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Rock Bottom

April 1, 2012 By Helen

We hit Rock Bottom after the weird stuff, a wonderful restaurant and brewery in Campbell. We were in luck, their IPA was available, delicious! And a very nice Fire Chief Ale that we both enjoyed. I had two favorites: Caesar Salad and macaroni & cheese. Bill had chili and wings. All very satisfying. We are […]

Filed Under: Travel Tagged With: beer, San Francisco

Thirsty Bear

April 1, 2012 By Helen

Thirsty Bear, San Francisco

After all the walking around, we were hungry and thirsty. Perfect combination for the Thirsty Bear on Howard St. We had been there years ago and enjoyed it, so we headed in that direction. It was busy, but not yet filled with the after-work crowd. We checked the list of tap beers and of course […]

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San Francisco… sort of

March 29, 2012 By Helen

Jack's Brewing Company, Fremont, CA

We arrived at SFO last night around 9:30pm, PDT, and drove to our hotel in Fremont, CA. It was a long day of driving from Franklin to JFK, picking up Morgan on the way so he could take the car after dropping us off at the airport. The flight was “only” 6 hours, not much […]

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Shanghai Brewery

February 26, 2012 By Helen

Shanghai Brewery

Today was a big day on two fronts – we took the Metro for the first time, and we went back to the Shanghai Brewery and had a Northstar IPA. We caught the Metro at People’s Park, which is a block or two from the hotel. It was 4 stops on the No. 1 line to […]

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French Concession

February 25, 2012 By Helen

Shanghai Brewery

We wandered over to Hengshan Road in the French Concession yesterday, mostly because it’s home to the Shanghai Brewery. It was a long walk, through many types of neighborhoods. First past People’s Park near our hotel, then down Nanjing Road which is a big shopping district. We were confronted quite a few times by several […]

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