Local: Mission Eatery wants to be much more than a restaurant. It’s a combination of a sandwich shop, bakery, cookbook library, pop-up restaurant, and cooking class space.  I’ve tried most of these iterations – the brioche at Knead is outstanding, the braised lamb sandwich is my favorite, the prix fixe dinner is an outstanding deal [...]

The 18 Reasons homebrew tasting was quite the success. I arrived at seven, to find the small space already packed with excited beer drinkers.  After unpacking my brews, they seemed to be gone before I knew it.  The biggest hit of the beers I brought seemed to be my latest brew, a Mai Bock.  A traditional [...]

On Sunday afternoon, I was invited to join in on a beer and cheese tasting.  The theme of the event, in keeping with the Halloween weekend was “In a Dark, Dark Beer.”  We were encouraged to “bring our darkest and scariest” beer and get into the Halloween spirit. I brought along a bottle of Eel River‘s [...]

Tasting notes to come…     Update – You can find my tasting notes here!