Everybody knows your name.

3/25/07

We're talking about pubs. Fav's and rave's, never going back, the special, out of the way place, the past, the place to go to be invisible and how to make a new place your own.

Fav's start with Triple Rock and 21st Amendment. Connecticut Yankee has a secret pipeline to Anchor Steam. We need to hang out more at Washington Square Bar & Grill. Never going back to Blooms on Potrero Hill.

Infusion (now Nova) was the epicenter of the dot com. Buster's is the cheapest burger in all of San Francisco. O'Reilly's has Racer 5. We kinda like Jack's in new Giridelli Square near the Fisherman's Warf. John made Sulley's Grey Goose, Seattle, WA his own. His sister is known at the Lakota, Lexington Nebraska.

Marina Bars, ugggh. What is a Marina girl, what is a Marina guy. When visiting the Marina beware of cougars.

Maritime Brewery aka Jolly Roger Tap Room. Russian River is always worth the trip.

Triangle bar in Oregon is called Ringlers Annex. Take the ferry to Marin Brewing Company.

The power of City Search or Yelp will find awesome Mexican in LA or anywhere.

Goners: Bender's. St. James Infirmary, MVP (Mountain View Pub), InFusion (now Nova fun but just not the same as). 20 Tank.

Say hi to Brandon when visiting Thirsty Bear.

Toronado! The Ramp!

Homework in two parts:

1. send us 2 beer coasters from your local. if they don't have their own then send us a coaster for your favorite beer. address is in the show notes but hear it:

Beer School / John Foster, 401 Terry Francois, Suite 212, San Francisco, CA, 94158

2. Book report. Post a story, review or ramble about your bar. Even better, go to that bar order a beer, take notes, then write it up. Bonus points for writing about a Anchor.

Thanks!

21st Amendment, Nico & Shaun, and everyone that got us listed as the 2nd beer show on iTunes.

Guests: Motor

Host: John Foster

Beer: Anchor Steam

Check out beerschool.com and thebrewingnetwork.com

Email us at [email protected]

Good noon! Not recorded at the Rat Pad. Recorded in San Franciso, CA on 03/25/2007.

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© 2007 Ayer Media, Inc.

Class: We talk about the beer that you should try next. Which are four beers that are not too far from the beer that you might be drinking now. The difference? These are world class examples of the style. 

Homework: Try them yourself: Widmer Hefeweizen, Pilsner Urquell, Negra Modelo, Guinness Draught (in a can). If you can't find these examples at your local then look for something that matches the style.

We try out a lot of beer that nobody will ever be able to try. There are leaf blowers, dogs, kids and motorcycles.. Fortunately none of it lasts that long. Hang in there.

Special Guests: Nico Freccia (cofounder of the 21st Amendment Brewery in San Francisco)

Homework: Take apart a can of Guiness Stout and discover the "widget".

BeerSchool and BeerSchool.com are a trademarks of Ayer Media, Inc. © 2007 Ayer Media, Inc.

Epiphany and Now - Part 2

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Class: Our epiphany beer and the beer we seek out today! Or the beer that turned us all into beer geeks followed up with the taste profile we drink everyday.

Homework: Post your epiphany beer and what you are drinking now after doing your own tastings with your friends.

Epiphany and Now - Part 1

BeerSchool™

Class: Our epiphany beer and the beer we seek out today! Or the beer that turned us all into beer geeks followed up with the taste profile we drink everyday.

Homework: Post your epiphany beer and what you are drinking now after doing your own tastings with your friends.

Class: Tasting the same beer from a can and a bottle. AKA cans versus bottles. Homework: Taste the difference between the same beer in a can and a bottle.

Bar etiquette. Jokes not to tell a bartender. How not to order a drink. Regulars or irregulars. Tips on tipping. Cash or credit. The girls are just like the boys. Last call. And a riotous (okay, you had to be here) after show.

Learning to taste the four basic tastes using a Heineken, Miller High Life, Guinness Stout in a bottle (from Canada), Sapporo (also from Canada) and Modelo (from Mexico). Those beers introduce sweet, bitter, sour and shunk.

Intro, What, Terms, Your Homework, Outtro, and After show. Better beer notes go here.

Homework: Buy a 6 pack of beer that costs $3 more then the beer you normally drink.