Best microbreweries in the bay

[jachadwick]

Looking for advice on the best microbreweries in the bay (particularly on the peninsula). Having hit the anchor, pyramid etc hotspots i wondered which of the smaller breweries I just can't afford to miss.
Cheers

[Kenji]

I used to like the Magnolia Pub on Haight, specifically their Stout of Circumstance and Proving Grond IPA.

It's possible they're still closed for remodeling though.

[wolfe]

Very recent thread.
http://www.chowhound.com/topics/522572

[Nancy Berry]

On the coast, I like Half Moon Bay Brewing Co. I know that it's a brewpub, but they bottle (and serve on tap) their Mavericks Ale and serve their other very good brews on tap.

http://www.hmbbrewingco.com

[Nancy Berry]

Link:

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Half Moon Bay Brewing Co.
390 Capistrano Rd., Princeton, CA 94019

[Robert Lauriston]

Steelhead in Burlingame has the best beer of the brewpubs I've been to on the Peninsula. They have two hand pumps.

[Reuel]

Robert, all due respect, but the OP said "microbreweries" not brewpubs. Microbreweries bottle and sell beer, Anchor and Pyramid are two fine examples. I love em all and am particularly fond of the OTIS now on tap and soon to be in the bottle at another penninsula brewpub, Firehouse in Sunnyvale. OTIS is a very limited Imperial Stout that was casked in an old bourbon barrel.

Sincerely,

Reuel

[wolfe]

Recent thread on beers in Bay area.
http://www.chowhound.com/topics/514755