rest of this article »

Port Brewing Mongo Double Ipa

This brewery puts out some great beer and hey, who can go wrong with a beer that has a name like “Mongo”?

Ahh, Halloween weekend. There is a chill in the air, leaves are falling and some holiday parties to prepare for.  I need to get creative this year regarding the costume and I need some Read the rest of this article »

Dogfish Head Pangaea beer pic

"brewed with crystalyzed ginger huh? I do like ginger, so this sounds nice and refreshing..."

I was in the mood for something different. (No, not Zima), but something that broke away from “standard”. Read the rest of this article »

straffe Hendrik Beer pic

"What DID catch my eye was a nicely labeled 4-pack of a Belgian beer I’ve never had nor heard of...."

It’s been awhile since I had a great Belgian beer and I’ve been craving one for the last couple of weeks.  While picking up some groceries at Whole Food, I made a quick pit stop at the beer Read the rest of this article »

Stone Escondidian Imperial Black Ipa

"I was never drawn to “black ipa’s”. Just wasn’t curious enough I guess. I took Ed’s advice and pulled up my pant legs and waded in"

Somedays you just crave something that you wouldn’t normally want. You just feel like shaking things up a bit.  Step out of the norm, right? Read the rest of this article »