Your Guide to Beer Week 2012 in the Lower Haight

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SF Beer Week is back! And for the second year in a row, resident beer expert @McClure_SF treats us to a comprehensive list of all the beer-related events going on in (and near) the Lower Haight. Here's what you can expect over the next 10 days.

Every Day (Starting Saturday)

Wing Wings • 422 Haight • 5pm-midnight Almanac Beer and Wings Pairing Wing Wings Lower Haight and Almanac Beer Co. are partnering up for SF Beer Week- come enjoy special menu items featuring their new release, including a Winter Wit Wing Sauce. Dine in, or take out/get delivery at one of your favorite Lower Haight watering holes. Mad Dog in the Fog • 530 Haight Draft Specials Mad Dog is featuring 35 distinguished drafts and over 200 rare and hard-to-find bottled beers from around the world. Just a few of their draft specials for Beer Week: Blues Ten Fidy Imperial Stout, Grand Teton Brewery Wake Up Call, Imperial Coffee Porter, Napa Smith's award-winning Barley Wine, Anchor Brewing's Breckels Brown, and more.

Saturday, February 11

Noc Noc • 557 Haight • 7pm-close Lagunitas Flights Get You Lifted Super Exclusive!!! Beer Flights --Four 6oz. pours for $12. On draft aged barrels from 2011: Gnarly Wine, Wilco Tango Foxtrot, Cappuccino Stout, and Imperial Red. Bottles: Brown Shugga from 2009 & 2010, Hairy Eyeball from 2010. Flights have limited availability. So come early and drink fast!

Sunday, February 12

Lucky 13 • 2140 Market • 3-6pm Triple Voodoo Brewing/Knee Deep Brewing Collaboration Launch Event Come out to Lucky 13 and join the master brewers from Triple Voodoo Brewing and Knee Deep Brewing as they debut their first ever collaboration brew together. We will be showcasing this new brew along with some familiar styles from both breweries. There will be a food truck to keep everyone well fed while they enjoy some great beer! Noc Noc • 557 Haight • 7pm - close Lagunitas Flights Get You Lifted

Monday, February 13

The Page • 298 Divisadero • 6-8pm The Alps: Chamonix and Beyond The Page and Fondue Cowboy whisk you away to The Alps! Explore the world of Biere De Garde (incl.- See how local boys Iron Springs fair vs. the old world). Unlimited flights of Biere De Garde & Fondues, traditional & innovative! Cured Meats! Dippers galore! And Big Lou "The Accordion Princes"! $30/adv. tickets recommended, avail@The Page. Molotov's • 582 Haight • 2pm-close Lagunitas Brews Night Cappuccino stout, WTF, IPA and Bavarian style Doppel Weizen. Noc Noc • 557 Haight • 7pm-close Lagunitas Flights Get You Lifted Bar Crudo • 655 Divisadero • 7-10pm Heretic Brewing Beer Dinner Chef Mike Selvera will be creating a 5 dish seafood inspired menu to match with 5 amazing Heretic brews. Heretic is brewing out of Pittsburg, Ca, and is starting to make a pretty strong presence in SF with well crafted beers ranging from IPA’s to Flemish Reds. Please reserve a seat now, there will be plenty of great beer being served this night. Toronado • 547 Haight • 9pm - close Firestone Walker Night

Tuesday, February 14

Churchill • 198 Church • 4pm - close For the Love of Beer Green Flash is taking over SF! Come out for a killer lineup of specialty beers and tip a pint with Brewery Rep, Melodee. Draft lineup includes: Winter's Folly - Winter Warmer, PALATE WRECKER Double IPA, Fizzy Yellow Beer, 30th Street Pale Ale, West Coast IPA and bottles of Rayon Vert! Blackbird • 2124 Market • 6pm - 9pm Waterloo Bevs, "Belgian Beer Specialist" & Chicks & Love Pizza Pairing Experience the best of Belgian Beer and Gourmet Pizza! The event will consist of a pairing of Belgiun Beers, featuring a gluten free Leireken lager, Ichtegam’s Grand Cru Flemish Red Ale, and Gagleer Sweet Gale Ale, and Chicks & Love gourmet flat bread pizzas. Noc Noc • 557 Haight • 7pm - close Speakeasy's Valentine's Day Massacre with Chocolate Pairings Get creamed on Speakeasy's Stong Beer Month Selections: 3 Ring Circus, Scarface Imperial Stout, and SF Beer Week Collaboration Beer. We will be pairing these pours with a variety of Vosges specialty chocolates for $1 per square. Give away: Speakeasy Brewery shirts and pint glasses. Toronado • 547 Haight • 6pm - close Russian River "-Tion" Night Beers ending in "tion" only

Wednesday, February 15

Blackbird • 2124 Market • 7-9pm North Coast Old Stock Exclusive Vintage Vertical Tasting We are pleased to be able to offer the only SF vertical tasting of the famous vintages of Old Stock Ale dating back from 2003 to the present. North Coast Brewery has aged these for you to taste and compare vintages. Noc Noc • 557 Haight • 7pm - close Speakeasy's Valentine's Day Massacre with Chocolate Pairings Toronado • 547 Haight • 6pm - close Oregon Brewers Guild Night Ninkasi, Upright, and more

Thursday, February 16

Noc Noc • 557 Haight • 6pm - close Pucker up for Lips of Faith by New Belgium Come taste the best of New Belgium Brewery. On tap we're pouring Super Cru, which has double the hops, double the malt, and double the alcohol of Fat Tire. Also on tap we have Fresh Hop IPA, Bier de Mars, Cocoa Mole, and La Folie, one of America's sourest!! Toronado • 547 Haight • 6pm - close Lagunitas Brewing Night

Friday, February 17

Churchill • 198 Church • 4pm - 7pm Beers, Barrels, and Bourbon with 50/50 and Elijah Craig A proper showcase of Bourbon and Beer, the Eclipse barrel-aged brew and Churchill’s own single barrel Elijah Craig 12 year and 18 year varieties are lined up next to their brewed brethren and served with a bite of dark chocolate. Meet the award-winning brewer, Todd Ashman, from Fifty Fifty Brewing Co. and enjoy his beers on tap, it begins at 4pm! Noc Noc • 557 Haight • 6pm - close Pucker up for Lips of Faith by New Belgium The Page • 298 Divisadero • 5pm - 7pm Drake's Jack & Jolly Happy Hour The Page and Drakes Brewing invite you to meet the brewer and tap into an exclusive barrel of Drake's Jack & Jolly -- their renowned Jolly Rodger strong ale aged in used Jack Daniels barrels! We'll have special pricing on this monster barrel-aged beer, finger food, and the reassuring sounds of an accordion and bass from our own Rob and Dan. Toronado • 547 Haight • 11am - close Pliny the Younger (All day, supposedly) Toronado • 547 Haight • 12:30pm - 3pm Fifty/Fifty Brewing Toronado • 547 Haight • 6pm - close Anderson Valley Brewing

Saturday, February 18

Toronado • 547 Haight • 10am(ish) - close 19th Annual Barleywine Festival It's the Toronado Barleywine Festival. That is all. Molotov's • 582 Haight • 10am - close Sierra Nevada Specialty Beer Tasting Need a break from the Barleywine Festival? Join us at Molotov's to drink some rare specialty beers offered by the Sierra Nevada Brewing Company. Noc Noc • 557 Haight • 6pm - close Pucker up for Lips of Faith by New Belgium