Bottoms Up

Oddbits…There’ll be no open house this afternoon at Linden Street Brewing in Oakland.  Proprietor – head brewer Adam Lamoreaux says in an e-mail to one of his fans that unfortunately, they just aren’t ready.

We will DEFINITELY be doing an event at the brewery on Friday, October 3rd and will keep you posted on future events at LSB.  Also we are finishing up a newsletter that we will be posting on our website and emailing out to folks like you to better keep everybody in the loop.  Sorry again for the confusion, but I promise we are working to make mixups like this a thing of the past.

OK Adam, we’ll see ya’ there. By the way, you can sample both of Linden Street’s beers, Linden Street Common Lager and Black Bottom, made by Adam at  Drake’s in San Leandro at the Trappist in downtown Oakland.

Live out Pleasanton-Livermore way and looking for Russian River Pliny the Elder in bottles. Don’t even think about Beverages & More they don’t refrigerate their beer and Vinnie Cilurzo,  Russian River, won’t sell Pliny to stores that don’t refrigerate.  The place to go is Perry’s, Liquor, 1522 Railroad Ave., 925-443-0550.  A reader tells me they have it in stock.

In a similar vein, another poster says Precita Market & Deli, 35 Precita Ave. (between Coso Ave & Mission Street in Bernal Heights), San Francisco, 415-648-3588 is selling off  a pretty nice stash of last years winter beers… Jubilale, SnowCap, Santa’s Private, etc….Now you know.

Events: Wednesday, Sept. 10, 5 p.m., Toronado, 547 Haight St., San Francisco. They’re going to tap a keg of Anchor Liberty Ale on the anniversary of the day this splendid, India Pale Ale was born: Sept. 10, 1975.  The keg is coming to the Toronado from Anchor on the day it’s kegged.  If you’ve never tried Liberty fresh, here’s a chance. Sometimes I go a long time without a glass and each time I renew my acquaintance, I’m blown away. Mucho hops, great malt balance. A five star beer.