Beer Viking » raid http://www.beerviking.com Hunting for the Best Beer in the Universe Fri, 03 Sep 2010 07:00:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 West Coast Raid – day 2: Anchor Brewery Tour, photos/intro http://www.beerviking.com/2009/12/west-coast-raid-%e2%80%93-day-2-anchor-brewery-tour-photosintro/ http://www.beerviking.com/2009/12/west-coast-raid-%e2%80%93-day-2-anchor-brewery-tour-photosintro/#comments Wed, 09 Dec 2009 12:35:20 +0000 Doc D http://www.beerviking.com/2009/12/west-coast-raid-%e2%80%93-day-2-anchor-brewery-tour-photosintro/ So, day two and I managed get a couple of places on a tour of Anchor Brewering Co. My buddy Joe who is a retired naval officer was happy to join me. Trust me this was an awesome tour, its free, the leder was very good and the beer tasting room amazing!

They are best know for the flagship Anchor Steam beer and Fritz Maytag who saved the brewery in the 1960's and is arguably the 'godfather' of craft brewing in Northern California. He still is the brewmaster and comes in 4-5 days a week!

This is a beautiful brewery. With views of the San Francisco. The brewing mash tun and coppers came from Germany. The building is an old coffee roasting factory. The tour was great. They brew a lot of beer with a pretty small scale operation. Don't miss this if you get the chance… I will be back to update this post when I have some more time.

For now here are some photos and map below! Enjoy.


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Triple Rock Brewery & Ale House, Berkeley
Note: draft post…

Beer List

  • Pinnacle Pale Ale – english style pale ale, very light, pretty average. 12
    Kolsch .45 – sharp, true to style. 14
    Millstone Wheat – fresh, citrus, also true to style. Very drinkable. 14
    Bug Juice West Coast Pale Ale – hoppy, long finish. Nice. 15
    Red Rock Red Ale – wow, very stornly hopped, tight finish. Classic! 16
    Black Rock Stout – very nice stout, smooth. 15

    • Guest Ale
    Sacramento BrewCo IPA – very solid ‘west coast’ IPA. 15.5

    ]]>     http://www.beerviking.com/2009/07/triple-rock-brewery-ale-house-berkeley-west-coast-raid-cont/feed/ 0     Around My Garden in 80 Beers – the lead-in http://www.beerviking.com/2009/04/around-my-garden-in-80-beers-the-lead-in/ http://www.beerviking.com/2009/04/around-my-garden-in-80-beers-the-lead-in/#comments Sun, 26 Apr 2009 20:49:52 +0000 Doc D http://www.beerviking.com/2009/04/around-my-garden-in-80-beers-the-lead-in/ I’ve been inspired or something or maybe its just too much sunny weather for a Beer Viking. Let me try to explain – I’ve really enjoyed using Around London in 80 Beers and now also have Around Bruges in 80 Beers (2nd edition – you need to get it!) sitting in my hands just taunting me to make a raid on that Belgian town…

    In the meantime I’ve set myself a project for the Summer of ‘09 (which has now started for me at least). The project is to enjoy 80 different respectable (=good to great) beers in my garden before the end of September. I am also going to use this as an excuse to post up short tasting notes and perhaps some vignettes on enjoying beer in the comfort of one ‘sown garden (or island or farm or empire).

    Beer No 1 and No 2 are already done – in the can as they say in the tv/movie/video biz. And you can see a Flickr slideshow below. This slideshow should grow to well over 80 slides by the end of summer – as some beers will be worthy of more than a single photo.

    Beer No 1: Ayinger Frühlingsbier, Germany

    Beer No 2: Young’s Kew Gold, UK.

    I will be back with my tasting notes of these two lovely brews later in the week.

    ]]>     http://www.beerviking.com/2009/04/around-my-garden-in-80-beers-the-lead-in/feed/ 0     http://twitpic.com/1b6e6 – Uto… http://www.beerviking.com/2009/02/httptwitpiccom1b6e6-uto/ http://www.beerviking.com/2009/02/httptwitpiccom1b6e6-uto/#comments Tue, 03 Feb 2009 09:49:49 +0000 Twitter http://www.beerviking.com/2009/02/httptwitpiccom1b6e6-uto/ http://twitpic.com/1b6e6 – Utobeer raid – http://www.utobeer.co.uk/. Random BeerViking photo.

    ]]>     http://www.beerviking.com/2009/02/httptwitpiccom1b6e6-uto/feed/ 0     In Interior BC on the hunt – T… http://www.beerviking.com/2008/09/in-interior-bc-on-the-hunt-t/ http://www.beerviking.com/2008/09/in-interior-bc-on-the-hunt-t/#comments Tue, 23 Sep 2008 01:48:24 +0000 Twitter http://beerviking.com/2008/09/23/in-interior-bc-on-the-hunt-t/ In Interior BC on the hunt – Tree Brewing and Cannery (http://www.cannerybrewing.com/) look worth a visit

    ]]>     http://www.beerviking.com/2008/09/in-interior-bc-on-the-hunt-t/feed/ 0     Planning A Raid on Brighton…… http://www.beerviking.com/2008/08/planning-a-raid-on-brighton/ http://www.beerviking.com/2008/08/planning-a-raid-on-brighton/#comments Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:52:46 +0000 Twitter http://beerviking.com/2008/08/13/planning-a-raid-on-brighton/ Planning A Raid on Brighton…Any Tips

    Below is some potential spots mapped out. Killed the map as it was hammering load times

    ]]>     http://www.beerviking.com/2008/08/planning-a-raid-on-brighton/feed/ 0     Raid – Looking for Good Pubs Near Victoria Station, London http://www.beerviking.com/2008/07/raid-looking-for-good-pubs-near-victoria-station-london/ http://www.beerviking.com/2008/07/raid-looking-for-good-pubs-near-victoria-station-london/#comments Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:35:41 +0000 thetank http://beerviking.com/?p=63 Have recovered enough to finally write something, will follow with posts about a couple of places we made it to.

    Anyway, main thing is that as Doc and myself are often leaving from Victoria these days, we decided it was time to do some research and find some drinking holes down that way.

    Below is hopefully a map that shows current progress of the hunt.

    Killed the map as was hammering load times.

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