Scenes from SF Beer Week 2018 Opening Gala
Andrea and I were very fortunate to be able to make it to this year’s SF Beer Week Opening Gala.
Just gonna let the pictures below do most of the talking.
Russian River Brewing Company Pliny the Younger.
The Rare Barrel Outlaw Bound and Ensorcelled.
Humble Sea Brewing Company Snozzberry Table Beer.
Humble Sea Brewing Company Tiny Umbrella.
Drake’s Brewing Company Hopocalypse Black Label.
Drake’s Brewing Company Black Label Drakonic.
Barebottle Brewing Company Apricot Tart Monster.
Barebottle Brewing Company Doom Bloom.
Cellarmaker Brewing Company Bourbon Barrel Vanilla Latte Vastness of Space.
North Coast Brewing Company Barrel Aged Old Rasputin.
North Coast Brewing Company Beachmaster Imperial IPA.
Sonoma Springs Brewing Company Gonna Eat a Lot of Peaches Milkshake IPA.
Sonoma Springs Brewing Company Noma Cloud.
Robert Raney of Sonoma Springs Brewing Company.
Almanac Beer Co.
Speakeasy Ales & Lagers Blind Tiger.
Epidemic Ales Hopslayer.
Lost Coast’s Jack Van Stone and Andrea.
Crew from Floodcraft Brewing Company and Whole Foods, including Floodcraft brewers Ben Wright and Guy Cameron.
Benoit-Casper Brewing Company’s Dale Page pouring their Barrel Aged Imperial Stout.
Altamont Beer Works Lupulin Advisory Double IPA and Scarcity Triple IPA.
Woods Beer Co. Freeze Pop Pale.
Woods Beer Co. Divine Origins Merlot.
Woodfour Brewing Company.
Loma Brewing Company Greek God of Hops.
Loma Brewing’s Dan Reineke and Kevin Youkilis.
Strike Brewing Company’s Alayna Mills and Ryan Bridge.
Strike Brewing Company Quick Pitch Imperial Kettle Sour with Strawberries and Kiwi.
Strike Brewing Company Haze of Dreams New England Style IPA.
Brian ‘BMo’ Moore of Santa Clara Valley Brewing.
Santa Clara Valley Brewing Company Alum Rock New England Style Double IPA.
Andrea with Santa Clara Valley Brewing’s Peter Estaniel.
Brian Edwards and Derek Tam of Hapa’s Brewing Company.
Hapa’s Brewing Company Don’t Be Evil Kettle Sour.
Waterfront view.
Campbell Brewing Company’s John Paine pouring their Blueberry Kolsch.
Campbell Brewing Company Realistic Simulations IPA.
Hermitage Brewing Company.
Shannon McGinley of Taplands pouring Wham, Bam, Dank you Ma’am! Triple IPA, a collaboration beer between Taplands and Golden State Brewery.
El Toro Brewing Company’s Cindy Acevedo.
Clandestine Brewing Company’s Rob Conticello and Liz Scandizzo.
Half Moon Bay Brewing Company Lost in the Fog Rye Vanilla Blackberry Milkshake IPA.
Uncommon Brewers Framboos OP Eiken.
It was the proverbial ’embarrassment of riches.’
So much good, local beer in one place. With the brewers themselves often pouring their own beers and answering any questions about their respective offerings and brewery.
And as well organized as it is, it’s no wonder that the Opening Gala continues to rate so highly among the very best of beer festivals.
Cheers! Prost! Gunbae!
~Andy