private industry alcoholic beverages founded 2010 headquarters san francisco california united states products beer owner jesse friedman damian fagan website almanacbeer.com almanac beer company is a san francisco california contract brewery that makes farm to table beers in small batches using fruit grains and herbs purchased from local family farms . the company has brewed both year round table beers and special releases as well as beers set aside from larger batches and aged in oak barrels . oak aged beers have been the company s primary focus since early 2014 . 1 2 3 4 contents 1 history 2 beers 3 references 4 external links history edit almanac was founded in 2010 by jesse friedman and damian fagan . 5 the business partners who met at a homebrewers club three years before were influenced by alice waters and her emphasis on regional seasonal ingredients . 6 if there s one local brewery that has worked to build bridges within the culinary world it s almanac beer co which has always had ties with northern california s sustainable farming community and a focus on beers that pair well with food wrote jason henry on an sf weekly blog . 7 almanac was a san francisco bay guardian best of the bay 2012 editor s pick . 8 the brewer s farmer s reserve no. 4 was a draft magazine pick for the top 25 beers of 2013 . 9 beers edit the company s business strategy suggests that beer can be priced aged marketed released in limited quantities and consumed like wine . debuting at 20 a bottle in late 2011 almanac was expensive for a beer but comparable with the least expensive wines typically found on a restaurant s list . 6 almanac initially sold its special release beers in 750 milliliter bottles a size commonly used for wine . fagen s design for the die cut labels borrows from both wine and 19th century scotch bottles . 10 almanac has released some beers that have been aged like wine in oak barrels and has promoted the idea that good beer has a place at the dining table by encouraging chefs to pair almanac beer with their dishes . 11 almanac s first beer summer 2010 blackberry ale was a belgian style golden ale made from four varieties of sonoma county blackberries purchased from sebastopol berry farm . the beer was aged in red wine barrels for 11 months before blending then bottled in may 2011 yielding 309 cases . a critic previewing the beer described it as dry crisp and complex which should appeal to those who would normally avoid beers made with fruit . 5 12 the beer premiered after a three month delay 10 and was launched at venues in san francisco . 13 almanac followed with autumn 2011 farmhouse pale a belgian style farmhouse ale brewed with 1 000 pounds of organic san joaquin valley plums from twin girls farm in yettem california and organic wheat from massa organics in glenn county california . 11 in april 2012 the fairmont san francisco hotel s laurel court restaurant and bar began offering variation of this release on draft brewed with 200 pounds of honey from the hotel s rooftop apiary . 7 14 the collaboration was part of a hospitality industry trend in which hotels brew their own beer or work with local brewers . 15 16 the resulting beer was described by a reporter as having the light feel of a wheat beer with a tinkling of hop bitterness plus sour notes from the farmhouse approach and a lingering touch of honeycomb . 17 almanac introduced its year round family of beers called the california table beer series in august 2012 beginning with honey saison and extra pale ale . the releases sold in four packs at a suggested retail price of 11 . 1 in january 2013 after resolving never to brew an india pale ale because of heavy competition almanac bowed to customer demand and produced a single origin ipa using hops from hops meister farm in clearlake . 18 19 in january 2013 the company announced the first three farm to barrel oak aged beers . sold in 375ml bottles the beers had been aged some for more than a year as part of a collection of some 250 barrels . 2 the releases included barrel noir a blend of a belgian style dark ale aged for two months in bourbon barrels and an american style imperial stout . 3 in early 2014 almanac refocused its output on this category committing to releasing a new oak aged beer approximately every 30 days . 