Upcoming Event: The Third Annual JAPAN BEER FEST

Happy New Year! We hope that everyone had a cozy, relaxing holiday season with your loved ones and are ready to rock 2016. It's going to be a good one -- it's the year of the Monkey! Strap in. We are kicking the year off right with JAPAN BEER FEST, our beloved yearly soiree presented with The Trappist, next door. SF Beer Week sprang up on us a bit earlier this year, and we'll be holding the event on Sunday January 24, from 12-4pm. We've got a lot in store for all you beer heads for our third annual event. We'll have 20+ beers on tap and bottled and Ramen Shop will be serving up their famous fried rice. Man, we can not get enough of their chahan, I hope there will be plenty of pork, squid and spice! Perhaps what I am most excited about are the kegs of Asahi beer that we are getting from Japan, freshly served from a self-foaming tap. In Japan, draft beer is called nama, and it comes with plenty of head. The Asahi tap will have a "creamer faucet", like this. Don't worry, there will be plenty of head to go around. Besides this, the beer that we're definitely slated to tap are Baird, Coedo, Hitachino, and Shiga Kogen. Here's what will be available at The Trappist: ON TAP Shiga Kogen Africa Pale Ale Shiga Kogen Draft Pale Ale Harvest Brew Shiga Kogen Grand Rouge Shiga Kogen Harvest Saison Shiga Kogen House IPA Shiga Kogen India Black Ale Harvest Brew Shiga Kogen Indian Summer Saison Shiga Kogen IPA Harvest Brew Shiga Kogen Miyama Blonde Shiga Kogen No. 10 Shiga Kogen Pale Ale Harvest Brew Shiga Kogen Takeshi Imperial Stout Baird Angry Boy Baird Big Red Machine Fall Classic Baird Dark Sky Baird Teikoku IPA Baird Yabai Yabai Hitachino Nest Dai Dai Hitachino Nest Anbai Plum Hitachino Nest Saison du Japon Coedo Ruri Pils Coedo Kyara Coedo Black Lager Asahi Super Dry from Japan BOTTLES Hitachino Nest Espresso Stout Hitachino Nest XH Shochu Aged Yoho Tokyo Black Yoho Yona Yona Pale Ale Yoho Aooni IPA YohoWednesday Cat White beer Koshihikari Ozeno Yukidoke IPA Sansho Ale Golden Kolsch Baird Wabi Sabi And of course we'll have a Bottle System stocked full of beers and sakes from Japan, for your imbibing pleasures at home. WHAT: 3rd Annual JAPAN BEER FEST Featuring 30+ microbrews from Japan, including a special Asahi self-foaming jockey box from Japan Fried rice by Ramen Shop WHEN: Sunday 1/24, 12-4pm WHERE: The Trappist 460 8th Street Old Oakland, CA BART: 12th Street/ Oakland City Center Google Map See you on the 24th!