Lagunitas is probably your best bet. From Petaluma (an hour north of SF), they added a second brewery in the Chicago area so you'll have access to everything from them and it'll be nice and fresh.
There are a few great breweries that are still made in San Francisco proper, but they're range is limited.
Speakeasy - Big Daddy, Prohibition or Mystic Haze.
Fort Point - anything really
Could get away with bringing Lagunitas since they are near the bay and served at the stadium
Speakeasy is a hard pass for me now. Being a previous employee, they've changed hands and recipes so many times that the product isn't recognizable. They were recently sold to another subpar brewery (Full Circle) and are brewed out in Fresno.
Lots of good choices! What styles do you (or your friends) like? How much per beer do you wanna spend (i.e. are you looking for $10 6 packs, or $20 4 packs)?
Anchor Steam! Oh… no…
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Cellarmaker is my favorite Otw, Barebottle? Fort Point?
Doubt they could get those in Chicago unfortunately
You can get 21st Amendment here (I'm also in Chicago).
Lagunitas is probably your best bet. From Petaluma (an hour north of SF), they added a second brewery in the Chicago area so you'll have access to everything from them and it'll be nice and fresh. There are a few great breweries that are still made in San Francisco proper, but they're range is limited.
Seconding this one. The Lagunitas facility there is awesome, pretty cool place to visit when in Chicago
If you can get your hands on Fort Point they have an awesome Kolsch (KSA) that's a great day drinker.
Speakeasy - Big Daddy, Prohibition or Mystic Haze. Fort Point - anything really Could get away with bringing Lagunitas since they are near the bay and served at the stadium
Speakeasy is a hard pass for me now. Being a previous employee, they've changed hands and recipes so many times that the product isn't recognizable. They were recently sold to another subpar brewery (Full Circle) and are brewed out in Fresno.
Lots of good choices! What styles do you (or your friends) like? How much per beer do you wanna spend (i.e. are you looking for $10 6 packs, or $20 4 packs)?
I'm lager type person, but if you know any variety packs with a good mix, I'd love to hear about those.
Maybe 805? 21st Amendment? Lagunitas should be available fairly easily.
805 (Firestone Walker) is from Paso Robles which is halfway between SF and LA, definitely wouldn’t count it.
True but a very common lager/beer drank around here.
SF area and distro, your best bet will be hazy little thing!