Beer Expert, Mark Silva of Real Branding Shares His Favorites for the Most Innovative Brews 2.0
Mark Silva, Managing Director of interactive agency Real Branding is on the DishyMix podcast.
One of his passions is beer. He’s tasted over 2,500 different brews and has deep mastery in both the product and the market.
Mark Silva, Real Branding on Consolidating Social Maps, the “New School” of Beer and the Connected Agency
Listen to the show to hear what’s happening in the forefront of beer-making and if you are enticed, here are some places you can score the brands he recommends:
In San Francisco, two great places for beer:
City Beer Store on Folsom btwn 7th & 8th
Toronado Bar at lower Haight @ Filmore
Beers we discussed on DishyMix:
(Each bottle can set you back up to $25, fortunately. They’re starting to price with wine as they go toe-to-toe in gourmet complexity and grandeur):
Russian River Brewing Company – not just beer 2.0, he’s also publishing using wordpress for his tribe of fanatical devotees:
http://russianriverbrewing.com/wordpress/
Mark’s favorite beers from Vinnie are Temptation and Supplication, 100% Brettanomyces yeast (what gives some Rhones that funk that connoisseurs love).
Allagash
Check out his barrel-aged offerings
Dogfish Head
Red & White, Pangaea and World Wide Stout are epic.
Lost Abbey Brewing Company
Check out Tomme taking on eBay on his blog
If you ever find their anniversary ale on a shelf buy it and be willing to bay 2x the price. It will be an unparalled experience
