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THE DRINK MENU \\\ TABLE OF CONTENTS

FALL 2017

Celebrating Bay Area’s Craft Beverage Culture Beer | Spirits | Cider | Mead

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STAFF Publisher / Editor Everard G. Strong editor@abvmagazine.com

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specialty drinks 18 THE RIVER QUEEN

A pint with Russian River’s Natalie Cilurzo

40 GETTING YOUR TECH

DRINK ON Where to drink based on your Silicon Valley character.

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34 GIVING PROPS WHERE

PROPS IS BOOZE Craft beer as a prop on HBO’s Silicon Valley

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Creative Director Everard G Strong

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Contributing Writers Kenneth Gould, Emily Ludolf, Kayleena Pierce, Clayton Schuster, Chris Ward Contributing Photographers Quentin Bacon, Kayleena Pierce, Chris Ward Inspiration & Mascots Trevor, Skylar, Tikki and Tavi Fuzzypants, and Kiwi the Moon Dog (415) 842-BOOZ 712 Bancroft Rd., Ste 109 Walnut Creek, CA 94598 COVER: Art by Jon Merlin for ABV magazine – art derived from his cover for Epidemic Ale’s Lager at World’s End. Find out more about Jon on page 10. Thank you Jon!

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the regular 6 WHAT’S ON TAP News and Notes

10 EDM & BEER – THE ULTIMATE PLAYLIST Black Hammer Brewing

12 PUTTING THE “BOO!” BACK IN “BOOZE” Some very scary beers for this year’s Fright Night.

14 BOTTLES & BARRELS Booze Reviews

16 COVER ART

Jon Merlin’s “Lager At World’s End” design

22 THE MISTRESS OF MALT Melissa Cole

26 WHAT’S SHAKIN’?

Calendar of Events

26 BEER & BACON FESTIVAL

28 28 12-HOUR PUB CRAWL Beer-itful San Jose

48 DRINKING GUIDE

Your guide to Bay Area breweries, tap rooms, distilleries, cideries, and more!

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To the 30 brands of craft beer, vodka, whiskey, and mead (all local), that went into the making of this issue, we thank you!

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WHAT’S GOING ON HERE?

You’re probably wondering what is it we’re trying to do here with ABV magazine. The name comes from the abbreviation found on most every alcoholic beverage. It stands for “alcohol by volume,” the amount of ethanol alcohol present in a beverage. It also signifies the amount of alcohol per page we we will be covering in each issue of this magazine; and, since we are music fans, how loud our speakers will go.

We launched ABV to reflect the Bay Area’s burgeoning craft beverage community and culture, which currently encompasses over 230 local breweries, forty cideries, twenty distilleries, and five meaderies – with that number literally growing daily.

With ABV, we hope to have something for everyone – from the brave new souls choosing a craft IPA over their Budweiser for the first time, to the old souls always on the search for the next liquid Wow! And, while we are fans of the final product, we are strong believers that knowing the story behind each bottle and barrel will alter how you see and taste your favorite local pour. It’s like music – knowing how your favorite song came to be deepens your listening experience.

Speaking of music, ABV is not just about the craft beverages, but also about the attitude and the culture the community embraces: music, art, food, friends, fun. We hope you like ABV – we’ve worked hard on it and are excited about what’s ahead, not just for the magazine, but for the Bay Area craft beverage scene. Turn the page, preferably while holding a tall glass of something locally brewed, and enjoy.

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WELCOME TO THE ONLINE VERSION OF ABV MAGAZINE Our digital version literally expands on what you will find in our print version of ABV magazine: Stories are longer, photos are bigger (and in some instances, there are more of them), and there’s just more.

One cool thing about this digital version is that all links you will see in the magazine are clickable, including advertisers’. Just drag your pointer over a URL, click, and you will be taken to that destination.

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WHAT’S ON TAP /// NEWS AND NOTES

beer BIKE AND BEER With 10 points given for originality, San Jose Brew Bike gets our nod for a great idea. For roughly $35 a seat (private charters available and encouraged), you get to bike around San Jose, stopping and sampling beers along a two-hour route that includes stops at 55 South, Divine Winery Tasting Room, Fountain Head Bar, Ludwig’s German Table, Original Gravity Public House, San Pedro Square Market Bar, Uproar Brewing and more. They also have satellite locations in Reno, Nev., and Sactown.

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NEWS AND NOTES \\\ WHAT’S ON TAP

beer NORTHERN CALIFORNIA GROWN AND RAISED At its high point in the 1920s, there were over 11,000 acres of hops in Sonoma and Mendocino counties. Contra Costa’s Pleasanton was home to the largest hop farm in world, with over 1,900 acres. Today, sadly, there are only 130 acres, in the entire state of California!

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The NorCal Hop Growers Alliance hopes to increase those hop-growing numbers. Formed to help small-scale hop farmers, many members of the nonprofit have begun cultivating hops from wild vines leftover from the hop yards of yore. “I have 100 vines that I propagated from a heritage hop I found growing along the Russian River near a vineyard,” says Paul Hawley, co-founder of the Alliance and owner of Fogbelt Brewing. They hope to provide breweries and homebrewers not only with freshly dried hops, but to revitalize the use of wet hops in local brewing as well. www.norcalhopgrowersalliance.org

Paul Hawley with a a hop rhizome that was dug up and propagated from wild vines growing along the Russian River.

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WHAT’S ON TAP /// NEWS AND NOTES

beer PROHIBITION IS BACK

photo courtesy speakeasy ales and lagers

San Francisco’s infamous Speakeasy brewery, home of the Bay Area’s iconic Prohibition Ale, hit a rough spot back in April of 2017, going into receivership.

In the process, they had to shut down their taproom.

All was not lost, however. Ces Butner, fronting a newly-founded Hunters Point Brewery, purchased Speakeasy’s brewing equipment and beer brands in May. Several original employees have stayed on, and the company has been working hard to bring the brand back to market (as of print, there were no expected changes to Speakeasy’s beer lineup).

“Since the purchase we’ve been working hard to get the company off the ground again, making improvements to the plant infrastructure, tap room, and hiring staff,” said Brian Stechschulte, brand strategy and media director at Speakeasy. “We’re hoping to have the tap room open by mid-October. It feels like we’re a 20-yearold startup with expectations!” www.goodbeer.com.

While there are plenty of ways to wet your locally-crafted whiskey, gin, or vodka whistle here in Northern California, finding a locally-distilled rum was a bit of a treasure hunt.

That hunt might be over. Rum-loving J.T. Martin and Billy Ahumada, both of Chico, opened up Hooker Oak Distillery in their hometown and have released three rums since their 2016 launch: a regular rum, a pineapple, and an apple pie-flavored variety.

They’re open for tours most Saturdays and have free tastings on select dates. www.hookeroakdistillery.com

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spirits RUM COMES TO CALIFORNIA (FINALLY)!

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beer THE BUSINESS OF BREWING Want to take your homebrewing master-pieces to the masses? If your master plan is to bottle the next Pliny, first on your to-do list should be attending Foodcraft Institute’s Business of Craft Beer – An Entrepreneurial Look at Modern Craft Brewing.

Running October 22 — 25, the intensive four-day course is taught by local luminaries, including Magnolia’s Dave McLean, Temescal Brewing’s Sam Gilbert, Fort Point’s Cameron McDonald, Drake’s John Gillooly, and Nico Freccia, co-founder of 21st Amendment.

Instead of listing all of the many course details, we asked graduate Eddie Gobbo, co-founder of San Francisco’s Harmonic Brewing, his thoughts on the course.

ABV: WHAT WAS YOUR BIGGEST TAKE-AWAY FROM THE FOODCRAFT INSTITUTE’S “BUSINESS OF CRAFT BEER” COURSE?

EG: I was expecting to get brief overviews on aspects of running a brewery. Instead, I got very detailed information which greatly expedited my process.

HARMONIC’S EDDIE GOBBO

“It’s hands-on valuable experience. The class helped me be as prepared as I could to open my brewery.”

Admiral Malting’s Curtis Davenport, Ron Silberstein, and Dave McLean

– EDDIE GOBBO, Harmonic Brewing

The class is real-life immersion into the beer world from local professionals. It’s hands-on valuable experience. The class helped me be as prepared as I could to open my brewery. More importantly, it connected me with people who were willing to help along the way.

ABV: YOU’VE GRADUATED AND STARTED YOUR OWN BREWERY (HARMONIC). WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU GIVE SOMONE CONSIDERING THEIR OWN BUSINESS?

EG: Be prepared, get some experience before making the leap, and then just start doing it. It will be extremely challenging but massively rewarding. Be prepared to work the hardest you ever have (so make sure it’s truly something you love).

Register, or find out more at www.foodcraftinstitute.org

booze MALTED PERFECTION This past June saw the opening of Admiral Maltings, California’s first modern floor-malting facility. Located in Alameda Point, the facility will combine traditional methods with modern quality control tech to produce their premium malt. Using only 100 percent sustainably grown barley from local California family farms, Admiral Maltings will provide craft brewers and distillers with an alterantive to the mass-produced availabilities. The endeavor is a collaboration between Thirsty Bear’s Ron Silberstein, Magnolia’s Dave McLean, and malting expert Curtis Davenport.

“California brewers will be able to brew with our premier malts, and beer lovers will be able to discover the flavors of traditionally floor malted barley,” said Silberstein. “The Bay Area’s best beers are about to get even better!”

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Photo courtesy Black Hammer Brewing

Photo courtesy Black Hammer Brewing

MUSIC & BOOZE /// PLAYLISTS

JIM FURMAN’S BLACK HAMMER PLAYLIST

THE ULTIMATE EDM PLAYLIST FOR DRINKING BEER (As compiled by a brewer)

By Kenny Gould • Playlist by Jim Furman, Black Hammer Brewing HEY, WANNA PARTY? Then check out Black Hammer Brewing. The colorful taproom was named in part for Black Rock, the home of Burning Man, and in part for its owner, Jim Furman.

“At Burning Man, I got the nickname ‘Hammer’ for my direct communication style,” said Furman.

“I thought it was because you were always building sh*t,” said Love Wolf, his rainbow-haired tasting room manager, standing within earshot.

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Furman (who has a degree in chemical engineering and used to build nuclear test facilities for the Chinese government — no sh*t) also liked beer enough that he started Black Hammer.

“That all comes together in running a brewery. And then there’s the Burning Man aspect: I like to throw parties.”

So take it from the brewery with the blue walls and disco ball — this is the EDM playlist you want.

BLACK HAMMER BREWING 544 Bryant St. San Francisco www.blackhammerbrewing.com

“Montana” Tycho “There’s a Better Place” Crazy Penis “Playa Dreams” Mikey Lion “A Simple Design ( Deetron Remix)” The Juan Maclean “So Bright (feat. Eligh” Pretty Lights “I’m Honestly Not a Gangster” Jerry Folk “So Much to Me” FKJ “Gerd” Martin Waslewski “What You Talking About” Enzo Siffredi “Get Down, JB!” Me & My Toothbrush “Crunk” Siege “Mink & Shoes” Psychemagik, feat.

Navid Izadi “Incoming Bitch (Get Low!)” Soul Clap “Barrump” Claude VanStroke “Down Like This” Motez, feat. Tkay Maidza, Dom Dolla “Pum Up The Jam” Jero Likchay “Raindrops on Roses” An-Ten-Nae “Light Years Away” Oliver “Blow Up Like Dynamite” Me and My Toothbrush You can listen to this playlist on Spotify (#ABV_ magazine), or scan the QR code and jam right now. (You might need to download a QR reader from your app store.)

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Putting the “Boo!”

HOW ONE CELEBRATES HALLOWEEN falls into two camps based on one variable: children. If you don’t have little ones (or, you lucky bastards, they’ve all grown up and are out of the house), October 31 means dressing up in full costume and heading out to the local costume ball, whether held at the local brewery, friend’s house, or larger extravaganza.

We here at ABV figure if you’re going to cart some booze around, you should get into the spirit of the holiday (pun intended). So here are ten of our scariest choices to stock up on (and one special mention). There were two requirements to be on this list: they had to be locally brewed, and they needed scary or creepy artwork and names.

