Cellarmaker for sure. Seven Stills and Barebottle are also worth checking out. If you have a car, I'd highly recommend Fieldwork (Berkeley or San Mateo location). As for beer bars, like someone already mentioned, Mikkeller Bar, Monk's Kettle, Toronado and Liquid Gold all have great beer...
Was in LA for the weekend and stopped by Mumford brewing.
Cracked opened the Universal Magnetic tonight. NE style IPA brewed with Plato 16.1, Galaxy and Mosaic lupulin powder. Getting mangos, pineapples and citrus throughout. A slight yeast burn but nothing abrasive. Fantastic brew!
I tend to stay away from higher ABV beers due to them being super malty. There have been a few I've had that were done well though (OH All Green Everything comes to mind). SF Beer Week started on Friday and there are a ton of events going on all over the Bay Area. Didn't have a chance to...
I probably have about 20 beers that i'm sitting on. Most are barrel aged stouts/porters. As for the fridge, i have about 8-12 cans from local breweries at a given time. I say i'm going to cut back every year but it doesn't seem to happen :lol:
4-packs here in Norcal from the breweries (Alvarado, Cellarmaker, Fieldwork, etc...) doing hazy NE style beers also range from $18-$24. Seems like that's the going rate nowadays. I do agree Wally that I don't really trade anymore considering I can get pretty good local options now.
As for...