Beer at Joe’s has been mostly occupied with our friends’ wedding this past week. Perhaps later Joe will write about the bachelor party, which included stints at both Churchkey and La Trappe, and began with a special shipment of Brooklyn Lager in our garden.
Tonight is the actual event, and one of the beers being served [...]

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Tonight at Churchkey, our newest local beer bar on Grant Street, they will be tapping kegs of Firestone Walker’s Little Opal. According to the website, Little Opal is the first of four limited releases and “Each release will consist of less than 100 kegs and be available to select accounts throughout California.” We had Little [...]

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I did not:
wear green
tell anyone to kiss me because I am Irish
drink a pint of draft Guinness
get stupid drunk and run around North Beach being annoying
I did:
drink two PBRs at ten thirty in the morning
enjoy farl cooked by Jasmine the night before
eat corned beef and cabbage and soda bread
make Jameson and Cranberry cocktails for a [...]

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In honor of Joe’s 31st birthday, we decided to chow down on huge amounts of Chinese food with friends, and then do a mini-beer-tour of North Beach–starting with the SF Brewing Company. We’ve never been here before, even though it’s in our neighborhood. We’ve had their beer at events though, and it’s usually decent, with [...]

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From UrbanDaddy:
Guinness Ice Cream at Humphry Slocombe

By now you’ve had the Secret Breakfast, and you might’ve even tried Guinness Gingerbread, but for a limited time, try a scoop or two of Guinness Soda Bread Ice Cream, with a dusting of bacon peanut brittle for [...]

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