July-Aug 2001
Volume 24
Number 5
The San Andreas Malts' Newsletter
Our 24th Year
INSIDE &OUT:
PRESIDENTIAL GRUMBLINGS/
AUGUST MEETING # 1
The Friday night party last month was fun. I'm not sure where my priorities were, but I had to bake bread for a dinner party the next night and didn't get to Joe's and Rick's till pretty late. Still, there were a bunch of revelers and plenty of good beer. Alec had made a delicious English-style ale which was on the handpump.
A couple years ago I heard that Trader Joe's was dumping liter-and-a-half bottles of Hair of the Dog "Adam" for four bucks, so I went down there and bought several. After I got them home I realized I was never going to open up a liter and a half of barley wine and hope to drink it, so I didn't know what to do. People said take it to a party, but that also seems like a waste, because there are so many people at a party that wouldn't understand or appreciate such an odd beer.
But the Friday party was perfect for that. I brought one and it lasted a pretty long time. That's because it's a ten-percent beer.
The Party seemed like a success so perhaps we'll have more. I think the next available month is September or October. I talked to the guys at Speakeasy about having a Friday night party at the brewery, and they liked the idea. And what could be better than partying in a brewery?
By the time you read this, I'll be on my way to the Great British Beer Festival in London. There will be 350 draft real ales, a hundred ciders, and a few hundred different European and American beers. Beer heaven. The August meeting will be at my house in San Francisco three nights after I return from Lon-don. This would be a good meeting to attend if you're at all interested in English real ales.
Directions: 250 San Leandro Way, in the southwest corner of SF. 415/759-6768. From north of there: Drive down 19th Ave through the alphabetic cross-streets and turn left on Sloat. Go straight at the next lights onto St. Francis Blvd. The third right is San Leandro (the second right is San Fernando; don't con-fuse them). A block and a half down on the right is my house, exactly mid-block. (concludes over yonder)
a melange for your reading pleasure, including...
BHJ - British Brew Tastes
HOT AUGUST PARTY TIME!!
MEMBERSHIP ROSTER 2001
PRESIDENTIAL GRUMBLINGS
PARTY TIME AGAIN!!!
(aka 2nd August meeting)
When: SATURDAY, AUGUST 18, 2PM - ????
Where: Ed Chainey's, 5866 McBryde, Richmond, 510/237-5704.
What: Another social event - what we do best. Harvest some hops, perhaps, as well.
Bring: Brew to share, food to grill/side munchies, a drinking vessel - the club will furnish plates, napkins, & a limited amount of plastic ware.
Direxions: From the west, I-80 East to Solano/McBryde Exit. L @ Stop sign to Mc Bryde, R on McBryde up the hill - house is on the right about 1/4 mile past Arlington. Call Ed if you're coming west on 80. From Marin, your best bet is to take 580 across the SR Bridge to Bayview/Carlson, L at stop onto Bayview, R on Carlson, L on 80 E & proceed as above. OK to park directly in front of his house or at the rec center below.
From northeast: Drive up Market to Twin Peaks and down Portola till it becomes Junipero Serra at the intersection with Sloat. Turn left at the next lights, which is Ocean. The first left is a stop light, and the second left is a stop sign. That's San Leandro. 250 is a block and a half down on the left, exactly mid-block.
From south: Drive up 280 to 19th or Junipero Serra. Turn right on Ocean, and left on San Leandro.
From the Bay Bridge: Take 80 to 280 to the Ocean Avenue exit and turn right. Follow Ocean a couple miles until two blocks before Junipero Serra and turn right on San Leandro. Give me grief about being so vague.
