Bottoms Up

If you haven’t made it to the Trappist Beer Cafe & Specialty Beer Bar, 460 8th St. in downtown Oakland – Wednesday night, Dec. 12′s a good time to check it out.

Proprietors Chuck Stilphen and Aaron Porter are hosting a “kill-the-keg” night to make room for new Christmas beers. For the entire evening, every glass of El Toro IPA***, an excellent beer from the Morgan Hill brewery’s $2.

Another upcoming event to get one in a holiday mood (or out of it, as the case may be): Saturday, Dec. 22, is St. Bernardus Glass Night. Buy a beer, keep the glass. Info here.

Photo: Not an IPA, not St. Bernardus, just a closeup of an excellent beer. Look at that rocky head!