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I recently joined Twitter, and while I might not be the ardent anti-twitter fanatic I once was, I’m not quite yet 100% sold on the medium either.  That balance is slowly shifting though, as I find the sweet spot for how twitter can be most useful. For example, when about to head out to a Giants game, [...]

 
   
 
Jewish Delis in San Francisco suck. 
There.  I said it. I really mean it too. 
This city has a perfectly decent size Jewish population – why is a really good deli such an impossible task?  In a city with such a taste for restaurants with a strong point of culinary view, a Jewish deli would seem like [...]

After breakfast on the Friday of GABF, we had some time, so we joined many other fellow beer travelers, and headed over to the Great Divide Brewery, which had opened it’s doors wide open for visitors during the conference.
Inside, the brewers were freely pouring samples in their brewery, as well as in the tap room. Conference goers mingled on the brewery [...]

  
As I packed my car and prepared for the drive back from Humbolt to San Francisco, I was pretty sure I was done with my beer adventures for the day.  After all, I had to drive a fair distance, and it seemed a shame to only be able to sip a few beers.  But as [...]

 
Who doesn’t love brunch?  It has everything you could want in a meal: a leisurely pace, drinks and pancakes.   In Denver, Brian, Kimberley and I asked what was a good spot for brunch, we were told in no uncertain terms to get over to Snooze as quickly as possible. 
Once there, we found the place packed.  Luckily, [...]

One of the reasons I was most excited about GABF was the taste test sessions being held on the main convention floor.  In the middle of the madness was a series of plexiglass glass, holding a set of chairs, a stage, and a list of slated presenters to bring the latest in beer and food tasting.  I managed to [...]

Wow.  Just… Wow.  GABF was something else. According to William Brand, there were 46,000 attendees, 2,600 volunteers, 432 breweries, and a staggering 2,052 beers being sampled.   That’s a whole lot to cover, so I’m going to break up my posts into a few different sections.  This post will focus on samples poured on the floor, with forthcoming [...]

I’m still recovering from GABF (and a four hour delay on the way home.  Thanks Frontier!) and will have some notes coming soon.  Many others are covering the event, including Brian Yeager, William Brand, The Thirsty Hopster, and Rick at Pacific Brewing News. In the meantime, enjoy a few pictures!
 

 
On Friday afternoon at GABF, I attended a beer and food pairing session hosted by Jim Koch of Sam Adams and Chef Jorge de la Torre, Dean of Culinary Education at Johnson & Wales University.  They prepared several great looking dishes that thanks to some logistical mishaps and a packed crowed, I didn’t get to try. [...]