Bay Area Thread

[Dee1]

There is a store in Alameda that currently has a couple of Cellador beer on the shelf.

They are going fast, i guess people are already aware of them.

Owner got some cases to sell, ikely a one off.

Ryan_G they still have a tonne of the Alvarado kettle sour.

I just became a fan. The standouts at the CA Craft Beer Summit for me were Cellador Ad Absurdum, Cellador Apricot Atavism, and Veritas.

 

[user 306349]

Heading to portland end of the month. Only thing on the docket for sure is to hit up HoTD and Cascade. Any other recs?

ok fine, you can go to Cascade

The Cascade Brewing Barrel House is celebrating its seventh anniversary next week, and we're throwing a party! Join us all hours on Friday, Sept. 29 through Sunday, Oct. 1 at the House of Sour with a number of special and vintage beers on tap.


We’ve teamed up with our friends at Stumptown Coffee Roasters to bring you Stumptown Bourbonic. A variation of our award-winning Bourbonic Plague, Stumptown Bourbonic features imperial spiced porters aged for up to 22 months in bourbon barrels with vanilla beans, then blended with coffee from Stumptown’s Cold Brew division just before packaging. This extremely limited anniversary project offers intense flavors of coffee, chocolate, bourbon and vanilla, with a mild acidity and warming finish.


We'll also be tapping Watermill, a bourbon barrel aged imperial porter collaboration project between Cascade Brewing and Browerij de Molen, inspired by de Molen’s acclaimed Tsarina Esra Imperial Porter. Sublime layers of chocolate, licorice and vanilla are blanketed with a citrusy bourbon finish. Enjoy a journey of the senses with this flavorful creation.


We'll have our popular Diesel on tap, an Imperial Stout aged for up to seven months in Heaven Hill bourbon and Pinot barrels with vanilla beans, resulting in a decadent cornucopia of flavors and aromas – including dark chocolate, vanillin and licorice – with bourbon soaked dark fruit and tobacco undertones.


We'll kick it all off on Friday at 6pm with a special barrel tapping.


All of this will be complemented by food pairing specials, vintage sours on draught, and vintage bottle sales. Cheers to seven years of Barrel House bliss!

 

[jtmartino1]

We'll have our popular Diesel on tap,

 

[AndresR]

Old Devil Moon, in Bernal, has their 1st Anniversary tomorrow. The tap list is looking pretty deep! I'm swinging through close to 3pm tomorrow.

If you've never been, tomorrow is an excellent time to check them out.

They also have fantastic cocktails for the plebs.

 

[Gaseous Clay]

Their po boy's are where it's at

 

[jedwards]

Old Devil Moon, in Bernal, has their 1st Anniversary tomorrow. The tap list is looking pretty deep! I'm swinging through close to 3pm tomorrow.

If you've never been, tomorrow is an excellent time to check them out.

They also have fantastic cocktails for the plebs.

See you there!

 

[AndresR]

See you there!

Hoping the patio is open today. Great day to drink outside!

 

[user 305778]

Looking forward to visiting San Francisco next week. Going to be stuck at JavaOne for the most part but planning a lunch at Bartlett Hall and a quick stop at Cellarmaker one day after sessions end.

 

[jtmartino1]

Looking forward to visiting San Francisco next week. Going to be stuck at JavaOne for the most part but planning a lunch at Bartlett Hall and a quick stop at Cellarmaker one day after sessions end.

Mikkeller Bar is kinda between Moscone and Bartlett, if that sounds interesting.

 

[user 305778]

Mikkeller Bar is kinda between Moscone and Bartlett, if that sounds interesting.

That's good to know though I don't have a ton of time. Thanks!

 

[rrryanc]

Mikkeller Bar is kinda between Moscone and Bartlett, if that sounds interesting.

The Whole Foods a block and a half away on 4th (toward Caltrain) usually has a pretty good draft list as well.

 

[AndresR]

Looking forward to visiting San Francisco next week. Going to be stuck at JavaOne for the most part but planning a lunch at Bartlett Hall and a quick stop at Cellarmaker one day after sessions end.

