Every year Russian River Brewing stages what is arguably one of the most anticipated events in the Beer Geek Calendar: the release of one of world’s most famous beers, Pliny the Younger. It probably hardly needs mention by now, but Pliny the Younger is a triple IPA -the world’s first, in fact- which means that…
Category: Bay Area Beer
A visit to Russian River Brewing’s new Windsor campus
Wrapping up my Winter Break vacation and taking advantage of a sunny day in between bouts of rain, I hopped in the car and made the 1+ hour drive north check out Russian River Brewing’s new digs in Windsor. Maybe “digs” doesn’t quite convey the feel of it. The place is huge. Sitting on a…
Barrel-Aged 2017 Christmas Ale from Anchor Brewing (2018 Release)
At the end of November, courtesy of the brewery, I attended the release of Anchor Brewing’s Barrel-Aged 2017 Christmas Ale at an event held in the Brewery’s tap room and brewhouse on Potrero Hill in San Francisco. The event included small bites, and a vertical flight of four years’ of Anchor Christmas Ale – 2015,…
Upcoming releases of Resilience IPA
As Resilience Butte County Proud IPA comes out fermentation, breweries all over are preparing release events in the coming weeks, including a number of breweries around the greater San Francisco Bay Area. Fieldwork Brewing Company already released their version (hazy, of course!) on December 6th, and Altamont Beer Works in Livermore poured theirs on the…