Bay Area brewery day trip: Concord's Side Gate beer garden and more
Head for this East Bay city to sample craft brews at taprooms and beer gardens within walking distance of BART.
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Head for this East Bay city to sample craft brews at taprooms and beer gardens within walking distance of BART.
From Barebottle Brewing to the New Parkway, pubs and taprooms are turning to quiz nights to make ends meet and rebuild community in a post-pandemic world.
From Barebottle Brewing to the New Parkway, pubs and taprooms are turning to quiz nights to make ends meet and rebuild community in a post-pandemic world.
Justin Crossley's rise to beer-media stardom at the Brewing Network began almost two decades ago with a gift from his then-girlfriend: a homebrewing kit he didn't know how to use. “Living in the Bay Area, I realized I was surrounded by brewers,” he recalls. “And if I could ask them all my dumb questions and record the answers, I'd be helping homebrewers out.” Having studied broadcasting in college, Crossley set up an online-streaming station in his Pacheco garage. He staffed it with beer-loving buds – a dentist who knew the science of brewing, a funny-sidekick homebrew...
The omicron surge and new restrictions in Sonoma County have led to the brewery...