Top 3 Beers in Glamorous San Francisco
About San Francisco, California from Wikipedia
San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the cultural, commercial, and financial center of Northern California. San Francisco is the 16th most populous city in the United States, and the fourth most populous in California, with 881,549 residents as of 2019.[15] It covers an area of about 46.89 square miles (121.4 km2),[20] mostly at the north end of the San Francisco Peninsula in the San Francisco Bay Area, making it the second most densely populated large U.S. city, and the fifth most densely populated U.S. county, behind only four of the five New York City boroughs. San Francisco is the 12th-largest metropolitan statistical area in the United States by population, with 4.7 million people, and the fourth-largest by economic output, with GDP of $549 billion in 2018.[21] With San Jose, it forms the fifth most populous combined statistical area in the United States, the San Jose–San Francisco–Oakland, CA Combined Statistical Area (9.67 million residents in 2018). Colloquial nicknames for San Francisco include The City, SF, Frisco and San Fran.[22][23]
As of 2020, San Francisco has the highest salaries, disposable income, and median home prices in the world at $1.7 million,[24][25] as well as the highest median rents.[26] In 2018, San Francisco was the seventh-highest-income county in the United States, with a per capita personal income of $130,696.[27] In the same year, San Francisco proper had a GDP of $183.2 billion, and a GDP per capita of $207,371.[28][29] The CSA San Francisco shares with San Jose and Oakland was the country’s third-largest urban economy as of 2018, with a GDP of $1.03 trillion.[30] Of the 500+ primary statistical areas in the U.S., this CSA had among the highest GDP per capita in 2018, at $106,757.[30] San Francisco was ranked 8th in the world and 2nd in the United States on the Global Financial Centres Index as of March 2020.[31] As of 2016, the San Francisco metropolitan area had the highest GDP per capita, labor productivity, and household income levels in the OECD.[32] As of 2019, it is the highest rated American city on world liveability rankings.[33]
My first trip to San Francisco was in 2012. I was attending an Oracle Conference and staying at the Intercontinental Mark Hopkins.
I fell in love with this glamorous city that has so much to offer and things to do! I tasted several beers while I was there and I was thoroughly impressed.
If you are planning a future trip to San Francisco, here’s my top 3 beers you need to try while enjoying your visit to this glamorous city. Also, I recommend staying at the Intercontinental Mark Hopkins. This hotel has awesome views of the city from their restaurant at “The Top of The Mark“.
https://www.intercontinentalmarkhopkins.com/top-of-the-mark
Pliny the Elder – Russian River Brewing
Pliny the Elder is number 1 on my list of top beers in San Francisco. This West Coast Double IPA is brewed with perfection. It is well-balanced with malt, hops, and alcohol, slightly bitter with a fresh hop aroma of floral, citrus, and pine. Best enjoyed FRESH! The Actual bottling date is printed on each bottle! The taste is smooth and refreshing with no aftertaste. It’s a little expensive but worth every penny. The alcohol content is 8.0 percent.
Five Pounds Hazy IPA –Seven Stills Brewery
Five Pounds Hazy IPA is full of flavor! The flavors you get from Five Pounds are bright and tropical, heavily reminiscent of fresh squeezed orange juice, mango’s, guava… you name it! It’s everything people want from a hazy IPA, but without having to stand in line for 4 hours. Highly recommend this one! Alcohol content is 6.7 percent.
Anchor Steam – Anchor Brewing
This is the first beer I tasted in San Francisco. You cannot leave San Francisco without at least trying this classic tradition. Anchor Steam has a deep amber color, thick, creamy head, and rich, distinctive flavor to a historic brewing process like none other. I highly recommend ordering this delicious beer and enjoying the beautiful view at the Top of the Mark in the Intercontinental Mark Hopkins Hotel. Trust me, you will not be disappointed! Alcohol content is 4.9 percent.
