Regular customers of ours know that the beer has been a bit... unpredictable in recent months. It was, admittedly, a bit ballsy (read as: insane) to package and ship unfiltered and unpasterized beer. When we started sales in June of 2008 it seemed that selling nothing but Real Ale was fitting with our uncommon vision of what beer can be.

We've been working at that vision for a few years now; and our brew crew has been making constant improvements to their skills. We're a lot better at this than we used to be. That's been reflected in the health of the yeast cells hanging around in our cans and kegs. Quite simply: they're too healthy for anyone's good.

So we've taken a step to ensure that we're shipping more consistent beer out the door: we've added a filter to our process. The results have been spectacular. The first beer through the filter started hitting local shelves yesterday, and we'll have beer headed further afield, to Pennsylvania, Virginia, New York, Oregon, and some overseas locations as well in the next few weeks.

Cheers,Alec

We're back in Sonoma this Saturday afternoon, pouring at the Beervana Homebrew competition. Tickets are available through the Sonoma Community Center.

Oh, and good news everyone: Any empty shelves in your area will be restocked with Siamese Twin, Golden State, and Baltic Porter cans in the next week. We're almost caught up with demand.

A heads up to anyone who missed our three SF Beer Week events last Saturday, we're at it again, pouring beer this coming weekend in Sonoma at the Winter Artisan Cheese Fair. It'll be taking place on the 27th at MacArthur Place, from 1-4 PM. Tickets are available at Reader's Books in Sonoma, or through the Epicurean Connection.

And since one beer week wasn't quite enough, we're also headed up to Sacramento to help celebrate theirs. Check us out at the Capitol Beer Fest, which takes place at the Cal Expo from 1-4 PM, with a VIP rare beer tasting at Noon, on Saturday March 5th.

It's nearly March already?

Oh, and a note for anyone struggling to find our beer out on the shelves, we know that supplies are low. The transition to the new brewhouse has taken longer than planned. We should be packaging Golden State Ale this week, with Twin and Porter to follow in the next two weeks.