Our March Sipping Sessions is here!

Melissa will be hosting a guided tasting of five different West Coast IPAs from our bottle cooler. She'll talk about style characteristics and flavor profiles of IPAs you know and love, as well as newer takes on the classic style.

$20 reserves you a spot, and space is limited so sign up today at www.thegoodhop.com/merch/sippingsessions

Oskar Blues is once again coming out to host our 2nd Annual OSKARS Watch Party at The Good Hop!

Sunday, February 23rd from 4pm on we’ll showing the 91st Academy Awards at The Good Hop.

Liz from Oskar Blues is bringing Oscars Bingo again, which is always a great way to make it a little more fun! We’ll also have free popcorn and candy, as well as a killer line up of Oskar Blues Beers including:

• Death By Coconut Irish Coconut Porter

• Icey Wheat IPA

• Bwahaha Calista DIPA

• Guns N Rose

It's time for Oakland's 3rd Annual North Coast Brewing Company Chili Crawl! Join us for a little friendly neighborhood competition on Saturday, November 11th from 2pm - 6pm.

This year we have FIVE stops on the crawl: CommonWealth Cafe & Pub, Blind Tiger, The Double Standard, The Good Hop and Telegraph! The reigning champ from 2017 is Blind Tiger - who's gonna steal the crown???

- Each location will be cookin' up their own batch of chili, each using a different North Coast beer in the recipe.

- All YOU have to do is visit each location, order a North Coast beer (various pour sizes available!) and try your complimentary taste of chili! You can start and finish in whatever order you like.

- VOTE for your favorite chili! You can pick up a voting card and chili crawl map at any of the 5 locations. But remember - your People’s Choice vote only counts if you visit all 5 stops on the crawl.

- THEN: Join us at Blind Tiger at 6pm for our official awards ceremony, hosted by the one and only Dan Bollwinkel (Bully!!) of North Coast. We’ll have a panel of judges who will make the final call on the official champion of 2019.

Come show some Town Love with us and let's get our chili and North Coast beer on, folks.

Black Project Spontaneous & Wild Ales is coming to California! Hailing from Denver, Colorado, they specialize in “Innovation in the research and development of spontaneous fermentation.” They have medalled at The Great American Beer Festival in 2014, 2015 and 2017.

The brewers will be making a special stop at The Good Hop on Friday, February 22nd for a special Bottle Pour event at 3pm. We’ll have bottles of:

• Tagboard - Dry-hopped, 1 year Spontaneous Wild Ale

• Oxcart - Blended Coolship Spontaneous Ale

• Supercruise - Blended Coolship Spontaneous Ale with grape must

• Lancer - Golden Sour Ale with Wildflower Honey

• Glomar - Sour Golden Ale with Canteloupe & Chinook hops

The crew from Ol' Republic Brewery is joining us at The Good Hop on Tuesday 2/12 at 7:30pm to host Trivia Tuesday!

It is also the official East Bay Release of their brand new, Rosé-inspired Brut IPA - Make Me Blush - we'll have the only keg available in the East Bay! (Yes, we will have cans too.)

Also on draft: Chocalypto Imperial Chocolate Oatmeal Stout, and It Was All a Dream, an Oak barrel-aged Saison with Brett and Mandarins.

Ol Republic will be hosting a round of trivia, and we'll have awesome prizes for the winners! Prizes for 1st, 2nd, and Best Small Team. Up to 6 people per team, please!

Beer Week Bingo is back! Only this time, it's a bit more fabulous.

We'll be joined by Laughing Monk Brewing AND The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence!

Laughing Monk draft and cans/bottles will be available, including some special releases and year-round favorites.

Sister Rosie from The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence will be calling Bingo, so things will definitely be interesting!

We'll be raising money for The Sisters General Fund, which supports local non-profits in our community, donating to Oakland organizations that give back right here in our own neighborhood.

FREE to play! There will be sweet prizes from Laughing Monk and The Good Hop.

4pm - 8pm, see you there! Let's send SF Beer Week 2019 in glamour and style.

Russian River is coming to The Good Hop for SF Beer Week! We'll have a plethora of Russian River beers both on draft and in bottles.

Russian River reps/crew will be in the building, AND rumor has it that a certain sexy beer just may make an appearance!

Tickets for Pliny the Younger pours (limit 2 tickets per person) will go on sale right when we open at 3pm, and the keg will be tapped at 6pm. This was a SUPER fun event for us last year, and we're definitely ready to do it again! Join us.

The OC is headed up to The Bay for SFBeer Week! Some of our friends down in Orange County are trekkin' up North with some of their finest beers for ya.

