More pictures from Toronado Russian River Night…

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I’ve always found that food is one of the best ways to get to know a new culture.  So, in order as part of an immersion into the culture of Mexico (my first trip to Mexico!) Eli and I headed to the Mexico City’s San Juan Mercado – one of the largest food markets in [...]

Great times as usual at The Bistro‘s Barrel Aged Festival for 2009.  Favorite from the day were Lagunitas’ Crusin’ with Ruben & the Bretts on Cherries, Scotch Ale aged in a scotch barrel from Sierra Nevada, and Fifty Fifty’s Imperial Eclipse Stout 2008 on Pappy Van Winkle Bourbon Barrel. For more tasting notes, be sure [...]

I feel like I’ve been saying I wanted to go to Aziza forever.  Between a busy travel and work schedule, it always seemed like trekking out into the Richmond was too far just for dinner.  Eventually, I finally made it, raising the question: what took me so long? Aziza is stellar.

Gastropub is the new catchphrase of the moment. It implies a lot – the congenial atmosphere of your neighborhood watering hole, combined with upscale (but not too upscale!) food, and an above average beer collection. Ideally, a place like this has a beer manager, or cicarone, who will guide you through the many, many options [...]

Pictures from a delightful lunch at Coronado Brewing Co, located on Coronado Island in San Diego.

Well that was fun. Valley Brewing‘s beers were great pairings for the offerings from Ryan Farr, and made even better base flavors for Jake’s ice creams.  It seemed like the event came together even better than I had imagined it, with everyone game to try everything – from new beers with flavors they never expected, [...]