Java? Scripting or Coffee?

Coffee sounds cooler.

 

[AndresR]

The Whole Foods a block and a half away on 4th (toward Caltrain) usually has a pretty good draft list as well.

Plus no corkage with the huge selection of bottles.

And 2 blocks from Whole Foods is Garaje. Ans they always have a ton of Fieldwork on, of that's your jam.

 

[user 305778]

Java? Scripting or Coffee?

Coffee sounds cooler.

Programming language.

 

[CheapBeerBuzz]

Trueburger in Oakland. It's like an In-N-Out burger but with all local, organic, etc... beef and ingredients. F'ing perfect imho.

OK, so I hit up Trueburger in Oakland (Broadway) about a week and a half ago (thanks for the recommendation Oaklandtraders). Pictures to follow.

Here are my thoughts...

The meat is about as good as it gets. I ordered a double cheese which I think is a must as the patty solo would be a little thin, even for a casual joint. They are flawless, even over-salted, but I liked them that way. And a perfect pink - 10/10

Toppings/sauce, they were alright. The unlimited free pickle chips help a ton as I would hate to miss a bite without one in it. The lettuce and tomato are nothing special and I recommend holding all sauce and putting your own on as you see fit. I wish there were more options for toppings and more lettuce but no biggie. Tomato should be better since we are in the heart/tail end of the season - 9/10

Bun was meh. I don't know where they are sourcing their buns, but they are not making them in house. And they are poorly cut, the bottom being way too thin compared to the top and getting soggy/deteriorating too quickly for a double patty burger. Not sure what to say about this. It was a nice touch searing the top of the bun so I give them an extra point for that - 8/10

Fries/sides I didn't get, but their fries were quoted as hand cut / handmade at one point but I know that not to be true any longer as I saw the same Lamb Weston boxes of frozen fries we use at our chain coming in by the handtruck load right during the heart of lunch time (12:30pm). And they call themselves "TRUEBURGER"...ha...guess they don't profess to have "TRUEFRIES" along with their burgers. Dumb dumb dumb and poorly executed - 6/10

Other sides (shakes, slaw, etc) I didn't try. I will try a shake next time but it is pretty sad that they once upon a time listed salads, chili dogs, etc and now they do not offer any of these. I'll go with an incomplete - N/A

Overall Burger - 8.5/10

Overall Restaurant - 7.5/10 (restaurant staff is a little smug and they don't seem to friendly or helpful. Might just be an Oakland thing, but with only a couple spots they should try harder regardless of how busy they are. The owners are probably out of town but they should keep improving this concept, not letting it rest on really basic successes.)

 

[RyanG1]

Cool beer fest at Fieldwork with lots of breweries benefiting dags

 

[ABSTRACTlegend]

Cool beer fest at Fieldwork with lots of breweries benefiting dags

60 dollar regular tickets
80 dollar VIP

 

[chemman141]

Cool beer fest at Fieldwork with lots of breweries benefiting dags

shared to the California beer calendar group. Looks like a great event!

 

[CheapBeerBuzz]

Cool beer fest at Fieldwork with lots of breweries benefiting dags

Didn't Tom Tolbert just have surgery on a heart ailment? Can he even drink beer or go out in public yet?

 

[CheapBeerBuzz]

OK, so I hit up Trueburger in Oakland (Broadway) about a week and a half ago (thanks for the recommendation Oaklandtraders). Pictures to follow.

Here are my thoughts...