Wednesday, February 6th they'll be hanging out with us at The Good Hop. Come down and try something new while chatting them up about the beer scene in The OC.

Participating breweries include: Chapman Crafted, Riip, Artifex, Bottle Logic, Barley Forge, Unsung, Green Cheek, The Bruery, and Noble!

Once again our very own Malty Maven Melissa is brewin' up some goodness for SF Beer Week! She'll be collaborating with local breweries and tantalizing our tastebuds with some super special one-off beers, including Barebottle from San Francisco and Old Kan here in Oakland.

It is also Trivia Tuesday, so Melissa will be guest-hosting and testing your knowledge of all things beer! 20+ years of brewing experience has definitely left her qualified, so we're looking forward to what she comes up with.

SoCal Sour Sunday is back for the 3rd year in a row! One of our most popular SFBW events at The Good Hop, this event is exactly what it sounds like: ALL SOCAL SOURS, ALL DAY LONG. Our 16 taps will be taken over by some of the yummiest sours to step foot out of SoCal.

This year we are also bringing back curated cheese pairings to the list, because everyone knows that good cheese and sour beer are a delightful combination. Our very own bartender and house cheesemonger Paul Klevan will be selecting the cheeses and suggesting irresistible pairings that bring out the funk and play up the flavors of both the cheeses and the beer.

Participating Breweries:

Artifex

Amplified Ales

Barley Forge

Beachwood Blendery

Bruery

Bottle Logic

Cellador

Chapman Crafted

Eagle Rock

Fall Brewing

Good Beer Co

Karl Strauss

Modern Times

Phantom Carriage

Rip Current

Smog City

Keep an eye out for the brewers/crew themselves, who will be trekkin' up North to hang out with us that afternoon/evening between 4pm and 9pm.

Tahoe Mountain is back on the scene and is Taking The Town to kick off SF Beer Week at The Good Hop!

We’ll have a FULL line-up of Tahoe Mountain beers all day long, including some of your favorites, as well as some new styles.

Blood Orange Saison - Multi culture Saison with blood orange zest & juice

Flida Mae - Foudre aged Wild American Copper Ale

Aurelia - Foudre aged Sour Golden Ale

Peach Recolte Du Bois - Farmhouse ale with Brett & fresh peaches

Apricot Recolte Du Bois - wine barrel aged Farmhouse ale with apricots

Recolte Du Bois 9 Months - Cabernet Barrel Aged Golden Sour

Hop Song - IPA

Tropical Paradise - IPA with Pineapple & Mango

Celeste - Belgian Dark Strong Ale

Sugar Pine Porter - Porter

Macaroon Porter - Porter with toasted coconut & hazelnuts

Ms Coco & The Delicate Oatsters - Imperial Oatmeal Stout

Chione - Oatmeal Stout with peppermint & cocoa nibs

Higashino - Farmhouse Saison with Szechuan peppercorns, Asian pear juice, Sorachi Ace hops, toasted brown rice, and Genmaicha tea

Evolution of the Barrel - 1, 2 & 3 Year Barrel-aged Golden Sour

Viejo Rojo - Lambic with cherries & blueberries

The Tahoe Mountain crew will be hanging out in the afternoon, so come on down and Meet the Brewer while sippin’ on Tahoe’s finest!

Our Imperial Stout Edition of Sipping Sessions is here!

Melissa will be hosting a guided tasting of five different Imperial Stout selections from our bottle cooler. She'll talk about style characteristics and flavor profiles for each, and discuss each of the breweries. This is an intimate, laid back, very conversational setting. It’s meant to be fun, and also a chance to learn a little something new while trying delicious beers!

Our Imperial Stout edition is typically one of our most popular Sipping Sessions, so don’t wait, sign up today.

$20 reserves you a spot, and space is limited so sign up at:

www.thegoodhop.com/merch/sippingsessions

On Sunday, December 30th we're hosting Loteria at The Good Hop to celebrate the end of 2018! From 4pm - 7pm, join us for a little bit of "Mexican Bingo" and independent beers.

It is FREE to play, and there will be prizes for the winners! 

Wondering what Loteria is? Here is a little bit of historical background for ya: http://www.teresavillegas.com/history-of-la-loteria/

See you there!

Our neighbors over at Almanac Beer Company in Alameda are coming to The Good Hop to host trivia! On Tuesday, December 18th, the Almanac crew will be reppin’ and showcasing some of their latest releases.