If you have children, Halloween might still involve dressing up in costume, but it also means walking along with your kids as they beg for candy. There has been a growing trend, however to have in tow not just the children, but also one of those pull-along carts filled with ice and alcoholic beverages, making for a much more agreeable time for all involved.

So this Halloween, scare up some adult fun and load up your cart with these frightneningly wicked ales. And IPAs. And a cider. And other equally hair-raising monster options. Happy hauntings everyone!

(The descriptions are derived from company websites and are not ours.)

SCREAMING HAND IPA Strike Brewing San Jose / 7.5% ABV / 41 IBU www.strikebrewingco.com Tropical, resinous hops. Caramel malt base.

SHALLOW GRAVE PORTER

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Photography by Quentin Bacon for ABV magazine.

Heretic Brewing Fairfield / 7% ABV / 33 IBU www.hereticbrewing.com Complex & rich chocolate and caramel.

ZOMBREW IPA Epidemic Ales Concord / 7% ABV / 90 IBU www.epidemicales.com Medium malt body. Balanced bitterness.

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Back in “Booze”

SCARFACE IMPERIAL STOUT

EVIL TWIN RED IPA

FOGCUTTER DOUBLE IPA

Speakeasy San Francisco / 9.5% ABV / 50 IBU www.goodbeer.com Chocolate. Dark bread. Burnt caramel.

Heretic Brewing Fairfield / 6.8% ABV / 45 IBU www.hereticbrewing.com Huge hops. Rich malt. Bold. Rich.

Lost Coast Brewery Eureka / 8.7% ABV / 70 IBU www.lostcoast.com Bitter. But it’s supposed to be.

BELLADONNA PALE ALE

MIDNIGHT HOPPYNESS IMPERIAL BLACK RYE IPA

SPECIAL MENTION

Epidemic Ales Concord / 6.4% ABV www.epidemicales.com Balances spice and citrus notes.

Knee Deep Brewing Auburn / 9.5% ABV / 100 IBU www.kneedeepbrewing.com Dark malt, high hop. Citrus and chocolate.

THE HATCHET Sonoma Cider Sonoma / 6% ABV www.sonomacider.com Tart. Crips. Dry. Tangy. Smooth.

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DEATH BY SHMALTZ HOPPY BLACK ALE Shmaltz Brewing New York (BUT, they were originally from San Francisco) / 7% ABV / 70 IBU www.shmaltzbrewing.com Seven hops and seven malts.

CURIOUS BEASTS BLOOD RED WINE Healdsburg / 14.5% ABV / 70 IBU www.wrappedforanyoccasion.com Blend of five varietals. Bold. Ripe. Rich.

(We don’t usually cover wines here at ABV, but made an exception because we’re fans not only of Curious Beasts’ wine, but because their label and packaging are innovative and spookily appropriate.)

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BOTTLES & BARRELS /// BOOZE REVIEWS

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BARREL AGED TAKE IT TO THE LIMIT BARLEYWINE Half Moon Bay Brewing

SUTRO TOWER STOUT Local Brewing Company

SOUR FARMHOUSE ALE Woodfour Brewing

RACER 5 IPA Bear Republic Brewing

Half Moon Bay 14% ABV // 84 IBU

San Francisco 5.9% ABV / 59 IBU (tap only)

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Sebastopol 4.7% ABV

Cloverdale 7.5% ABV / 75 IBU

Usually stouts are pretty thick beers, some of them downright mud-like – it feels like you’ve eaten a whole meal after just one pint. A pint of this light stout, however, makes you feel anything but sluggish. With its toasty, buttery goodness, instead of being ready for a nap, you’re ready for another. KPB

Woodfour’s flagship brew tames the full-f lavored wallop that defines a sour by developing a dense fruit aura which lifts the beer into something truly complex.

It’s like champagne’s outlaw biker ex-boyfriend. Bonus points for a low ABV that makes relaxing with a bottle or two possible without needing a nap. CS

Imagine a foamy white head that lasts until the final drop…

This hazy golden ambrosia bursts with green mango and grapefruit aromas that settle on biscuit malts to create a delicious treat for the nose. The first sip adds herbal tea notes, along with orange pith and zest. EL

www.hmbbrewingco.com Ever imagined what eating a Heath bar might taste like while sipping on a bourbon? Okay, it’s actually a barleywine. Being barrel-aged for six months in bourbon barrels gives it a rich, robust flavor you can expect from a barleywine, but with added ribbons of toffee and caramel. KPB

BOOZE REVIEW HAIKUS

www.woodfourbrewing.com

HIGH WEST-IFIED IMPERIAL CAFÉ CON LECHE Lagunitas Brewing

11% ABV Hickory and smoke, With a hint of molasses, And lots of chocolate. KPB

www.bearrepublic.com

MEYER LEMON LAGER Anchor Brewing

San Francisco 4.5% ABV Lemon, cream, sugar Like pies your grandma made you, Now straight from a can. KPB

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BOOZE REVIEWS \\\ BOTTLES & BARRELS

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WHAT AM I DRINKING?

NAME: Jonathan H. LOCATION: 101 North Brewing, Petaluma www.101northbeer.com R5 HOP FLAVORED WHISKEY Charbay Distillery

BEE D’VINE Honey Wine Company

Ukiah / 49.5% ABV

www.beedvine.com

SONOMA CIDER

San Francisco / 12.5% ABV

The Pitchfork Pear Cider Healdsburg / 6% ABV

This is a unique, lighter mead, based on Ethiopian Tej, a honey wine from Africa in the style of white wine. It has balanced sweetness to dryness that errs on the raw edge of wine drinkability, with a spectacular honeyed finish. It tastes of dwindling summer days, herbs in full bloom, wrinkled over-ripe apples and sickly melon rind dropped in the warm earth. EL

Pear ciders are for the most part dry and crisp.

However, this offering from Sonoma Cider was much more distinctive.

Their Pear Cider tasted like fresh cut-up pear chunks tossed over plain yogurt, with just a little drizzling of honey. A burst of sweet flavors, accompanied by tart, and even sour notes.

I have never seen cider in a can before, and this was way too easy to drink. KPB

www.sonomacider.com

www.charbay.com Charbay has two hopflavored whiskies, both distilled from Bear Republic beers: The R5, aged 28 months, is distilled from BR’s Racer 5 IPA and revels in a hoppy nose with an astringent wash. Lot S, aged 29 months, is distilled from BR’s Black Bear Stout, presenting a nice caramel nose, matched by a smooth wash with a semi-sweet finish. A win-win. EGS

WHAT BRINGS YOU TO 101 NORTH BREWING?

Petaluma is getting big for craft beers, and I’d heard about all the other ones around here, but never checked this place out. I live in LA, and we don’t have a lot of great breweries to pick from. Not like the North Bay. So this was a fun field trip.

WHAT ARE YOU DRINKING?

The Sunburst Sour (7% ABV, 47 IBU). I’m a big fan of sours.

WHY DID YOU PICK THAT STYLE?

Everyone is into this IPA sh*t. Everything is so bitter. It’s why I like sours. They don’t have that hoppy aftertaste that hipsters seem to blow a load over.

HOW DOES IT TASTE?

Better than an IPA.

COCKTAIL SPOTLIGHT Manhattan in California 2 oz. Charbay R5 Hop-Flavored Whiskey 1 oz. Carpano Vermouth 1 dash Angostura bitters Stir the whiskey, vermouth, and bitters well in a stirring glass with ice, then strain into cocktail glass; garnish with a brandied cherry (we prefer the Luxardo brand). www.abvmagazine.com

WOULD YOU DRINK IT AGAIN?

I would. It’s slightly bitter, but hoppy in the middle, then has a nice smooth malty finish.

Disclaimer: views presented in this magazine do not represent the views of the publisher or staff of ABV magazine.

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COVER ART /// BEHIND THE LABEL

“At World’s End” ARTIST: Jon Merlin • LABEL: Lager at World’s End CLIENT: Epidemic Ales, Concord While a beverage ultimately sinks or swims based on its taste, having an attractive or eye-catching label and shelf presentation are an indelible part of a brand’s success. And while Concord’s Epidemic Ales is relatively new to the local craft beer scene (opening in 2016), their colorful and unique label designs are garnering attention onto themselves. We sat down with Jon Merlin, a local artist responsible for their apocalyptic brand designs, to learn more about what happens “behind the label.”

How did you and Epidemic Ales begin working together?

Who met who first?

I worked with Holly (Wang, one of the now owners of Epidemic Ales) at a mortgage company where I am their senior graphic designer. We had a common interest in craft beer and when Holly shared that she was home-brewing with some friends, I offered to help if she ever needed a beer label. We ended up becoming close friends, and I even helped design her wedding invitations. I am also a huge craft beer fan, so this project was instantly attractive to me as a way to let two of my passions collide.

consistency. I want everything we create to look like it’s from the same family, to have the same visual language, and never compromise quality.

How did you and Epidemic Ales develop their visual style?

From the beginning, the Epidemic Ales partners have always had this apocalyptic, grungy, horror-themed vision for their brand. So that’s the concept I built their designs around. They come up with the names of their beers, and I design labels that match the name.

The first label I designed for them was for their Zombrew IPA, one of their original recipes, back in their homebrew days. I created that label four years ago, in the fall of 2013, for some stick-on labels we got printed through GrogTag.com.

Sometimes they have ideas in their head of what might look cool, but they usually give me complete creative freedom to create what I think is best. They literally call me and say we need a label, here is the name, here is what type of beer it is, now do your magic!

I’ve been involved with Epidemic Ales ever since. I had the privilege to partner with them in building their “brand,” and I am very protective of it. I have high standards of branding and visual

How do you choose a color palette?

I choose my color palette based on the type of beer, name, and the other labels I have created. I do try to match the design and color. For Bad Juju, their American Lemon Wheat beer, I went with a citrusy color for the name and literally used lemon slices for the eyes of a tribal mask. This isn’t always possible, but I try to use visual cues from the beer and flavor profile whenever possible. In my opinion, a label should reflect on the outside what’s on the inside.

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Early iterations of Epidemic Ales’ Lager at World’s end label

“I’ve had the privilege of partnering with them in building their brand, and I am very protective of it.”

– JON MERLIN, Russian River Brewing

comic book-style robot attack. The team ended up liking the robot version the best, and the rest is history.

What is your favorite Bay Area craft beer?

My favorite styles are saisons, sours, and floral IPA’s. Lately, I have been really into Epidemic Ales’ tangerine IPA called Cosmic Meltdown. I am also a big fan of Drake’s Aroma Flora when they have it!

Where do you go when you want a cold one?

I usually go to Original Gravity in San Jose. It’s near my house, and always has a really great rotating selection of local craft beer.

For their “Lager at World’s End,” how many concepts did you go through before the design as it is now?

From the beginning, they had the idea to do a mushroom cloud. They are also really into skulls (can you tell?). I am really into video games and thought I’d try to do something inspired by retro 8-bit video games, so I created a pixelated mushroom cloud with a skull on fire in front of it, with some nuclear waste.

What’s your current playlist while you design?

Lately, I have been super into synthwave artists like FM-84, The Midnight, and electronic artists like Com Truise and Tycho. My favorite thing to listen to is Above & Beyond’s weekly two-hour dance music radio and podcast show, “Group Therapy” (available on iTunes).

They wanted to go in a different direction, and one of the owners said they wanted a “nuke explosion with a hazmat suit dude in front drinking a beer...” I ended up sending them three more concepts, all centered around “end of the world” scenarios: one of a nuke explosion; one of the earth exploding (we actually ended up using this as the label design for Cosmic Meltdown), and a third featuring a

Are you looking to work with more breweries/ distilleries in the Bay Area? How do people get in touch with you?

Yes! My dream would be to do design work for the beer industry full time! Other examples of labels I’ve designed are on my Instagram page jonmerlindesigns, and my online portfolio www. jonmerlin.com. ABV

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Photo courtesy Russian River Brewery

“We looked up hops and that took us to humulus lupulus which took us to lupus salictarious which took us to ‘Pliny the Elder’.”

