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Pacific Tap and Grill
(Closed)
812 Fourth Street
San Rafael CA 94901
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Notes

Visited: July 15, 1995

Opened: 1993

Closed: 1995

Annual Production: 1,300 bbl

Became Willow Street Brewery.

Updated: January 21, 2008

Beer List

    • Date: July 25, 1993 (#149)
      Package: draught
      Place: at the brewery
      Score: 14 points
      Overall Impression (2½)
      Nice amber and very nice head. Caramel malt nose. Creamy, but bitterness quickly wipes out the body.

    • Date: July 15, 1995 (#1109)
      Package: draught
      Place: at the brewery
      Score: 13 points
      Overall Impression (2½)
      Amber, flat. Very slightly hoppy aroma. Brown caramel flavors, bitter finish.
    • Date: March 13, 1995 (#798)
      Package: draught
      Place: The HopYard, Pleasanton CA
      Score: 10½ points
      Overall Impression (2)
      Amber, low carbonation and head. Soapy smell, some hops. Thick. Caramel. Clean. Not much character at all.

  • Garden (Fruit Wheat) Beer
    • Date: July 15, 1995 (#1106)
      Package: draught
      Place: at the brewery
      Score: 12½ points
      Overall Impression (2½)
      Golden pale, low carbonation and head. Blueberry aroma and flavor. Slight hoppiness in finish.
    • Date: March 18, 1995 (#811)
      Package: draught
      Place: The HopYard, Pleasanton CA
      Score: 14½ points
      Overall Impression (3)
      Golden, no head, sparse carbonation. Blueberry aroma. Not as assertve as Pyramid Apricot, but certainly there. Tastes like blueberry muffins! No kidding...the maltiness is a good substitute for the bread.

  • Light American Wheat Beer with Yeast
    • Date: July 15, 1995 (#1107)
      Package: draught
      Place: at the brewery
      Score: 11½ points
      Overall Impression (2½)
      Yellow opaque, low head. Some wheat aroma and flavor, but pretty clean.

  • Classic Irish-Style Dry Stout

  • Mission Gold
    American-Style Pale Ale

  • Noah's Dark
    Robust Porter

  • Pale Ale
    American-Style Pale Ale