On draft we will have:

Loud Hazy DIPA

Universal Ghost BBA Imperial Stout with Vanilla

Fruit Cobbler Sour Ale with Peaches, Blueberries & Spices

We will also have a selection of bottles and cans (Including cans of the Universal Ghost!)

Trivia starts at 7:30pm. Please note: Up to 6 people per team, please!

Cheers.

Our Winter Seasonal Edition of Sipping Sessions is here!

Melissa will be hosting a guided tasting of five different Winter Seasonal selections from our bottle cooler. She'll talk about style characteristics and flavor profiles of some of the super interesting and delicious beers that only come out once a year. It's not ALL spice and everything nice! There will be a range of styles included in the tasting

$20 reserves you a spot, and space is limited so sign up today at www.thegoodhop.com/merch/sippingsessions

You already know The Good Hop is about that Berg Life. Well, we're going next level on you for Trivia Tuesday on December 11th with a special Underberg Edition!

We'll have official Underberg reps in the house hosting a round of trivia and spreading the Underberg love (and schwag of course!) The winning teams are definitely going home super Berg-swagged out!
We will have a special menu of Underberg cocktails, and the option to "Put a Berg On It" with any beer or cider.

Trivia starts at 7:30pm - come get trivial with us!

*Please note: Trivia teams are a max of 6 people per team.

Ting Su, co-owner of Eagle Rock Brewery and founder of the Eagle Rock Brewery Women's Beer Forum, is coming to hang with us at The Good Hop!

On Sunday, December 2nd from 5pm - 8pm, we're gonna do a little Sunday afternoon sippin' with Ting. We'll have 4 Eagle Rock beers on tap, and a few specialty bottles and cans available to take home with you. Ting will be hanging out to chat and throw a couple back with us. Come meet her and find out more about all the kick-ass things she is doing down South with her Women's Beer Forum! 

On tap: 
All Your Oat Hazy IPA
Solidarity Black Lager
Peach Noir dark sour ale with peaches (VERY limited in Nor Cal!)
Rose Gose kettle sour with black currants, raspberries, peaches & Himalayan pink salt

See you there!

Want to learn all about what makes a gose a gose? Want to hang out and discuss the varieties of the style and how it has been adapted for a modern audience? How about from one of the leading experts on the topic in the brewing industry, Fal Allen?? Join us for our Special Edition Sipping Sessions on Wednesday, November 14th!

Fal Allen, brewmaster at Anderson Valley Brewing Company and author of "Gose: Brewing a Classic German Beer for the Modern Era," will be joining us next month for all of the above. We will have 5-6 different variations of his goses, and he will lead an intimate and informative tasting and discussion with us.

Fal will also be bringing copies of his book, which will be available for purchase.

Tickets are $20 each, and are available on our website here.

In order to maintain an intimate setting, tickets and seating will be limited.

Sign up today to reserve your spot!

We're celebrating Halloween at The Good Hop with our good friends at Ghost Town Brewing and Epidemic Ales! They'll be hosting our trivia night (Halloween and all things macabre themed, of course) on Tuesday, October 30th from 7:30pm - 10pm.

The breweries will be joining Paul and hosting a special themed round, and will be handing out super cool schwag and prizes to the winners. We'll have draft available from both Ghost Town and Epidemic, and the crews will be hanging out with us for the evening.

Costumes are not required, but they are encouraged!! This is our official Halloween party this year, so we're gonna be ready to rock. There will be a prize for best costume!

Our next Sipping Sessions is Wednesday, October 10th. It will be hosted by the one and only Melissa Myers. This month we are focusing on Fall Seasonals! Yes, that means pumpkin beers, but not ONLY pumpkin beers - we'll be exploring traditional fest biers and other fall seasonal goodness as well. Come learn a little bit and get your Fall on with us!

How does Sipping Sessions work, you ask? The concept is simple: there are SO MANY different bottles & cans in our #WallOBeer at The Good Hop, it sometimes feels impossible to try them all. On the 2nd Wednesday of each month, our Sipping Sessions will be highlighting a different style of beer, and we will be hosting a bottle pour. Our staff will discuss the style characteristics, variations and flavor profiles of each beer, and encourage discussion and a little bit of fun.

**This is a ticketed event, and space is limited!** Tickets are $20 each and include FIVE 5oz pours of beer. Please note that your space is not guaranteed until you have paid the registration fee. You can register online at: www.thegoodhop.com/merch/sippingsessions

Cheers to trying alllll the beers!

Funkwerks is finally here! The funk-tastic brewery from Fort Collins, Colorado is finally available on the West Coast, and we'll be gettin' funky with the crew next Tuesday!

