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…
1 step forward, 2 steps back
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,…
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