
January 18, 2018 |
The Rare Barrel
SF Beer Week is Coming! Sneak Peek Into What's Going On at The Rare Barrel
NorCal vs. SoCal Showdown & Cellar Bottle Sale
Saturday, February 10th, 1PM - 10PM @ The Rare Barrel
NorCal vs SoCal Showdown
Which region’s beer reigns supreme…NorCal or SoCal? This friendly competition will pit 10 NorCal breweries up against 10 SoCal breweries and let our guests vote on their favorite beers . Participating breweries will be matched up with a brewery from the opposing region depending on style. Guests will be asked to blind taste by style and cast votes on which beer they like better (not knowing who brewed what). The region with the most points at the end of the day will be announced victor. Winners will not only be able to brag about which region makes better beer but be able to put an end to the long standing debates on who makes a better burrito, if "hella" is a legitimate word, and if it is ever appropriate to put the word "The" in front of a freeway name. Well, at least for the next year.
UPDATE
So who won? NORCAL WINS! Check out each category and what was served below.
STYLE MATCH-UP | NORCAL | SOCAL |
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Non-fruited tart saison |
Saison Bernice | Sante Adairius Rustic Ales | pink
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Mellona | Cellador Ales | orange
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spiced saison |
Apropos of Nothing | The Rare Barrel | green
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La Vie En Rose |Pure Project | yellow |
stone fruit sour |
Stone Hearted |Alvarado St : Yeast of Eden | red
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Careful With That Aprium, Eugene |Beachwood Blendery | blue
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fruited sour |
Compunction | Russian River Brewing Company | green
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Highbinder | Societe Brewing Company | yellow
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spirit barrel aged sour |
4th Anniversary Sour | The Rare Barrel | red
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Black and Blue BBLs | The Bruery | blue
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blonde ale | Lite Idea | Temescal Brewing | green |
Refresh | Highland Park Brewery | yellow
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hazy pale ale | Moonage Daydream | Cellarmaker Brewing Co. | pink | We Bought A Bench | Green Cheek Beer Company | orange |
IPA | Turok Juice | Cellarmaker Brewing Co. | green |
That's It | Highland Park Brewery | yellow |
hazy IPA | Tiny Umbrella | Humble Sea Brewing Co. | red | Two Thousands of Money | Pure Project | blue |
west coast DIPA | Hop Soup | Faction Brewing | pink | Noble Ale Works | orange |
hazy DIPA | From Yakina With Love | Cellarmaker & Moonraker | pink | Always in Love | Green Cheek Beer Company | orange |
imperial stout | Narwhal | Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. | red | Night Rider | Pizza Port Brewing | blue |
barrel aged stout | Eclipse Elijah-Craig | Fiftyfifty Brewing | green | Devil's Teeth Cuvee (Rum & Rye) | Modern Times Beer | yellow |
Cellar Bottle Sale
We’ve been cellaring bottles from every bottle release since our very first bottling run of Skus Me back in 2013. We’ll have about 10 different bottles from our cellar available for purchase to go! This will be our first and biggest cellar sale of this scale, but quantities will still be limited and bottles will be sold on a first come first served basis. We’ll post more details about this on social media as we get closer to the event.
Real Smoked BBQ is bringing a massive smoker to our parking lot again and will dishing up some amazing BBQ for this weekend. Come hungry and thirsty!
Cellarmaker Sunday - Tangerang Bottle Release + Growler Fills
Sunday, February 11th, 1PM - 8PM @ The Rare Barrel
We get so excited hanging with our buds from Cellarmaker Brewing Company. The creative juices start flowing and we put our heads together to come up with some new (and old favorites) collaborative brews. This year we are sharing 3 beers with y’all! What makes this year’s party more special than years past? We bottled Tangerang!
Yes, that’s right, for the first time ever you can take Tangerang! bottles home with you, and on top of that for 1 day only we will be filling any clean 32oz and 64oz growler brought in with one of the other Cellarmaker collaboration beers. There are just a few requests we need to ask prior to bringing in your growlers to this Cellarmaker + The Rare Barrel event.
- Growlers must be a marked 32oz or 64oz growlers with a lid
- Please tape over any logo that is not The Rare Barrel logo
- Please clean your growler prior to attending this event
Stay tuned for more details to come on pricing, limits, and draft styles.
Looking for grub? Real Smoked BBQ will be hanging out Sunday as well to fill bellies with tasty BBQ dishes!
pH1 Beer Dinner (ticketed event)
Wednesday, February 14th @ The Rare Barrel
pH1 is the name of a barrel. Crafted from French oak in 1990, she’s traveled from brewery to brewery, positively shaping every beer she touches.
pH1 is an idea. The idea is that there is one barrel that’s better than the rest. She’s better than the rest because she is the perfect home for the perfect mix of yeast and bacteria.
pH1 is the original rare barrel, whose story inspired us to search for that perfect barrel with the perfect mix of yeast and bacteria.
We will be exploring pH1’s influence on sour beer and showcasing some of the fruits of her labor throughout this beer dinner. Our intention is for guests to enjoy the destination as much as we have enjoyed her journey. Check out the details below.
Seatings | Each seating is intended to provide a more intimate dining experience for you to enjoy the beer, food, and shared company.
Seating 1 | 5PM - 7PM
Seating 2 | 8PM - 10PM
Ticket Price & What’s Included | $175 + tax (includes gratuity)
Each ticket will include a 5 courses paired with 5 sours including a serving of The Rare Barrel’s bottled release pH1. In addition to the beer dinner, each attendee will receive 1 bottle of pH1 to take home. This is a single barrel release with less than 200 bottles in existence. This will be the only chance to take home a bottle of this limited beer since bottles of pH1 will not be sold and will likely only be available for special events.
