SAN FRANCISCO -- The annual San Francisco Beer Week is scheduled to begin next Friday, February 5, and run through Valetine's Day, Sunday the 14th.An estimated 60 rare, limited-release beers will be popping up, along with a host of activities at multiple venues. Herewith, a small sampling:
• A music concert, live comedy, and a dozen breweries at a "Beer-In for Charity" at Cobb's Comedy Club.
• A dinner with barrel-aged beer pairings by Beer & Nosh's Jesse Friedman, with celebrity chef Jen Biesty, at Scala's Bistro.
• Nightly food pairings with Drake's Brewing Co. new Belgian Trippel at The Front Porch.
• "Beer to Breakers" bike ride with breaks at breweries in San Francisco.
• Such new beer releases as Triple Rock's Keyser Soze Imperial Stout, Gordon Biersch's Rauchbier, Special Bock and Barrel-aged Dunkles, Russian River's Pliny the Younger, Schmaltz's Jewbelation Bar Mitzvah, and Speakeasy's new collaborative beer with Whole Foods.
• "Meet the Brewers Nights" with Black Diamond, Sudwerk, Trumer, Allagash, Marin, Ballast Point, Moylan's, Triple Rock, Bear Republic, and the San Francisco Brewers Guild.
• A Peninsula pub crawl on CalTRain with Wet Your Whistles.
You can get the full rundown on the interactive events map on the website, along with details on tickets, lodging and the like.
ON THE WEB
• Dowd's Brews Notebook
• Dowd's Guides
