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The Experience, Alameda: Faction Brewing

The Experience:

It’s Back! Chilling on San Francisco Bay With Your Favorite Beer

Faction Brewing’s large outside patio with fantastic views of the San Francisco skyline and Bay Bridge is open for onsite consumption Saturdays and Sundays from 12-6pm. Enjoy tasty meals with a pint and recall all the fun times you have had gathered there with your friends  in the past. You can check their food truck calendar on the website, with Sip & Slide and Fist of Flour currently fulfilling your culinary cravings. (You must order a meal if  you want to to drink onsite.) In this ‘new normal’, in order to stop the spread of Covid 19 and safeguard staff and visitors, Faction developed a set of safety guidlelines you can find here. https://www.factionbrewing.com/visit#covid-rules

Sit back and chill on the San Francisco Bay! During onsite drinking hours, to-go Cans and Bottles, including fresh off the canning line Subtle Variance and Votemeal Pale, can be purchased through their online store and picked up on the hangar side: To-go pick-up hours: Wed– Fri 2-6pm , Sat 1-8pm – Sun: 12-6pm. 510-523-BREW

Where:

2501 Monarch St in Alameda Point
Alameda

http://factionbrewing.com

By |2020-08-03T10:55:14-07:00July 29th, 2020|Tags: , , |2 Comments

Richmond’s East Brother Beer Co. Turns 3! Party on Sunday with their New Release!

Join the fun folks at East Brother Beer Co. for an afternoon of live music, great food and those classic beers!

WHEN: Sunday, February 16, 12noon – 8pm

WHERE: 1001 Canal Blvd in Richmond

WHAT: It’s their 3rd Anniversary! Time to party!

  • Taste their Special New Beer  – California Common (a collaboration with Alameda’s Admiral Maltings & GigaYeast)
  • Feast on East Brother Beer-infused food prepared by Santa Torta
  • Groove on the tunes of these Blues Greats –  Raag & Norton, Little Jonny Lawton, Pete Madsen and Coyote Slim
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  • All guest wearing East Brother T-shirts get $1 off each beer!
  • Lots of games to play
  • Dog and family friendly
  • Get your party vibe on!

About East Brother Beer Co.

The team at East Brother Beer Co. consists of passionate people focused on tradition and brewing classic styles. Richmond, CA is home and much like their neighbors, they instill Pride and Purpose in everything they do.

EB Head Brewer Paul Liszewski has your brew waiting for you

By |2020-07-08T20:52:51-07:00February 14th, 2020|Tags: , , , |0 Comments

Don’t Miss ‘Bottles & Bites’ Sunday in Hercules!

WHEN: Sunday, August 25, 1 – 4:30pm

WHERE: Hercules Community Center -2001 Refugio Valley Rd. in Hercules

WHAT: A Tasting Event to Benefit the Hercules Education Foundation Schools:

  • Hanna Ranch Elementary School
  • Hercules High School
  • Hercules Middle School
  • Lupine Hills Elementary School
  • Ohlone Elementary School

The 2018 Bottles & Bites event was such a big hit, they are bringing it back again this year! Enjoy an afternoon of tastings from local restaurants, caterers, bakeries, breweries and wineries. Music and raffle to benefit the schools.

Don’t miss out on great Food + Drink, including Bottles & Bites from:

  • 21st Amendment
  • Anh Restaurant & Bar
  • Cakes by Carl
  • Calicraft Brewing Co
  • Curry Me Up
  • Drakes Brewing Co
  • East Brother Beer Co.
  • Four Fools Winery
  • Gordon Biersch
  • Hotel Mac
  • Infanta Lambanog
  • Judy’s Place
  • Lagunitas Brewing Company
  • And more!

Tickets: $30 @HerculesEducationFoundationcom

 

 

By |2020-07-08T20:58:58-07:00August 23rd, 2019|Tags: , , |0 Comments

Live Music at Montclair Village Beer & Wine Fest – Saturday, June 16!

WHEN: Saturday, June 16, 12 – 6pm

WHERE: Mountain Blvd between La Salle Ave. and Medau Place in the center of Montclair Village

WHAT: Craft Beer & Artisan Wines

  • FREE Music on the streets –  Mister Beever’s Stage with Live and Local Pedal Powered Music
  • 40+ Craft Beers and Artisan Wines
  • Unlimited Tasting Packages; available for $30/person (advanced – buy tickets now); $40 at the door
  • Commemorative glass for each ticket holderF
  • Farmer’s Insurance Family Fun Zone

MUSIC: Pedal-Powered Lineup on the Mister Beever’s Stage
12-12:45pm – JetBlacq
12:45-1:00pm –  Bay Area Children’s Theater
1:15-2:15pm –  J.B. Barton
2:45-4:15pm –  La Gente
4:30-6:00pm – Gabo y Daniel

Thank you to Winter Williams Presents!

The proceeds from the sale of tasting packages will go towards community improvement projects through the Montclair Village Association, a 501(c) iii non-profit organization.

Thank you to community sponsors!

  • Mister Beever’s Paws & Claws
  • Pacific Union Real Estate
  • Montclair Physical Therapy, Inc.
  • Golden State Fitness & Performance, LLC
  • Ruth Stroup – Farmers Insurance
  • Renewal by Andersen SF Bay Area
  • Mix Montclair
  • Bay Alarm Company
  • Farmstead Cheeses and Wines
By |2018-06-15T08:14:00-07:00June 15th, 2018|Tags: , , , |0 Comments

The End is Beer. Hopocalypse Day at Drakes in San Leandro!

WHEN: Saturday, February 3rd, 1-5pm

WHERE: Drakes Brewery & Barrel House, 1933 Davis St., Bldg. 177 in San Leandro

WHAT: Drakes Brewing Company celebrates the return of their massively hopped IPAs on Hopacalypse Day.

  • Live Music
  • Beer – including Hopocalypse Green Label Double IPA, Hopocalypse White Label Double IPA, and Hopocalypse Black Label Triple IPA.
  • IPA Festival with guest breweries– featuring super fresh hard to find double and triple IPAs from over a dozen of their favorite breweries, including: Altamont Beer Works, Alvarado Street Brewery, Beachwood Brewing, Berryessa Brewing, Boneyard Brewing, Danville Brewing, Dust Bowl Brewing, El Segundo Brewing, Faction Brewing, Fieldwork Brewing, Kern River Brewing, Knee Deep Brewing, New Glory Craft Brewery, Noble Brewing, Pure Project Brewing, and Russian River Brewing.
  • Food
  • Free BART shuttle to & from San Leandro BART station
  • General Admission is $35 and includes an Hopocalypse Day tasting glass with 8 drink tickets, each good for a 4 oz. pour of any Drake’s or guest beer on tap.
  • Tickets: Hopocalypse2018.eventbrite.com

About Drakes by Drakes

“We are passionate about bringing people together over great beer. With the gritty artisan spirit that embodies the East Bay community we call home, Drakes has been honing the perfect union of hops and grains since 1989.” Drakes Brewing Co.

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By |2018-01-26T08:44:58-08:00January 24th, 2018|Tags: , , |0 Comments
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