Hops and History - Tasting SF's Brewing Past

May 23, 2013

Will and I, especially, had been down for the last week or so with an icky cold virus, so we were really anxious to get out of the house. We were excited to learn that an old friend from high school was in San Francisco for a training and wanted to get together with us! I started searching for something very "SF" to do, and stumbled upon this little event. It was held at The Old Mint. Now a National Historic Landmark, it was the one building downtown that withstood the earthquake of 1906 and served as the depository and treasury for the city's relief fund. It is a beautiful old building with architecture that is not commonly found around the city because of the disastrous earthquake and fire which claimed many of the buildings built in the 1800s.

The Hops and History event served the purpose as a fundraiser for what is being slated as the San Francisco Museum at the Mint. It featured many local breweries and a local food vendor. Being that this was not a recurring event, there were a few mishaps that happened along the way. Upon entry there was a very long line. They sold out of the tickets and in my opinion sold too many. This was followed by long lines at the brewers' stations at the peak hour of the event, which resulted in some of the stations running out before we had a chance to sample! And worst of all was that the one and only food stand (which was silly and deceiving because they advertised that they were going to have many food trucks and stands present) ran out of food, and before we could get to it! So we finished off the night at the event and immediately following we headed to the Mission for some delicious tacos and burritos at Pancho Villa. So yummy!

Despite these few mishaps, we had a really fun time at the event and it was great to see our friend, Isaac as it had been many years since our last visit with him.