beer, wine, sake, coffee & tea
Berkeley Local Libations Berkeley’s drinks scene reflects a commitment to craft and quality that is perfectly paired with the city’s renowned restaurant and culinary backdrop.
CRAFT BEER
Trumer Pils Brauerei
Anvil Brewing Company 912 Gilman Street, Berkeley, CA 94710 (510) 556-8701, www.anvilbrew.com New, handcrafted, small batch brewery focusing on fresh, crafted styles in both continuously produced beers and interesting seasonal offerings. Est. 2016.
Freehouse Restaurant Local wineries like Donkey & Goat and Urbano Cellars have tasting rooms serving award-winning wines. The Mead Kitchen makes fine, artisanal meads (thanks, honey bees). Flights of small–batch whiskies, NorCal wine and Berkeley craft beer grace the menus of establishments citywide. Berkeley’s celebrated legacy of craft brewing can be traced to the origins of the American brewpub movement. New establishments such as Anvil Brewing Company join legendary Triple Rock and Trumer Pils to make Berkeley a truly brew-worthy destination. Hop between tasting rooms, brewery tours, taprooms, and bars, and you’ve got a Local Libations destination that’s definitely worth the trip! Add a few tastes of Berkeley’s artisan food products along the way for a spirited, only-in-Berkeley culinary adventure.
2700 Bancroft Way, Berkeley, CA 94704 (510) 647-2300, www.berkeleyfreehouse.com One of Berkeley’s favorite neighborhood hangouts near campus, featuring grass-fed burgers, sandwiches, salads, pot pies and seasonal specials. Full bar, 16 local craft beers on draft and more bottled beers. All in 1920s historic building across the street from the UC Berkeley campus.
Jupiter 2181 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94704 (510) 843-8277, www.jupiterbeer.com Locally owned and operated, Jupiter serves a large selection of craft beer including regular house beers, seasonals, and a rotating menu of guest brews alongside award-winning wood-fired pizzas, salads, sandwiches and more. Live music.
Triple Rock Brewery & Alehouse 1920 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94704 (510) 843-2739, www.triplerock.com Triple Rock Brewery is America’s oldest original brewpub. Started in 1986 by brothers John and Reid Martin, this classic pub in Berkeley serves up a selection of fresh craft beers made in-house along with great American pub fare.
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Eureka!
1404 Fourth Street, Berkeley, CA 94710 (510) 526-1160, www.trumerusa.com For over 10 years, Trumer Brewery has been passionately committed to crafting the perfect pilsner fresh right here in Berkeley. Free brewery tours Mon – Fri, 3:15 p.m. Please call for reservations.
WINE, MEAD AND SAKE Donkey & Goat Winery and Tasting Room 1340 5th Street, Berkeley, CA 94710 (510) 868-9174, www.donkeyandgoat.com Jared & Tracey Brandt, owners/proprietors at Donkey & Goat Winery, make “natural wines,” a term that covers both the vineyard and the cellar or the natural farming philosophies that drive the practices for sustainable, organic & biodynamic farming extended into the cellar. Wines include Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Syrah, Merlot and many of the lesser-known Rhone varietals. Tasting Room open Fri-Sun, 2 pm – 6 pm.
The Mead Kitchen 2323 B Fourth Street, Berkeley, CA 94710 (510) 473-2265, www.themeadkitchen.com The Mead Kitchen produces a range of small-batch, handcrafted meads (honeywine) from locally sourced honey blended with fruit, spices, and whole cone hops. Light, dry and refreshingly carbonated, these will change your opinion of mead! Visit our tasting room for some tasty mead. Open Friday, Saturday, Sunday, 1 to 5 pm.
Cheers!
BERKELEY LOCAL LIBATIONS
Triple Rock Brewery & Alehouse
Sierra Nevada Torpedo Room
FUN FACT
BERKELEY LOCAL LIBATIONS
West Berkeley’s Ashkenaz Music and Dance Community Center has been voted “Best Dance Floor” more than 10 times by the East Bay Express. Ashkenaz is a Berkeley Historic Landmark.
Triple Rock Brewery & Alehouse
Teance Fine Teas
Berkeley Rep Bar
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Takara Sake USA Inc. Takara Sake brewery was established in 1982, and is now the largest sake brewery in the U.S. Home of awardwinning Sho Chiku Bai sake. Sake museum holds a rare collection of 19th century sake-making tools and display. Sake tasting flights available ($5 or $10/flight). Tasting room and Museum open daily, 12:00 – 6:00 pm.
COFFEE AND TEA Artis 1717 Fourth Street, Berkeley, CA 94710 (510) 898-1104, artiscoffee.com A visit to Fourth Street’s Artis is a coffee journey from seed to sip. In-store tastings, brew demos, live music and more complement the shop’s coffee artistry.
Urbano Cellars 2323 B Fourth Street, Berkeley, CA 94710 (510) 647-8393, www.urbanocellars.com Urbano Cellars is a small urban winery located on Fourth Street in Berkeley. We produce food friendly wines that possess character and balance using unique varietals. Our meticulously sourced grapes are handcrafted into award-winning wines right here in Berkeley. Visit our tasting room and try our exceptional wines.