– NATALIE CILURZO, Russian River Brewing

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MASTERS OF BREW /// INDUSTRY LEADERS

The River Queen A PINT WITH RUSSIAN RIVER’S NATALIE CILURZO • By Kenny Gould

FEW AMERICAN BREWERIES have the same reputation as Russian River Brewing Company, founded in its present incarnation by Vinnie and Natalie Cilurzo in 2004. According to legend, Vinnie brewed the world’s first commercially available double IPA back in the mid-nineties when he worked at Blind Pig Brewing, and Russian River undoubtedly helped kickstart the sour revolution. The Santa Rosa, California, brewpub has become a mecca for the craft-minded, who come from all over the world to try Russian River’s renowned sours and IPAs. Come February, they line up around the block for Pliny the Younger, one of craft’s most storied beers. Recently, ABV magazine sat down with Russian River cofounder Natalie Cilurzo to talk pints, Pliny, and plans for a second location.

First things first: What beer are we drinking?

NC: Blind Pig IPA. When the original brewery closed, we waited and watched that trademark. When it lapsed, Vinnie and I jumped on it. It was very sentimental to us and an important part of our history. It’s also one of my favorites. 6.5 percent ABV, and even hoppier than Pliny the Elder. It’s not as alcoholic so there’s not as much malt or body, just super fresh hoppiness that jumps out of the glass.

Today, you own Russian River, right? Not Korbel?

NC: In 2003, Korbel closed the brewery. They laid Vinnie off, and in lieu of severance we negotiated for the brand, which included everything from the logo to the recipes. In April 2004, we reopened the doors in downtown Santa Rosa as a brewpub owned by me, Vinnie, two business partners, and 28 investors.

In 2008, we opened a production brewery about a mile away, and that’s when we started distributing a little more.

Let’s go back to the beginning: How Russian River get started?

Natalie Cilurzo: Russian River got started by Korbel Champagne Cellars in 1997 in Guerneville, which is a small town in Sonoma County located on the Russian River. The winemaker there was passionate about homebrewing and thought it’d be a great idea to talk his boss into letting him start a brewery. The winemaker wasn’t able to start the brewery, so they hired Vinnie.

Why did you choose Santa Rosa as your home location?

NC: When we decided that we wanted to open a brewpub, we knew we needed a good location. Because Santa Rosa is the most populated city in Sonoma County, it was an ideal location to open a restaurant and brewpub. We found a location right in Santa Rosa on 4th Street and started construction in 2003.

Why Vinnie?

NC: From 1994 to 1996, Vinnie owned a brewery in Temecula called the Blind Pig. At that time, he was making double IPAs and other super hoppy beers. But it was a little too soon for the general public, which wasn’t quite ready for beer like that.

That brewery went out of business shortly after we moved to northern California. Vinnie worked at Korbel for six years, where he started playing around with hops—Korbel planted him a quarter acre. He also got into barrel-aging beers, which was where Damnation, Pliny the Elder, and Temptation were born. He had lots of creative license, and his employer was very supportive of him pushing the envelope.

You were the one who named it?

NC: Our friend Vic Kralj, who owns a bar called the Bistro in Hayward, wanted a double IPA festival. He contacted all the brewers he knew to see if they’d be interested. He’d heard that Vinnie was credited with making one of the first commercially brewed double IPAs at the Blind Pig, and so he called him.

Vinnie made the beer and he wanted a big name for it, so we did what we used to do when looking for names—we drank beer and looked through old fashioned books.

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Do you remember the first time you tried Pliny the Elder?

NC: Honestly, I don’t. But I remember naming the beer.

And you found Pliny the Elder’s name?

NC: We looked up hops and that took us to humulus lupulus

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MASTERS OF BREW /// INDUSTRY LEADERS which took us to lupus salictarius which took us to Pliny the Elder, the Roman naturalist and author. We were inspired to name the beer after him due to his early writings about hops.

And while reading about him, we learned about his nephew and adopted son, Pliny the Younger.

If you could host anyone at the brewery, dead or alive, in brewing or not, who would it be and why?

NC: It’d be fun to host Pliny the Elder and Pliny the Younger. I’d let them taste the beers that were named after them, and I’d be interested in seeing what they think about this whole craft beer thing, especially with the Pliny the Younger release when we have lines around the block.

Do you think Pliny the Elder would be jealous?

NC: I don’t think so, because we have his beer everyday.

Do you have a favorite book?

NC: I don’t have one particular favorite. I bounce around between fiction and nonfiction. My favorite book is any book that holds my attention until the very end. I don’t have a lot of time to read these days. A couple pages in a night is rare.

What was the last book that held your attention?

NC: What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast by Laura Vanderkam. Very simply, it’s about doing the most important things first in the day. That can mean different things to different people. If working out is important to you, do that first. If answering emails is important, do that first. As your day rolls along, you get sidelined by various things—putting out a fire, having a staffing issue, whatever else comes up. But if you do the most important things first...

If you weren’t involved in brewing, what would you be doing?

NC: I’d probably still be in the wine business. I got into it when I was 16 and stayed until 35. It’s all I’ve ever done. It’s in my blood and I love it.

I understand that you’re planning a second location. Can you tell me more about that?

NC: We have a pretty conservative approach to growing our business. We haven’t over-leveraged financially, and we haven’t overreached personally or professionally. We’re doing what’s comfortable for us. Vinnie and I have always had an important goal of buying out our original investors. Once we

WHAT WE’VE LEARNED FROM NATALIE CILURZO: • Russian River originally got its start from Korbel Champagne Cellars • You can start an award-winning brewery by getting creative with severance • Natalie Cilurzo has boasting rights for naming their beer Pliny the Elder • Successful people complete their most important tasks before breakfast • Russian River’s second location should open in Fall 2018

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accomplished that, we started talking seriously about the next phase. We looked at property for a couple of years before we bought 15 acres in Windsor, the town north of Santa Rosa.

Why Windsor?

NC: It’s what was available. Additionally, it’s important to us that our next brewery be close to our downtown Santa Rosa pub. That’s the engine that drives the business, and we don’t want to take attention and time away from the original brewery even when building another. But this is our dream brewery.

There’s never been anything on this property except a farm.

When are you looking to open the new location?

NC: If all goes well, we’ll be opening in fall of 2018.

Are you going to give fans the same experience? Or is the new location about trying new things?

NC: We’ll probably try new things. We’ll have a second brewpub, a tasting room, a gift shop, and we’ll offer tours.

Hopefully we can relieve some pressure from Santa Rosa brewpub, which is bursting at the seams. We’re not looking at new markets, but the new facility will allow us to fulfill existing demand where we currently distribute. But really, the focus of this brewery is to become a cool destination for the Russian River Brewing Company. We want to create something that customers who come from all over the world will be excited to see.

What do you think is behind the recent explosion of sour beers?

NC: I think it’s because brewers make what they like to drink.

Having watched Vinnie brew sour beers for a long time, I know that the first people interested in sours were other brewers.

They enjoy the sour process. It’s different. It’s not a hoppy IPA, pilsner, or porter. It takes a lot of effort and time, and there are a lot of unknown factors. Sour brings the mystery back into brewing, and any brewer likes to learn new things and push the envelope. ABV RUSSIAN RIVER BREWING 725 4th Street, Santa Rosa www.russianriverbrewing.com

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Her Highness of Hops, The Mistress of Malt

Melissa Cole!

CONSIDERED ONE OF THE LEADING beer and food experts, Melissa Cole is an award-winning author, penning the 2012 bestselling Let Me Tell You About Beer (Pavilion) and a world-traveled international beer judge. Her most recent book, The Little Book of Craft Beer (Hardie Grant Books), features her assessment of the world’s greatest brews, including four from the Bay Area. A tried-and-true evangelist, she was willing to share her gospel with ABV magazine while in the US, serving as a judge at Denver’s Great American Beer Festival. Following are highlights from her Q&A with us.

THE CRAFT BEER SCENE IN THE UNITED STATES I think the US has the beer scene just right; the problem is, as industry people and observers, we often fail to see it because we’re right in the middle of all the on-going angst that dogs any industry!

The main thing is that there is so much choice around the place now, local breweries providing local jobs and great beer for their communities, often also being keenly involved in them too.

But stylistically the United States is creating unbelievably interesting and exciting beers but, the most important thing for the evolution of the marketplace, is that they are taking on that sector of ‘sessionability’ and I think that will be a defining feature of beer’s future.

Also, let’s not forget that the country’s resurgence as a beer nation inspired the rest of the world to wake up and smell the wort — that’s something to be proud of.

DEFINITION OF A PERFECT IPA Have you tasted the most perfect IPA yet? What would define the perfect version in your opinion?

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The most perfect IPA is the one I’m enjoying with friends. I’ve had amazing pints of Ballast Point Sculpin whilst laughing with mates in San Diego; I’ve had Pliny the Elder with buddies in Denver, sitting under blankets and heaters outside in 30 degree weather; supped one with a gaggle of judges in the sunshine at 2nd Story in Philadelphia and enjoyed Odell IPA at the brewery with Doug [Odell, founder] — all of these were perfect at the time but all those beers do share something in common, balance.What do you have in your fridge? What’s your go-to on a hot summer night?

Hot summer nights are for sitting outside pubs by the river for me, but if I am home then a really good quality lager, a session IPA, a Berliner weisse, or a gose are always my hot weather go-tos.

THE IMPORTANCE OF NEIGHBORHOOD BREWERIES Neighborhood breweries, as I alluded to earlier, are absolutely vital — they provide a pivot around which parts of the community can revolve. They are, by necessity of size and budget, often very manual and this creates jobs, as do the tap rooms and festivals, and business for food trucks, and so on and so on. This is often overlooked when people talk

about just the beer — which also has to be good; nothing worse than being in a neighborhood with a bad local brewery.

I’ve stayed at a few places that broke my heart along those lines.

WHERE CRAFT BEER IS HEADED The big boys are coming, and coming hard. They’ve made some really smart purchases and I have only seen a drop in quality in one of the breweries that had a high-profile price tag, so it’ll be interesting to see what happens with the others over the next 10 years.

My gut and experience says that the big companies with a serious stock market presence won’t be able to resist slashing costs by cutting corners and quality — it’s what they do, it’s their business imperative. Whilst it might not be now, or in three years time, it will happen and the worst thing is that they’ll want the biggest overhead to go first... and that’s always people.

WHAT’S PUSHING THE INDUSTRY FORWARD I think that the move back to lagers and lighter beers — where there’s nowhere to hide faults, no massive hop bill to smother shortcomings, and no big dark malt flavors to cover up mistakes — that’s the real test of a brewer’s skill.

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“We looked up hops and that took us to humulus lupulus which took us to lupus salictarious which took us to ‘Pliny the Elder’.”

– NATALIE CILURZO, Russian River Brewing

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THOUGHTS ON BREWDOG They gave the UK brewing industry a boot up the bum, and they invest in training their staff well in their retail outlets.

THE LITTLE BOOK OF CRAFT BEER

By Melissa Cole (Hardie Grant Books)

A Statistical Breakdown Total number of beers featured in the book Of those, number of beers from the United States

Number of beers from California

Number of beers from the Bay Area

100 ...13 .....7 .....4

LAST TIME YOU HAD A BEER THAT GAVE YOU A HOLY SH*T MOMENT I had a number at the recent Beavertown Extravaganza (held in London): Burning Sky Cuvée 13 was one of those beers where you just stop talking and breath in its elegance, same with Wild Beer’s barrel-aged Ninkasi. Mikkeller San Diego’s fruited coffee Berliner Raspberry Blush just scrambled my brain because it was so wrong but so right, same with Garage Project’s Wabi Sabi’s — it tasted like it had a 3.5% ABV and was actually more Iike 7.5%; Lost & Grounded’s Running with Sceptres, Lervig’s Cucumber Lager and Bagby Beer’s Sweet Ride Kolsch were all blessed clean reliefs between bonkers beers, and a whole can of Beavertown Neck Oil at the end was just perfect. I could go on just about the beers at that festival over one weekend.

HOW A BREWER CAN GRAB HER ATTENTION NEXT TIME MELISSA COLE JUDGE’S YOUR BEER Brew clean, that’s the starting point for any judging. It’s a slightly depressing way to have to approach beer but we are always looking for the faults first, then flavor balance and then drinkability.

