How a metal band became a new West Oakland brewery called Ghost Town
The four band members originally built a single barrel brewhouse to help offset the cost of renting a practice space to jam. Now, beer is their primary gig.
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Oakland’s Original Pattern Brewing makes traditional beers with a new twist
The new Jack London Square brewery celebrates its grand opening on Saturday with a Pattern Festival.
UC Berkeley scientists are brewing hoppy beers… without the hops
In a double-blind taste test, Lagunitas Brewing employees said the engineered beers had big hops flavors.
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Meet Your Maker Ep. 3: Luke Janson and Hillary Rose Huffard of Roses’ Taproom
In this episode of Nosh's video series, Meet Your Maker, we spoke to the husband-and-wife team behind the family-friendly taproom in Temescal.
Half Moon Bay Brewing to open taproom in Berkeley
The first offsite taproom for the South Bay brewery is going into the recently vacated La Botella Republic space downtown.
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More breweries to East Bay’s booming beer scene
Three soon-to-open breweries — Novel Brewing, Temescal Brewing and Gilman Brewing — have all been started by enthusiastic home brewers.
We put Hopsy’s beer delivery service to the test
The Albany-based growler delivery service brings the local draft beer experience to your front door.
Anvil Brewing taking shape in West Berkeley
Anvil Brewery is set to join the burgeoning West Berkeley beer scene offering a mix of small-batch, handcrafted brews, including both Belgian and American styles.
Enjoying summer at the Westbrae Biergarten
Come along with Benjamin Seto of the food blog Focus:Snap:Eat on a visual tour of the Westbrae Biergarten.
Developers hope to keep Pyramid a beer destination
Retail West hopes to develop the recently vacated Pyramid building on Gilman into a "campus" of small-scale breweries, distilleries and food businesses.
Berkeley’s Pyramid Alehouse abruptly closes
West Berkeley's Pyramid Alehouse has permanently closed in order for the Seattle-based brewery to focus on its Pacific Northwest operations.
The Libertine, Forage Kitchen, Zut! Tavern
Bites is back this week with lots of East Bay food news, including the opening of The Libertine bar in Grand Lake, construction of Forage Kitchen and the re-opening of Zut!
21st Amendment to San Leandro, more
There's plenty of food news in this week's Bites, including an update on 21st Amendment's San Leandro brewery (opening soon!) and Elmwood's The Advocate.
