Drinking in San Francisco - Part 2

No vacation in San Francisco should be complete without a stop at Toronado. This little dive bar is pretty legendary, and was a definite high point on my little beer tour.




There was both a grumpy bartender and a nice bartender. I drank half-pints, paying anywhere from $1.75 to $2.50 for it (aargh, Toronto!). The nice bartender even gave us a round on the house. Everything was amazing except the restrooms, which are truly disgusting, and really make you want to be drunk enough not to notice.

What I drank, in order (all halves, unless otherwise mentioned - the goal was to taste as much of the beer list as possible):

1. Lost Abbey Carnevale Saison
2. Moonlight Death and Taxes (a dark lager)
3. Stillwater Existent (a full pint of this, they wouldn't do halves)
4. Full Sail Hop Pursuit Pale (a double-IPA)
5. Russian River Pliny the Elder - another double IPA
6. North Coast Old #38 Stout
7. Lagunitas SF Fusion Hop High IPA (this was a 10% beer, and that was a good way to finish the night.)

Such good times!