Even with extreme beers, if the phrase, “It’s nice but I wouldn’t want more than a mouthful,” comes from more than two judges on the table, it’s unlikely to advance to medals.

give the damn description! You’ve spent all that money on making the beer, possibly putting it in barrel, having it sit around wasting space and capital, paid the money to enter it, but you can’t take one minute to type one sentence like: “Barrel-aged with Brett on apricots and rosemary,” or whatever the hell it is?

You may notice the last one really annoys me...

THREE THINGS MOST BREWERIES AND TAP ROOMS GET WRONG Training, training, training — if you don’t train your staff you won’t keep them, they won’t be good ambassadors, and they won’t care, and that will transmit to your customers.

If I am standing in a tap room and asking about a beer on the list and the staff can’t tell me, it’s not their fault, it’s the owner’s — that’s where the buck stops.

DO THE TOP 100 BEERS FEATURED IN HER BOOK STILL STAND? Yes and no! The no because I’ve tried another 100 amazing beers since then but the yes is that these things are never perfect, they are subjective and there are some stunning world classics in there that never go out of style!

SIERRA NEVADA TORPEDO EXTRA IPA: BEST SONG TO LISTEN TO WHILE ENJOYING A PINT? The Eagles’ “Take It Easy.”That’s what you should do with that fabulous but dangerous beer!

POINTERS: if you’re entering a specific style category, brew to style and don’t try and cheat the judges; it just pisses us off when we get an IPA in the pale ale category for example.

Second, if you are entering a category where a description is requested …

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The Bakersfield Bacon and Craft Beer Festival A Perfect Pairing?

Story by Clayton Schuster

OCTOBER 23, 7:00PM

MOLECULAR MIXOLOGY: TIPS AND TRICKS FOR HALLOWEEN DRINKS Bourbon and Branch, San Francisco www.bourbonandbranch.com

Harness the power of atoms and booze by learning molecular mixology to impress your friends and annoy your family. After this course you will learn how to make flavored foam for cocktails, liquid nitrogen (sweet!), and safety techniques. They will also be molding spheres made with sodium alginate. If that doesn’t get you dates, nothing will.

OCTOBER 26, 6:00PM

BEER, BITES & BOUNTY Ferry Plaza Building, San Francisco sirwisabrewingcollective.com For what will most likely be a very memorable evening, Sirwisa Brewing Collective will be showcasing an evening of food and beer, the result of connecting homebrewers, commercial breweries, and local chefs/restaurants to support CUESA’s continuation of the farmers markets and outreach. Tickets get you a commemorative tasting glass and a chance to try diverse food and beer pairings.

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SPIRITSFEST Rotary Club, Concord www.spiritsfest.org “Come for the fun… stay for the Boos.” (Man, there are a lot of Halloween puns, no?) This East Bay shindig has been growing in scope and audience every year, so experience it now before it gets thronged (is that a word?). Tickets get you whiskey, wine, beer, food, music, and good times. A partial list of participants include Red Wolf Mead, Hooker Oak Distillery, E.J. Phair, Ruby Hill, Dewar’s, Blue Angel vodka, and more.

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houghts of Bakersfield don’t usually conjure up images of a craft beer oasis. For most folks, the city is little more than a pit stop off the 5 during a Bay-to-LA road trip (or vice versa). Local brew aficionado Austin Powell offers a different perspective. Austin is a member of the brain trust who’s organizing the 4th annual Bakersfield Bacon and Craft Beer Festival. The yearly event gathers brewers from across the state to show off a spectrum of their best and craziest brews to rabid fans as well as each other. It’s a tripartite celebration: Of beer, of pig, and of its host city. According to Austin, the Bakersfield craft beverage scene is thriving. Scores of passionate homebrewers and an ever growing roster of microbreweries are positioning the area to evolve into one of the Golden State’s great beer regions. The success of the festival and the rise of craft beer are part of a positive feedback loop indelibly leading to an awesome and totally sudsy result: the proliferation of good beer.

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BACON AND [CRAFT] BEER FESTIVAL The Park at Riverwalk, Bakersfield www.baconandcraftbeerfest.com Holy sh*t — beer AND bacon together? in one place? The organizers require all participating breweries serve a session beer, a seasonal beer, and a special beer, so this will be interesting. Brewers include Bear Republic, Modern Times, Sierra Nevada, Speakeasy, North Coast, Stone, Drake’s, Firestone and more.

Also, there will be bacon. Lots of bacon. Mmmm... bacon.

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WHAT’S THE STORY BEHIND THE BACON AND CRAFT BEER FEST? Bacon and Craft Beer Festival was an idea formed between my friends and me. Bakersfield was (and is) an emerging craft beer market and we wanted a way to accomplish two things: • Expose the general beer drinker around here to craft beer in a really fun way • Raise money for children’s charities, which was most important for us.

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the spirit of the law HOW IS THE BAKERSFIELD CRAFT BREW SCENE? For the better part of the last decade, the only player in the Bakersfield craft brewery scene has been Lengthwise Brewing. In the last couple of years, however, we’ve seen craft beer emerge. We now have five breweries in a thirty-mile radius, not to mention all the beers distributed here from San Diego, Los Angeles, and the Bay Area.

I’m putting together plans to open a brewery here in California. What are the important things I need from a legal perspective?

It really just comes with demand: the more that people want good craft beer the more that good craft beer shows up in our area. Our festival has been among a series of catalysts guiding that shift toward a true craft beer culture in Bakersfield. We have a homebrewing tent at the festival, and I swear that some of these beers are ready for market. They’re way up there –– as good or better than many of the top beers I’ve tried at the San Diego Homebrew Festival.

Typically, the most important matters are entity formation, the brewery’s name, leases, and vendor contracts.

WHERE DID THE BACON COMPONENT COME FROM? AND WHAT MAKES PIG GO SO GOOD WITH BEER? The crew that puts on the festival – we love bacon. It’s a staple in our lives, for sure. So we just thought, “Why not build an entire beer festival around bacon?”

We do a best bacon competition where all the restaurants bring their A-game. There’s everything from bacon-wrapped hot wings to bacon ice cream to bacon cake. There’s so many cool things to try, stuff infused with bacon; lengthwise Brewery roasts a whole pig. There’s everything imaginable, Iincluding the drinks! This year, Eureka Burger is going to do a bacon maple old fashioned.

WHAT’S THE ONE BEER AND BACON PAIRING THAT EVERYONE COMING OUT TO THE FESTIVAL MUST TRY? I’ll give you two: First one is Lengthwise Imperial Stout paired with just a strip of bacon from the bacon bar, where you walk up and they’ll literally hand you a slice of bacon. It’s a real deep, dark stout that’s aged in red wine barrels. It’s really balanced, bold and subtle at the same time. The stout and the saltiness of that freshly-fried bacon go so well together.

Next one, Kern River Brewing Citra. It’s a super, super limited beer. They only release it twice a year and somehow we’ve siphoned some off for each festival. So, pair that Citra with a braised pork belly from one of our BBQ places – the pork belly is so crispy, but it’s also juicy, and it stands up well to the danky IPA from Kern River.

ARE MOST OF THE BEERS STANDARD FESTIVAL FARE –– LIKE IPAS AND ALES –– OR CAN VISITORS EXPECT TO SEE SOME NICHE OR UNUSUAL STYLES? First of all, we only do California craft beers. We don’t bring in anyone from outside California. We’re really lucky to have so many talented and smart brewers that, at least at our festival, you can really expect to find almost anything. There is going to be the standard stuff — IPAs and barrel-aged everything. We have one local brewery called Dionysus that specializes in sours — they always have a large selection.

One thing that I’m super excited about is our nitro trailer. It’ll probably have six to eight taps with nitro IPA, nitro stout. There’ll also be a few distillers coming out.

Bowen’s Whiskey will be pouring, and THE BACON AND CRAFT BEER Cutwater Spirits will be there as well.

FESTIVAL Cutwater was part of Ballast Point before November 11, Bakersfield the latter sold last year. They’ll pour www.baconandcraftbeerfest.com everything from a rum and cola to a gin and tonic, all pre-mixed in cans. It’s going Read more of this story online at www.abvmagazine.com to be insane.

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First, finalize the formation of the brewery’s legal entity. Shielding the brewery’s owners from liability is important, but considerable work is saved by obtaining licenses, entering into agreements, registering trademarks, etc., under the name of the brewery’s legal entity.

A brewery name must be unique, cannot be similar to any other brewery’s name anywhere in the country, and should be registered as a trademark. The brewery’s name may be its most valuable asset; it’s critical to lock it down.

Leases are inherently risky and favor landlords.

Most breweries need a term of at least 5 years.

Successful or not, the brewery is liable for all rent during the entire term. And it gets worse: Generally, landlords require each partner with a 20% or greater stake to personally guaranty the lease; consequently, every partner takes on substantial personal risk. It is crucial that the lease be negotiated and not just signed.

Once the legal entity is formed, the name protected, the lease negotiated, and licenses are in place, it’s time to make beer— which requires supplies. Gas, kegs, and grain typically come with contracts that salespeople hand out like business cards. These “form agreements” frequently contain terms that are vendor-biased such as automatic renewal and penalty clauses, and horribly impractical dispute resolution provisions.

These agreements are deliberately drafted to place the brewery at a disadvantage. Every brewery needs to fully understand each vendor agreement before signing.

It can be difficult to justify the cost of hiring a professional to help with these issues. But it’s invariably much more expensive to fix a poorly formed entity, settle a name dispute, unravel a bad lease, or get out of a bad vendor contract.

Regardless of your approach, you need to understand every document you sign to create a strong foundation for your new (ad)venture.

Don Winkle is a Craft Beer Attorney with Spaulding McCullough & Tansil in Santa Rosa.

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hile San Francisco and Oakland boast a much denser craft beer scene, San Jose has begun to emerge from under the radar with its own unique vibe. As tech continues to boom, the South Bay — which includes San Jose and the surrounding cities — has attracted young professionals seeking shorter commutes, more space, and more sun. And craft beer.

This post-college crowd is ready to ditch their 30-racks for more complex flavors, and local brewmasters are more than happy — and equipped — to oblige. In the next year, the craft brewing community is primed to explode across San Jose. For those looking to make a day trip to the city, here’s the best breweries, bars, shops, and food to grab as you drink your way through the capital of Silicon Valley.

10:00 AM If you’re spending the day hopping from beer to beer, you should probably start with a coffee. With an eclectic crowd that ranges from families to flannel-wearers to local techies taking their $10,000 road bikes out for a spin, Chromatic Coffee has something for everyone. For those fueling up for an epic day of drinking, grab a flat white or a café brulee. But if you’re looking to get a head start, jump right in with their café con leche milk stout, a collaboration between Chromatic and Camino Beer Company. And no matter what you drink, be sure to try a pastry. (They have a second location in Santa Clara.)

11:00 AM New kids on the block Brian and Derek, the boys

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behind Hapa’s Brewing Company, have a beautiful open-air spot. Their Hungry Dog IPA and Barbie’s Blonde pair nicely with Fall weather. Come for the beer, stay for the conversation, food trucks, and live music.

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12:30 PM Worship at the house of Seitan while sampling a well-curated craft beer list. If you don’t normally take vegan options seriously, enter Good Karma Artisan Ales and Café with an open mind. Their food will leave you impressed, if not make you a convert. Try the Jamaican Jerk – a tofu and soy take on the classic, or the Chana Marsala, a savory chickpea dish.

12:30 PM Second lunch option: Amazing BBQ and a rotating craft beer list at South Winchester BBQ and Craft Beer. That’ll do.

2:00 PM Now that we’ve got a good base going, let’s hit the next stop on the San Jose beer tour – and the first of a trifecta that you can walk between. Solid go-tos at Strike Brewing are the Classic Dot Blond Ale, a sessionable collaboration with legendary skateboarding company Santa Cruz, and the Colossus of Clout Irish Red.

3:30 PM Next up is Hermitage Brewing, — the OGs of the San Jose beer scene got its start in 2008 but their brewing roots date back to 1987. Having one of the top five percent production breweries in the country by volume allows them to access an amazing network of ingredients, and they put it to good use. We suggest you start with one of their incredible sours, or sample something from their Single Hop Series.

5:00 PM Next stop on the brewery walk is the Santa Clara Valley Brewing Company, an intimate taproom with exceptional beer that pays homage to San Jose’s landmarks and history. The barrel-aged Loma Prieta, available aged in either bourbon or rye barrels, is great in either variety, while their seasonal Heart’s Delight, featuring locally-grown fruit, is also a winner.

