Bay Area Thread

[Arbitrator]

Wait until it breaks down, or you try and get on it during rush hour.

BART gets a lot of hate, but from someone who uses it 4-5 times a week during rush hour, it's honestly really damn good.

It is old. It can be dirty. The tracks need upgrading to accommodate faster trains to enhance throughput. People will sometimes refuse to give up their precious seats to the pregnant or elderly.

As someone who drove from East Bay to San Jose daily (880 gfy) or East Bay to RWC daily (84 and 92 gfy), I maintain that BART is seriously underrated considering the volume of people it manages to move reliably with 50's technology.

How's that Graveyard? Haven't tried it yet, but a big fan of Ponto and Swami's.

I really enjoy it. I don't like Ponto, but I enjoy Swami's, and I'd put Graveyard higher.

EDIT: gave it 3.75/5

 

[tosh1]

BART gets a lot of hate, but as someone who uses it 4-5 times a week during rush hour, it's honestly really damn good.

It is old. It can be dirty. The tracks need upgrading to accommodate faster trains to enhance throughput. People will sometimes refuse to give up their precious seats to the pregnant or elderly.

But as someone who drove from East Bay to San Jose daily (880 gfy) or East Bay to RWC daily (84 and 92 gfy), I maintain that BART is seriously underrated considering the volume of people it manages to move reliably with 50's technology.

I do not disagree, going to be interesting few years for BART in terms of working out the finances for the system overhaul that is required. The Bond Measure on the ballot measure does not even come close to what is required for the car replacement, never mind the updated train control system or even the second tube.

 

[Arbitrator]

I do not disagree, going to be interesting few years for BART in terms of working out the finances for the system overhaul that is required. the Bond Measure on the ballot measure does not even come close to what is required for the car replacement, never mind the updated train control system or even the second tube.

I agree that BART's future (and what will happen to the Bay Area over the next 5-10 years) will be "interesting," and I'll leave it at that.

 

[stupac2]

Or you get one of the cars that has carpet and fabric seats, and it smells like 20+ years of urine and BO. Love it.

Those have been gone for over a year. Now you just have to worry about getting on a train with a homeless person that smells like 20+ years of urine and BO.

 

[Arbitrator]

Those have been gone for over a year. Now you just have to worry about getting on a train with a homeless person that smells like 20+ years of urine and BO.

Eh, I've smelled worse in gueuzes. You just know that half the beer geeks on a BART train are fantasizing about getting a whiff of that homeless guy's underwear.

 

[theLostWizard]

Eh, I've smelled worse in gueuzes. You just know that half the beer geeks on a BART train are fantasizing about getting a whiff of that homeless guy's underwear.

All about that Hanes red label sticker 1982.

 

[libbey]

Yea I like Toronado.

Reminds me a good deal of the bar I used to work at. No muss no fuss. Walk up order a beer and give them money.

"I'll take two pints of Blind Pig"

"That will be ten dollars"

"Thanks. Keep the change."

*i do have an affection for surly bartenders.

 

[coldstorage]

Yeah I was in Seattle in May and that traffic was horrendous. I hadn't been up that way since 2012 actually and did not remember it being so bad. It was crippling.

 

[Sage1]

*i do have an affection for surly bartenders.

ヘ( ^o^)ノ＼(^_^ )

 

[BrandoSF]

Anybody doing bwine fest after Zwanze today?

 

[brokensail1]

Will take that over soul crushing traffic 7 days a week in Seattle

Don't worry, we have that too.

 

[coldstorage]

I wish I was doing at least one of em.

 

[BrandoSF]

I'm skipping zwanze because it's in a bad neighborhood & I don't have any throwing knives

 

[coldstorage]

Don't worry, we have that too.

In my recent experience it seriously doesn't compare. Almost two hours from seatac to holy mountain which is like 10 miles.

 

[coldstorage]

Just drove past Russian River on my way to work, line is only to the fountain. Pretty surprised…

 

[brokensail1]

In my recent experience it seriously doesn't compare. Almost two hours from seatac to holy mountain which is like 10 miles.

Gross. At least here it only takes an hour to go 10 miles.

 

[libbey]

So I just got a full pint pour of Founders KBS.....

$6.50.... I thought this town was suppose to be expensive.

 

[brokensail1]

So I just got a full pint pour of Founders KBS.....

$6.50.... I thought this town was suppose to be expensive.

Head to Monk's Kettle if you feel like you haven't been separated from enough money yet.

 

[loeyjarko]

Does anyone know where I can get growler fills of Death and Taxes in SF? Is that a pipe dream? Why can't we have Oregon growler laws?

 

[coldstorage]

I know where you can get Growler fill of Death and Taxes in SR...

 

[mikehblack]

Pretty awesome bottle pours at the Barleywine Fest. 96, 00, 05, 07 Bigfoot. 06 Brandy Angels Share (carbed!), 87, 88 JW Lees, bunch of Thomas Hardys.

 

[jedwards]

Pretty awesome bottle pours at the Barleywine Fest. 96, 00, 05, 07 Bigfoot. 06 Brandy Angels Share (carbed!), 87, 88 JW Lees, bunch of Thomas Hardys.

Where you at? AndresR and I are at the south end of the bar (well, before the empty seats...).

 

[AndresR]

Where you at? AndresR and I are at the south end of the bar (well, before the empty seats...).

I like beer.

 

[brokensail1]

I may have to actually consider this.

 

[coldstorage]

 

[mica16]

Is the barleywine fest on Sat and Sun like in previous years or only today?

 

[coldstorage]

Cant answer for Toronado, but my house barleywine fest is a year round affair.

 

[BrandoSF]

Got to tick AndresR today, so I'll call it a win

 

[Arbitrator]

Got to tick AndresR today, so I'll call it a win

Such white teeth. Much dimples. Wow

 

[brokensail1]

Great news everyone, only two more weeks until the Half Moon Bay taproom opens in Berkeley...

http://sf.eater.com/2016/10/3/13154520/half-moon-bay-brewing-pacific-standard-berkeley