Recently, I had the opportunity to take a look around the Market & Main Indoor Public Market soon to open on Main Street in Martinez (California). I was pleased to see that one of the spaces inside will be taken by a business featuring a taproom and beer beer garden: “Craft and Fire“. Craft and…
Category: Bay Area Beer
Dokkaebier Hallertau Blanc IPA (Batch 22)
For a lat-in-the-day International Beer Day, and belated IPA Day, post we are taking a look at Dokkaebier’s Hallertau Blanc IPA (Batch #22). Dokkaebier is an “Asian inspired” craft brewery based in San Francisco. From what I understand, it does not have a physical plant of its own, but rather, brewer and founder Youngwon Lee…
Buck Wild Brewing (Oakland, CA)
Buck Wild is one of a number of breweries that have opened in recent years in Oakland’s Jack London Square district. I had been interested in trying it since I met the owner, Mike Bernstein, a few years ago at a beer festival. That was well before they opened, but the beer he was pouring…
Rivet Double Red IPA by Fort Point
Today I’m reviewing Fort Point Brewing’s Rivet Double Red India Pale Ale. Rivet, named after the thousands of hand-placed rivets that hold the Golden Gate Bridge together, is the second in Fort Point’s Limited Release series of one-and-done beers. The 9% abv, 75 IBUs red DIPA was released on June 3rd, and I am reviewing…