Friday, February 8, 2013

If you're looking for me tonight...

...you'll find me at the 2013 SF Beer Week Opening Celebration!

This event at the Concourse Exhibition Center in San Francisco kicks off the nine day marathon of beer tastings, festivals and food pairing dinners across the Bay Area that is SF Beer Week.

The tickets are a bit pricey, but how often do I go out and do this sort of thing (rarely).  The last time I joined in on an event like this was the 11th Annual Double IPA Fest at the Bistro in Hayward on February 12th, 2011.  I got pretty torn up that day so I guess it took me a couple years to dare go to another event serving this quantity and quality of beer in one place. 
With 78 participating breweries I'll be sampling new, rare and classic beers from:

101 North Brewing Company

21st Amendment Brewery

Almanac Beer Company

Altamont Beer Works

Anchor Brewing Company

Anderson Valley Brewing Company

Ale Industries

Auburn Alehouse

Beach Chalet Brewery and Restaurant

Bear Republic Brewing Company

Beltane Brewing

Berryessa Brewing Company

Bison Organic Beer

Black Diamond Brewing Company

Calicraft Brewing Company

Devil's Canyon Brewing Company

Drake's Brewing Company

Eel River Brewing Company

Elevation 66 Brewing Company

El Toro Brewing Company

FreeWheel Brewing Company

Gordon Biersch Brewing Company

Half Moon Bay Brewing Company

HenHouse Brewing Company

Heretic Brewing Company

Hermitage Brewing Company

High Water Brewing

Hoppy Brewing Company

Iron Springs Pub & Brewery

Knee Deep Brewing Company

Lagunitas

Lassen Ale Works

Linden Street Brewery

Lost Coast Brewery

Lucky Hand Beer

Mad River Brewing Company

Magnolia Pub & Brewery

Marin Brewing Company

MateVeza Brewing Company

Mendocino Brewing Company

Mill Valley Beerworks

Moonlight Brewing Company

Moylan's Brewing Company

Napa Smith

North Coast Brewing Company

Oakland Brewing Company

Pacific Brewing Laboratory

Palo Alto Brewing Company

Pine Street Brewery

Pizza Orgasmica & Brewing Company

Pyramid Breweries

Rubicon Brewing Company

Ruhstaller

Russian River Brewing Company

Santa Cruz Mountain Brewing Company

Schubros Brewery

Shmaltz Brewing Company

Sierra Nevada Brewing Company

Six Rivers Brewery

Social Kitchen & Brewery

Sonoma Springs Brewing Company

Southern Pacific Brewing Company

Southpaw BBQ

Speakeasy Ales & Lager

Strike Brewing Company

Tahoe Mountain Brewing Company

Third Street Aleworks

ThirstyBear Brewing Company

Track 7 Brewing Company

Triple Rock Brewery

Triple Voodoo Brewing

Trumer Brauerei

Two Rivers Cider Company

Uncommon Brewers

Ballast Point Brewing Company

Firestone Walker Brewing Company

Hangar 24 Craft Brewery

Stone Brewing Company

If you're attending - look for me and say "hello". 
I'm pretty stoked (wish me luck).

Cheers!

Mark Harvey

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