Almanac Beer Company
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Almanac Beer Company is an Alameda, California brewer that makes farm-to-table beers in small batches using fruit, grains and herbs purchased from local family farms. The company has brewed both year-round table beers and special releases, as well as beers set aside from larger batches and aged in oak barrels. Almanac is best known for its oak-aged sours and farmhouse ales.
History
Almanac was founded in 2010 by Jesse Friedman and Damian Fagan. The business partners, who met at a homebrewers club three years before, were influenced by Alice Waters and her emphasis on regional, seasonal ingredients. "If there's one local brewery that has worked to build bridges within the culinary world, it's Almanac Beer Co, which has always had ties with Northern California's sustainable farming community and a focus on beers that pair well with food", wrote Jason Henry on an SF Weekly blog.
Almanac was a San Francisco Bay Guardian Best of the Bay 2012 editor's pick. The brewer's Farmer's Reserve No. 4 was a Draft Magazine pick for the top 25 beers of 2013.
In December 2016, Almanac opened a taproom, its first retail outlet, in San Francisco's Mission District with indoor seating and a year-round beer garden.
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