Rudy's Can't Fail Cafe

This is one of our favorite spots on the Oakland Ale Trail. The Diving Dog has lots of nice seating and a great selection of beers. Author: Caroline Porsiel Caroline Porsiel is a master distiller and liqueurist based in East Ellijay, Georgia. She founded House of Applejay, a fine spirits and liqueur distillery, in 2022 with her mother, Sabine, crafting Read more...

Woods Beer Co.’s third Bay Area location features exciting small-batch craft beer made in-house at a three-barrel brewery above the bar. Features a large, enclosed patio centered on a grand open fireplace, a gorgeously restored twenty-foot-long antique mahogany bar, and a state-of-the-art three-barrel (93-gallon) brewing system upstairs. The bar features twelve beers on tap, mostly Woods Beer brewed on-site or Read more...

From the Basement to Broadway. Each beer is born in a basement near Broadway. Proudly mass-produced at Tied House Brewery in Mountain View. Self-distributed out of American Steel Studios in West Oakland. Line 51 beer is now pouring at select stops in Oakland, Alameda, and Berkeley. Line 51 encourages the use of public transportation as a safe alternative to drinking Read more...

Very few brewpubs offer beer from other breweries, but in his quest to open the ultimate beer emporium, Steve Wolff has gone out of his way to bring out the most interesting beers, offering 24 taps, a third of which are house brewed. With the addition of a new mashtun and a creative new brewmaster we are ramping up production Read more...

Independent Brewing Company, located in Oakland, CA, is serving delicious ales and lagers. Author: Caroline Porsiel Caroline Porsiel is a master distiller and liqueurist based in East Ellijay, Georgia. She founded House of Applejay, a fine spirits and liqueur distillery, in 2022 with her mother, Sabine, crafting award-winning products like Applejay from Ellijay, Mt. Frozen Knob Vodka, and Winter Cherry Read more...