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Brewers’ Picks for SF Beer Week 2016

Updated: Jan 24, 2016 19:48
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It’s a magic time of year to eat well and drink beer.  SF Beer week starts this Saturday January 23rd and runs until January 31st.

So we asked a bunch of San Francisco brewers about the events they would not miss during San Francisco Beer Week and of course we mixed in our own.  We also took into account that we don’t like paying cover charges and we like drinking beers outdoors, in cool venues, and with good grub.

For a complete schedule of events check out the http://www.sfbeerweek.org/schedule/

Saturday 23rd

San Franpsycho x Beer Week: Speakeasy Takeover
5 PM – 9 PM
San Francisco Beer Week has arrived! The awesome Speakeasy Ales & Lagers crew is taking over our Divisadero shop from 5-9pm for an evening of tasty pourings. Drop by for free beer and good vibes.
505 Divisadero St, San Francisco
https://www.facebook.com/events/938793209544993/

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Lucky 13 Dog Day Afternoon
3:00 PM – 7:03 PM
2140 Market St, San Francisco
Lucky 13 and Fieldwork Brewing co are partnering up to benefit Rocket Dog Rescue.  10 specialty beers to benefit the Rocket Dog.  Bring your pooch along for a pint, or meet your new best friend at our on-site adoption fair.
https://www.facebook.com/events/1021947394529470/

 

Anchor Beer Garden at The Yard
1 – 11 pm
100 Terry A Francios Blvd., San Francisco
Go West! IPA Release Party.  PA flight, tasting a variety of hoppy Anchor ales. The first 50 people will win a Go West! IPA bottle opener key chain!  Kids and dogs welcome,
Event details: https://www.facebook.com/events/202133100139539/
All other Anchor Steam Events:
http://www.anchorbrewing.com/blog/sf-beer-week-2016

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Sunday 24th

Woods Beer Company Local Honey Beer Events
2 locations:
Cervecería de MateVeza
: Noon–10:00pm
Woods Bar and Brewery 1701 Noon—8:00pm
Bees have traveled far and wide, gathering nectars from the most delicious herbs and flowers from around the country, and bringing them back to Woods to flavor a cleansing, medicinal flight of Local Honey beers to start your week in high spirits.

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Après-Ski Beers
Woods Polk Station: 5:00–10:00pm
Frighten away the frigid Frisco winter at our cozy, mountain-top ski lodge, Polk Station. Sport your chic-est ski wear, sip warming winter brews—Mahogany Quad, Cocoa Caliente, O Tannenbier— and send retro ski-resort cards to pals down below.
All Woods Events: http://www.woodsbeer.com/events

 

Battle of the Guilds
Sessions at the Presidio
1pm -5 pm
1 Letterman Dr San Francisco 94129
SF Beer Week Battle of the Guilds! 52 breweries from the regions of San Francisco, San Diego, and Los Angeles will battle it out to see who takes the SF title home for best brewing guild.  Open to the public, the event is a great way for people to become acquainted with some of the best breweries California has to offer by trying some great, rare beers.
http://www.sessionssf.com/events/

All Oakland Breweries Tap Take over
12pm
Beer Revolution
464 3rd St, Oakland, California 94607
All Oakland Breweries Tap Take over: Ale Industries,Drakes, Federation, Ghost Town, Linden St., Lucky Devil & Pacific Coast all represtentin’ Oaktown with their locally made brews
https://www.facebook.com/events/157118374657900/
All Beer Revolution events: http://www.beer-revolution.com/events.html

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Shmaltz Brewing Funky Jewbelation 2016 Release Concert
7:00pm – 12:30am
The Hotel Utah Saloon
500 4th St San Francisco
The SF debut of Funky Jewbelation 2016 Barrel Aged Sour and a FUNK Show for the ages!
Featured Bands:
– DJ $10 BILL – Spinning all the classic FUNK hits throughout the night
-The Doctors and Lawyers – The funky jamband yo Mama always wanted you to see!
-The Challah Back Boys – The future of Live Electronic Dance Funk
https://www.facebook.com/ShmaltzBrewing/

Monday 25th

Mid-Beerweek Movie-Garden (“The Big Lebowski”)
6:00 – 8:00pm
Free outdoor movie screening of “The Big Lebowski” with Fort Point Beer Co., Biergarten, PROXY and Hayes Valley – in Hayes Valley.
https://www.facebook.com/events/166849853679969/
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BeerFest Beer Pong Tourney
7pm-11pm
Black Hammer Brewing
544 Bryant Street San Francisco
Admission: $10
Start practicing for Black Hammer Brewing’s first-ever (and hopefully not last ever) beer pong tournament. Teams can compete for $100 gift card, a full growler.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1st-annual-international-beer-pong-beirut-tourney-bhb-tickets-20540487150
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Tuesday 26th

Lagunitas Tap Takeover + Special Release Tapping
Zeitgeist
4:00 – 10:00pm
Lagunitas 15 Tap Takeover with special release tapping at 4:20pm.  You can pretty much go into Zeitgeist any day this week and there will be an awesome brewery there serving dope shit.

