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Beer Birthday: Dave McLean

September 22, 2023 By Jay Brooks

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Today is Dave McLean’s 54th birthday. Dave was the founder of Magnolia Pub & Brewery, the gastropub on Haight Street in San Francisco, along with the production brewery known as the Smokestack in the Dogpatch neighborhood of the city. He is a tireless champion of craft beer in the Bay Area, having worked on Slow Food Nation, The Eat Real Festival and SF Beer Week, among much else. He more recently co-founded Admiral Maltings along with Ron Silberstein and Curtis Davenport. Join me in wishing Dave a very happy birthday.

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Craig Cauwels (from Schooner’s) and Sam Calagione (from Dogfish Head) stopping by to see Dave at the Double IPA Festival at the Bistro a couple of years ago.

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A sextet from San Francisco at GABF 2008. From left: Adrienne McMullem, with 21st Amendment, Ben Spencer, from Magnolia, Sean Paxton, the homebrew chef, Ben’s wife, Shaun O’Sullivan, from 21st Amendment, and Dave.

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Dave and me at the end of a very long, but satisfying, day at the first Slow Food Nation event four years ago in San Francisco.

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Food and beer mixed happily and deliciously at the Slow Beer Festival 2008, as evidenced here by Ian Marks (from Hog Island Oyster Co.), Taylor Boetticher (from the Fatted Calf), Dave, John Tucci (from Gordon Biersch San Francisco) and Shaun O’Sullivan (from 21st Amendment).

Filed Under: Birthdays Tagged With: California, Northern California, San Francisco



Comments

  1. fraggle says

    September 22, 2009 at 8:24 am

    Happy born day young man!
    as a present, you can leave that refrigerated beer trailer in my back yard for safe keeping…..

  2. Gary says

    September 23, 2015 at 11:13 am

    Great place ,go there every time I go to San Francisco .

  3. Jim muth says

    September 22, 2017 at 6:04 pm

    I have picture of Magnolia in our wedding album. Interesting SF History there
    Cheers, BEER DELIVERY GUY

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