It's October, beer is king and it's our favorite time of the year! In an Oakland Beer Drinkers' Association collaboration with Christian Kazakoff of Moraga's Canyon Club Brewery, our brewmaster, Shane Aldrich, has just released a new Pale Ale. Its name, "Passcode-O-980-24-M," traces the ale's origins from Oakland to Moraga via Highways 908 and [...]
During a celebrated visit to the Bay Area in 1903, President Theodore Roosevelt accepted an invitation to lay the cornerstone of a new YMCA in Vallejo. Arrangements were made for the Torpedo Boat Paul Jones to transport the President from Oakland Mole to Mare Island. Teddy, famously competitive, suggested an attempt at a record [...]
Water. Yeast. Hops. Barley. Rye. Time with good friends and neighbors. All are key ingredients to making this great beer known as Rye Ruv Ru. We collaborated with Pacific Coast Brewing and Oak Barrel Winecraft to bring you the latest installment of the Oakland Beer Drinkers Association series: a Rye IPA. A Rye IPA differs from [...]
Pop. Pop. Pop. SF Beer Week is right around the corner! Sharpen those slice shots, dust off those paddles and join us Saturday, February 18at SPiN in San Francisco for an evening playing ping-pong against our very own Shane Aldrich and some of NorCal’s finest brewers. Each brewery will be pouring TWO limited release beers [...]
The Oakland Beer Drinkers Association has one simple mission: to unite beer drinkers and the breweries they love here in Oakland California. We are proud to be founding members of The OBDA and we would like to thank the following breweries and brewers for their contributions: Mare Island Brewing Company for our collaboration on the [...]
