The second half of our two-part series on SF Beer Week dinners features the third annual Sau and Brau pork dinner at Drake’s Barrel House, as well as several special Valentine’s Day dinners.
Wednesday, Feb. 13
1933 Davis St., Building 177,
San Leandro, CA 94577
Phone: 510-568-BREW
6-9 p.m.
Third annual whole pig roast with 20
taps of Drakes beer, including small-batch barrel-aged beers. Live music in
Drake’s Barrel House Taproom. $50 for a Sau and Brau logo glass, happy hour
(6-7 p.m.) with tasting of all regular and strong beers, four tickets for
Barrel House beers during happy hour or any beer after happy hour, full pig
roast dinner from ChopBar plus dessert. This popular event will probably sell
out early.
901 Gilman St.,
Berkeley, CA 94710
Phone: 510-528-9880
6-9 p.m.
Four-course beer-paired dinner and
brewery tour with Brewmaster Simon Pesch. Take home a growler of your choice.
$45. Limited seating.
3000 20th St.,
San Francisco CA 94110
Phone: 415-826-7004
6:30-9 p.m.
Almanac Brewing and Chef Thomas
McNaughton will serve farm to table food with farm to barrel beers. Five-course
tasting menu with beer pairings. $130.
150 24th St.,
San Francisco CA 94110
Phone: 415-787-3354
6:30-9:30 p.m.
Wise Sons Jewish Deli and Shmaltz
Brewing Co. team up for a night of food and beer pairings. Four-course dinner
prepared by Chef Thomas Martinez paired with Shmaltz Brewing beers. Cost: $60,
plus tax and tip. Seats are limited.
Brewer’s
Banquet with Jennifer Glanville and Seth Adams of Samuel Adams
742 Valencia St.,
San Francisco CA 94110
Phone: 415-626-8700
6-8:30 p.m.
Eight guests total will enjoy four courses paired
with a selection of beers from the cellars of The Abbot’s Cellar and Samuel Adams.
Brewery managers Jennifer Glanville and Seth Adams will be on hand and special
bottles will be opened. Utopia, anyone? Cost: $125, plus tax and gratuity.
Dinner
with 21st Amendment Brewery
79 Asilomar Blvd.,
Pacific Grove CA 93950
Phone: 831-648-5774
6:30-9:30 p.m.
Meet and greet reception with 21st Amendment
starts at 6:30 p.m., where guests get to sample Sneak Attack Belgian Saison and
Hop Crisis Imperial IPA, with passed appetizers. A four-course dinner paired
with a flight of 21A IPAs, Fireside Chat (winter seasonal), Hog Island Oyster
Stout and Monk’s Blood Ale follows. Admission: $70.
101
North Brewing Company
3129 Clement St.,
San Francisco 94121
Phone: 415-752-5439
5-9 p.m.
Brewery Cellar
Dinner
(sold out)
661 Howard St.,
San Francisco, CA 94105
Phone: 415-974-0905
6-9 p.m.
Head Brewer Ron Silberstein and
Brewmaster Brenden Dobel will preside over a 4-5 course dinner (menu TBD) with
rare bottles and barrel tasting held in the brewery cellar. Only 10-12 tickets
available. $70.
Thursday, Feb. 14 (Valentine’s Day)
800 Greenwich St., San Francisco CA
94133
Phone: 415-440-8727
Four-course dinner with beers handpicked
by La Trappe’s staff. $65. Reservation times throughout the evening.
563 Second St.,
San Francisco CA 94107
Phone: 415-369-0900
6:30-10 p.m.
Release celebration of Lower De Boom
Barley Wine in cans and on draft. Beer Chef Bruce Paton’s special menu will
include Lower De Boom as an ingredient and as an accompaniment to his dishes.
A
Beer-Lover’s Valentine’s
1410 Locust St.,
Walnut Creek CA 94596
Phone: 925-946-1520
6-9 p.m.
A three-course, beer-paired, candlelit dinner
hosted by Pyramid’s executive chef, who will discuss food and beer-pairing
techniques. Menu TBD. $30 per person, plus tax and gratuity.
Brewer’s
Banquet with Alesmith Brewing Co.
742 Valencia St.,
San Francisco CA 94110
Phone: 415-626-8700
6-8:30 p.m.
An intimate Valentine’s
Day beer dinner for eight with Alesmith Brewing, featuring four courses paired with a selection of
beers from the cellars of Abbot’s Cellar and Alesmith and special bottles
opened just for the table. Cost: $125, plus tax and gratuity.
Tickets:
http://abbotscellar.com/events.shtml
Lonely
Hearts Club
1 Tillman Place,
San Francisco CA 94108
Phone: 415-373-6341
6:30-8:30 p.m.
Stone Brewing and Hops & Hominy
team up for Valentine’s Day with a six-course dinner paired with craft beer
from Stone. Price: $85, not including tax and gratuity.
Moonlight
Special Featuring Moonlight Brewing Co.
3688 Bohemian Hwy.,
Occidental CA 95465
Phone: 707-874-9037
11 a.m.-9:30 p.m.
Barley and Hops Tavern highlights Moonlight Brewing Co.
with a special three-course menu, all prepared with and served with Moonlight
Brewing brews (regular menu will also be available). Brewer Jeff Barkley will
be on hand. Special menu with beer samples: $25; without beer samples: $23.
Hangar
24 Craft Brewery Night
3129 Clement St.,
San Francisco 94121
Phone: 415-752-5439
5-9 p.m.
Food pairings and some special menu items for
Hangar 24 Craft Brewery.
Friday,
Feb. 15
Brewer’s Banquet with Alaskan Brewing’s Rob Day
742 Valencia St.,
San Francisco CA 94110
Phone: 415-626-8700
6-8:30 p.m.
A most intimate beer
dinner with Alaskan Brewing Co. Brewer Rob Day, featuring four courses paired with
a selection of Alaskan Brewing beers. Eight guests will sit at the community
table and special bottles will be opened. Cost: $125, plus tax and gratuity.
Tickets:
http://abbotscellar.com/events.shtml
Pacific
Brewing Laboratory
1 Tillman Place,
San Francisco CA 94108
Phone: 415-373-6341
6:30-8:30 p.m.
Pacific Brewing Laboratory
and Hops & Hominy host a five-course dinner paired with five craft beers
from Pac Brew Labs. Cost: $65, not including tax and gratuity.
Beer,
Bands and Barbecue with AVBC
853 Valencia St.,
San Francisco CA 94110
Phone: 415-970-0012
Come down to Amnesia for a night of music, food,
good times and perhaps some education. Anderson Valley Brewing Co.
will bring some small batch brews. Meet the brewer and stick around for live
music from Slow Motion Cowboy and Virgil Shaw. $5 for entry or $15 for
barbecue, a beer and a pint glass.
Big
Sky Brewing Company Night
3129 Clement St.,
San Francisco 94121
Phone: 415-752-5439
5-9 p.m.
Beer
and Wild Shrimp
907 Washington St.
Oakland CA 94607
510-452-5900
6-9 p.m.
Shrimp, braised pork and other dishes
with 21st Amendment beer and Micheladas. Free admission.
Saturday, Feb. 16
Corner of Church and Pacific Avenue,
Santa Cruz, CA
Contact: emily@scmbrew.com
Phone: 813-425-4900
6-10 p.m.
Santa Cruz Mountain Brewing hosts a gala
event at the Top of the Rittenhouse building, showcasing 40 of the most unique,
experimental and unusual beers in the world paired with locally produced,
exotic, beer-inspired food. $65 for unlimited beer and food pairings.
942 Geneva Ave.,
San Francisco CA 94112
Phone: 415-469-5508
6-11 p.m.
Three-course dinner (details TBA) paired
with four beers from 21A: Marooned on Hog Island Oyster Stout, Sneak Attack
Winter Saison, Fireside Chat Winter Warmer and Brew Free or Die IPA. $50; tax
is included, gratuity is not.
800 Greenwich St.,
San Francisco CA 94133
Phone: 415-440-8727
Anderson Valley Brewing will bring in
some old favorites and some hard to finds to pair with the kitchen’s first
Belgian barbecue. Free admission.
BBQ
and Bridgeport Pairing
3149 Mission,
San Francisco CA 94110
Phone: 415-896-4250
5-9 p.m.
All during Beer Week, Baby Blues BBQ will feature
special pairing menus. On Feb. 16, Bridgeport
Brewer Jean Luke Alexander will be on hand to launch Bridgeport’s spring
seasonal, Smooth Ryed. $25 pairing menu includes a flight of four beers.
Sunday,
Feb. 17
From
the Seed to Kernal, Part 2: “Points North” Dinner, featuring Marin Brewing and
HenHouse Brewing
1270 Valencia St.,
San Francisco CA 94110
Phone: 415-285-1200
5:30-10 p.m.
The second of a two-part series, this six-course
dinner, hosted by Certified Cicerone Sayre Piotrkowski, features veteran
brewery Marin Brewing and budding brewery HenHouse.
Cost: $85 per person, plus tax and gratuity. Seating is limited.
Samuel
Adams Specialty Beer Dinner
1707 Powell St.,
San Francisco CA 94133
Phone: 415 529-2237
6-8:30 p.m.
Chef Dane Boryta pairs a four-course dinner with
four special Samuel Adams
brews: New Albion Pale Ale, New World Tripel, Norse Legend Sahti and Grumpy
Monk Belgian IPA. Certified Cicerone Ross Shepard guides you through the
pairings and a beer cocktail awaits upon your arrival. Cost: $48, plus tax and
gratuity. Space is limited.
It’s
About the Ingredients: A Night with Pac Brew Labs and Almanac
2491 Mission St.,
San Francisco CA 94110
Phone: 415-681-7150
6-10:30 p.m.
Join Patrick Horn of Pacific Brewing Laboratory
for two dishes paired with beers from Almanac
and Pac Brew Labs. A la carte pricing.
Trappist
& Haven Beer Dinner
44 Webster St.,
Oakland CA 94607
Phone: 510-663-4440
Haven hosts The Trappist
for a pairing of some spectacular and rare beers to complement Chef Kim Alter’s
specially conceived menu. Two seatings. Cost: $80.
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