Peet’s Coffee & Tea 2124 Vine Street, Berkeley, CA 94709, (510) 594-2100, www.peets.com/about-us/our-history
Albatross Pub
In 1966, right on the heels of the Free Speech Movement, Alfred Peet began to brew another born-in-Berkeley revolution, this one called craft coffee. Visit the original Peet’s Coffee retail space in Berkeley’s Gourmet Ghetto, where there’s even a small museum paying homage to Mr. Peet. Sip, inhale, slurp and experience where artisan coffee culture caught on.
1822 San Pablo Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94710 (510) 843-2473, www.albatrosspub.com
Teance Fine Teas
Berkeley’s oldest pub features an outstanding selection of foreign and domestic beers and spirits. Six dart lanes, live music, art, board games, fireplace and pool table are available along with Sunday Trivia Pub Quiz. The pub provides a comfortable, conversational environment for large and small groups.
Experience the world’s greatest artisan teas, expertly curated since 2002. Tea bar and retail shop, featuring over 65 teas and a selection of fine teaware. Educational tea flights served daily.
BARS AND MORE
LOCAL LIBATIONS
2068 Center Street, Berkeley, CA 94704 (510) 809-8282, www.eurekarestaurantgroup.com Eureka! features a collection of America’s best craft beer, small-batch whiskey, regional wine, and locallysourced ingredients.
708 Addison Street, Berkeley, CA 94710 (510) 540-8250, www.takarasake.com
Albatross
Eureka!
1780 Fourth Street, Berkeley, CA 94710 (510) 524-2832, www.teance.com
Peets Coffee & Tea
Sierra Nevada Torpedo Room
Fieldwork Takara Sake
Jupiter
BERKELEY LOCAL LIBATIONS
Broc Cellars
LOCAL LIBATIONS
Trumer Pils Trumer Pils
Downtown Berkeley Poetry Walk
FUN FACT
Fieldwork Brewing Company
the
Downtown Berkeley Poetry Walk
on Addison Street has three tons of poems engraved into its sidewalks, featuring works from Shakespeare to Snyder. While you’re there, check in at the Berkeley Visitor Information Center, 2030 Addison Street.
Sierra Nevada Torpedo Room Trumer Pils
FUN FACT
BERKELEY LOCAL LIBATIONS
Punk rock band Green Day
founds its audience in Berkeley, at the seminal punk club 924 Gilman. The club continues to inspire new generations of musicians at the same Gilman Street address in West Berkeley.
LOCAL LIBATIONS NORTH SHATTUCK / BY DISTRICT GOURMET GHETTO
DOWNTOWN FIVE 2086 Allston Way, (510) 225-6055
Gather 2200 Oxford Street, (510) 809-0400
La Botella Republic 2055D Center Street, (510) 529-4447
Revival Bar + Kitchen 2102 Shattuck Avenue, (510) 549-9950
East Bay Spice Company 2134 Oxford Street, (510) 845-4427
Tupper & Reed 2271 Shattuck Avenue, (510) 859-4472
ELMWOOD
Tigerlily Berkeley
Sierra Nevada Torpedo Room 2031 Fourth Street, (510) 647-3439
1511 Shattuck Avenue, (510) 540-7900
The Rare Barrel
WEST BERKELEY
Westbrae Biergarten
940 Parker Street, (510) 984-6585
Acme Bar & Co. 2115 San Pablo Avenue, (510) 644-2226
Bartavelle Coffee & Wine Bar 1603 San Pablo Avenue, (510) 524-2473
Broc Cellars 1300 Fifth Street, (510) 542-9463
1605 San Pablo Avenue, (510) 524-1524
Longbranch Saloon 2512 San Pablo Avenue, (510) 984-0518
Vintage Berkeley 2949 College Avenue, (510) 549-9501
1160 Sixth Street, (510) 898-1203 WWW.VISITBERKELEY.COM
1763 Alcatraz Avenue, (510) 858-7334
Moxy Beer Garden 3136 Sacramento Street, (510) 547-6699
The Starry Plough Pub 3101 Shattuck Avenue, (510) 841-0188
Caffé Mediterraneum
www.BerkeleyMadeLibations.com Berkeley has a celebrated legacy in the local and sustainable food movement, but less known is a long history of craft libations, reaching back to the advent of the American brew pub movement. Today the Berkeley Made Libations guild includes craft producers of wine, beer, mead, sake and spirits. See BerkeleyMadeLibations. com for map and more information on tastings and tours. Printed maps are available at the Berkeley Visitor Information Center.
Henry’s 2600 Durant Avenue, (510) 809-4132
Pappy’s Grill & Sports Bar 2367 Telegraph Avenue, (510) 405-1000
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Hoi Polloi Brewpub
TELEGRAPH AVENUE AREA 2475 Telegraph Avenue, (510) 549-1128
Kermit Lynch Wine Merchant
Fieldwork Brewing Company
280 Gilman Street, (510) 647-9079
SOUTH BERKELEY
BERKELEY LOCAL LIBATIONS
GUILD Berkeley Made Libations