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Setting - 8 | Selection - 8 | Service - 8 | Food - 8 | Value - 8 | Overall - 8
Visited later evening on a Thursday. Located on a side street in Walnut Creek’s central area, it has a Belgian Brown Café feel as you enter. Open room when you enter, with a tight bar space in back. 18 beers on draft, several Belgian and Belgian style options, with a really interesting and top notch selection. In terms of the bottle shop aspect, there are four cooler doors of cold beer and another room with bottles with a table right in the middle. With folks drinking at the bar, and at the table in the bottle selection, it was pretty tight to actually browse the high quality bottle selection. Good vibe, fun stop.
theisti (5524) reviewed STS Pils from Russian River Brewing Company 3 weeks ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
Draft at ØL Beercafe & Bottle Shop in Walnut Creek, California. The pour is a slightly hazed yellow golden with a white foam head that leaves behind thick lace. The aroma is bread, cracker malt, mineral, and a soft herbal spice. The taste is crisp and fresh cracker bread malt, mineral and the herbal spice. The palate is medium to light bodied, unfiltered mouth feel and the crisp clean mineral finish. Delicious and crazy drinkable.
Setting - 9 | Selection - 9 | Service - 9 | Food - 8 | Value - 8 | Overall - 9
Visited on a Thursday evening. Large building, seating throughout the room, with the bar towards the front. The entire room has a large window to the huge malting floor. 21 beers on draft all of which feature Admiral malt including one cask offering. A lot of unique styles, and a bunch of breweries I had never even heard of. They had two Hidden Splendor beers, which is Dave McLean’s new project. It was trivia night, and the place had a very chill vibe. To go cans are available from a variety of breweries in a front cooler. Almanac is next door, Faction around the corner. Had a food menu that looked solid. Really unique and well executed place. I really enjoyed my time here.
theisti (5524) reviewed Docks of the City from Hidden Splendor 3 weeks ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8
Nonic cask pint at The Rake at Admiral Malting in Alameda, California. The pour is an opaque black brown with a small foamy tan head. The aroma is roast, softly char malt, along with the essence of coffee. The taste is super clean and fresh roast malt flavor, the roast, and finishes with toast malt. The palate is medium bodied with a soft cask body. Silky smooth with a clean finish. Really nice cask expression, very tasty stuff. I learned that Hidden Splendor is Dave McLean’s new brewery.
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Docks of the City
by
Hidden Splendor
3 weeks ago
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Hidden Splendor
located in United States
3 weeks ago
theisti (5524) reviewed Olyvia from Fieldwork Brewing Company 3 weeks ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Half pour draft at Fieldwork Brewing Company in San Leandro, California. The pour is a clear copper with a thin white head. The aroma is floral, honey, grass and herbal yeast. The taste is clean Belgian yeast Esters along with the floral honey of the nose. The palate is medium to light bodied with soft carbonation and the herbal yeast. Very drinkable Belgian ale.
theisti (5524) reviewed Fest & Last from Fieldwork Brewing Company 3 weeks ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Half pour draft at Fieldwork Brewing Company in San Leandro, California. The pour is a clear golden yellow with a minimal white head that leaves behind thin lace the aroma is soft cereal grain malt and a bit of grass. The taste is clean meadow style fest bier with clean malt profile and drying straw grass to the finish. The palate is light to medium bodied with active carbonation and the crisp clean slightly watery finish.
Setting - 8 | Selection - 8 | Service - 8 | Food - 8 | Value - 8 | Overall - 8
Visited on a Thursday evening. Located in a busy shopping center, with a parking lot next door or street parking. Huge spot, you enter into a big patio with a retractable roof. The bar is straight ahead, with plenty of seating in either area. Scan a QR code at your table, and beers and food magically appear! Really large beer list, with 30 house beers available as full, half or taster pours. You are also able to order to go beers from QR code as well. Service was quick, good system.
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Fieldwork Brewing Company - San Leandro
located in San Leandro, United States
3 weeks ago