MoreBeer! held the “Grand Re-Opening” of its Concord showroom this weekend. They have expanded the store to perhaps triple its previous size. The new showroom is ample, airy, and well-lit. The aisles are wide and one can move about without fear of bumping into anything or anyone. There is also an expanded and improved…
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The Session #109: Porter
Porter. It’s one of those beers that has come and gone in my repertoire and taste preferences, but although I seem to have settled pretty clearly on saisons, “farmhouse” ales, and sours, porter holds some strong and dear associations, still. Back to the early 1990s when –after failing at making chicha in our Santa Cruz…
Anheuser-Busch Brewery – Fairfield
On Super Bowl weekend, taking advantage of the good weather and the fact that famous Clydesdales would be there, Liz and I headed to the Budweiser brewery in Fairfield. Opened in 1976, the Fairfield brewery is one of two Anheuser-Busch breweries in California, and as big as it is -16 roofed acres-, it is the…
Anchor’s new Go West! IPA
When I toured Anchor‘s brewery in mid-November, head brewer Mark Carpenter offered us guests samples of a still-experimental IPA that the brewery was considering as an addition to its line-up of beers. Well, those experiments have borne fruit and this month Anchor released its newest beer: Go West! IPA. Go West! Launch Party…