The meat is about as good as it gets. I ordered a double cheese which I think is a must as the patty solo would be a little thin, even for a casual joint. They are flawless, even over-salted, but I liked them that way. And a perfect pink - 10/10

Toppings/sauce, they were alright. The unlimited free pickle chips help a ton as I would hate to miss a bite without one in it. The lettuce and tomato are nothing special and I recommend holding all sauce and putting your own on as you see fit. I wish there were more options for toppings and more lettuce but no biggie. Tomato should be better since we are in the heart/tail end of the season - 9/10

Bun was meh. I don't know where they are sourcing their buns, but they are not making them in house. And they are poorly cut, the bottom being way too thin compared to the top and getting soggy/deteriorating too quickly for a double patty burger. Not sure what to say about this. It was a nice touch searing the top of the bun so I give them an extra point for that - 8/10

Fries/sides I didn't get, but their fries were quoted as hand cut / handmade at one point but I know that not to be true any longer as I saw the same Lamb Weston boxes of frozen fries we use at our chain coming in by the handtruck load right during the heart of lunch time (12:30pm). And they call themselves "TRUEBURGER"...ha...guess they don't profess to have "TRUEFRIES" along with their burgers. Dumb dumb dumb and poorly executed - 6/10

Other sides (shakes, slaw, etc) I didn't try. I will try a shake next time but it is pretty sad that they once upon a time listed salads, chili dogs, etc and now they do not offer any of these. I'll go with an incomplete - N/A

Overall Burger - 8.5/10

Overall Restaurant - 7.5/10 (restaurant staff is a little smug and they don't seem to friendly or helpful. Might just be an Oakland thing, but with only a couple spots they should try harder regardless of how busy they are. The owners are probably out of town but they should keep improving this concept, not letting it rest on really basic successes.)

Forgot to mention that they do a custom lemonade seasonally. The strawberry lemonade I had was a 9.5/10, really great. I also forgot to mention the sauteed onions I added...very good as well.

And I don't remember it, but the pictures show that they grill/griddle the inside of the bun. This might be a nice feature or it could be causing the bun to fall apart prematurely. If they fix that bun and get better fries, this place could take the crown for the Bay Area. As it is, they settle for the crown in Oakland.

 

[nothingisreal]

We covered Nora Dunning’s exquisite cooking at Drip Line a few months back, and the chef’s ingenuity makes the cut once again with a “blended burger,” launched as part of a project by the James Beard Foundation to make more sustainable burgers by blending mushrooms into the beef.

Dunning’s version blends 60% grass-fed beef with 40% shiitake mushrooms, seasoned with dried shiitake powder and served on homemade brioche buns. Sambal aioli gives it a little kick, as does arugula, and the homemade lotus root chips on the side are downright addictive. As with everything on the menu at Drip Line, the burger bun is homemade, in this case from a sourdough starter with the addition of koji, fermented rice like that used to brew sake, which makes the bun ultra-light.

This burger sounds ******* amazing. Has anybody had it?
From: https://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/2...15-best-burger-spots-in-oakland-and-berkeley/

 

[BrandoSF]

Oh for ***** sake. Have at it y'all:
https://www.talkbeer.com/community/threads/hamburgers.39887/

 

[InfinityonTrial]

Going to be in the SF/Santa Rosa area next week, are there any places where I can get wine shippers to send back beer/wine?

 

[jtmartino1]

Going to be in the SF/Santa Rosa area next week, are there any places where I can get wine shippers to send back beer/wine?

I have one for you, I'm about 10 minutes south of SFO. Send me a message if you want to pick it up.

 

[InfinityonTrial]

I have one for you, I'm about 10 minutes south of SFO. Send me a message if you want to pick it up.

Super generous of you! If I need more than one is there another place I can purchase one?

 

[chemman141]

Super generous of you! If I need more than one is there another place I can purchase one?

not in SF they are banned there (no I am not joking)
Head over to www.uhaul.com and search for wine shippers. You can then type in a zip code and see if any are available in store.

 

[walterfredo]

I realize Cellarmaker as well as mikeller are not too far away, but anywhere with a good beer selection within a short walk from the Masonic?

 

[bigstrunso]

Liquid Gold isn't too far away

 

[RyanG1]

I realize Cellarmaker as well as mikeller are not too far away, but anywhere with a good beer selection within a short walk from the Masonic?

Bartlett Hall. Straight shot down Taylor and quick left on O'Farrell.

 

[walterfredo]

thanks!