More pictures from Magnolia Cask Night…

You’ve really got to give it to Chef Cosentino – he doesn’t do anything halfway.  When he says “I’m going to serve offal and make it delicious” he really means it, and when he says “I’m going to cook with beer,” he jumps in to the deep end of the pool. At the Incanto & [...]

Magnolia Brewpub is currently featuring the last of a special series of beers brewed with a farm-specific malt, from Branthill in East Anglia, UK.  Currently available is the Branthill Longbarn ESB, in both regular CO2, and classic British cask options. I tried both.

 
 
Strong Beer Month is here! 
With all the excitement surrounding SF Beer Week, it’s easy to let the genesis of this event, Strong Beer Month, slip right by.  Each February, 21st Amendment and Magnolia Brewpub Gastropub collaborate on a series of high alcohol beers, and release them upon a waiting San Francisco beer crowd.  It’s the perfect hyper-local beer experience, since these beers are [...]

 
While en route to a concert in the park, I took the chance to stop into the newly reopened Magnolia.  The changes have lead to some consternation regarding the new look.  The old, Grateful Dead style murals have been painted over with gold leaf, and the look has been tightened and modernized.  Overall, I like the new feel of the [...]