SF Beer Week: February 10-19

It's Beer Week! We're celebrating our favorite time of year with a packed calendar of special releases, parties, and events at all five (yes, five!) Woods bars — plus, Beerunch, our famous foodie finale to the festivities, held every year at Public House.

Download the WOODS BEER GUIDE TO SF BEER WEEK 2017 as a PDF 

And be sure to check out our newest outpost, Woods Outbound at 4045 Judah, at the edge of the earth. 


Beerunch! 

Sunday Feb 19

Public House @ 24 Willie Mays Plaza, SF: 11:30am–2:30pm

Start your day right with beer-and-food pairings of Beer in the morning? We’ll make you a believer with brunch munchies and morning-friendly beers -: mimosa-like Morpho, buzzing coffee stouts, and more. "Beer in the morning!" you say, "Blasphemy!" Well, you too will believe, as our, divine pairings that defy convention and show that the beverage of the masses is truly a beverage without boundaries and prove our favorite drink is as versatile as it is delicious.

Featured Menu:

  • Woods Soft Machine Tripel + Quinoa Pistachio Frisée Salad with Apricot Vinaigrette
  • Woods Freeze Pop Pale Ale + Pig -in -a -Biscuit with Habanero Peach Jam
  • Moonlight Brewing Toast (Slightly Burnt) + Raclette Grilled Cheese with Bacon Jam
  • Woods Loch Party Scotch Ale + Orange French Toast with Maple Syrup &and Candied Walnuts
  • Woods Cabernet -Aged Morpho Herbal Ale + Crab Cake with Preserved Lemon Aioli
  • Woods Bunny Suit + Al Pastor Taco with Pineapple Salsa
  • Woods & Bi-Rite Creamery Salted -Caramel Quad + Bacon Macaroon with Coconut Caramel Sauce

Tickets $59 / beerunch.com


Friday Feb 10

Brew Day! 7-Day Brew

Woods Cervecería: 4:00—10:00pm
Woods Bar & Brewery: 4:00—10:00pm

Calling all brewers! Help us brew a special Beer Week ale. Taste and choose ingredients, lend a hand on one of our trusty brew systems, and send our collaboration off and fermenting with our favorite fast-acting house yeasts. Both Woods breweries will be joining the fun. Come back Saturday, Feb. 18 to taste your creation!

Swan's Oyster Depot Collaboration

Woods Polk Station: 5:00—12:00am

As if the mighty mollusk couldn't be made more delicious, we've turned spent shells from our neighbors at Swan's into a bonafide bivalve brewed oyster stout. We'll tap the beer Friday if you'd like to check it out early!


Saturday Feb 11

Divine Origins Bottle Release

Woods Island Club: Noon—5:00pm

Wine and beer; grapes and grain: incongruous partners aswirl with the spirit of wild yeast. Taste the first releases of our newest series, born of naturally fermenting fruit, aged in oak, made with magic.

Smoothie Brews & Fruity Sours: Tropical Tap Takeover

Woods Cervecería: Noon–11:00pm
Woods Polk Station: Noon–11:00pm
Woods Bar & Brewery: 
Noon–11:00pm
Woods Outbound: Noon–11:00pm

A tart, tingly taste of the tropics: three different house-made, barrel-aged sours, each one its own fruit basket of flavor. Try them all and earn a special island-hopper badge of honor!


Sunday Feb 12

Shaman Series: Elemental Magic

Woods Cervecería: Noon–10:00pm
Woods Bar & Brewery: Noon—10:00pm
Woods Outbound: Noon—10:00pm

The shaman returns! Our resident apothecaries brew a series of medicinal, healing beers, using locally foraged herbs and ancient, sacred recipes, channeling the spirit, soothing the soul.

Après-Ski Beers

Woods Polk Station: 5:00–11:00pm

Frighten away the frigid Frisco winter at our cozy, mountain-top ski lodge, Polk Station. Sport your chic-est ski wear, sip warming winter brews—Soft Machine, Loch Party, O Tannenbier— and send retro ski-resort cards to pals down below.


Monday Feb 13

Medieval Beverages: Meads & Gruits

Woods Cervecería: 5:00–10:00pm

Tap the murky well of history, taste the mystic honey wines and herbal beers of our ancient ancestors. Taste extra special meads from SF Mead Co. and Heidrun Meadery, paired with our very own gruits. 

Homebrewer Appreciation Day

Woods Bar & Brewery: 4:00–11:00pm

Calling all homebrewers! Take our beer and make it yours. Buy a Woods house brew and we’ll fill your carboy with wort to take home, twist, tweak, and remix to your own brewery’s unique style. We'll start filling at 6:00pm—first come, first served! 


Tuesday Feb 14

Bi-Rite Creamery Salted Caramel Ale Release

Woods Cervecería: Noon–10:00pm

Have your dessert — and drink it too! Try a glass of our delicious tribute to Bi-Rite's fan-favorite Salted Caramel ice cream, and concoct your own brew floats with other yummy flavors of ice cream and beer!

Trouble Coffee Collaboration Release

Woods Outbound: 5:00–10:00pm

Beer and coffee go together like coconuts and toast. We honor our fellow fog-bound friends at Trouble with a java-infused stout and refreshing coconut pale.

