Almanac Beer Co. (CLOSED)

The Almanac Beer Company was birthed in San Francisco in 2010 by Jesse Friedman and Damian Fagan, rapidly becoming an icon for its farmhouse saison beers, farm-to-barrel brewing and use of locally sourced fruit. As the beers grew in popularity, they began work on a 30,000 square foot brewery/taproom on Alameda island, which opened January 2018 with indoor beer hall, outdoor beer garden overlooking the Bay and rotating food trucks. Their original San Francisco taproom and restaurant — with intimate beer garden — opened late 2016, serving their beers on draft and via bottle and can, alongside a pub menu with the likes of hop jelly donuts, Buffalo wings and short rib sloppy joes.