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
Non-fruited tart saison	Saison Bernice | Sante Adairius Rustic Ales | pink	Mellona | Cellador Ales | orange
spiced saison	Apropos of Nothing | The Rare Barrel | green	La Vie En Rose |Pure Project | yellow
stone fruit sour	Stone Hearted  |Alvarado St : Yeast of Eden | red	Careful With That Aprium, Eugene |Beachwood Blendery | blue
fruited sour	Compunction | Russian River Brewing Company | green	Highbinder | Societe Brewing Company | yellow
spirit barrel aged sour	4th Anniversary Sour | The Rare Barrel | red	Black and Blue BBLs | The Bruery | blue
blonde ale	Lite Idea | Temescal Brewing | green	Refresh | Highland Park Brewery | yellow
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!

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Cellarmaker Sunday - Tangerang Bottle Release + Growler Fills

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.

 

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!

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pH1 Beer Dinner (ticketed event)

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.

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.

 

Barrelworks	Buellton, CA
Brewery Rex	Santa Barbara, CA
Casa Agria Specialty Ales	Oxnard, CA
Central Coast Brewing Co.	San Luis Obispo, CA
Figueroa Mountain Brewing Co.	Buellton, CA
Firestone Brewing Company	Paso Robles, CA
Topa Topa Brewing Co.	Ventura, CA

 

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.

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Sour Vibez Music Festival

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.

 

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.

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Celebrating Women in Beer

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.

 

Armistice Brewing Company	Richmond, CA	Alex Zobel - Co-Founder & Brewer
Arts District	Los Angeles, CA	Devon Randall - Head Brewer
Breakside Brewery	Portland, OR	Natalie Baldwin - Brewer
Eagle Rock Brewery	Los Angeles, CA	Ting Su - Co-Founder
Faction Brewing	Alameda, CA	Claudia Davis - Co-Founder
Freewheel Brewing Company	Redwood City, CA	Alisha Blue - Head Brewer
Heater Allen Brewing	McMinnville, OR	Lisa Allen - Head Brewer
Jester King Brewery	Austin, TX	Averie Swanson - Head Brewer
Local Brewing Co.	San Francisco, CA	Regan Long - Co-Founder & Brewmaster Sarah Fenson - Co-Founder
Maui Brewing Co.	Kihei, HI	Kim Lutz - Brewmaster
New Belgium Brewing Company	Fort Collins, DE	Kim Jordan -  Co-Founder Lauren Limbach - Wood Cellar Manager
Sante Adairius Rustic Ales	Capitola, CA	Adair Paterno - Co-Founder
Smog City Brewing Co	Torrance, CA	Laurie Porter - Co-Founder
Three Weavers Brewing Company	Inglewood, CA	Lynn Weaver - Founder Alex Nowel - Brewmaster

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Sunday Brunch

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.

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Off-site Events

 

Enjoy an epic Beer Week and see y’all in the Tasting Room!