Tuesday, October 2nd we will be tapping FIVE Funkwerks beers, including two gold medal winning styles!

Draft list will include:

- Raspberry Provincial (2014 GABF Gold)

- Oud Bruin (2018 World Beer Cup Gold)

- Tropic King Imperial Saison

- Peachy King Peach Barrel Aged Imperial Saison

- Super Genius IPA (21A / Funkwerks Collaboration!)

The Funkwerks and 21A crews will be chillin' with us in the afternoon, so come down, enjoy a beer or two, and get to know the folks. Cheers!

It's time for another Trivia Tuesday, Brewery Edition! This time the crew from The Booth Brewing Co. US (Eureka, CA / Seoul, Korea) will be coming out to host a round of trivia on Tuesday, September 25th.

Cans and draft will be available, including Kukmin IPA, EurekaSeoul Single Hop Series, Fun Follower Wit and Drinking Session Ale.

Paul will be our regular host, with his usual mix of pop culture, music, current events, general trivia and a rotating theme round. The Booth crew will be adding a South Korea trivia round to test your knowledge of their home country (where 80% of the beer they produce in Eureka is shipped to their eager fans!)

Prizes will be awarded for first, second, and best small team. They will include super sweet brewery schwag from The Booth, as well as TGH Draft Tokens.

See you there! Cheers. 

It's almost time for Town Love Fest 2018, folks. 

On Saturday, September 15th, we will once again be celebrating ALL the Oakland brewers at The Good Hop! We will have a beer from each Oakland brewery, and be hanging with the brewery crews throughout the afternoon and evening. 

Ale Industries - Oakland United Beerworks - Woods Bar & Brewery - Novel Brewing Company - Old Kan Beer and Co. - Independent Brewing Company - Roses' Taproom - Line 51 Brewing Company - Ghost Town Brewing - Original Pattern Brewing Co. - Lucky Devil Brewing Company - Crooked City Cider - Federation Brewing - Temescal Brewing - Hoi Polloi Brewing

This year we are gonna take it up a notch and highlight Oakland artists and vendors as well. Throughout the month of September we will feature an Oakland Artist Showcase featuring: Deadeyes, Yoni Matatyaou, Maxine Teichman Art & Design, Peyote Gutierrez, Hunter De La Ghetto, Bigfoot, Woke Bitch, Andrew Lloyd Westhoff and Kit Vogel.

SPIRIT SLIDERS will be serving up their delicious sliders ALL DAY LONG, from 2pm - 10pm. 

Our neighbors at Cafe Lit will also be bringin' the 🔥 with delivery service as you chill out with us at the bar! 

Town Love Fest is all about celebrating the beauty and strength of Oakland's brewers, artists, creators and small businesses. Let's show our Town Love. 

Cheers!

Pizza Port Carter is bringing his FISHin' Expedition to The Good Hop! Pizza Port is releasing a new IPA - the Fish IPA to be exact.

"Surfboards come in all shapes and sizes, but the fish surfboard is known as the fun, everyday board found in every surfer's quiver. Just like the board, Fish IPA was brewed for enjoyment in all conditions. This West Coast IPA has bright citrus and tropical notes, followed by hints of lemon, gooseberry and melon."

Pizza Port Carter will be posted up in the bottle shop from 6-8pm manning his "fishin' hole" where you can fish for beer cans and win prizes! (We honestly can't wait to see this.)

We'll have draft AND cans of the Fish IPA available, as well as TWO specialty draft selections: Kittens with Lasers Mango Blonde, and Death Star Stout!

Our next Sipping Sessions is Wednesday, September 12th. It will be hosted by the one and only Melissa Myers. This month we are focusing on Ambers and Reds. In the era of HOPS MORE HOPS ADD FRUIT MAKE IT SOUR etc, sometimes this portion of our bottle case can be neglected, or even passed over by some folks. Let's change that. We'll visit the classic, maltier, Amber styles of ales and lagers. Melissa will talk about the brewing process, and discuss tasting notes and variations on the market today. Let's drink some beers and learn some stuff! 
 
How does Sipping Sessions work, you ask? The concept is simple: there are SO MANY different bottles & cans in our #WallOBeer at The Good Hop, it sometimes feels impossible to try them all. On the 2nd Wednesday of each month, our Sipping Sessions will be highlighting a different style of beer, and we will be hosting a bottle pour. Our staff will discuss the style characteristics, variations and flavor profiles of each beer, and encourage discussion and a little bit of fun.