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Magnolia Pub Oyster & Beer Extravaganza
11am – 10pm
1398 haight street, san francisco
Admission: A la carte pricing
Annual celebration of one of nature’s most perfect combinations: oysters and beer. Releasing the latest batch of our legendary Oysterhead Stout, brewed with 4 bushels of Hog Island oysters (in their entirety). Alongside our bivalve-based libation, and a special menu featuring a variety of oysters from all over, both raw and cooked.
magnoliapub.com

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Oregon Trail ft. 10 Barrel, Ninkasi, Deschutes, Gigantic
The Sycamore

5:00 – 11:30pm
The Sycamore is just a nice place to drink beer, any night this week really.  Tuesday they’ll be featuring some of the best that Oregon has to offer: Ninkasi, 10 Barrel, Deschutes, Gigantic and more!
All Sycamore events: www.thesycamoresf.com

Wednesday 27th

Drink SF-brewed IPAs for SF Parks
Local Brewing Co.
6:00 – 9:00pm
Drink ten, fresh, SF-brewed IPAs from the best SF breweries around town in support the SF Parks Alliance — a great SF neighborhood and community-building non-profit
69 Bluxome St, San Francisco, California 94107
https://www.facebook.com/events/1075866399124674/

4505 Smoked Heritage Hog with Anchor Brewing
5:00 – 10:00pm
705 Divisadero St, San Francisco, California 94112
Smoked heritage whole hog, with a tap takeover and special cans from Anchor as well as a whiskey barrel aged BBQ Sauce.
https://www.facebook.com/events/918582488262778
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Thursday 28th

Stone’s Dirty Stinky Secrets
Mission Cheese
11:00am – 9:00pm
736 Valencia Street San Francisco
Stone Brewing’s laundry list of crazy secret beers that are as rare as diamonds. Each will have its own American cheese pairing buddy. Life doesn’t get much better than a five-beer flight with a five-cheese flight, so come out and play!
missioncheese.net/events

Beers by Art: Goldsworthy Presidio Walking Tour and Fort Point Beer Tasting
1:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Do a nature walk, see some art, drink some beer.   Then checkout some dope historical ish afterward
https://www.facebook.com/events/1498194923823324/

Fort Point Beer Dinner at Fort Point Historic Site
4:30 PM – 8:00 PM
In a rare sneak peek of one of San Francisco’s most iconic places, Fort Point Beer Company will be taking over the Fort Point Historic Site for the night for a special beer pairing dinner and tour of this historic landmark.
Fort Point National Historic Site
999 Marine Dr, San Francisco
https://www.facebook.com/events/203411293338002/
Fort point has dope and interesting events all week: https://www.facebook.com/fortpointbeer/

 

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Friday 29th

Thirsty Bear’s Cask & Queso, Triple Fermented
6:00 – 9:00pm
Admission: $50

Cowgirl Creamery, ThirstyBear and the SF Baking Institute team up to present cask conditioned ales, artisan cheeses & breads on one table! Unlimited tastings of 17 cask conditioned ales from 16 SF Bay Area brewers plus a ThirstyBear logo-ed souvenir glass.
661 Howard St. San Francisco
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cask-queso-triple-fermented-sf-beerweek-2016-tickets-19718970973
Other Thirsty events: http://thirstybear.com/events

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Firkin Fest and Ramen Pop-up
11:30am – 8:00pm
Sierra Nevada Torpedo Room
2031 Fourth St, Berkeley
Local favorite, Ippo Ramen in the house dishing out his delicious homemade Ramen w/ 19 beers on tap
http://www.sierranevada.com/brewery/california/torpedoroom

Montreal Breweries Night w/ Poutine
5:00 – 11:30pm
The Sycamore
2140 Mission, San Francisco
The Famous Poutine night! A ‘Quebec’ night with french canadian beers.
www.thesycamoresf.com

Saturday 30th

4:00 – 8:00pm
Trumer Brauerei
1404 Fourth St., Berkeley, CA 94710
Celebrator 28th Anniversary Beer Festival and California Craft Brewers Association fundraiser.
http://www.californiacraftbeer.com/tickets-now-available-for-the-celebrator-28th-anniversary-party/
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Anderson Valley BBQ and Tap Takeover
2:00 – 10:00pm
La Trappe Cafe
800 Greenwich Street San Francisco

Anderson Valley Brewery is taking over all 15 taps at La Trappe Cafe.   Assortment of smoked meats and classic bbq sides.  Admission is free, although a limited number of tickets will be sold for $5, which entitles you to 1 Anderson Valley beer and you can take the glass home with you.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/anderson-valley-bbq-and-tap-takeover-tickets-20306962672

7×7 plus 1 North Beach Beerfest -Sixth Annual
2:00 – 7:00pm
North Beach
6th Annual North Beach Beerfest! This year we will feature 8 local breweries at 8 local North Beach bars.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/north-beach-beerfest-7×7-plus-1-tickets-20738912646
Admission: $12 advance / $15 at the door

Sunday January 31

Rosamunde Russian River Tap Takeover
4pm – 5pm
Mission 2832 Mission Street
Pig, Damnation, Consecration, Supplication. Pliny isn’t ready for us yet, but when it is…
http://rosamundesausagegrill.com/category/events/mission-events/

Brewers’ Sunday Tea with Fatted Calf and Live Bluegrass
11:00am – 3:00pm
21st Amendment San Francisco Pub
What do brewers do on Sunday? Well, they sometimes don’t drink tea. This is your end of SF Beer Week event. You made it, now join us for Bay Area favorite Fatted Calf’s delicious beer sausages made with our featured strong beers. Other strong beers from Bay Area breweries will be on hand. We’ll have music as well in our Beer Garden. Come on out and see your favorite brewers in the beer garden enjoying Sunday “tea” and grilled beer sausages and live bluegrass. A perfect way to start your last day of SF Beer Week.
http://21st-amendment.com/2016-sf-beer-week-is-just-around-the-corner/

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