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02/01/10
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Beer Ice Cream and Oyster Stouts
You could say it feels like beer week every week. But when someone slaps on a very official "Beer Week" label, you know these seven days will hold some good times for you. SF's second Beer Week kicks off this Friday—and since you can't be in 200 places at once, we've put together our top picks for you.
CAUSE AND EFFECT
Kegs for a Cause at Anchor & Hope
This weekend, if you work your way through Anchor & Hope's 60-plus beer list with rarities like Allagash
Curieux and Anchor Old Foghorn, a dollar from each one will go to earthquake relief in Haiti. So in the
spirit of good will, keep the rounds coming.
- 411:
- Feb 5-7, Anchor & Hope, 83 Minna St, 415-501-9100
READING, WRITING & ARITHMETIC
4 Chefs, 2 Breweries, 1 Dinner at Bar Tartine
A feast ranging from confit of veal tongue to Thunderpussy ice cream (we won't tell you what's in that)
prepared by Chez Panisse vet chefs is appetizing enough. Add brews from Magnolia as well as a roster of
Dogfish Head beers never before poured on the West Coast, and you've got one amazing dinner.
- 411:
- Feb 8, two seatings at 6pm and 9pm, $100, Bar Tartine, 561 Valencia St, 415-487-1600, tickets here
CANNED HEAT
Can-A-Palooza at 21st Amendment
You can expect 21A's IPA and Watermelon Wheat by the can on Monday—all for $2 each. Other brews in the
lightweight, shatterproof container lineup include pale and brown ales from Oskar Blues, Anderson Valley,
Buckbean, Uncommon and Big Sky. Think of them like kegs, only single-serve.
- 411:
- Feb 8, 5-8pm, 21st Amendment Brewery, 563 Second St, 415-369-0900
THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING
Russian River Brewing at Pi Bar
If you're lacking a little Temptation, Supplication and Damnation in your life, we suggest grabbing a stool
at Pi Bar, where these cult wine-barrel-aged beers and ales will be flowing. Russian River's releasing Pliny
the Younger and Rejection—it's their Valentine's beer, but don't read too much into it.
- 411:
- Feb 9, 3pm, Pi Bar, 1432 Valencia St, 415-970-9670
BY THE LIGHT OF THE MOON
A Night Without Hops at Monk's Kettle
The only abbey brewery in the US will be pouring three unhopped beers at Monk's Kettle. They'll pit these
brews flavored with redwood tips, bergamot and mugwort against a cask of Misspent Youth (their hoppiest pale
ale, and the story of your life). Cedar-plank seared scallops will be on hand for pairing, though you can
never go wrong with the giant pretzel with cheddar ale sauce.
- 411:
- Feb 9, 5-8pm, Monk's Kettle, 3141 16th St, 415-865-9523
RUNNING BARRELS
Mostly Barrel-Aged Beer Dinner
Seven courses of everything from Lamb Merguez Crepinettes to Duck Liver Ravioli paired
with beers from nine breweries—the last "beer" being a flight of imperial stouts aged in three
different whiskey barrels. Not quite 99 bottles of beer, but real close by our estimation.
- 411:
- Feb 10, 6:30pm, $100, Scala's Bistro, 432 Powell St, 415-395-8555
OYSTER BEDS
Oysters and Stout at Magnolia
We're not sure about eating 20 dozen oysters in one sitting, but drinking a stout brewed with 20 dozen Hog
Island Sweetwaters sounds entirely doable. Pair a few pints with actual oysters prepped raw, fried,
marinated, BBQ'ed or in chowder, then call it dinner.
- 411:
- Feb 11, 2-6pm, Magnolia Pub & Brewery, 1398 Haight St, 415-864-7468
ICE CREAM SOCIAL
Beer Ice Creams at Humphry Slocombe
If this weekend's Guinness Ginger Bread Ice Cream was any indication, the guys at Humphry Slocombe
have a way with churning up tasty beer-laden ice creams. To honor Beer Week they'll turn two dozen craft
brews into new flavors and release them over the course of the week...slow and steady like a morphine drip.
- 411:
- Feb 5-14, noon-9pm, Humphry Slocombe, 2790 Harrison St, 415-550-6971, follow on Twitter
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