After a three-year effort, Randy Janinda and family have opened their brewery and taproom in downtown Walnut Creek.The Janinda’s opened the place up on Thursday, August 4th, and Friday, August 5th, for special soft-opening events for friends and supporters, before launching the taproom to the general public on Saturday. Farm Creek is determined to not…
Category: Bay Area Beer
Calicraft opens taproom in Walnut Creek (CA)
After a four-year wait, as a work-in-progress, Calicraft Brewing Company has finally opened the doors to its taproom in Walnut Creek. The taproom was opened to the general public with a soft opening on July 29th. When I got there, half an hour after opening, the line snaked through the room, and when I left…
Southern Pacific Brewing
Finding myself in San Francisco on a chilly April Sunday, I went in search of lunch and a good beer. Tucked away into a quiet corner of the Mission District, on Treat Ave, Southern Pacific Brewing was a welcome and pleasant discovery. The brewery and bar and grill all occupy a large warehouse space whose…
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…