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WHAT’S WHAT & WHAT’S WHERE Listed in order of appereance in story CHROMATIC COFFEE 17 N. Second St., www.chromaticcafe.com HAPA’S BREWING 460 Lincoln Ave. www.hapasbrewing.com GOOD KARMA ARTISAN ALES AND CAFÉ 37 1st St. www.goodkarmasj.com SOUTH WINCHESTER BBQ 1362 S Winchester. www.swinchesterbbq.com STRIKE BREWING & TAPROOM 2099 S 10th St, #30 www.strikebrewingco.com SANTA CLARA VALLEY BREWING 101 E Alma Ave. www.scvbrewing.com

ORIGINAL GRAVITY PUBLIC HOUSE 66 1st St., www.originalgravitypub.com ISO BEERS 75 E Santa Clara St., #120 www.isobeers.com AFKGG GAMER’S LOUNGE 163 W. Santa Clara St. www.afkgg.com SAN PEDRO SQUARE MARKET 87 N. San Pedro St www.sanpedrosquaremarket.com (All locations are in San Jose unless otherwise specified.

For a full list of breweries as well as distilleries, cideries and mead-makers, in San Jose and the whole Bay Area, go to page 26)

HERMITAGE BREWING 1627 S 7th St., www.hermitagebrewing.com

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Strike Brewing

6:00 PM With 35 rotating taps and large

7:30 PM Whether you’ve brought your

selection of house-made and gourmet sausages, you can’t go wrong at Original Gravity Public House. The staff is extremely knowledgeable, friendly, and ready to help you choose the best pairings.

PRO TIP: if you’re feeling brave and want to go off-menu, ask the bartender what exotic meats they’re serving.

own system to a LAN party or played roundrobin Super Smash Brothers for hours on end, chances are that you’ve tried to relive your childhood gaming days at least a few times in recent years. The AFKgg Gamer’s Lounge will make you feel like a kid again, even while you knock back a beer — or three.

7:00 PM Standing for “in search of,” ISO

teeming with food options, cornhole, and cool nooks in which to post up, San Pedro Square Market is a good place to end your day. If you still have room for one last beer, Market Beer Co. has over 200 bombers available and often hosts Tap Takeovers from the best breweries in the Bay Area. ABV — Story by Chris Ward

serves beer you didn’t know you’ve been dying to try. The bar has an awesome dog-friendly outdoor beer garden and encourages outside food, so grab a sandwich from Ike’s Place nearby, pick from the forty beers on tap or the extensive bottle and can list, and go hang with the pooch people.

8:45 PM A popular indoor/outdoor market

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Tallking Craft Beer With Jared Scardina, prop master for HBO’s massive hit, Silicon Valley

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he best films and television, especially comedy, reflect the times. Recently, few satires have received as much critical praise and attention as HBO’s hit show Silicon Valley, due in large part to the show’s ability to keep up with the continuously evolving tech world of Palo Alto. The technology seems like something you’d read about in this month’s Wired magazine and the characters could live in the house next to your own.

Craft beer, coconut water, and weed feature prominently throughout the show: Erlich is a (somewhat) high-functioning stoner; Pappy Van Winkle bourbon whiskey arrives as a recruitment perk for Gilfoyle; the house’s fridge is stocked with expensive, unpasteurized coconut water; and a case of Pliny the Elder sits on the kitchen counter; Gilfoyle is rarely seen without a bottle in his hand, and there are usually bottles of local brew on the communal coding table.

In this world then, craft beer is front and center. With this in mind, we spoke with Jared Scardina, Silicon Valley’s prop master, about why the show has embraced craft.

ABV: Why is craft beer featured so regularly in Silicon Valley?

Jared Scardina (JS): I If you look back at the pilot, they were drinking Mexican and domestic [big beer] brands. I came on board to redo some of the pilot and I established a relationship with a local microbrewery. That’s what people drink now: in Northern California, you won’t find any coders drinking Miller or Coors.

ABV: How does the setting play into the show?

JS: I grew up in Northern California and did the whole trail running and ultra running thing. Back then, craft beer wasn’t as blown up as it is now. But those runners would be drinking IPAs after their races. Big beards and IPAs. So I went out and integrated those beers into the show.

My assistant had a contact at North Coast Brewery and we reached out. I saw that they had Old Rasputin, and I immediately thought of Gilfoyle.

Gilfoyle’s character is a LaVeyan Satanist. What kind of beer would that guy drink? There was no better mystic character than Grigori Rasputin. If Gilfoyle had more tattoos he’d have Rasputin. His character is like, “This is my beer.”

ABV: How are props selected on Silicon Valley?

JS: In the script, it’ll call for “beer,” and then I’ll come with four different choices — I try to establish characters with something that’s relatable and that’s not commercial. Those choices go through the creative process, and then, Bam! It’s a done deal. It could be headphones, computers, laptops – anything they interact with in a scene is our department.

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ABV: Each of the characters has their own beer brand.

What’s the logic?

JS: I matched them up to their personalities. Erlich has Old Stock Ale and, for a minute, Pranqster. Gilfoyle has Old Rasputin. The other’s don’t drink as much as those two.

ABV: Jared never really drinks, but if he did, what would he drink?

JS: I’d have to ask the actor what he thought. Maybe there’s a history to that character that the actor knows. Like when he’s sleeping he’s talking in German, so maybe he’d be into some weird German brand. Something most people don’t like but a select few do.

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ABV: As the beer scene has evolved, why haven’t the beers on the show? Why do I never see a Mikkeller beer, for instance?

JS: Silicon Valley is a weird show this way: The timeline is linear to the technology. Think about season one. We are only like nine months into the future from that. Which is interesting, because they still write things that wouldn’t be in the show in 2013. But, we try to stay in [the show’s] reality. That’s why the guys keep drinking the same bottles. But for technology….Tesla wasn’t out yet but now we have it in the show.

ABV: Favorite breweries in California?

JS: Lagunitas, Figueroa Mountain, and Ballast Point.

ABV: What’s next for Silicon Valley?

JS: Next season, I’d like to integrate a growler. I saw this really cool product that just came out: it’s a growler mixed with a beer stein that keeps your beer cold. It’s very steampunk.

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ABV: Have any breweries paid to be on the show?

JS: None of those beers are paid product integrations. The companies you see more often are just companies that we reached out to because we liked the product. Just like my choice in bongs and pipes and whatever. It’s all from me. I reach out to companies that I think make interesting products.

ABV: I see you’re a fan of Grav Lab and Illadelph bongs.

JS: [Laughing …] I’ve used both and liked them. So, I’m going to try to get them some exposure.

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GETTING YOUR TECH DRINK ON How – and Where – To Drink Like the Guys From Silicon Valley • By Chris Ward EARLIER IN THE YEAR, everyone’s favorite middle-out compression company returned for their fourth season of snark and hijinks.

Frequently seen with a Sculpin or Drake’s in hand, it’s clear from the start that the founding members of Pied Piper are craft beer fans.

The following is a list of the top spots where you could run into Pied Piper and other techie beer aficionados, with a few nearby Silicon Valley landmarks thrown in for your inner geek.

GILFOYLE’S TOP BOTTLE SHOPS Jane’s Beer Store You will always come home with something amazing from Jane’s.

The staff is exceptional at knowing what’s tasting particularly great at the moment and picking out a beer you’ll love but haven’t tried before. With its stripped-down metal vibe, this is where Gilfoyle buys his bombers. www.janesbeerstore.com What’s Nearby?

Google Campus. A few blocks from where the Android Operating systems are designed there are giant sculptures of each affectionately-named release: Jelly Bean, KitKat, and Lollipop. www.google.com The Willows Market Willows Market is a staple for tech workers in the area choosing to forego their free cafeteria food for high-quality BBQ. The market has many other high-end goods, but the real gem is the well-stocked beer selection. Extra points for having several sours already cold and ready to pop. www.willowsmarket.com

Bobby’s Liquor This unassuming liquor store in Santa Clara boasts an impressive selection of craft beer. Cans of Heady Topper have been rumored to grace these shelves occasionally. www.bobbysliquor.com What’s Nearby?

The Tech Museum of Innovation. Located in downtown San Jose, this museum provides an amazing chance for adults and children alike to explore a variety of interactive, cutting-edge technology exhibits such as Innovations in Health Care, Social Robots, and the BioDesign Studio.www.thetech.org

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The Apple Garage. This is where Silicon Valley legends Steve “Woz” Wozniak and Steve Jobs built the first models of the Apple I. 2066 Crist Drive, Los Altos

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ERLICH’S TOP BREWERIES The Taproom (Palo Alto Brewing) Located one block away from Palo Alto’s “Lucky Office” (see below), with solid craft beer and a-dollar-a-wing Wednesdays, what are the chances that Erlich doesn’t frequent this place? www.paloaltobrewing.com What’s Nearby?

Palo Alto’s “Lucky Office:” This building has been the home of many startups in their early years, and was most notably the first office of both Google and Paypal. 165 University Ave., Palo Alto.

Alpha Acid This small brewery and taproom churns out some of the best craft beer in the country. There, I said it. And now you know about it before any of your friends. Look for the sours, IPAs, and barrel-aged imperial stouts. www.alphaacidbrewing.com

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TBD — With Alpha Acid located in an office park, you can be sure some new startup is cooking up a billion-dollar idea next door.

Freewheel Brewing Company If classic British beer is your thing, you’ll love this place. It’s as authentic as you can get stateside, with hand-pulled 20 oz. “pints” that lend a European, velvety mouth feel. www.freewheelbrewing. com What’s Nearby?

The Facebook Sign Time to post a picture of yourself giving the thumbs-up. A Facebook post at Facebook is the ultimate form of social media inception. 1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park

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DINESH’S TOP BEER BARS Ale Arsenal Ale Arsenal has long been a staple for craft beer lovers in Silicon Valley. They offer an exceptional draft and bottle list, host events and tap takeovers from great breweries, and often have highly soughtafter cans of fresh, juicy, Instagram-able cans. www.alearsenal.com What’s Nearby?

Oracle Headquarters When not sailing the seas, Larry Ellison’s 2010 America’s Cup sailboat parks in the lake out front of HQ. 300 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores Steins Beer Garden This German-inspired beer garden boasts a great selection of German, Belgian, and local beers on tap. If you’re looking for an upscale, well-lit bar to watch a game or enjoy good company, Steins has you covered. www.steinsbeergarden.com What’s Nearby?

The Facebook House Come see the house where Justin Timberlake took 6-foot bong rips in 2010’s The Social Network. Fun fact: it’s still rented out to ambitious hackers each summer. 819 Jennifer Way, Palo Alto The Rose and Crown English Pub and Restaurant The site where lead engineer Dinesh Chugtai’s brother held his successful Kickstarter party for the social networking app “Bro.” If drinking fresh European craft beer while rubbing shoulders with the Silicon Valley elite and chowing down on authentic English pub food doesn’t impress you, then Russ Hanneman never had three commas. www.roseandcrownpa.com What’s Nearby?

Hewlett-Packard Garage The plaque outside will tell you that this is the “home” of Silicon Valley, along with some other historical tidbits, but unfortunately the garage where HP was born is barely visible from the street. 367 Addison Ave., Palo Alto

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SANTA CLARA VALLEY BREWING www.scvb.beer (408) 288-5181 LOCATION 101 E. Alma, San Jose TAPROOM HOURS MON – FRI: 3:00pm – 9:00pm SAT: 12:00pm–8:00pm SUN: 12:00pm–6:00pm

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Founded in 1997, at Ben & Nick’s Bar & Grill we focus on great pub food, local and hard to find beers & well-crafted cocktails.With our easy-going atmosphere and quality products, we are a restaurant unlike any other in the Rockridge area.

Over 23 craft beers on tap and delicious house-made food with weekly live music nights makes Cato’s a great destination for a special night out, to relax after work, or just hang out with friends and family. Fresh kegs of Pliny the Elder are tapped every Tuesday @ 2:00pm!