**This is a ticketed event, and space is limited!** Tickets are $20 each and include FIVE 5oz pours of beer. Please note that your space is not guaranteed until you have paid the registration fee. You can register online at: www.thegoodhop.com/merch/sippingsessions

Cheers to trying alllll the beers!

Sasquatch is coming to The Good Hop on Wednesday, September 5th! Join us to taste this elusive and mysterious beer, and "cheers" with some of the brewers.

Brewed in collaboration with Glen Hay Falconer Foundation Scholarship recipients, this year’s Sasquatch Legacy beer is a fruity and subtly spicy Saison, dry hopped with Ella hops. Pouring golden in color, this collaboration beer features an uplifting grapefruit hop aroma with hints of spice.

Proceeds benefit the Glen Hay Falconer Foundation’s brewing scholarship program. To date, the Foundation has granted 40 brewing education scholarships and currently offers three scholarships annually, two to the Siebel Institute of Technology and one to the American Brewers Guild.

Started by Walking Man Brewing in 2006, the Sasquatch Legacy Project transitioned to Ninkasi Brewing in 2012. Each year, Glen Hay Falconer Scholarship recipients gather in Eugene to brew a commemorative batch in honor of the late brewer, Glen Hay Falconer. This year’s beer was developed by the 2017 scholarship recipients: Jen Jordan of Anchor Brewing Company, Aaron Blonden of Chainline Brewing Company, Alyson Hartwig formerly of Dry Dock Brewing Company, and Matt Ponichtera of Maui Brewing Co.

Up-and-coming mixed culture brewer ALTBRAU will be joining us at The Good Hop for a special night of barrel aged beers! They will be pouring 2 of their collaborations with Shady Oak on draft, with (very limited!) bottles to-go. The AltBrau crew will be hanging out to talk about their beers and their future plans for world domination. Join us!

You can check out AltBrau’s crowdfunding campaign at https://igg.me/at/altbrau

It's time for another Trivia Tuesday, Brewery Edition! This time the crew from Epic Brewing (Denver, CO) & Telegraph Brewing (Santa Barbara, CA) will be coming out to host a round of trivia on Tuesday, August 14th.

Paul will be our regular host, with his usual mix of pop culture, music, current events, general trivia and a rotating theme round. Epic & Telegraph will be adding a "grab-bag" round, so who knows what kind of questions they'll be bringing to the table...just make sure YOU bring your A-game. 

Prizes will be awarded for first, second, and best small team. They will include super sweet brewery schwag, as well as TGH Draft Tokens.

See you there! Cheers. 

Drink for a cause with the #TGHCrew at The Good Hop next Thursday, August 9th!

One of our bartenders, Cory McGarvey, has been travelling to Myanmar every year with his non-profit Bridges Myanmar. Their mission is to uplift impoverished communities in Myanmar through partnerships and education. Through their travels and by working with local leaders and members of the local communities, they identify needs and raise money to implement project-based programs that address these needs. Examples include computers and supplies for local schools, educational scholarships and much more.

We think this is pretty amazing work, and we're gonna help raise some money at The Good Hop in support of Bridges Myanmar. 

Join us from 5pm - close on Thursday, August 9th. Proceeds from selected kegs will go directly to the cause! Cory will also be hosting a raffle and silent auction with some really cool stuff - vintage bottles, gift cards to local restaurants and businesses, brewery schwag, and souvenirs/handmade crafts from Myanmar.

Cheers, and see you there!

Our next Sipping Sessions is Wednesday, August 8th! It will be hosted by our very own Cory McGarvey and Melissa Myers. This month we are focusing on Gluten Free beers. We get the question alot: What gluten free beers do you have? Well, Cory has taken it on as his personal mission to expand our selection and bring in some gluten free beers that ACTUALLY TASTE GOOD! We'll talk about how the beers are made, what the difference is between gluten free and gluten reduced, and try a bunch of them out. Let's drink some beers and learn some stuff!
 
How does Sipping Sessions work, you ask? The concept is simple: there are SO MANY different bottles & cans in our #WallOBeer at The Good Hop, it sometimes feels impossible to try them all. On the 2nd Wednesday of each month, our Sipping Sessions will be highlighting a different style of beer, and we will be hosting a bottle pour. Our staff will discuss the style characteristics, variations and flavor profiles of each beer, and encourage discussion and a little bit of fun.

**This is a ticketed event, and space is limited!** Tickets are $20 each and include FIVE 5oz pours of beer. Please note that your space is not guaranteed until you have paid the registration fee. You can register online at: www.thegoodhop.com/merch/sippingsessions

Cheers to trying alllll the beers!