Best IPA?
July 19, 2010 – 11:16 am | 133 Comments

Hop heads, we would like to know what you think is the best India Pale Ale, also known as IPA.  This beer comes in various forms depending on where you live in the world.  It …

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Broke Ass Stuart and Cicerone Sayre in ‘The Original Swagger Stagger.’
February 9, 2010 – 9:38 am | One Comment
Broke Ass Stuart and Cicerone Sayre in ‘The Original Swagger Stagger.’

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SF Beer Week – The Toronado Barleywine Festival
January 18, 2010 – 1:58 pm | No Comment
SF Beer Week – The Toronado Barleywine Festival

San Franciso Beer Week Event
San Francisco, Ca – Toronado, a beer bar located in San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury district, hosts an annual Barley Wine Festival. The event is part of San Francisco Beer Week. Past events …

HE’BREW Celebrates Hannukah on the West Coast!!
December 16, 2009 – 11:36 am | One Comment
HE’BREW Celebrates Hannukah on the West Coast!!

Chanukah beer drinking season is about to start glowing in full effect…and in addition to celebrating the miraculous martial and spiritual success of the Festival of Lights, we at Shmaltz toast each Chanukah as our …

Firestone Walker Hosts Beer Dinner During SF Beer Week
January 26, 2009 – 2:30 pm | One Comment
Firestone Walker Hosts Beer Dinner During SF Beer Week

Firestone Walker Hosts Beer Dinner With Toronado For San Francisco Beer Week
Firestone Walker Teams Up With Chef Sean Z. Paxton To Present A Beer & Food Pairing
Paso Robles, CA, – Firestone Walker Brewing Company and …

Review – Russian River Damnation
December 16, 2008 – 12:30 pm | No Comment
Review – Russian River Damnation

Russian River: “Damnation is our brewmaster’s interpretation of a Belgian style Strong Golden Ale. It has extraordinary aromas of banana and pear with mouth filling flavors of sweet malt and earthy hops. The lingering finish …

Review – Russian River Pliny The Elder
December 3, 2008 – 12:30 pm | No Comment
Review – Russian River Pliny The Elder

From Russian River: Pliny the Elder was a Roman naturalist, scholar, historian, traveler, officer, and writer. Although not considered his most important work, Pliny and his contemporaries created the botanical name for hops, “Lupus salictarius”, …

Trip to Toronado,Oktoberfest Season
August 30, 2008 – 2:19 pm | No Comment
Trip to Toronado,Oktoberfest Season

Last weekend, I went up to San Francisco for my friend Mario’s wedding.  No matter what city I travel to, I look for the landmark beer bar.  When I was in Philly, I checked out …