In a month’s time, Contra Costa County has gained a brewery, but lost another plus a tap room. Ale Industries got its start in the county, with its original brewery having been located in wharehouse space next to the MoreBeer! showroom in Concord, where some of guys also worked. After a few good years there,…
Category: Bay Area Beer
Barrelista
With twenty-eight bottled beers and another three or four on tap, Barrelista Coffee House is working out to be one of the better beer spots in downtown Martinez! Barrelista Coffee House 736 Main Street Martinez, CA
The Rare Barrel
Impossible Soul Golden sour beer aged in oak barrels with tart and sweet cherries pH 3.38 / ABV 7.2 Cosmic Dust Golden sour beer aged in oak barrels with hibiscus pH 3.47 / ABV 5.4 The Rare Barrel 940 Parker St Berkeley, CA 94710 www.therarebarrel.com
A visit to E J Phair in Pittsburg
On Saturday, November 15th, a dozen or so Club DOZE members -joined by a smattering of Mad Zymurgists and others- had the pleasure of touring the facilities of the E J Phair brewery in Pittsburg (CA), and trying their beers and the pizza that kept coming out of the newly-installed wood-fired oven. Best beer tasted? …