How to Purchase | Click here to enter the 24 hour lottery at 9AM Pacific on Wednesday, January 24th.
Due to the limited amount of tickets per seating we will be holding a lottery for tickets. This lottery will be open to the public and sold through our shop page. Please see details on lottery entry below.
- 1 entry per person, duplicates will be removed
- No entries will be accepted after the lottery closes
- Entry does not guarantee your ticket
- 32 lottery winners will be randomly selected and contacted by 12PM Pacific on Thursday, January 25th.
- Winners will be required to purchase their ticket within 24 hours in order to secure their seat.
Central Coast Showcase & Benefit
Thursday, February 15th, 4PM - 10PM @ The Rare Barrel
A lot has been going on in the Central Coast outside of brewing some phenomenal beers. Much of our state has been victim to devastating fire and flood, most recently Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties. However, we find ways to persist, support each other, and continue to produce awesome beer! Join us on Thursday, February 15th to get a taste of the Central Coast and raise money to help our California neighbors.
In addition to a variety of our beer that will be on tap, we will be showcasing 10 beers from some of our friends in the Central Coast. $2 from every guest beer sold will be donated to the Thomas Fire and Flood Fund in order to help those that were affected. Check our what breweries we will be showcasing for this event below.
Buellton, CA
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Santa Barbara, CA
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Oxnard, CA
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San Luis Obispo, CA
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Buellton, CA
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Paso Robles, CA
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Ventura, CA
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Come for beers and stay for dinner. The Tasting Room & Kitchen will be in full swing and dishin’ up some awesome food to enjoy with these tasty brews.
Sour Vibez Music Festival
Friday, February 16th, 4PM - 10PM @ The Rare Barrel
We’re putting out the vibe, the sour vibez. Come move to the groove, tap your toes, and enjoy the musical tunes from various local artists!
We are excited to celebrate our music program by bringing back all of the artists who have played our 2nd Friday series to present the Sour Vibez Music Festival! It'll be 5+ hours of live music, including our featured band Sharkmouth. Sour Vibez will showcase a variety of sounds, from folk to soul and all the genres in between. PLUS The Rare Barrel's very own Alex Wallash, as the loser of our fantasy football league, will kick off the evening with some ukelele tunes.
Check out the line up below for a full night of music at The Rare Barrel.
Music By…
Sharkmouth
Token Girl
Ash Powell (with Rob Dietrich and Emily Studden)
Justin Cohen
Rick Hardin
Natalie Smith
and Tall Alex
Come for the music, sip on some sours, we’ll also have a few non-sour guest brews on from friends, and enjoy some grub from our kitchen.
Celebrating Women in Beer
Saturday, February 18th, 1 - 10PM @ The Rare Barrel
We are throwing a party to celebrate all of the women in beer that continue to help this industry grow and thrive. Outside of the variety of our beer that will be on draft, we will have beers from 14 breweries that were founded and/or have Head Brewers that are women. To further empower women in beer, we are donating $2 from every guest beer sold to the Pink Boots Society, a non-profit organization that assists to advance careers for women beer industry professionals by raising money for educational opportunities.
Check our what breweries (and some of the women behind making awesome beer) we will be showcasing for this event below.
Richmond, CA
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Alex Zobel - Co-Founder & Brewer
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Los Angeles, CA
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Devon Randall - Head Brewer
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Portland, OR
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Natalie Baldwin - Brewer
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Los Angeles, CA
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Ting Su - Co-Founder
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Alameda, CA
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Claudia Davis - Co-Founder
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Redwood City, CA
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Alisha Blue - Head Brewer
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McMinnville, OR
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Lisa Allen - Head Brewer
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Austin, TX
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Averie Swanson - Head Brewer
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San Francisco, CA
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Regan Long - Co-Founder & Brewmaster
Sarah Fenson - Co-Founder
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Kihei, HI
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Kim Lutz - Brewmaster
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Fort Collins, DE
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Kim Jordan - Co-Founder
Lauren Limbach - Wood Cellar Manager
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Capitola, CA
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Adair Paterno - Co-Founder
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Torrance, CA
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Laurie Porter - Co-Founder
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Inglewood, CA
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Lynn Weaver - Founder
Alex Nowel - Brewmaster
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We will also have a food truck on site to fill your bellies with tasty grub throughout the day.
Sunday Brunch
Sunday, February 19th, 11 - 5PM @ The Rare Barrel
If you like mimosas but don’t want to commit to champagne, then you are in for a treat! We will be serving beermosas and 2 other brunch cocktail inspired sours during Sunday Brunch at our Tasting Room & Kitchen. We are adjusting our hours from 11AM to 5PM so that you can wind down from a fun and busy SF Beer Week by enjoying a beermosa and some of our brunch-inspired dishes from our kitchen. If you weren’t able to try any of the beer from our events during the week or want to get another chance to grab a glass of something that was offered during one of these events, Sunday Brunch will be your last chance to try some of these amazing guest beers. We’re not sure what will be on tap yet but our draft list will be updated on site throughout the day.
Off-site Events
Sours from The Rare Barrel can also be enjoyed at the following events: SFBW Opening Gala (2/9), Sour Sunday at Jupiter (2/11), SARA’s Friends at Sante Adairius Santa Cruz Portal (2/11), Homies night with Alvarado St, Cellarmaker, Sante Adairius, and The Rare Barrel at Toronado (2/12)
Enjoy an epic Beer Week and see y’all in the Tasting Room!