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NORTH BAY

Marin, Napa, Solano, and Sonoma counties

BREWERIES 101 North Brewing 1304 Scott St., Petaluma (707) 701-5061 www.101northbeer.com 2 Tread Brewing 1018 Santa Rosa Plaza, Santa Rosa (415) 233-0857 www.2tbc.com 3 Disciples Brewing 5511 Volkerts Rd.,Sebastopol (707) 228-7309 www.3disciplesbrewing.com Adobe Creek Brewing 67 Galli Dr., Novato (415) 506-4565 www.adobecreekbrewing.com Barrel Brothers Brewing 399 Business Park Ct. #506, Windsor (707) 696-9487 www.barrelbrothersbrewing.com Barrel Trolley Brewing 500 Redwood Blvd, Novato (415) 382-6900 www.barreltrolley.com Bear Republic Brewing 345 Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg (707) 894-2722 ext.21 www.bearrepublic.com Berryessa Brewing 27260 CA-128, Winters (530) 795-3526 www.berryessabrewingco.com Beercraft Rohnert Park 5704 Commerce Blvd, Rohnert Park • (707) 206-9440 www.beercraft.com Blue Frog Brewing 1740 Travis Blvd., Fairfield (707) 429-2337 www.bluefrogbrewingcompany.com

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Bruehol Brewing 401 Gerald Court, Benicia (707) 327-6768 www.bruehol.com Calistoga Inn and Brewery 1250 Lincoln Ave, Calistoga (707) 942-4101 www.calistogainn.com Carneros Brewing 22985 Burndale Rd, Sonoma (707) 938-1880 www.carnerosbrewing.com Cooperage Brewing 981 Airway Ct. G, Santa Rosa (707) 293-9787 www.cooperagebrewing.com Crooked Goat Brewing 120 Morris St, Suite 120 Sebastopol • (707) 827-3893 www.crookedgoatbrewing.com Diesel Punk 500 Redwood Blvd, Ste 200 Novato • (415) 382-6900 www.dieselpunkbrew.com Fogbelt Brewing 1305 Cleveland Ave. Santa Rosa • (707) 978-3400 www.fogbeltbrewing.com Fossil Fuels Brewing Company 15045 River Rd., Guerneville (707) 869-0705 fossilfuelsbrewingco.com Grav South Brew Co. 7950 Redwood Drive, Ste 15 Cotati • (707) 753-4198 www.gravsouthbrewco.com Headlands Brewing 16 Forrest St., Mill Valley (415) 890-4226 www.headlandsbrewing.com Healdsburg Beer Company 1670 Stirrup Loop, Healdsburg (707) 529-0326 www.healdsburgbeercompany.com Henhouse Brewing 322 Bellevue Ave, Santa Rosa (707) 978-4577 www.henhousebrewing.com

Heretic Brewing 1052 Horizon Dr., Suite B, Fairfield • (707) 389-4573 www.hereticbrewing.com Lagunitas 1280 North McDowell Blvd Petaluma • (707) 769-4495 www.lagunitas.com Mad Fritz Brewery 393 La Fata, St. Helena (707) 968-5058 www.madfritz.com Mare Island Brewing 289 Mare Island Way, Ste G Vallejo • (707) 556-3000 www.mareislandbrewing.com Moylan’s Brewing 15 Rowland Way, Novato (415) 898-4677 www.moylans.com Napa Smith Brewing 101 Yolano Dr., Vallejo (877) 590-2026 www.napasmithbrewery.com Old Redwood Brewing 9000 Windsor Road, Windsor (707) 657-7624 www.oldredwoodbrewing.com Russian River Brewing 725 4th Street, Santa Rosa 707) 545-2337 www.russianriverbrewing.com Shady Oak Barrel House 420 1st St, Santa Rosa (707) 595-8958 www.shadyoakbarrelhouse.com Sonoma Springs Brewing 19449 Riverside Dr #101 Sonoma • (707) 938-7422 www.sonomaspringsbrewing.com St. Florian’s Brewery 7704A Bell Rd, Windsor (707) 838-2739 www.stfloriansbrewery.com Stumptown Brewery 15045 River Rd., Guerneville (707) 869-0705 www.stumptown.com

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CRAFT DRINKING GUIDE T.W. Pitchers’ Brewing 2480 Spring Mountain Road St. Helena • (415) 999-2009 www.twpitchers.com The Barlow 6780 Depot Street, #110 Sebastopol • (707) 824-5600 www.thebarlow.net Van Houten Brewing 19 Caletta Ave, San Anselmo vanhoutenbrewing.blogspot.com Woodfour Brewing 6780 Depot St., #160, Sebastopol • (707) 823-3144 www.w4brewing.com

GASTROPUBS, BARS & RESTAURANTS Cochon Volant BBQ 18350 Sonoma Hwy, Sonoma (707) 509-5480 www.cochonvolantbbq.com Dempsey’s Restaurant and Brewery 50 E Washington St, Petaluma (707) 765-9694 www.dempseys.com Downtown Joe’s Restaurant and Brewery 902 Main St, Napa (707) 258-2337 www.downtownjoes.com Sauced BBQ, Petaluma 151 Petaluma Blvd. S, #129, Petaluma (707) 410-4400 www.sauchedbbqandspirits.com Taps 54 E Washington S, Petaluma (707) 763-6700 www.petalumataps.com Third Street Aleworks 610 Third St, Santa Rosa (707) 523-3060 www.thirdstreetaleworks.com

BREWPUBS Iron Springs Pub & Brewery 765 Center Blvd, Fairfax (415) 485-1005 www.ironspringspub.com Marin Brewing 1809 Larkspur Landing Circle Larkspur • (415) 461-4677 www.marinbrewing.com Murphy’s Irish Pub 464 First Street East, Sonoma (707) 933-0660 www.sonomapub.com

BOTTLE SHOPS BeerCraft Novato 7338 Redwood Blvd, Novato www.beercraft.com Rincon Valley Tap Room & Bottle Shop 4927 Sonoma Hwy, Santa Rosa (707) 595-5516 www.rvtaproom.com

TAP ROOMS Brewsters Beer Garden 229 Water St. North, Petaluma (707) 981-8330 www.brewsterbeergarden.com Cloverdale Ale Company 131 E First Street, Cloverdale

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(707) 894-9610 www.cloverdaleale.com Confluence Taprooom & Lounge 4357 Montgomery Drive, Santa Rosa • (707) 293-9702 www.confluencetaproom.com Healdsburg Tap Room 210 Healdsburg Ave Healdsburg • (707) 934-5092 www.healdsburgtaproom.com Mill Valley Beerworks 173 Throckmorton Ave. Mill Valley • (415) 888-8218 www.millvalleybeerworks.com Moonlight Brewing Fulton,(707) 528-2537 www.moonlightbrewing.com Plow Brewing 3334 Industrial Dr., Santa Rosa (707) 843-4583 Ruhstaller Brewery & Taproom 800 Business Park Drive, Suite G Dixon • (530) 601-8240 www.ruhstallerbeer.com

DISTILLERIES Charbay Distillery 4001 Spring Mountain Road St. Helena •(707) 462-2249 www.charbay.com Griffo Distillery 1320 Scott St, Petaluma (707) 879-8755 www.griffodistillery.com Sonoma County Distilling 5625 State Farm Dr. #18 Rohnert Park •(707) 583-7753 www.sonomacountydistilling.com Spirit Works Distillery 6790 McKinley Street, #100, Sebastopol • (707) 634-4793 www.spiritworksdistillery.com Sweetwater Distillers 611 2nd St, Petaluma (707) 778-6041

CIDERIES & MEADERIES Apple Garden Farm 3875 Tomales-Petaluma Rd, Tomales • (707) 878-9152 www.applegardenfarm.com Ace Cider 2064 Gravenstein Hwy N #40, Sebastopol • (707) 829-1101 www.acecider.com Coturri Winery 6725 Enterprise Road Glen Ellen • (707) 525-9126 www.coturriwinery.com Devoto Cider 655 Gold Ridge Rd. Sebastopol •(707) 823-6650 www.devotocider.com Ethic Ciders 967 Transport Way, Petaluma (415) 717-4416 www.ethicciders.com Foxcraft Hard Cider 409 Mendocino Ave Santa Rosa • (707) 528-8588 www.foxcraftcider.com Heidrun Meadery 11925 State Route 1, Point Reyes Station (415) 663-9122 www.heidrunmeadery.com

Horse & Plow Wine and Cider 1272 Gravenstein Hwy N Sebastopol • (707) 827-3486 www.horseandplow.com Sonoma Cider 1451 Grove Street, Healdsburg (707) 723-7004 www.sonomacider.com Tilted Shed Ciderwork 7761 Bell Road, Windsor (707) 657-7796 www.tiltedshed.com Troy Cider 850 River Road, Fulton (707) 490-6696 www.troycider.com

HOMEBREWING SUPPLIES Beer Belly Fermentation Supply 399 Business Park Ct., Ste 205 Windsor • (707) 837-5750 www.jmbrew.com Beverage People, The 1845 Piner Rd., Ste D Santa Rosa • (707) 544-2520 www.thebeveragepeople.com J&M Brewing Supplies 101 Roblar Dr., Ste C Novato • (415) 883-7300 www.jmbrew.com Napa Fermentation Supplies 575 3rd St., Ste A Napa • (707) 255-6372 www.napafermentation.com

EAST BAY Alameda and Contra Costa counties

BREWERIES 21st Amendment Brewery & Restaurant Williams Street, Unit A San Leandro • (510)595-2111 www.21st-amendment.com Alameda Island Brewing 1716 Park Street, Alameda (510) 217-8885 www.alamedaislandbrewingcompany.com Ale Industries 3096 E. 10th St, Oakland (510) 479-3185 www.aleindustries.com Alpha Acid Brewing 121 Industrial Road, Suite 11 Belmont • (650) 394-4728 www.alphaacidbrewing.com Altamont Beer Works 2403 Research Drive, Livermore • (925) 294-8970 www.altamontbeerworks.com Armistice Brewing Company 845 Marina Bay Pkwy #1 Richmond • (510) 230-4966 www.armisticebrewing.com Benoit-Casper Brewing 1201 Pennsylvania Ave, Richmond •(408) 695-3449 www.bcbrewing.com Black Diamond Brewing 2470 Bates Ave Ste C, Concord (925) 356-0120 www.blackdiamondbrew.com

Buffalo Bills Brewery 1082 B St, Hayward (510) 886-9823 www.buffalobillsbrewery.com Calicraft Brewing 2700 Mitchell Drive Walnut Creek • (925) 478-8103 www.calicraft.com Cleophus Quealy Beer 448 Hester St., San Leandro (510) 463-4534 www.cleoph.us Cooler, The 1517 E 14th Street, San Leandro (510) 357-3949 www.thecoolersl.com Diving Dog Brewhouse 1802 Telegraph Ave., Oakland (510) 306-1914 www.divingdogbrew.com Drakes Brewing 1933 Davis St. 177, San Leandro (510) 568-2739 www.drinkdrakes.com East Brother Beer 1001 Canal Blvd, Richmond (510) 230-4081 www.eastbrotherbeer.com Eight Bridges Brewing 332 Earhart Way, Livermore (925) 961-9160 www.eightbridgesbrewing.com Epidemic Ales 150 Mason St., Ste J, Concord (925) 566-8850 www.epidemicales.com Faction Brewing 2501 Monarch St., Alameda (510) 523-2739 www.factionbrewing.com Fieldwork Brewing 1160 Sixth Street, Berkeley (510) 898-1203 www.fieldworkbrewing.com Ghost Town Brewing 2640 Union St., Oakland (510) 926-6728 www.ghosttownbrewing.com Good Hop, The 2421 Telegraph Ave. Oakland • (510) 338-6598 www.thegoodhop.com Independent Brewing 444 Harrison St., Oakland (510) 698-2337 www.independentbrewing.com JP DasBrew 44356 South Grimmer Blvd, Fremont • (510) 270-5345 www.dasbrewinc.com Novel Brewing 6510 San Pablo Ave, Oakland (510) 922-9974 www.novelbrewing.com Oakland United Beerworks 3775 Alameda Ave., Unit G Oakland • (510) 251-8898 www.oaklandunitedbeerworks.com Rare Barrel, The 940 Parker Street, Berkeley (510) 984-6585 www.therarebarrel.com Shadow Puppet Brewing 4771 Arroyo Vista Ste. B Livermore • (925) 453-6498 www.shadowpuppetbrewing.com

