Enjoying a sunny day in the mission at The Sycamore. Local taps only!
Pictured here is Heretic Miscreant – Flanders Red – amazing brew – great sour bite but much darker then a lot of Flanders reds.
Also Drake’s Cuvée is dark love.
Go Sycamore!

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Are you ready yet? Have your events picked out and your “I have to try that” beers chosen? One beer I know I must try is the 2013 Collaboration beer made by the SF Brewer’s Guild. These year it sounds like it will be a special one. And you can even learn some drink lore, [...]

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Joining a wine club always seems like a great idea, especially after you’ve had a few free pours in the tasting room. Over the years we’ve joined different ones and always dropped them within the year, overwhelmed with a backlog of pretty-good bottles.

Except Medlock Ames. We joined almost five years ago, back when the club [...]

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So I recently tried the Firestone Walker’s 15th Anniversary ale. It’s a blend of Helldorado, DDBA, Sticky Monkey, Parabola, Velvet Merkin (one of my eternally favorite beers), Good Foot and Bravo, and Double Jack. It comes off bit heavy on the raisin taste (too much Sticky Monkey?), with a medium alcohol kick. It still had [...]

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The top row of the fridge…all beer

and the keg has been delivered

Can you tell I am excited? And it is only 9:15 in the morning.
Happy Holidays everyone!

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