As everyone’s livers recover from the 2011 edition of SF Beer Week, I wanted to give you folks a debrief on the inagural Tour de Bière. The ride was to benefit the East Bay Bicycle Coalition (EBBC), and I think we did pretty well. We did what we could to keep costs down and the [...]

Thanks all for coming out for the 2011 Tour de biere.  To sum it up: great weather, great coffee, great beer, great people, great ride.  Once again, thanks to all who participated – the riders, the bicycle coffee company, trumer braueri, linden street brewery, triple rock brewery, pyramid brewery, and of course, the EBBC.    Serious [...]

Here are photos from October’s ride starting and ending at Triple Rock in Berkeley.  The ride started out foggy, cleared up a bit in time to see a gorgeous, albeit slightly foggy view of Oakland and a bit of San Francisco.  Then it rained as we returned to the bar.  Enjoy.

This ride WILL be happening as scheduled. Rain forecast looks favorable.

Original photo by Stewf This month we’ll be heading to the East Bay to visit Triple Rock in Berkeley. They’re one of the first brewpubs in the US and earlier this month scooped up a set of medals at the Great America Beer Festival. Prior to drinking their offerings, we’ll be riding the Berkeley Hills. [...]

From the archive: This weekend we’ll be enjoying the beers of Jupiter in downtown Berkeley. They’ve got good house brews, a well curated guest tap list and a really wonderful garden in the back that I’m hoping we can take advantage of. Here’s the beer: http://www.jupiterbeer.com/jupiter/ Here’s the ride: View Larger Map This month we’ll [...]