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Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8
Cask pint at Toronado in San Francisco, California. The pour is a slight haze golden copper with a cask foamy head that lasts. The aroma is grass and soft floral hop. Very fresh nose. The taste is really gentle, with great balance between a soft cereal cracker malt and the floral, softly fruit sweet, hop. There is more grass to the pleasantly lingering finish. The palate is light bodied with a soft natural cask body and a crisp, dry, super clean finish. Really nice.
theisti
updated a beer:
Calcutta By Clipper
brewed by Moonlight Brewing Company
3 weeks ago
theisti (1218) reviewed Toronado 3 weeks ago
Setting - 9 | Selection - 9 | Service - 9 | Food - 9 | Value - 9 | Overall - 10
Visited on a Wednesday evening. Located on a very busy block of South Haight, with parking very limited. The bar itself is grungy, with seats at the bar, and tables spread across the room. The draft list is pretty crazy, 42 beers total, with pretty much all of the best local beers on. Also had Moonlight Calcutta on cask. The bartender knew his beers and service was prompt. Toronado only and bottle selection were pretty nuts as well. Toronado 35th Anniversary from Russian River was available for purchase to go. Vibe is loud thrash metal and the place is cash only. An OG beer bar, and a must visit.
Setting - 9 | Selection - 9 | Service - 9 | Food - 8 | Value - 8 | Overall - 9
Visited for dinner on a Wednesday evening. Located in the Mission, right on Mission Street. Big, busy space, with a long bar along the right hand side, and a bunch of tables to the left. The beer selection was 14 house beers with a cooler with to go cans right as you enter. Service was prompt and friendly, the Detroit style mushroom pizza I had was solid and the IPA was crazy fresh. Cellarmaker is a must visit brewery in the Bay Area.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Nonic pint glass draft at Cellarmaker House of Pizza in San Francisco, California. The pour is mostly clear golden with a small white head. The aroma is soft, dank citrus, resin, along with a bit of pine. The taste is very much a West Coast IPA bursting with resin, dank, citrus peel and the pine is dry along with a mineral finish. The palate is medium bodied with soft carbonation, an unfiltered mouth feel and the resin dank finish. This was very fresh.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8
12 oz tulip glass draft at Sante Adairius Oakland Arbor in Oakland, California. The pour is a black brown, opaque, with a foamy tan head. Nice thick lace left behind on the glass. The aroma is tart, sweetness, wheat grain, and the full amaro and wood. The taste is a bright sour tart citrus, closely followed by wood and the amaro booziness carries the finish. The palate is medium to heavier bodied with soft carbonation and the wood amaro and tart sour carrying the lingering finish. Almost no alcohol presence. Well constructed.
Setting - 10 | Selection - 8 | Service - 9 | Food - 1 | Value - 8 | Overall - 9
Visited on a Wednesday evening. Located in downtown Oakland, with street and surface parking lots around. Small place as you enter, with the bar immediately to your right. There are additional seating areas above the bar, in a back room and a patio out back, opening the place up quite a bit. It took me a few minutes to realize this was the former Trappist location. 18 house beers, available as full or half pours, with cans and bottles available to go. Friendly and knowledgeable bartender and an overall relaxed vibe. Must hit if you are in Oakland.
Setting - 6 | Selection - 6 | Service - 6 | Food - 6 | Value - 7 | Overall - 7
Visited for a late lunch on a Saturday. Located in downtown Shawnee, around the corner from the 3 Shawnee breweries. Big outdoor area as you arrive, with seating also inside. The full length bar also has seating. The food menu is varied, and the smash burgers and shrimp po boy were both excellent. The beer selection is 6 draft beers, including a rotating lager and IPA from Alma Mader. Service is always great. Worth a visit for food and crazy fresh Alma Mader.
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added a new venue
Hank's Garage and Grill
located in Shawnee, United States
1 month ago
theisti (5524) reviewed Parlez from Alma Mader Brewing 1 month ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Draft Willebecher glass at Hank's Garage and Grill in Shawnee, Kansas. The pour is a clear lighter golden with a limited white foam head that falls quickly. The aroma is a faint perfume, floral and cereal malt. The taste is soft perfume floral, cereal malt, malt sweetness, all with nice integration of flavors. The palate is light bodied with active carbonation and a grassy floral, soft mineral, dry finish.