NorCal Session Beer Fest

I had such a FANTASTIC time at this year’s 2^nd annual session beer festival at Jack London Square!
First off, to the best of my understanding, session beers are beers in which the alcohol content is 5% or below. And for $ 25 pre-​order (or $ 30 at the door), we were given 10 drink tickets to snag 10 roughly 5oz. tasters of a huuuuuge variety of session beers from a bunch of local NorCal breweries — Drake’s (who put on the event), Altamont, Triple Rock, Henhouse, Speakeasy, Half Moon Bay Brewing Company, 21^st Amendment and Lagunitas — just to name a few!
While ¾ of us had snagged our admission as a pre-​order and saved $ 5, one of our friends had to buy at the door, but the line moved so quickly that it wasn’t even an issue. If anything, she had her commemorative glass and her beer tickets before we had even gotten to the front of the line for will-​call!
There were 4 of us in our group. 40 tickets. 40 tasters. It was AMAZING. We were even given some extra tickets from some really nice people who were leaving, so we ended up with an extra 8 tickets (which we ended up giving away ourselves as we were all beered out by the end of our time there).
Pet-​friendly event (dogs EVERYWHERE), and some amazing craft brews to try along with a few fantastic food provisions from the Fivetenburger food truck (Lungomare was also selling meatball sandwiches for $ 7). Great beer with some great friends — the perfect way to spend a Saturday afternoon.
The event lasted from 12PM-​4PM, but we got there at 12:30PM and were beered out by 2:30PM (mainly because we were a) starving, and b) so full from all the beer). I can’t wait until they come back next year! Thanks for another amazing event, Drake’s!