One thing I have always loved about living in a city is the ability to find something new out all the time. A new block, restaurant, or park is usually around the corner sitting quietly by for you to discover it. Public transportation while not as good as some cities is pretty good at getting [...]

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Another beer cocktail from B Bar and Restaurant. Our gracious bartender, Devan van Eyck, whipped this one up for us first. It was a recipe from his Cocktail Lab cohort Tim. The idea behind this drink, the Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels was a drink made up of just booze. Soda? Ha! Juices? No [...]

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After a rousingly successful Session about beer cocktails, we just can’t stop thinking about them here at Beer at Joe’s. A few weeks ago, Joe made contact with Tim, one of the mad geniuses over at Cocktail Lab. He agreed to whip up some beer cocktails for us and we set a date to come [...]

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Esquire LOVES lists – and here is another one…Best Bars in America – Here is the California list (SF did pretty well)

BAR NAME
TOWN
RATING

Zeitgeist
San Francisco
78

Vesuvio
San Francisco
76

Veranda Bar at the Hotel Figueroa
Los Angeles
74

Tosca Cafe
San Francisco
73

Toronado
San Francisco
81

The Sportsman
Sonora
76

The Sandpiper Lounge
Laguna Beach
62

The River Ranch
Tahoe City
54

The Polo Lounge
Beverly Hills
71

The Mermaid
Hermosa Beach
67

The Edison
Los Angeles
77

The Broadway Bar
Los Angeles
69

The Bar at [...]

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My friend Victor recently had a kidney removed to donate to his father. They’re both doing great (thanks for asking), and he recently asked me this in an email:
“Also an important question that crossed my mind pre kidney donation – if you were to have one last beer on this earth – what would it [...]

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