Held in the historic 1874 San Francisco Mint, Hops and History is back for its 2nd annual event. Unlimited beer tastings from Anchor, Magnolia, Speakeasy, 21st Amendment, Triple Voodoo Brewery, Pine Street Brewery, Thirsty Bear and so many more! Also, home brewing demos, local food vendors, and an expanded exhibit of rarely seen historical West Coast brewing memorabilia.

I can’t think of a better reason to drink beer! This event sounds amazing. I know it’s a bit pricier than the stuff I normally post about, but if you use the code “brokeassstuart” you get $5 off! Or you can just click here for the discount. So please support

LOCATION: BUENA VISTA PARK BEVERAGE: DEAD GUY ALE by ROGUE The following installment in this series takes a decidedly morbid turn, despite the fact that our setting is a park whose whimsically creative name translates to “Good View”. In fact, Buena Vista Park is San Francisco’s oldest official park and

LOCATION: BERNAL HEIGHTS PARK BEVERAGE: MOYLAN’S IRISH STYLE RED ALE For this installment, I decided to truck it up to the North facing slope of Bernal Heights with my girlfriend and my dog. Funny, it wasn’t difficult to talk either of them into “doing research on a project” with me.

This weekend was pretty great. Pink Saturday, Pride Parade, record numbers of revelers celebrating throughout our fair city…. Which means today will most likely be spent on the couch with a bucket of coffee nursing an equally record-breaking hangover. So you’ll be feeling on top of the world by Tuesday,

Just in time for the heat wave, some civic-minded individual hauled a functioning upright piano to the  top of Bernal Hill. I was just there, and it fucking rules. What was most remarkable about the experience was the fact that everyone up there seemed to know how to play piano

This is the first part in a series in which I will catalog some bitchin’ views of San Francisco while “pairing” said vista with what I feel to be the appropriate beverage. It’s a tough job, but someone’s got to do it. LOCATION: CORONA HEIGHTS PARK BEVERAGE: RADEBERGER PILSNER Just