Beers from Speakeasy Ales & Lagers seems to have a tap handle in just about every bar around San Francisco. We visited with Kushal Hall, Speakeasy's head brewer, to get a look at the brewing facility, and find out a little about his career in beer—from the time he accidentally emptied the mash tun onto the floor, to the newest beers he's brewing at Speakeasy right now. More

At the recently revamped Burritt Room and Tavern, a cocktail destination in the Mystic Hotel, bar manager Josh Trabulsi is able to put his passion to work. Named after Burritt Alley (as featured in the classic San Francisco film noir, The Maltese Falcon), the space and the cocktails evoke the quiet glamor of old-school San Francisco. More

Today's the last day of April, and, looking back, it was a pretty good month for drinking. The Serious Eats team checked out some new spots for cocktails, traveled a bit, and discovered some delicious and simple drinks to make at home. Here are the highlights: the 11 best cocktails we drank this month. More

Beretta was recently included among the semi-finalists for the James Beard Foundation's Outstanding Bar Program award. We put the bar manager, Ryan Fitzgerald on the spot and made him select his favorite drinks from the classics-with-a-twist cocktail menu. Here's what he chose. More

The folks behind Tenderloin speakeasy Bourbon & Branch and Financial District punch destination Rickhouse have become synonymous with serious cocktail-making in San Francisco. So when word got out that the purveyors of some of the city's best drinks were opening a new bar downtown, we were all ears. More

We visited with 21st Amendment Brewery's founder/brewmaster Shaun O'Sullivan to learn a bit of the brewery's history, get his take on the next big trends in craft beer, and to see what's going on behind the scenes at 21st Amendment's San Francisco brewing facility. More

When he asked Craig Lane, Bar Agricole's head bartender, to show off a few of his favorite drinks on the menu, it was the story behind each of the ingredients that seemed to get Lane most excited. Click through the slideshow to see what he made when forced to choose just five top drinks. More

Daytime drinking isn't really taboo in the great city of San Francisco, but even here there are times when you're looking for a refreshing, delicious sip that isn't laced with booze (or aspartame.) Luckily SF's restaurants have recognized the demand, and delicious, unusual housemade sodas are popping up on menus across the city. From spicy ginger-based sodas to vanilla cream soda with tart blood orange, here are 5 of our favorites. More

With over 300 events in a ten day span, we hardly scratched the surface of everything on offer during SF Beer Week. But at just about every stop we made, it seemed clear the brewers had gone out of their way to tap their stores for the unique, the rare, the strong, and sometimes the strange. Check out the slideshow for 8 of our most memorable sips from SF Beer Week. More

According to owner Chris Lawrence, San Francisco's newest brewhouse will concentrate on a lineup of clean, dry, easy-drinking West Coast-style beers. This sounds about right for a restaurant with a biergarten out front that should support lots of sunny-day drinking. But with local winery A.P. Vin as a neighbor, Southern Pacific has already started experimenting with aging its beer in used wine barrels. Join us for a little tour of the newest brewery-by-the-bay. More