Today’s infographics was created by the National Beer Wholesalers Association and shows the economic impact of beer wholesalers, which is over and above the contribution to the economy of beer itself or even the retailers who sell it.
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Today’s infographic is local to me, and concerns my home county of Sonoma. Entitled Sonoma County Gets Crafty With Beer, it shows how Sonoma has been growing lately in terms of the number of breweries and their overall production. Even though the infographic was created in 2013, two more have actually opened and we now have 20 breweries within our borders. I recently sat on a panel discussion at the Sonoma County Beer, Cider & Spirits Conference, which was put on by the county’s economic development board. We certainly live in a great place for beer.
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The new Torpedo Room that Sierra Nevada Brewing created is officially open to the public today, beginning at 11:00 a.m.
Located at 2031 4th Street in Berkeley, just behind the Grocery Outlet almost underneath the University Avenue off-ramp.
The interior was created using mostly recycled materials, and there’s even two hop torpedoes behind the bar.
Hop torpedoes, of course, are what the Torpedo Room was named for. I love the beaker display and the painting hanging on the wall above it.
The Torpedo Room will feature 16 rotating taps, including some rare ones that used to be available only in the tap room at Chico.
They won’t serve pints, only tasting flights, although they sell a full complement of Sierra Nevada packaged beer.
The hours for the Torpedo Room Tuesday through Thursday, from 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., and on Friday and Saturday, 11:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.. They’ll be closed on Sundays and Mondays. It’s a cool, comfortable, intimate space. Check it out when you’re in Berkeley.
Today’s infographic is entitled “Guns, Clydesdales, and a Kidnapping: One Big Happy Family.” It was created by Jennifer Daniel, who’s currently a visual journalist at the New York Times, but did this one when she worked for Bloomberg BusinessWeek.
Today’s infographic is a cool, artistic poster of the beer making process from the Shanghai Brewery, which operates two breweries in China.
Today’s infographic is about North Carolina Craft Beer & Breweries, based on information from Erik Lars Myers book of the same name. Today is statehood day for North Carolina, which became the 12th state on this day in 1789.
MateVeza announced today that they’ll be opening a new restaurant and brewery in Oakland next June, assuming approvals from the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control and the City of Oakland come in a timely fashion. This will be the second Cerveceria MateVeza location, after their 18th Street location in San Francisco. The Oakland location “will feature Argentinian cuisine” and will also house a small brewery. It will be located at 1701 Telegraph Avenue in Oakland, which is approximately one block from the Fox Theatre, and about a block and a half from Broadway. You can see it’s position on the map below.
And here you can see the location on the far left, with the Fox Theatre on the right, down the street about a block. Some nuts and bolts released by the brewery: the new location will be “approximately 2,300 square feet,” and they’ll be “brewing on a 1 BBL (31-gallon system), ” with “15 beers on tap with the majority brewed in house. MateVeza bottles and growlers of the beers brewed in house will be available for purchase to go.” They will also “feature El Porteño empanadas and other local” food. Apparently, the building is currently occupied by Fred Brown, who owns and runs Rocsil’s Shoes at 1701 Telegraph Avenue. When he retires, MateVeza will take over the lease. “MateVeza founder and brewer Jim Woods plans to brew ‘Fred Brown Ale’ as the inaugural batch of beer at their new location.”
Here’s a fun little video from Dogfish Head about pairing winter beers with seasonal food.
