In the middle of the southern portion of San Francisco Bay in California sits the ghost town of Drawbridge. Now quietly sinking into the mud of the bay’s tidal flats, Drawbridge was once a vibrant little community full of colorful characters. A collection of dwellings that grew up spontaneously around the South Pacific Coast Railway’s…
Category: Bay Area Beer
‘Tres Diablos” by Danville Brewing Co.
Today’s review is of Tres Diablos triple IPA by Danville Brewing Co. (Danville, California). Tres Diablos is a beer released every February, timed to coincide with Beer Week. Tres Diablos pours with a nice dense head, with multiply-sized bubbles, that takes a while to subside. It is a clear, translucent beer, and, from the can,…
CA Beer Week 2021
In any other year this would be a time when we in the San Francisco Bay Area would be prepping for one of the World’s largest series of beer-themed events: San Francisco Beer Week. Normally, SF Beer Week involves, not just the huge Opening Gala, but hundreds of beer events in all nine counties surrounding…
Anchor 2020 Holiday Ale
The holiday season is upon us and to add to the seasonal cheer, we have the arrival of Winter seasonal beers. For forty-six years Anchor has upheld that tradition with its Our Special Ale. Their 2020 edition of Our Special Ale (sample bottles provided by Anchor Brewing) is a very dark, almost black, ale with…