Celebrating Beer Week With A Bike Ride To Marin Brewing Company!
It’s now officially Beer Week in the Bay Area, and there’s nothing my cycling friends love more than their bicycles than beer (well, perhaps coffee is a close second.)
The local bike shop pushbike organized a fun social ride to the Marin Brewing Company in Larkspur, and over 30 of us gathered to make the 40-mile round trip to the brewery. It was also a benefit ride for the local cap maker and home brewer Kachusha “Chuey” Munkanta.
After crossing the Golden Gate Bridge, we stopped at Cibo in Sausalito for some caffeine (like I said, we love our coffee.)
Cibo’s the home of 2girl Coffee, which has some clever descriptions for their assortment of beans.
After getting fueled up, we headed onwards to “Paradise Loop,” a scenic and popular route located just past Tiburon.
Marin Brewing Company was packed to capacity as it was a beautiful Saturday afternoon.
Just behind the bar, there’s a window where you can see their selection of fresh beer currently stored on the premises.
They also serve up the usual array of bar food including burgers, sandwiches and wood-fired pizza.
I ordered their Platypus Venom, a strong 10% ABV Imperial Stout (which I had to try since the platypus is my favorite animal) seasoned with star anise and blackstrap molasses. It’s a pretty hefty brew that would go well with a dark chocolate dessert.
After a leisurely lunch, most folks opted to take the ferry home afterwards from Larkspur.
But a small group of us slowly rolled back to SF — after waiting for our beer buzzes to wear off – so we could spend more time in the warm winter sunshine. Bicycles + beer = bliss!
Marin Brewing Company
Address: 1809 Larkspur Landing Circle map
Larkspur, CA 94939
Ph:(415) 461-4677
Facebook: Marin Brewing Company
Twitter: @MarinBrewingCo
Chuey is also participating in a free event at the Cervecería de MateVeza this upcoming Monday.
Cerveceria & Chuey Collaboration Benefiting the Glen Hay Falconer Foundation
February 11
5:00pm – 9:00pm
“Our good friend and prolific homebrewer Kachusha “Chuey” Munkanta came over to brew a Falconer’s Flight hopped, yerba mate infused collaboration beer. We brewed only 20 gallons, so get it while you can! Proceeds of our collaboration will benefit the Glen Hay Falconer Foundation, a non-profit organization created to commemorate and celebrate the life, interests, and good works of a well-loved and leading Northwest brewer.”
Address: map
Cervecería de MateVeza
3801 18th Street
San Francisco, CA 94114
Ph: (415) 273-9295
Admission: Free
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When she’s not working as an Interactive Producer for KQED’s QUEST, the science, nature and environment multimedia series, Jenny Oh is ruminating on food. An ex-resident of New York City, she took a hiatus from media production and served as a cheese buyer for the Union Square Whole Foods store in New York City. Jenny also had a memorably tough one-day stint at David Chang’s Momofuku restaurant where she realized her passion for food was best nurtured on the home front and not in professional kitchens. A resident of Oakland, you can often find Jenny pedaling around on her bike to keep tabs on food happenings in the East Bay.Subscribe
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