Just 20 minutes from Kari's childhood
home in one of the fastest growing wine
regions in Northern California,
Livermore, has over a hundred wineries
but only four craft breweries. Today
we're at a family-run brewery,
Eight Bridges. Let's check it out!
Alright guys we're here with George and
Justin of Eight Bridges it's a father/son duo.
How are you guys?
Doin' good.
Thank you so much for having me.
Thanks for coming by.
So, these guys currently have 12 beers on
tap
we're in taste all 12 of them which
means learn to three flights of 4
Your first flights gonna be Golden Nektar,  the Brewno Marzen,  The Nottingham Brown and the Twisted Red.
let's get started. first we're
gonna try as the Golden Nektar Pilsner
This is the Brewno Marzen. I'm hoping there's some 24-karat magic in here
another yummy dark beer on the way here this is a
Nottingham Brown English style ale.
Very smooth very nice and that creamy English
style this is a great pub drinking beer.
this is the Twisted Red Ale. I tend to
like red ales and I might be a little
bit twisted. So, this might just be perfect
for me.
that is my style of Beer.
We've just finished up our first flight and delicious malty flavors in these
first four. Kar and I really like these
but now we're moving on to the hoppier
styles. The IPAs.
so the second flight starts with our
Wit from Tangier.  The first IPA on
the list is the OneBox: Merker
Hoppy Salvation and out Experimental IPA, a brand new batch we're just pilot testing.
This is the Wit from Tangier is the Belgian wit which I
tend to like some kind of excited... very
well-rounded I really like this one.
incredibly smooth with some solid hop 
flavor.
This is the experimental IPA. It's got Eureka, Simcoe and mosaic hops. one
thing I really like about the craft beer
scene is when people experiment. That is
what's making this exciting there's
something new there's something fresh
wherever you go.
An experiment gone right.
Tasty. Hoppy. I'm liking this one.
Normally 4 empty glasses makes me a little bit sad but we got four more coming our way.
Alright so the last 4, is Silenus the Dude Belgian style IPA, Ananas-Anaotr which is our double IPA
O'Beardsley's Stout. At the very end
is Besmoked Porter
This is the Silenus the Dude Belgian Style IPA
Let's see if the Dude Abides.
This is the Ananas-Anator. Ananas, In many languages,  means pineapple. It
just takes one sniff of this and  you know
you're about to drink some Ananas.
Now we're onto the dark stuff this
The O'Beardsley's Stout. MMMMMM....smells like a nice
wintertime drinker.
Smokey, woody. I really like that.
Most of you should know by now I am in dark beer drinker.  This is the Besmoked 
Porter. I'm really excited for this one.
Smells great.
Tastes better.
So, we just finished our
third flight at Eight Bridges today.
But, Justin's got one more for us it's a
special beer.
Justin why don't you tell us a little bit about it
Yeah so, we've dug
out of our cellar one of our 2016 Russian Hill Imperial Stouts.
Having grown up in the East Bay, I can't help but be excited to see breweries popping up.
Eight Bridges has
been here for a few years now.
They have great beers on tap. Come on down and see what's your favorite.
My Favorite? Well I can't pick just one. I like the Twisted Red and the O'Beardsley's Stout.
We tasted some amazing beers today at
eight bridges if you guys are in the
East Bay make it a point to come by here.
These guys are doing great things.
A family-run business and just quality
beers across the board.
We had the pleasure of tasting the Russian Hill Imperial Stout today the 2016 vintage.
If you want to know what I thought about it go to travelinstiles.com and click on
"Bobby's Brew Review".  If you're in the
area on Black Friday swing by for their
"Brewzza Palooza".  It's going to be an
amazing time and they'll be releasing
the 2017 version of the Russian Hill
Imperial Stout. Thanks so much for
watching guys and we'll see you next
time
