Yeah I ‘ve been lagging in updating the blog, but here is a quick update about the August tasting. Although the theme was Imperial Stouts, we had to switch it up a bit to not overload the palate with all that sweet gooey thickness. We started with a run of the mill pasteurized lager fresh [...]
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August, 2009 Tasting
Posted in Beerventures, tagged beer tasting on September 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
2009 Bistro IPA Festival
Posted in Beernews, Beerventures on August 12, 2009 | 1 Comment »
After having a great time at the Double IPA festival a few months back Carlos and I ventured back to Hayward’s beer mecca, The Bistro, for their 12th annual IPA Festival. 62 taps of pure hop annihilation. Naturally we had to come up with a strategy. We decided not to get any beers we had [...]
Locavore’s Beer Dinner at Toronado
Posted in Beernews, Beerventures on August 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Oh yes another beer dinner. This one took place on Sunday August 9, 2009 at the one and only Toronado. From about 11:30 to 4:00 Toronado closes its doors to the public and pretends its a classy restaurant. I wish I took a picture it was a very different look for dark and loud pub, [...]
Beer Dinner in Vegas? Fuck Yeah!
Posted in Beernews, Beerventures on August 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
While planning a trip to Las Vegas for Kseniya’s birthday, I was secretly scavenging through beeradvocate.com for places to find good beer in Vegas. Options were slim, but I did stumble upon a couple gems. On the strip, the Burger Bar seems to have the best selection on draft and in bottles, heavy on the [...]
Lagunitas Beer Dinner with the Beer Chef, Bruce Paton
Posted in Beernews, Beerventures on August 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
On July 20, 2009 Kseniya and I attended a dinner presented by the Beer Chef, Bruce Paton, at the Cathedral Hill Hotel featuring the beers of Lagunitas Brewing Company. And it was awesome! By some stroke of luck we ended up at the table with the chef himself – no I’m not lying, look at [...]
June and July, 2009 Tastings
Posted in Beerventures on August 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Lots of good beer was consumed at the last two tastings. While June had no particular theme, the July tasting centered around hoppy beers. There were hoppy imperial reds, double IPAs, and even a couple black IPAs. Tasting charts can be found below. For the August tasting the tentative theme is Russian Imperial Stouts and [...]
May 22, 2009 Tasting
Posted in Beerventures, tagged beer tasting on June 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
On May 22th, 2009 we got together to taste and rate several craft beers. The plan is to do a monthly tasting tentatively scheduled for the 3rd Friday of each month. There was no specific theme this time, although in the future we should limit the tasting to a particular style or region. Everyone kept [...]
