RyanG1
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Yep. That is usually just Pliny, and that flies off the shelf in a matter of hour(s). Blind Pig use to come once or twice a month, but no more and Pliny was at least around for a few day(s).
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Yep. That is usually just Pliny, and that flies off the shelf in a matter of hour(s). Blind Pig use to come once or twice a month, but no more and Pliny was at least around for a few day(s).
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Saw Temptation at Beer Rev last Weds. Toronado seems to have a stock of RR bottles that people seem to forget about.
markgugs
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Pliny is nice and all but I've drank a billion of them. Dang, guess I need to decide if I want to spend Thursday driving up to RR to buy bottles & have lunch (and visit Beercraft on the way home for other stuff), or drive south to SARA...dangit
you around? want to grab a beer or 4?
CommanderofAwesome
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I went to a few of these before and would def be down again, probably more consistently than before. Sundays would be fine with me, after the 10AM games (Browns) or Thursdays. They were a lot of fun before, hopefully we can get them going again.
Come to the East Bay, I've seen Temptation as recent as today on a shelf.
stupac2
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Toronado kinda sucks now, I wouldn't spend the whole day there (unless their menu has changed a lot). I'd do more of a BART tour and hit up places like Cellarmaker, CBS, Beer Rev, various trappists, etc.
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Well that's disappointing. Cellarmaker is closed on Mondays unless I read the hours wrong. I'll be back in town for a few more days the following week and was planning on doing Cellarmaker/CBS one of those days. But yeah I'll take any and all suggestions for places to go next Monday. Just looking to have some good beers/day out. No car so definitely not going up to RR
stupac2
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Well you can stop by Toronado but I doubt you'll want to spend the day there. You could try going to Beer Rev/Trappist/Trappist Provision/all-the-other-new-places-along-Telegraph.
Cool will definitely make note of those places. Thanks
CommanderofAwesome
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Echoing what stupac said. Toronado pretty much sucks IMO. Beer Rev, Trapi$t, CBS, Monk's Kettle, Mikkeller, Perdition, and Celler Maker are all better options and close to Bart.
I lived around the corner from Toronado for over five years and hardly ever went there as a "beer destination" (vs. a spot to drink with friends). I think the bottle list is still impressive, though right?
stupac2
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If you get lucky. The anniversary party sucked ass.
Lunch is the best time to check out Monk's Kettle. Plus they have a new patio (depending on weather)!
Ping me if you end up in the city, I can usually use a break from work. Another good spot might be Magnolia (relatively close to Toronado so you could stop by after lunch or something -- yeah, it's not magic, but they have a good taplist and are totally worth a visit if you're coming from out of town).
Ping me if you end up in the city, I can usually use a break from work. Another good spot might be Magnolia (relatively close to Toronado so you could stop by after lunch or something -- yeah, it's not magic, but they have a good taplist and are totally worth a visit if you're coming from out of town).
Mags has awesome food too.
I actually stayed down the block from Magnolia when I was in the city last year. Was only able to stop in for a quick beer after one of the nights at Outside Lands. I'll send you a message though. I'm staying at a friend's down by AT&T Park, but pretty sure he's working for the day on Monday so I'll be out and about
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Where the **** were you people when I was saying this years ago on BA and getting slammed for it? Stale taplist surpassed by nearly every other beer bar in the area, hit-and-miss bottles, ****** service... None of this has changed in the past 3 years, and now people are catching on?!?!
stupac2
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Three years ago the bar manager was a friend of a friend. That made things quite a bit better. (Plus there was routinely Cable Car bottles for sale in 2011/2012.) Also, a year ago, right after Dave came back, he did a cellar firesale and so there were lots of great bottles to be had. It's really been in the past year that going there has become largely pointless, even for events, which is the real sad thing to me (since I never really went for non-events anyway).Where the **** were you people when I was saying this years ago on BA and getting slammed for it? Stale taplist surpassed by nearly every other beer bar in the area, hit-and-miss bottles, ****** service... None of this has changed in the past 3 years, and now people are catching on?!?!
CommanderofAwesome
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Where the **** were you people when I was saying this years ago on BA and getting slammed for it? Stale taplist surpassed by nearly every other beer bar in the area, hit-and-miss bottles, ****** service... None of this has changed in the past 3 years, and now people are catching on?!?!
Sorry I hadn't been there 2 yrs ago. I've recently had the "pleasure" of going there a few times in the past yr and thats when I made up my mind.
walterfredo
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Other than the almanac event, any cool beer happenings in the bay this weekend?
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No, but Single Fresh Wet and Wild fest is in Chico...
RyanG1
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Yep, Oaktoberfest at Jug Shop
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Let's get drunk!
Also **** everyone saying toronado sucks. That bar still ******* rules. You guys have just become total ******* about how high of calibre your Taplists need to be. $6 pints of nelson, cellarmaker IPAs, etc... Just because it's not west ashley or w/e your lofty palates are requiring these days doesn't make it a bad bar.
johnnyramirez
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I think the combo of ****** service+comparable tap list to other places with better service+I'd rather drink down my cellar is what makes me think Toronado is ******. If I'm actually gonna go out of my way to a bar it wouldn't be Toronado. It's not a bad bar if you're nearby though.
I can understand that. I just feel like openly slagging them is a little rediculous considering what they provide for their neighborhood and have done for the beer community as a whole. Oh and cable car.
That's what I was getting at before with it not going as a beer destination but a dive-ish bar (with a good beer list) I've had good times at with friends. Not sure I'll visit much now that I don't live so close.
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