4 the following is a partial list of almanac beers past and present series beer 20 date ingredients source all locations are in california california table beers extra pale ale aug 2012 mandarin oranges blossom bluff farms reedley honey saison honey marshall farms american canyon biere de chocolat jan 2013 madagascar and r o caribe cacao beans ; ivanhoe hops dandelion chocolate san francisco farm to barrel barrel noir jan 2013 farmer s reserve no. 1 wild ale cabernet sauvignon muscat and concord grapes ; plums alfieri farms ; hamada farms ; twin girls farm farmer s reserve no. 2 heirloom pumpkins ; fuyu persimmons ; ginger la tercera farms bodega bay ; hamada farms kingsburg ; santa clara valley farmer s reserve no 3 may 2013 strawberries ; crimson baby nectarines swanton berry farm ; blossom bluff farms farmer s reserve no. 4 cara cara oranges meyer lemons buddha s hand citrons hamada farms kingsburg dogpatch sour july 2013 rainier cherries sourdough starter heirloom pumpkin barleywine heirloom pumpkins la tercera farms bodega bay oak age beers mostly sours 2014 released 30 days special releases summer 2010 belgian style golden ale blackberries sebastopol berry farm autumn 2011 farmhouse pale san joaquin valley plums ; organic wheat twin girls farm yettem ; massa organics glenn county winter 2012 winter wit san joaquin valley oranges ; ginger root hamada farm kingsburg ; mellow s nursery morgan hill spring 2012 bi re de mars french style farmhouse ale organic baby fennel heirloom organic gardens hollister fairmont hotel honey saison april 2012 honey fairmont san francisco hotel s rooftop apiary california fresh hop ale draft only sept 2012 crystal malt grown by biology graduate student graham anderson on the stanford university campus single origin chinook ipa jan 2013 chinook hops hops meister clearlake single origin cluster ipa cluster hops single origin cascasde ipa cascasde hops flowering gose 21 aug 2013 green coriander berries and flowers mariquita farms watsonville references edit a b henry jason august 29 2012 . beers of the week almanac california table beers release party tonight . sf weekly . retrieved 29 august 2012 . a b friedman jesse . farm to barrel . blog . almanac beer company . retrieved 24 january 2013 . a b bricker hannah february 2 2013 . jesse friedman almanac beer co. s co founder and cbo on beer week and farm to bottle brewing . the huffington post . retrieved 6 february 2013 . a b friedman jesse . what s next for almanac . blog . almanac . a b maiser jennifer june 17 2011 . almanac beer company local brewers local ingredients . kqed bay area bites . retrieved 12 january 2012 . a b mackay jordon december 2011 . brew brothers a fledgling beer company takes bay area bounty to frothy new heights . sunset . retrieved 12 january 2012 . a b henry jason march 28 2012 . trends in beer the house brew comes to bar tartine public house and more . sf weekly . retrieved 29 march 2012 . best of the bay 2012 editors picks food and drink . san francisco bay guardan . july 24 2012 . retrieved 28 july 2012 . staten christopher november december 2013 . the top 25 beers of the year 2013 . draft magazine . a b stechschulte brian june 15 2011 . almanac aims to elevate the status of beer . bay area craft beer . retrieved 12 january 2012 . a b autumn 2011 farmhouse pale . almanac beer company blog . retrieved 14 january 2012 . summer 2010 sebastopol berry farm . almanac beer company blog . retrieved 14 january 2012 . henry jason june 27 2011 . almanac beer debuts bottles parties hard . sf weekly sfoodie blog . retrieved 17 january 2012 . the fairmont san francisco rooftop honey saison . facebook . retrieved 31 march 2012 . trejos nancy june 23 2012 . hotels use craft beers tastings to attract business . usa today . retrieved 23 june 2012 . skjong alex january 29 2013 . five hotels for beer lovers . forbes . retrieved 30 january 2013 . savarino maggie june 1 2012 . fine tuning beer just for the restaurant table . san francisco chronicle . retrieved 2 june 2012 . friedman jesse january 28 2013 . how i stopped worrying and learned to love making ipa . sfgate inside scoop . retrieved 30 january 2013 . kauffman jonathan august 25 2014 . local brewers make harvest beer with local hops . san francisco chronicle . our beer . almanac beer company . retrieved 24 january 2013 . fromson daniel august 27 2013 . beer sour german ales find a new homeland in america . washington post . retrieved 12 september 2013 . external links edit official site jesse friedman brewer s manifesto retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title almanac beer company & oldid 743697749 categories companies established in 2010companies based in san franciscobeer brewing companies based in the san francisco bay areabeer and breweries in the san francisco bay area navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 10 october 2016 at 19 35 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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