For me, it was a christmas dinner and they didn't have Coors Light which was my usual swill. So, I still wanted a beer so the waitress kind of gave me a smile and said she'd try to find the closest thing
For me, it was a christmas dinner and they didn't have Coors Light which was my usual swill. So, I still wanted a beer so the waitress kind of gave me a smile and said she'd try to find the closest thing and brought me a Mirror Pond. That became my go-to beer and from there it went to Black Butte Porter and Mac and Jack's and the rest is history.
For me, it was Anchor Steam and Red Hook that first fanned my craft beer flames. Mind you, this was the 'old' Red Hook.
In 1992 I turned 21.
A friend had transfers to San Fransisco State, and lived near the Haight-Ashbury area, and one day while visiting him we walked into this bar... actually a beer house....
I sometimes still wonder if it's still there...
It was called Toranados ( sp )
I tried a really bitter beer called Red Tail Ale.... the rest in history...
I also, way back then, fell in love Samual Smiths Oatmeal Stout...,, but the bitter beers seems to call to me a strange way...
Holy Cow... Google is an amazing thing... http://www.toronado.com/
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