Working Man Brewery 5542 Brisa Street, Ste 5 Livermore • (925) 269-9622 www.workingmanbrewing.com

GASTROPUBS, BARS & RESTAURANTS Barclay’s Restaurant and Pub 2430 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley (510) 654-1650 www.barclayspub.com Beer Baron 336 St. Mary Street, Pleasanton (925) 579-4865 www.beerbaronbar.com Beer Revolution Bar 464 3rd St., Oakland (510) 452-2337 www.beer-revolution.com Ben N Nick’s Bar & Grill 5612 College Ave, Oakland (510) 923-0327 www.benandnicks.com Bonehead’s Texas BBQ 3422 Mt. Diablo Blvd, Lafayette (925) 348-4353 www.boneheadsbbq.com Bull Valley Roadhouse 14 Canyon Lake Drive Port Costa • (510) 787-1135 www.bullvalleyroadhouse.com Cato’s Ale House 3891 Piedmont Ave, Oakland (510) 655-3349 www.catosalehouse.com Clove and Hoof Oakland 4001 Broadway, Oakland (510) 547-1446 www.cloveandhoofoakland.com Eureka! Concord 1975 Diamond Blvd., Sute C-160 Concord • (925) 265-2120 www.eurekarestaurantgroup.com Forbidden Island 1304 Lincoln Ave, Alameda (510) 749-0332 www.forbiddenislandalameda.com Gather Restaurant 2200 Oxford Street Berkeley • (510) 809-0400 www.gatherrestaurant.com Gaumenkitzel 2121 San Pablo Ave, Berkeley (510) 647-5016 www.gaumenkitzel.com Growler Pub, The 515 San Ramon Valley Blvd Danville • (925) 984-2706 www.growlerpubdanville.com Handles on Main 855 Main Street, Pleasanton (925) 399-6690 www.handlesgastropub.com Hopyard Alehouse 3015 Hopyard Rd., Pleasanton (925) 426-9600 www.hopyard.com Pete’s Brass Rail and Car Wash 201 Hartz Ave, Danville (925) 820-8281 www.petesbrassrail.com Pleasanton Main Street Brewery 830 Main Street, Pleasanton (925) 462-8218 www.mainstbrewery.com

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CRAFT DRINKING GUIDE Sauced BBQ, Livermore 300 First St #120, Livermore (925) 961-1300 www.sauchedbbqandspirits.com Sauced BBQ, Walnut Creek 1410 Locus St., Walnut Creek (925) 433-5957 www.sauchedbbqandspirits.com Smoke, Berkeley 2434 San Pablo Ave., Berkeley (510) 548-8801 www.smokeberkeley.com Triple Rock Brewery and Alehouse 1920 Shattuck, Berkeley (510) 843-2739 www.triplerock.com

BREWPUBS 828 Bites and Brews 828 Main St., Pleasanton (925) 462-8218 www.mainstbrewery.com EJ Phair Brewing 2151 Salvio St. Suite L, Concord (925) 691-4253 www.ejphair.com First Street Alehouse 2106 First Street, Livermore (925) 371-6588 www.firststreetalehouse.com Hoi Polloi Brewing Taproom 1763 Alcatraz Ave, Berkeley (510) 858-7334 www.hoipolloibrewpub.com McKay’s Beer Garden 252 Main St., Pleasanton (925) 425-0217 www.mckaysbeergarden.com Oakland Brewing Company 444 Harrison St., Oakland (510) 394-4677 www.oaklandbrewing.com Pyramid Brewing 910 Gilman St, Berkeley (510) 527-9090 www.pyramidbrew.com Temescal Brewing 4115 Telegraph Ave., Oakland (510) 899-5628 www.temescalbrewing.com

BOTTLE SHOPS Diablo Foods 3615 Mt. Diablo Blvd., Lafayette • (925) 283-0737 www.diablofoods.com Northbrae Bottle Shop 1590 Hopkins St, Berkeley (510) 525-5323 www.northbraebottleshop.com Wine Thieves 3401 Mt. Diablo Blvd., Lafayette • (925) 299-9070 www.winethieves.com

TAP ROOMS Caps & Taps 6601 Dublin Blvd., Suite M Dublin • (925) 248-2139 www.capsandtapsdublin.com EJ Phair Pittsburg Taproom 300 Cumberland St., Pittsburg (925) 427-7204 www.ejphair.com

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Hog’s Apothecary 375 40th St, Oakland (510) 338-3847 www.hogsapothecary.com Hop Grenade, The 2151 Salvio St., Suite J Concord • (925) 285-1301 www.thehopgrenade.com Ol Beercafe and Bottle Shop 1541 Giammona Dr., Walnut Creek • (925) 210-1147 www.beer-shop.org Rose’s Taproom 49030 Telegraph Ave, Oakland www.rosestaproom.com Tap 25 25 S Livermore Ave, Ste 107 Livermore • (925) 294-8970 www.tap-25.com Torpedo Room, The 2031 Fourth Street, Berkeley (510) 647-3439

DISTILLERIES Bay Area Distilling 2160 Elkins Way A Brentwood • (415) 509-6885 bayareadistilling.com Do Good Distillery 3173 Del Este, Modesto (209) 484-6406 www.dogooddistillery.com Falcon Spirits Distillery 3701 Collins Ave, Richmond (510) 234-3252 www.botanicagin.com Hangar One 2505 Monarch St, Alameda (510) 871-4951 www.hangarone.com St. George Spirits 2601 Monarch St, Alameda (510) 769-1601 www.stgeorgespirits.com

CIDERIES & MEADERIES Crooked City Cider 477 25th Street, Oakland www.crookedcitycider.com Far West Cider 1325 Canal Blvd, Richmond (415) 465-0781 www.farwestcider.com Hidden Star Orchards 1235 Phoenix Way, San Leandro • (510) 969-8620 www.hiddenstarorchards.com Mead Kitchen, The 2323B 4th Street, Berkeley (510) 473-2265 www.themeadkitchen.com

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995 Detroit Ave., Concord (925) 939-2337 www.morebeer.com HopTech Homebrewing Supplies 6398 Dougherty Rd., Ste 7 Dublin • (925) 875-0246 www.hoptech.com Oak Barrel Winecraft 1443 San Pablo Ave. Berkeley (510) 849-0400 www.oakbarrel.com

Williams Brewing 2088 Burroughs Ave, San Leandro • (800) 759-6025 www.williamsbrewing.com

SAN FRANCISCO AND PENINSULA San Francisco and San Mateo counties

BREWERIES Almanac Beer 2325 3rd St Ste #222, San Francisco • (415) 992-3438 www.almanacbeer.com Anchor Brewing 1705 Mariposa Street, San Francisco www.anchorbrewing.com Armstrong Brewing 415 Grand Ave. S, San Francisco (650) 989-8447 www.armstrongbrewing.com Bare Bottle Brewing 1525 Cortland Ave., San Francisco • (415) 926-8617 www.barebottle.com Black Hammer Brewing 544 Bryant St., San Francisco, (415) 758-2223 www.blackhammerbrewing.com Blue Oak Brewing Company 821 Cherry Lane, San Carlos 415-273-9676 www.blueoakbrewing.com Cellarmaker Brewing 1150 Howard S, San Francisco (415) 863-3940 www.cellarmakerbrewing.com Devils Canyon Brewing 935 Washington St., San Carlos (650) 592-2739 www.devilscanyon.com Fort Point Beer 644 Old Mason St., San Francisco • (415) 906-4021 www.fortpointbeer.com Harmonic Brewing 1050 26th St.,San Francisco (415) 872-6817 www.harmonicbrewing.com HolyCraft Brewing 635 Vallejo St., San Francisco (415) 269-0738 www.holycraftbrewery.com Hop Dogma Brewing 30 Ave Portola #1B, El Granada (650) 560-8729 www.hopdogma.com Laughing Monk Brewing 1439 Egbert Ave A, San Francisco • (415) 890-5970 www.laughingmonkbrewing.com Local Brewing 69 Bluxome St., San Francisco (415) 932-6702 www.localbrewingco.com Magnolia Brewing 2505 3rd St., San Francisco (415) 864-7468 www.magnoliabrewing.com Mikkeller Bar 34 Mason Street, San Francisco • (415) 984-0279 www.mikkellerbar.com

Pacific Brewing Laboratory 334 South Van Ness San Francisco, (415) 937-7843 www.pacbrewlab.com Pine Street Brewery 1270 Pine St. #1, San Francisco (415) 744-4062 www.pinestreetbrewery.com Social Kitchen and Brewery 1326 9th Ave, San Francisco (415) 681-0330 www.socialkitchenandbrewery.com Southern Pacific Brewing 620 Treat Ave., San Francisco (415) 341-0152 www.southernpacificbrewing.com Sufferfest Beer Company 2147 Greenwich St, San Francisco www.sufferfesbeer.com Sunset Reservoir 1735 Noriega St., San Francisco (415) 571-8452 www.sunsetbeersf.com Tied House Brewing 954 Villa St., Mountain View (650) 965-2739 www.tiedhouse.com Thirsty Bear Brewing 661 Howard St., San Francisco (510) 338-0881 www.thirstybear.com Triple Voodoo Brewery 2245 3rd St, San Francisco (415) 598-8811 www.triplevoodoo.com Woods Brewing 3801 18th Street, San Francisco (415) 212-8412 www.woodsbeer.com

GASTROPUBS, BARS & RESTAURANTS Gourmet Haus Staudt 2615 Broadway, Redwood City (650) 364-9232 www.gourmethausstaudt.com Holy Water 309 Cortland Ave, San Francisco (415) 638-6129 www.holywatersf.com Pilsner Inn 225 Church St, San Francisco (415) 621-7058 www.pilsnerinn.com mypizzaorgasmica.com Rogues Ale Public House 673 Union St., San Francisco (415) 362-7880 www.rogue.com Southpaw BBQ 2170 Mission St., San Francisco (415) 218-0917 www.southpawbbqsf.com Timber & Salt 881 Middlefield Rd., Redwood City • (650) 362-3777 www.timberandsalt.com

BREWPUBS 21st Amendment Brewery 563 2nd St., San Francisco (415) 369-0900 www.21st-amendment.com Barrel Head Brewhouse 1785 Fulton St., San Francisco (415) 416-6989 www.barrelheadsf.com

Bartlett Hall 242 O’Farrell St, San Francisco (415) 433-4332 www.bartlethall.com Beach Chalet 1000 Great Highway San Francisco (415) 386-8439 www.beachchalet.com Black Sands Brewery 701 Haight St., San Francisco (415) 534-5194 www.blacksandsbeer.com Brasserie Saint James 742 Valencia St, San Francisco, (415) 655-9868 www.brasseriesaintjames.com Freewheel Brewing 3736 Florence St., Redwood City • (650) 365-2337 www.freewheelbrewing.com Half Moon Bay Brewing 390 Capistrano Rd Half Moon Bay (650) 728-2739 www.hmbbrewingco.com Old Bus Tavern 3193 Misson St, San Francisco (415) 843-1938 www.oldbustavern.com Palo Alto Brewing 1080B La Avenida St, Mountain View, www.paloaltobrewing.com Tap Room, The 233 University Ave, Palo Alto (650) 752-6132

BOTTLE SHOPS City Beer 1168 Folsom St., San Francisco (415) 503-1033 www.citybeerstore.com Grape and Grain 227 S. San Mateo Dr, San Mateo • (650) 342-9463 www.grapeandgrainbar.com

TAP ROOMS Ale Arsenal 971 Laurel St., San Carlos (650) 594-2337 www.alearsenal.com Devils Slide Taproom 5560 Pacific Coast Highway, Pacifica • (650) 898-855 www.devilsslidetaproom.com Ferment. Drink. Repeat 2636 San Bruno Ave. San Francisco • (415) 825-5657 www.fermentdrinkrepeat.com Monaghan’s 3243 Pierce St, San Francisco (415) 872-7916 Speakeasy Public House 1195 Evans Ave, San Francisco (415) 642-3371 www.goodbeer.com Steep Brew SoMa 399 4th St, San Francisco (415) 618-0066 The Beer Hall 1 Polk St., San Francisco (415) 800-7416 www.thebeerhalsf.com Tornado Pub 547 Haight St., San Francisco (415) 621-2381

