If you're more into beer flights than wine pairings, check out some of these only-in-SF gastropubs, tap houses, and old-school dives. It’s not just your imagination, San Francisco has the most bars per capita of any city in the U.S. They've also expanded production to include natural wines.
The brewery now has six locations, four of which are in San Francisco. is the city’s most innovative small-batch brewer with refreshers such as their hibiscus-infused Morpho ale, the tropical fruit–inflected Crusoe IPA, their flagship mate-infused MateVeza IPA, and the Divine Origins Merlot Red Ale-a beer-wine hybrid. The historic brewpub is decked out with dark wood and leather and features a large projector screen for a killer beer-drinking and game-watching experience. Recent awards include a gold medal for its Layer Bar (an imperial stout) and a silver medal for the Powell St. Known for elevated pub fare and cocktails, this Union Square small-batch brewery takes beer seriously. Check their Facebook events page for specials at both locations including beer releases, live music, and more. East Bay residents can drop by the huge San Leandro Brewery & Tap Room with an outdoor beer garden. The kitchen cooks up superior pub grub and gut-busting brunches.
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(Castro), Ģ1A's spacious SoMa brewpub not only pours fresh versions of their year-round brews-including Brew Free or Die El Sully and Blah, Blah, Blah IPA-but also keeps chilled experimental beers, seasonal drafts, and collaboration brews on tap. When you're drinking at the brewery, food is available from Rosamunde’s menu of German-American fusion fare. While Black Hammer focuses on German-style beers such as helles and kolsch, the brewery also offers IPAs, hard seltzers, and gluten-removed beers. In 2019, he opened Wilkommen, a brewpub and beer garden in the Castro. Furman, whose Burner name is Hammer, subsequently launched his brewpub in 2015. (Oakland), īlack Hammer Brewing cofounder Jim Furman saw the popularity of his beers while brewing them for members of his Burning Man camp. Look for their new Oakland brewery to open at Jack London Square in late 2022 or early 2023. The brewer's sister Detroit-style House of Pizza (3193 Mission St.) also generates a lot of buzz. "Constantly making new flavors is more exciting for us, and hopefully people will respond well to that." Their fans, both nearby and far-flung, have responded enthusiastically: In 2020, RateBeer recognized Cellarmaker as the 43rd best brewer in the world among the 36,000 breweries they track. When Cellarmaker's brewery and cozy tap house opened in 2013, founders Connor Casey and Tim Sciascia set a high bar for themselves: no flagship beers. Barebottle recently took gold at the Great American Beer Festival for its Cryo Chemistry IPA. Their website includes all of the original recipes and labels for their canned and bottled beers, which home brewers are invited to use and tweak. After Barebottle's cofounders realized some of the best, most innovative beers in America were being developed by home brewers, they decided to host home brew competitions and put the winning entries on tap. Known for using local ingredients in its kettle sours and crisp IPAs, Barebottle also supports the local home brewing community. (Potrero Hill), Public Taps: 495 De Haro St. You can also check out Anchor's Public Taps and pilot brewery across the street, where you can taste an exclusive collection of beers, bring the kids and dog and catch various pop-up events. Anchor bought its current brewery building in 1977 and offers the best brewery tour in the city, including a sampling of 12 beers on tap. By the 1970s, while most brewers were pumping out homogenized lagers, Maytag brought back beer styles such as steam beer, porter, barley wine, Christmas ale and, perhaps most importantly, a hoppy little brew called Liberty Ale, arguably the first American IPA. After years of struggling to stay solvent, Anchor was on the verge of bankruptcy when it was rescued in 1965 by Fritz Maytag, a recent Stanford graduate and heir to the Maytag washing machine company. The following is a list of a few of the most notable, but there are currently more than 25 breweries in SF-check out the Bay Area Brewers Guild for information on the rest.įounded in 1896 in Russian Hill, Anchor is America's first craft brewery and San Francisco's only remaining brewer from the 19th century. Beer begins at a brewery, so it seems fitting that any beer guide to San Francisco would start there.
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