Bay Area (SF) Beer Week Thread

[AndresR]

This was me at several SFBW events last year........

 

[drgarage1]

This was me at several SFBW events last year........

False! There's no line in the GIF.

 

[AndresR]

From the other site.......

http://hoodline.com/2016/01/toronado-cancels-20-year-old-barleywine-festival

 

[RyanG1]

From the other site.......

http://hoodline.com/2016/01/toronado-cancels-20-year-old-barleywine-festival

Not a barelywine fan, but wonder if -tion night is still on.

 

[drgarage1]

Not a barelywine fan, but wonder if -tion night is still on.

It is! But it's a day.

 

[Wino1]

It is! But it's a day.

what day??!?!? i must knerrrrrrrr

 

[drgarage1]

what day??!?!? i must knerrrrrrrr

Second Saturday of beer week, I think? The 30th.

 

[Tlo4sho]

30th at open

 

[matedog]

From the other site.......

http://hoodline.com/2016/01/toronado-cancels-20-year-old-barleywine-festival

schwartzoid has really let himself go...

 

[Arbitrator]

From the other site.......

http://hoodline.com/2016/01/toronado-cancels-20-year-old-barleywine-festival

It's interesting that they're blaming a change in people's tastes and too much SFBW competition for the smaller crowds, but then mentioning that they had barleywine on till June. Outside of SFBW, they should be blowing through beer much faster than that.

Speaking as a guy who hates the service at the Toronado and hasn't been there in years, maybe they should change up the way they operate? Other bars are doing just fine with stout-themed events, for example.

 

[drgarage1]

It's interesting that they're blaming a change in people's tastes and too much SFBW competition for the smaller crowds, but then mentioning that they had barleywine on till June. Outside of SFBW, they should be blowing through beer much faster than that.

Speaking as a guy who hates the service at the Toronado and hasn't been there in years, maybe they should change up the way they operate? Other bars are doing just fine with stout-themed events, for example.

Honestly, the bigger issue is that the lists have been fairly underwhelming of late for barleywine.

 

[Arbitrator]

Honestly, the bigger issue is that the lists have been fairly underwhelming of late for barleywine.

True of just about any taplist at the Toronado in the last 5 years, I'd argue.

/Yeah, yeah, I know: Moonlight and Pliny. But OMFG Casey Jones!

 

[drgarage1]

True of just about any taplist at the Toronado in the last 5 years, I'd argue.

/Yeah, yeah, I know: Moonlight and Pliny. But OMFG Casey Jones!

They're a lot better these days. Hella Cellarmaker, Beachwood and Highland Park.

 

[tosh1]

They're a lot better these days. Hella Cellarmaker, Beachwood and Highland Park.

Did you just say 'hella'?

 

[HeavySpeedway]

Did you just say 'hella'?

Yeah - didn't that go out around the time "yolo" did?

 

[tosh1]

Yeah - didn't that go out around the time "yolo" did?

Ale Industries age things 'hella' days, so i assume it was never a real thing.

 

[drgarage1]

Did you just say 'hella'?

Amusing when Johnny come latelies tell Johnny come awhile agos like me how Bay Area people are supposed to talk. Hella and even hecka are very real words here.

As is Hyphy.

Cc Ihyphy_SF

 

[tosh1]

Hella and even hecka are very real words here.

In my 13 years here I have heard the brewer of Ale Industries use the word, plus my teenage nephews and nieces. And noone else, so... shrug.

 

[matedog]

In my 13 years here I have heard the brewer of Ale Industries use the word, plus my teenage nephews and nieces. And noone else, so... shrug.

Really? It's common place amongst youth culture and the first thing you learn when moving from southern to Northern California.

 

[tosh1]

youth culture

Like I am part of that?

 

[HeavySpeedway]

Like I am part of that?

Yeah, that made me laugh, too. Good quip by matedog.

How old are you, Tosh? Maybe we met and I forgot (very easy to do with the brown outs), but I don't think we have. Or maybe we have and I just didn't know you were "Tosh".

 

[tosh1]

Yeah, that made me laugh, too. Good quip by matedog.

How old are you, Tosh? Maybe we met and I forgot (very easy to do with the brown outs), but I don't think we have. Or maybe we have and I just didn't know you were "Tosh".

matedog is the only local who I have actually met, I must pull 40 off pretty well I guess.

 

[HeavySpeedway]

matedog is the only local who I have actually met, I must pull 40 off pretty well I guess.

40? Whippersnapper...

 

[theLostWizard]

40? Whippersnapper...

 

[HeavySpeedway]

Mr. Martino can verify I'm not doing that yet - I have a 10-year old daughter that needs that high school monitoring. Once she hits college, though I'll probably be yelling at a lot more than that.

 

[shanrath]

I'm coming up for this next weekend, and for all you experienced people, what's the SARA event at City Beer going to be like? Will I need to line up hours in advance, or can I head in an hour or two before it starts and just hangout until it does?

 

[HeavySpeedway]

I'm coming up for this next weekend, and for all you experienced people, what's the SARA event at City Beer going to be like? Will I need to line up hours in advance, or can I head in an hour or two before it starts and just hangout until it does?

Just my opinion, but I think you can show up 15 minutes before it starts and you will be OK...

 

[shanrath]

Just my opinion, but I think you can show up 15 minutes before it starts and you will be OK...

This is great news.

 

[drgarage1]

This is great news.

It can go both ways. That's usually fine, but not always. It will be much crazier if they bring bottles to sell (hoping they don't). If you don't care about getting to try everything, arriving an hour after start might be your best bet.

 

[cardinalbruintriton]

I'm coming up for this next weekend, and for all you experienced people, what's the SARA event at City Beer going to be like? Will I need to line up hours in advance, or can I head in an hour or two before it starts and just hangout until it does?

Just my opinion, but I think you can show up 15 minutes before it starts and you will be OK...

When I drove past the event last year, the line was creeping toward Folsom/8th. And that was shortly after the event began. I don't have knowledge about seating capacity at CBS, but at least you'll have Cellarmaker as back up.