Review: Linden Street's Burning Oak Black Larger

This tasted very much like a porter but with little or no hop flavor.
It was just ok.  Not very exciting but drinkable with food.

The food here was also good but not great.
The presentation was nice but the flavor was nothing special.
Chop Bar.
247 4th Street #111
Oakland, CA 94607

Review: Hof Ten Dormaal Dark

My accomplice chose a much better beer.
She chose the Hof Ten Dormaal Dark.
Well, to be more precise, the bartender recommended it when she said that she liked St. Bernardus.
Very sweet, brown sugar-like taste.

The Trappist
460 8th Street
Oakland, CA 94607

Review: Omnipollo Nebuchadnezzar

Any beer with a name like Omnipollo Nebuchadnezzar is a must try!
That said, it was a bit of a disappointment.
It started out with a nice citrusy smell.
But, it followed with a not-so-pleasant bitter taste.

And the aftertaste left a lot to be desired.

That said, we drank it at a great location.
The Trappist
460 8th Street
Oakland, CA 94607

Review: Drakes Black Robusto

I have to say that I was quite disappointed with this. 

I love a good porter and brew a mean one of my own (called St. Paul porter, named by the home brew place I first learned the recipe). 

This one was very plain and unexciting. 

It did not go down easy at all. 

Review: Weltenburger Dunkel

I am not much of a German beer fan, so when I went to Suppenkuche the other day, I had to ask for their recommendation.  And a great recommendation it was.
The Weltenburger Dunkel is a smooth, sweet darker beer.
It went perfectly with the sauteed porkloin and spatzle.
I strongly recommend this restaurant and this beer.
Suppenkuche
525 Laguna st.
San Francisco CA 94102

Review: MateVeza Beer

I've had this place on my To Go list for some months; so long I cannot remember where I first heard about it.
It's pretty much a take-out place and being located next to Dolores Park makes that quite an easy thing to do.
I sampled 2 beers of theirs: one a reddish, no-hop, Kriek-like beer, and their main MateVeza.
The former was a bit too fruity and bitter for me.  The latter was a good, somewhat normal tasting IPA.  I could not taste anything specially different considering it is made with mate.

Cervecería de MateVeza
3801 18th St
San Francisco, California

Doggie Style Classic Pale Ale

Delicious!
This is an awesome, sweet ale!

Consumed at:
The Mad Dog in the Fog
530 Haight St
San Francisco, CA 94117