Yeast is a key ingredient for both brewers and bakers: it helps bread rise, making it soft and puffy, and without it, beer wouldn't have carbonation or alcohol. But the strains of yeast used in a loaf of sourdough or a bottle of lager have remained ver... »
Iann IvyLinden Street Brewery's black lager. SFoodie's countdown of our favorite 50 things to eat and drink, 2012 edition "The 'steam beer' style was born in the Bay Area," says Adam Lamoreaux, Li »
This past Sunday was a great event combining several of my favorite things: beer, bikes and Oakland. It was the Tour de Bière 2012, led by The Grand Cru, as a fundraiser for the East Bay Bike Coalition. With a full day of biking and beer tasting, plus ... »
Fans of Linden Street Brewery now have a very reliable source for locating its popular but sometimes hard-to-find lagers: the Oakland brewery itself.This is a new development for the formerly production-only brewery, whose taproom opened quietly... »
This past Sunday was a great event combining several of my favorite things: beer, bikes and Oakland. It was the Tour de Bière 2012, led by The Grand Cru, as a fundraiser for the East Bay Bike Coalition. With a full day of biking and beer tasting, plus ... »
