Joe (11:11 AM):  hey there jasmine. what up!
Jasmine (11:18 AM):  Okay, so Beerapalooza?
Joe (11:18 AM):  BEERAPALOOZA!!!!
Joe (11:18 AM):  good time, lots of people, lots of beer
Jasmine (11:19 AM):  Not frat boyish like the International beer fest. that’s what I’d been afraid of
Joe (11:19 AM):  nope i didn’t see any decked out babes vomiting [...]

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Dispatching from the San Francisco airport, your trusty beerporter (not sure how I feel about that term yet but it does have porter in it) has found that in terminal three in the 65 to 75 gates there is good beer to be found. You have the Anchor Brewery bar which has all the usual [...]

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At Beerapalooza in Oakland, we had a chance to talk to Alan Shapiro of SBS imports about the Reunion ‘08 Organic Red Rye Ale:
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It’s a great beer for a great cause. Think about donating [...]

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This was one of the best beer dinners we’ve been to yet. I even managed to break out my editing skills so you can see the food and beer while listening to Chef Bruce Patton, Tom Dalldorf of Celebrator, and Sean Knoll of Artisanal Imports tell you about it.
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This year we got to Toronado before the doors were open, but even that didn’t snag us a table. It did, however, give us a little time to taste and do some videos before it got TOO insanely crowded. My friend Mary joined us for some tasting. She ships out in a few weeks, and [...]

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