All, As most of you know by now, yesterday the ESB was featured on NBC Bay Area as “Best Secret Spot” in the Bay Area. It was pretty funny to have TV cameras in the pub for a second time in the past 5 years… as I’ve been telling my wife since the spot aired [...]
All, Just a quick update to let you know that we’ll be opening up the doors for 4 hours on Saturday from Noon – 4pm. We’ll be serving 3 beers for your enjoyment: Daddy’s Chocolate Milk, Quincy’s Winter Warmer and we’ll be pouring – for the first time ever – Grandpa Jack Ale in honor [...]
Well, gang. I’m typing this from our “pub garden”, with the Sunday evening NFL game about to start. Our kids are playing here in the backyard and I’m wondering if the last three days in Denver really happened. Thankfully, I have the video footage to prove that it did. You already saw what happened on [...]
Well gang, We made it. Our first day of our first ever Great American Beer Festival was indeed a memorable one. As we approached the Convention Center (a short 2-block walk from our hotel) the energy was building and more and more beer bellies were coming into view. A wonderful site. The line for the [...]
As you know, we pride ourselves on being a pub “for the people, by the people.” With that in mind, we’re going to start taking brew polls to determine what gets brewed at the pub from time to time. This week’s poll gives you three decidedly different brews to choose from. Polls close later this [...]
A Great American Beer Festival (GABF) Pro-Am tasting was recently held at the Trappist in Oakland. Of the 73 Pro-Am entries for this year’s GABF, 8 of them were made in California, 6 of which were available last Thursday – including ours. It was a great event and it was especially cool to meet the [...]
All, We are very excited to let you know that the ESB we brewed with Jesse Houck and Shaun O’Sullivan at the 21st Amendment Brewpub and Restaurant is now on tap at their brewery. The beer has been on tap since Monday, August 31. It should be there for another 2 weeks so get down [...]
All, For those of you that have been following the ESB since the beginning, you’ll know that our unofficial house band is The Famous (we even emptied our front room one New Years Eve and they performed live to welcome the New Year). Unfortunately, we don’t have a license that allows us to book live [...]
All, I wanted to let you know that I’ll be brewing our Elizabeth Street Bitter recipe with the 21st Amendment crew this coming Saturday, August 1 at their brewpub near the SF Giants ballpark. Using their 12-barrel system, we’ll be starting early in the morning but will still be definitely well into the brew when [...]
All, It is with great excitement and anticipation that I share some pretty cool news with you all. The folks at 21st Amendment Brewpub and Restaurant have selected our ESB recipe as their entry to this year’s Pro-Am tournament at the Great American Beer Festival in late September. The Pro-Am tournament joins an amateur brewer [...]