Cafe Van Kleef Greyhound Beer Release

Woods Bar & Brewery: 4:00–11:00pm

We brewed a sudsy spin on the infamous greyhound cocktail served at our neighboring watering hole Cafe Van Kleef. Try them both and earn a limited-edition badge of honor!


Wednesday Feb 15

Islay IPA Release

Woods Cervecería: 5:00–10:00pm
Woods Polk Station: 
5:00–10:00pm
Woods Bar & Brewery: 5
:00–10:00pm
Woods Outbound: 5:00–10:00pm

What's better than a fresh-brewed, sticky strong, citrus-and-pine-packed double IPA? A fresh-brewed, sticky strong, citrus-and-pine-packed double IPA — infused with peat from Laphroaig barrels! Beer hounds and whisky snobs, unite!


Thursday Feb 16

Donnie Darko Screening & Barrel Aged Sparkle Motion Release

Woods Cervecería: 5:00–11:00pm
Woods Polk Station: 5:00–11:00pm
Woods Outbound: 5:00–11:00pm

A storm is coming! Toast the end of the world with a bitchin' barrel-aged Belgian beer and special screening of everyone's favorite weirdo and his foreboding furry friend.

Double the Funk: Wild Beers vs. Wild Wines

Woods Bar & Brewery: 4:00–11:00pm

Brettanomyces! That funky, fruity, wild yeast embraced by renegade brewers, feared by the straight-laced wine world. . . . Until now! Join our resident wine expert and taste some funky house-brewed beers paired with the latest cutting-edge crop of wild-fermented wines.


Friday Feb 17

Holy Mountain Collaboration

Woods Cervecería: 6:00–12:00am

We team up with the dynamic talents behind Holy Mountain bar to bring you this mind-expanding journey through wild yeasts, exotic Italian citrus, potent herbs, to the very pulsing floral heart —nay, the essence — of beer.

Swensen’s Ice Cream Beer Floats

Woods Polk Station: 3:00–11:00pm

Try your favorite Woods beers in float form with delicious scoops of ice cream from our friendly neighbors at Swensen’s.

Agua Fresca Beers

Woods Outbound: 5:00–6:00pm

Summer's back! A refreshing reminder of warmer days ahead, our Agua Fresca beers light up the week with Latin vibes and tropical flavors.

Woods Beer Talent Show

Woods Bar & Brewery: 8:00–11:30pm

Our talent is on tap; yours takes the stage. Jokes, jams, juggling — strut your stuff, whatever it is, for praise, pints, and prizes.


Saturday Feb 18

7-Day Brew Debut

Woods Cervecería: Noon—5:00pm
Woods Bar & Brewery: Noon—11:30pm

Come enjoy our special Beer Week ale! Every year, we kick off beer week by gathering fans, brewers, and drinkers to collaborate on a special fast-fermenting brew—made at the start of the week and tapped just seven days later. You’ll never taste beer as fresh as this! 

Barrel Fermented Tap Takeover

Woods Island Club: Noon–5:00pm

A rare foray into the dim-lit mysteries of our cellar! Taste eight special wild-fermented beers from our Treasure Island barrel room.

Morpho Festival

Woods Polk Station: Noon—1:00am

Our fan-favorite herbal brew deserves a night all its own. Celebrate the power, the glory, and the pinkness that is Morpho! We’ll feature Dry-Hopped Morpho, Cabernet Morpho, and Morpho Noir.

Woods Beer Bus Tour

Woods Cervecería: Noon—6:00pm

Passports ready? Get yours stamped at all five Woods locations as we ferry you beer-ward on a Bay-wide walkabout to Woods Cervecería, Woods Polk Station, Woods Bar & Brewery, Woods Island Club and Woods Outbound, .


Sunday Feb 19

Beerunch!

Public House @ 24 Willie Mays Plaza, SF: 11:30am–2:30pm

Start your day right with beer-and-food pairings of Beer in the morning? We’ll make you a believer with brunch munchies and morning-friendly beers -: mimosa-like Morpho, buzzing coffee stouts, and more. "Beer in the morning!" you say, "Blasphemy!" Well, you too will believe, as our, divine pairings that defy convention and show that the beverage of the masses is truly a beverage without boundaries and prove our favorite drink is as versatile as it is delicious.

Featured Menu:

  • Woods Soft Machine Tripel + Quinoa Pistachio Frisée Salad with Apricot Vinaigrette
  • Woods Freeze Pop Pale Ale + Pig -in -a -Biscuit with Habanero Peach Jam
  • Moonlight Brewing Toast (Slightly Burnt) + Raclette Grilled Cheese with Bacon Jam
  • Woods Loch Party Scotch Ale + Orange French Toast with Maple Syrup &and Candied Walnuts
  • Woods Cabernet -Aged Morpho Herbal Ale + Crab Cake with Preserved Lemon Aioli
  • Woods Bunny Suit + Al Pastor Taco with Pineapple Salsa
  • Woods & Bi-Rite Creamery Salted -Caramel Quad + Bacon Macaroon with Coconut Caramel Sauce

Tickets $59 / beerunch.com

 

Bob’s Donuts And Beer

Woods Polk Station: Noon–5:00pm

Donuts and beer? Nope—donuts *in* beer. That’s right: we’ve brewed another batch of our epic Belgian Quad, flavored to pair with Bob’s infamous apple fritters.

James Woods