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CRAFT DRINKING GUIDE DISTILLERIES Anchor Distilling 1705 Mariposa St, San Francisco • (415) 863-8350 www.anchorsf.com Half Moon Bay Distillery 103 Harvard Ave #4 Half Moon Bay • (650) 728-7226 www.hmbdistillery.com

CIDERIES AND MEADERIES Brooks Dry Cider 2595 Mission St., San Francisco www.brooksdrycider.com Redwood Coast Cider 821 Cherry Lane San Carlos • (650) 412-0341 www.redwoodcoastcider.com San Francicso Mead 1180 Shafter Ave, San Francisco (415) 819-4941 www.sfmead.com South City Ciderworks 1236 Montgomery Ave., San Bruno • (650) 238-5422 www.southcitycider.com Tag and Jug 995 9th St, San Francisco (707) 395-7711 www.tagandjug.com Upcider 1160 Polk St., 2nd Floor San Francisco • (415) 966-5730 www.upcidersf.com

HOMEBREWING SUPPLIES Black Sands Brewery 701 Haight Street San Francisco • (415) 534-5194 www.blacksandsbeer.com San Francisco Brewcraft 1555 Clement St. San Francisco • (415) 751-9338 www.sanfranciscobrewcraft.com

SOUTH BAY Santa Clara Valley county

BREWERIES Ale House Brewing 4020 Colmery Court San Jose • (408) 390-7574 www.alehousebrewing.com Bison Brewing 1627 S 7th St, San Jose (510) 697-1537 www.bisonbrew.com Clandestine Brewing 980 S 1st St., San Jose (408) 520-0220 www.clandestinebrewing.com Floodcraft Brewing 777 The Alameda San Jose • (408) 207-1126 www.floodcraftbrewing.com Faultline Brewing 1235 Oakmead Pkwy, Sunnyvale • (408) 736-2739 www.faultlinebrewing.com Firehouse Brewery 111 S. Murphy Ave, Sunnyvale (408) 773-9500 www.firehousegrill.com

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Golden State Brewery 1252 Memorex Drive Santa Clara • (408) 727-2337 www.goldenstate.beer Gordon Biersch Brewing 357 East Taylor Street, San Jose (408) 278-1008 www.gbrestaurants.com Hapa’s Brewing Company 460 Lincoln Ave, Ste 90 San Jose • (408) 982-3299 www.hapasbrewing.com Hermitage Brewing 1627 S 7th Street, San Jose (408) 291-0966 www.hermitagebrewing.com Lincoln Court Brewery 1721 Rogers Ave, Ste P San Jose • (408) 724-1440 www.lincolncourtbrewery.com Loma Brewing 130 N Santa Cruz Ave Los Gatos • (408) 560-9626 www.lomabrew.com New World Ales 930 McLaughlin Ave, San Jose (408) 838-4448 www.newworldales.com Running Shop and Hops, The 17500 Depot St. Morgan Hill (669) 888-3900 www.therunningshopandhops.com Shizmo Brewing San Jose, (408) 599-2739 www.shizmobrewery.com Santa Clara Valley Brewing 101 E Alma Ave, San Jose (408) 288-5181 www.scvbrewing.com Strike Brewing company 2099 S 10th Street, #30 San Jose • (415) 847-4565 www.strikebrewingco.com Taplands Brewery 1171 Homestead Road, Santa Clara • (408) 709-2990 www.taplands.com Uproar Brewing 439 S First Street, San Jose (612) 703-3676 www.uproarbrewing.com

GASTROPUBS, BARS & RESTAURANTS 20Twenty Cheese Bar 1389 Lincoln Ave, San Jose (408) 293-7574 www.2020cheesebar.com 7 Stars Bar & Grill 398 South Bascom Ave San Jose • (408) 292-7827 www.7starbar.com Barbeque 152 8295 Monterey Rd., Gilroy (408) 842-4499 www.bbq152.com Bourbon Steak & Pub 4900 Marie P. DeBartolo Way, Santa Clara (408) 217-2490 www.michaelmina.net Brittania Arms 173 West Santa Clara St, San Jose • (408) 278-1400 www.britanniaarmsdowntown.com Forager 420 South First Street, San Jose (408) 831-2433 www.sjforager.com

Good Karma 37 S 1st Street, San Jose (408) 294-2694 www.goodkarmasj.com Gordon Biersch Restaurant 33 East San Fernando St, San Jose • (408) 294-6785 www.gordonbiersch.com Rock Bottom Brewery 1875 S Bascom Ave., Unit 700 Campbell • (408) 377-0707 www.rockbottom.com South Winchester Barbeque 1362 S Winchester Blvd San Jose • (408) 376-0485 www.swinchesterbbq.com Trail Dust Barbeque 17240 Monterey Rd., Morgan Hill • (408) 776-9072 www.traildustbbq.com Waterdog Tavern 1015 Alameda de las Pulgas Belmont • (650) 622-4642 www.waterdogtavern.com

BREWPUBS Campbell Brewing 200 E Campbell Ave, Campbell (707) 738-9120 www.campbellbrewingcompany.com El Toro Brewing 17605 Monterey Road, Morgan Hill • (408) 782-2739 www.eltorobrewing.com Elevation 66 Brewing 10082 San Pablo Ave, El Ceritto (510) 525-4800 www.elevation66.com Boulder Creek Brewing 13040 Highway 9, Boulder Creek • (831) 338-7882 www.bouldercreekbrewery.com Firehouse Grill and Brewery 111 S. Murphy Ave, Sunnyvale (408) 773-9500 www.firehousegrill.com

TAP ROOMS Camino Brewing Company 718 S 1st St., San Jose www.caminobrewing.com IBU Taproom & Bottle Shop 1422 Dempsey Rd., Milpitas • (408) 262-4343 Iso Beers 5 E Santa Clara St. #120, San Jose, (408) 298-2337 www.infobeers.com

CIDERIES AND MEADERIES Rabbit Foot Meadery 1246 Birchwood Drive Sunnyvale • (408) 747-0770 www.rabbitsfootmeadery.com Red Branch Cider 1246 Birchwood Dr., Sunnyvale (408) 747-0770 www.redbranchcider.com Surf City Cider 379 Felton Empire Rd., Felton (831) 335-4441 www.surfcitycider.com Wild Cide, The 357 E Taylor St, San Jose www.wildcide.com

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Fermentation Solutions 250 Winchester Blvd., Campbell • (408) 871-1400 www.fermentationsolutions.com

Doc’s Cellar 855 Capitolio Way, Ste 2 San Louis Obispo (805) 781-9974 www.fermentationsolutions.com

CENTRAL COAST Santa Cruz and Monterey counties

BREWERIES Alvarado Street Brewery & Grill 426 Alvarado St. • Monterey (831) 655-2337 www.alvaradostreetbrewery.com Discretion Brewing 2703 41st Ave, Soquel (831) 316-0662 www.discretionbrewing.com New Bohemia Brewing 1030 41st Ave, Santa Cruz (831) 350-0253 www.nubobrew.com Santa Cruz Mountain Brewing 402 Ingalls St, Santa Cruz (831) 425-4900 www.scmbrew.com Sante Adairius Rustic Ales 103 Kennedy Drive Capitola, (831) 462-1227 www.rusticales.com Uncommon Brewers 303 Potrero St. Ste 40-H Santa Cruz • (831) 621-6270 www.uncommonbrewers.com

GASTROPUBS, BARS & RESTAURANTS Aptos St Barbeque 8059 Aptos St., Aptos (831) 662-1721 www.aptosbbq.com Mission St. Barbeque 1618 Mission St., Santa Cruz (831) 458-2222 www.missionstbbq.com

BREWPUBS Alvarado Street Brewery 1315 Dayton St., Ste E Salinas • (831) 800-3332 www.alvaradostreetbrewery.com Santa Cruz Ale Works 150 DuBois St, Santa Cruz (831) 425-1182 www.santacruzaleworks.com Seabright Brewery 519 Seabright Ave #107 Santa Cruz • (831) 426-2739 www.seabrightbrewery.com

DISTILLERIES Fog’s End Distillery 425 Alta Street Bldg #15, Gonzales • (831) 809-5941 www.fogsenddistillery.com

CIDERIES & MEADERIES Santa Cruz Cider 820 Swift St. Unit C Santa Cruz • (831) 325-5065 www.santacruzcider.com

GREATER BAY AREA / NORTHERN CALIFORNIA BREWERIES Anderson Valley Brewing 177000 Highway 253 Boonville • (707) 895-2337 www.abvc.com Auburn Alehouse 289 Washington St., Auburn (530) 885-2537 www.auburnalehouse.com British Bulldog Brewery 14540 Camaren Park Dr., Chico • (530) 892-8759 www.britishbulldogbrewery.com Channel Brewing 110 N San Joaquin St, Stockton (209) 490-4928 www.channelbrewing.com Diamond Mountain Casino 900 Skyline Dr., Susanville (530) 252-1369 www.diamondmountaincasino.com Eel River Brewing 1777 Alamar Way, Fortuna (707) 764-1772 www.eelriverbrewing.com Feather Falls Casino Brewing 3 Alverda Drive, Oroville (530) 533-3885 www.featherfallscasino.com Firestone Walker Brewing 1400 Ramada Dr., Paso Robles (805) 225-5911 www.firestonebeer.com High Water Brewing 1924 Pacific Ave., Stockton (866) 206-0482 www.highwaterbrewing.com Hoppy Brewing 6300 Folsom Blvd., Sacramento • (916) 451-6328 www.hoppy.com Humboldt Regeneration Brewery and Farm 2320 Central Ave., Unit F McKinleyville • (707) 738-8225 www.humboldtregeneration.com Kelsey Creek Brewing 3945 Main St., Kelseyville (707) 279-2311 www.kelseycreekbrewing.com Knee Deep Brewing 13395 New Airport Rd., H Auburn,(530) 797-4677 www.kneedeepbrewing.com Lost Coast Brewery 1600 Sunset Dr, Eureka 707) 267-9651 www.lostcoast.com Mendocino Brewing 1601 Airport Park Blvd, Ukiah (707) 463-2627 www.mendobrew.com New Helvetia 130 Broadway, Sacramento (916) 469-9889

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www.newhelvetiabrew.com North Coast Brewing 444 N. Main St., Fort Bragg (707) 964-2739 www.northcoastbrewing.com Sierra Nevada Brewing 1075 E 20th St, Chico (530) 893-3520 www.sierranevada.com Schubros Brewery 12893 Alcosta Blvd, Boonville (925) 327-0700 www.schubrosbrewery.com Valley Brew 157 W Adams St, Stockton (209) 464-2739 www.valleybrew.com

DISTILLERIES California Distilled Spirits 12205 Locksley Ln #11, Auburn • (916) 599-6541 www.californiadistilledspirits.com

CIDERIES AND MEADERIES Bite Hard Cider Boonville • (707) 895-3588 www.bitehard.com Cider Brothers 14 S. School, Lodi (209) 224-8590 www.ciderbrothers.com Clendenen’s Cider Works 96 12th Street,Fortuna (707) 725-2123 www.clendenensciderworks.com Gowan’s Ciders 6400 Hwy 128, Philo (707) 205-1545 www.gowanorchards.com Humboldt Cider Company 3750 Harris St., Eureka www.humboldtcidercompany.com Lassen Cider 26 Bellarmine Ct., Chico (530) 593-0555 www.lassencider.com Sierra Cider 5569 Meadow Lane, Mariposa (209) 966-4910 www.sierracider.com Tin City Cider 3005 Limestone Way, Paso Robles • (805) 293-6349 www.tincitycider.com

GASTROPUBS, BARS & RESTAURANTS Lodi Beer Company 105 S School Street, Lodi (209) 368-9931 www.lodibeercompany.com Indigeny Reserve 14679 Summers Lane Sonora • (209) 743-3208 www.indigenyreserve.com

HOMEBREWING SUPPLIES Bear Valley Hydroponics and Homebrew 17455 Bear Valley Rd., Hesperia • (760) 949-3400 www.bvhydro.com Bencomo’s Homebrew Supply 234 West Olive, Fresno (559) 486-3225

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