Hey, we made it to Friday, and it looks to be a fun weekend out there on the beer front to boot! Franz Solo here, with Red Door’s 7th anniversary celebration commencing on Saturday at 2 p.m., I talked to operations manager Ali Cattin about what they have planned for the occasion. Solo: So you’ve…
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The Week Ahead In Beer: Autumn Arrives As Oktoberfest Rolls On
Hails dear readers, Franz Solo here to give you the latest in all things beer for this week, the first of Autumn. How it is Autumn already is beyond my comprehension. Time lost to a myriad of light lagers and hoppy ales perhaps? Difficult to say. In any event, here we are in the midst…
Quarter Celtic Vandalized
Sometimes you just get bad news in the morning. Overnight, a group of individuals broke into Quarter Celtic Brew Pub on San Mateo and trashed the place. We in the Crew reached out to general manager Allison York for additional details regarding this terrible act. Allison wrote, “So what happened is they threw a small…
Sobremesa Celebrates Their First Year.
Franz Solo here, I sat down with Sobremesa’s Director of Brewing/part owner David Facey this past Tuesday afternoon to talk about their anniversary celebrations this Friday thru Sunday. While we talked all things anniversary and caught up (It had been a long time since we had seen one another, too long. – Solo) I also…
The Week Ahead in Beer: Oktoberfest is upon us, raise your steins!
Greetings all! Franz Solo here, filling in on the Week Ahead in Beer to keep us all up to date on the beers flowing and beer events happening in our fair neck of the woods. Mid-September is one of my favorite times of year. It signals the traditional start of Oktoberfest (sadly the Oktoberfest was…
Turtle Mountain Brewing looks to expand in 2021 and beyond
Well the year is finally upon us in which we will see a Turtle Mountain Brewing taproom come to fruition! I was lucky enough to be able to talk to head brewer David Pacheco about all things beer and owner Nico Ortiz about the forthcoming taproom and future plans to boot for our annual Look…
Cans are the key to survival as Red Door swings into 2021
Strange times call for remote interviews as I forged on with this year’s Look Back/Look Ahead Series with our friends at Red Door Brewing. On the call with me this time around were head brewer Matt Meier and operations manager Ali Cattin. Off we went, exploring the challenges and constantly shifting seas of regulations and…
Red Door Brewing staff looks to catch their breath in 2020
It has been quite a year for Red Door, with taprooms and canning and brewery expansions to boot. I was fortunate enough to find some time in December to spend with head brewer Matt Meier and operations manager Ali Cattin to get all of the details. Solo: So, uh, quite a year for you guys….
Boxing Bear Brewing roars into the 20’s with new taproom almost ready to go
On a lovely Vantablack Friday in late November (bless not working retail during the holidays), we made our way down to Boxing Bear for a beloved treat in Vantablack Russian Imperial stout (and some live metal!). While we were enjoying these and some other delights from the archives, I (Franz Solo) had the chance to…
Turtle Mountain looks to crawl out of its comfort zone in 2020
As we look back on 2019 and look ahead into 2020 for Turtle Mountain, it was a year of transition to be sure with a changing of the guard in some key positions and a drive to solidify in the wake of the those changes before jumping into the new year. I (Franz Solo) was…
DARK SIDE BREW CREW 