Linden Street Tasting Room Opening Night
The city of Oakland gained yet another place to socialize and enjoy great beer with the long awaited opening of a tasting room at Linden Street Brewing Co on December 2nd. When they launched a couple years ago Linden was the first production brewery to open in town since the late 50′s. With an outstanding product buoyed by the near obsessive localism of us East Bayers, the brewery has been hugely successful with area bars and restaurants often selling their old time California lagers faster than head brewer Adam Lamoreaux can brew them. While there have been events at the brewery in the past, a tasting room had to wait while they waded through the requisite red tape involved in any such undertaking. In true Linden Street fashion, they threw a party to celebrate the opening complete with food vendors and live music from Lila Nelson and The Job.
The portside brewery is located at 3rd and Linden in West Oakland in a beautiful brick building that dates back to the 1890′s. Adam and his staff were peddling their two standby beers, Urban People’s Common Lager and Burning Oak Black Lager, along with Dee’s Mild from sister brewery Dying Vines at the wallet friendly price of $4 each. We didn’t notice any growlers being filled at the event but hope they will be available sometime soon.
As with every Linden Street event we’ve attended the turnout and energy were outstanding. While Linden parties have significant overlap with other Oakland beer events and craft beer bars, they also seem to have their own unique group of enthusiasts not found at those other places. The diverse crowd on Friday included several families with young children, some pets, and an unusually high number of unusually good looking people. All in all a great time was had and the tasting room will likely be a regular stop for us at Bay Area on Tap. If events like this one are the norm going forward this will be an extremely welcome addition to the Oakland beer scene. Hope to see you there!
Tasting room hours:
Tuesday – Friday 5-8:30 PM
Saturday 12-8 PM
Best bets to find Linden Street Beer elsewhere in Oakland:
Commonwealth Café and Public House 2882 Telegraph Avenue
The Grand Tavern 3601 Grand Avenue
Beer Revolution 464 3rd Street
The Trappist 460 8th St
More at www.lindenbeer.com
LOVE me some Linden and Adam!