One of the things I really like about the Homebrew Chef’s approach to food is Sean’s intellectual bend towards his subject.  SF Beer Week provided the perfect opportunity to showcase this habit with some like-minded eaters and drinkers, who are onboard for a dinner that is also a culinary investigation.  Can one beer be showcased [...]

  Triple Rock and Jupiter hosted “Sour Sunday,” and the collection of sour beers was really something.  Spread out between two brewpubs a few blocks apart, it was popular but not crowded, and the wait for a sample was never for than thirty seconds. It drew in a knowledgeable crowed, and everyone seems to have a recommendation of what to try [...]

    Don Barkley, a New Albion brewer, has recreated the classic New Albion Ale for SF Beer Week.  I stopped by City Beer to pick up a few bottles of Firestone Walker’s Reserve Porter to for Jen to braise short ribs in, and while there tried a pour of the official Beer of SF Beer Week. [...]

  I can’t make it to the Double IPA festival, although I certainly know I’ll be missing a good time.  With this being an the anchor opening event to SF Beer Week, I thought I’d open up a thread to leave comments on how the festival went.  Positing pictures and tasting notes is encouraged. Updated: [...]

       Anchor Brewing kicked off SF Beer Week today with the launch of a new, very limited beer: Our Barrel Ale.  It’s a special blend of their ales no Steam Beer here – and aged in their own Old Potrero Rye Whiskey barrels. They hosted the event in the brewery to celebrate, which brings me to an awkward admission: even [...]

    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 [...]

So you know that beer dinner I keep mentioning?  The one for SF Beer Week? We’ve been hard at work on a menu – one that takes great beer and showcases it alongside creative food.  After a few iterations, and a lot of beer tasting, Chef Jen has put together a menu that I think [...]

  I’ve mentioned Sean’s awesome beer dinners before, but here’s your chance to attend an extra special one.  Sean’s cooking focuses on using beer as an ingredient, and he does it with amazing success – often in very unexpected ways.   I still have dreams about these scones that he made with malted barley at NCHF.  Mmmmm… [...]

I’ve been to a few beer dinners in my day.  I just love them.  The very best ones (such as the dinner that Sean cooked for NCHF) take the food and beer portions of the meal, and intertwine them together, using ingredients, pairings, and flavor profiles to create a symbiotic whole that is more than just [...]

…over here.  Beer and Nosh is getting its SF Beer Week on.  Mark your calendars for the evening of Wednesday February 11th and come hungry and thirsty. More details to come soon.   Here is a sneak peak of some of the planning in progress: