Big in Japan(ese): Sonoma breweries get attention in ex-pat press
Local breweries get attention in publication aimed at immigrant community.
So you think you can brew?
SF Beer Week event in Santa Rosa allows homebrewers to get in on the action.
S.F. Beer Week sked taking shape
The annual celebration of suds will include 90+ events.
Battle of Brews to benefit Challenger Little League
Battle of the Brews in 2014 will benefit North Bay Challenger Little League.
Mendocino hosts ‘Mushroom, Wine & Beer’ fest
Shrooms and brews are on the menu at an upcoming fest.
The story behind the Heritage
In the wake of their win at the Great American Beer Festival this month, Bear Republic is rightfully crowing about taking a Bronze home in the Scotch Ale category for their beer Heritage. (The only other Sonoma County winners were Third Street Aleworks, which took two medals, and Russian River [...]
Great American Beer Fest winners
The 2013 winners for the Great American Beer Festival, just wrapping up in Denver, are out and our big winner locally was Third Street AleWorks, with two awards, including a gold. Russian River, Moylan's and Bear Republic each picked up one award. Here's the complete list for your reading pleasure, [...]
OctubreFest at Carneros this weekend
Our new friends down at Carneros Brewing are getting into the Oktoberfest spirit with "Octubrefest," a weekend-long fiesta starting at 5:30 p.m. on Friday with the tapping of a keg of their limited edition "Doble IPA" and continuing on Saturday and Sunday, all with music, games, traditional German food, pumpkin patch [...]
Harvest Fair adds beer to tasting lineup
Proving that Wine Country is in fact also Beer Country, the annual Sonoma County Harvest Fair is offering a lineup of local beers this weekend. The tasting pavilion, traditionally the stomping ground for wine, will feature brew pours from Dempsey’s, Fogbelt Brewing, Lagunitas, Bear Republic, 101 North, HenHouse, and [...]
A weekend of beery fun
Here's one more thing to do beerwise this weekend. In addition to the Oktoberfest event at Bergamot Alley I mentioned earlier this week, there's the Second annual "Mowkeef Festival" at Anderson Valley up in Booneville on Saturday. The event celebrates the equinox and marks the release of the Mendo Mello [...]
Petaluma River Craft Beer Festival on Saturday
Fourteen local breweries will be on display Saturday at the Petaluma River Craft Beer Festival, from 1-6 p.m. on Water Street in downtown Petaluma. There will be food from a variety of area restaurants, and music by The Fossils, joined by some other local favorites. Tickets are $30 in advance [...]
Beer in the Plaza returns to Healdsburg
The annual Beer in the Plaza returns to Healdsburg on Sept. 7 for its 27th year, benefiting the Healdsburg chapter of Soroptimist International. From 2-6 p.m. in the lovely downtown plaza, there will be music, food, and beers from 25 breweries. The service club tells me they have an outstanding [...]
Blues, Brews & BBQ returns to Napa
Looking for some beery fun this weekend? Napa's annual Blues, Brews & BBQ festival returns Saturday from 1-6 p.m. They close down several blocks of downtown and set up food booths and music stages here and there. The highlight, beer-ish-ly speaking, is the beer garden, a row of tents from [...]
Beer Festivals everywhere…
It does seem like you can hardly turn around without bumping into a good craft brew festival these days, but what a problem to have. A couple of events are looming for Beer Country fans, starting this week with Davis Beer Week, starting on Saturday. That involves a bunch of [...]
Wine Country brewers visit Beer Lands
Bear Republic and North Coast will be among the brewers pouring at this weekend's Outside Lands music festival in Golden Gate Park. The beer garden, known as Beer Lands, will feature 45 beers by 16 Northern California breweries. Bear Republic will be offering Racer 5, Cher Ami, Double Aught and [...]
buyer at Fircrest Market in Sebastopol and the administrator of the NorCal Beer Geeks group on Facebook.