EZdrinking

Spirit Reviews, Tasting Events and Consulting

Searching for the world's best drinks and what makes them extraordinary. EZdrinking is a drinks blog by Eric Zandona that focuses on distilled spirits, wine, craft beer and specialty coffee. Here you can find reviews of drinks, drink books, articles about current & historical trends, as well as how to make liqueurs, bitters, and other spirit based drinks at home.

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Mikkeller's Yeast Series: A Microcosm of Beer Week

February 18, 2013  /  Eric Zandona

On the first Saturday of Beer Week, the Press Club offered a flight of the Mikkeller Yeast Series. Mikkeller, a Danish beer maker, took a Pale Ale wort and fermented it six different ways with a Saison, English, Lager, American, Brettanomyces Bruxellensis, and Brettanomyces Lambicus style yeasts to about 6.5% abv. The beers were riveting for their similarities, their differences and, in reflecting upon them, for the ways that they mirrored the best attributes of SF Beer Week. Read More
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categories / Beer Me, Palate Workout
tags / Mikkeller, The Press Club, SF Beer Week

SF Beer Week

February 07, 2013  /  Eric Zandona

San Francisco Beer Week is quickly approaching and I'll be covering a number of events from the opening gala through to the last day.

For those who may be unfamiliar with Beer Week, it is an annual event sponsored by the San Francisco Brewers Guild to promote and extol craft beer. This year Beer Week runs from from February 8th through February 17th and includes about 425 events spread out across the Bay Area and as far away as Santa Rosa and Santa Cruz.

In previous years I had gone to one or maybe two events but this year I plan to attend quite a few more. Below is a list the events that I'll be trying to make it to and if anyone is interested in joining me, feel free to come along.

Friday, February 8th:  6pm SF Beer Week Opening Celebration 

Saturday, February 9th: 12pm, Mikkeller Yeast Series @ The Press Club;   3pm, It’s Alive!!: Sipping Session with White Labs @ City Beer Store;   6pm, Speakeasy’s Tap Room Grand Opening Party @ Speakeasy Ales & Lagers;   8pm, Wine Barrel-aged Beer Tastival @ Beer Revolution

Sunday, February 10th: 12pm, Beer Judging 101 @ Pyramid Alehouse;   5pm, Sour Sunday Beer Flights @ Rosamunde Sausage Grill.

Monday, February 11th: 4pm, Meet the Brewer of Southern Pacific Brewing @ Zeitgeist

Wednesday, February 13th: 3pm, Evening with Anchor Brewery @ Pi Bar;   6pm, Meet the SF Brewers Guild and try Green Death! @ Speakeasy

Friday, February 15th: 12pm, Speakeasy’s Beer Week Brewery Blowout;   6pm, Serpents & Stouts: Exotic, Dark, & Delicious @ Ale Arsenal.

Saturday, February 16th: 1pm, Blind Beer Tasting @ Pyramid Alehouse;   4pm, Rogue Farms Flights @ Rouge Public House.

Sunday, February 17th: 12pm, Yerba Mate Education @ Cerveceria de MateVeza

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categories / Beer Me, Palate Workout
tags / Rouge Public House SF, The Press Club, Pi Bar, Cerveceria de MateVeza, Beer Revolution, Pyramid Alehouse Berkeley, ZeitgeistSF, Ale Arsenal, Rosamunde Sausage Grill, City Beer Store, SF Beer Week, Speakeasy Ales & Lagers