Thirsty Bear, San Francisco, California
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Thirsty Bear (415) 974-0905 http://www.thirstybear.com/
661 Howard St San Francisco California United States 94105
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Place: Thirsty Bear Rating Avg: 31.7111111111111 No. of Ratings: 51
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Thirsty Bear
Exceptional based on 51 ratings
Type: Brewpub
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661 Howard St
San Francisco, California United States 94105 [ print map ]
(415) 974-0905
http://www.thirstybear.com/


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Thirsty Bear

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Beer Available At Thirsty Bear (arranged by most recent)
Thirsty Bear Howard Street IPA 87, Thirsty Bear Kozlov Stout 88, Thirsty Bear Valencia Wheat 39, Thirsty Bear Golden Vanilla 36, Thirsty Bear Sour Stave 80, Thirsty Bear Meyer ESB 50, Thirsty Bear Polar Bear 46, Thirsty Bear Hopfenkopf , Thirsty Bear Brown Bear 49
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51 reviews for Thirsty Bear
 Ambiance  66%
 Service  66%
 Selection  58%
 Food  70%
 Value  56%
 Overall  62%
 Rating  67%
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Frank (50), Chicago, Illinois
  64   Ambiance  Service  Selection  Food  Value  Overall 
3/57/109/15N/A 6/1013/20

March 22, 2012
This place is alright. I stopped by in the late afternoon before the happy hour crowd blew in and had the place practically to myself. Their taps focused on their own beers, there were about ten, which were solid but not outstanding. Being at the bar by yourself nets you pretty good service so I can’t say much about that but the bartender was reasonably knowledgeable about their beers so I’ll give him credit for that. This is an easy location for most folks stopping through San Francisco for business so I recommend the stop if you can swing it for lunch or something.

TEJA (36), Stockholm, Sweden
  66   Ambiance  Service  Selection  Food  Value  Overall 
3/58/1010/15 6/10 7/1012/20

March 16, 2012
A crowded place next to the Moscone conference center. A big selection of their own beers that was mostly was OK but don’t try their Vanilla beer. As the place is so crowded the bartender could not tell much aboute the different beers but the bar has small information notes aboute their different beer. A wide selection of their own beers (aboute 10 different).

msante79 (253), Mount Prospect, Illinois
  66   Ambiance  Service  Selection  Food  Value  Overall 
3/57/1010/15 7/10N/A13/20

January 21, 2012
Last stop of the night for me and my wife. Place is huge and spanish themed. Some type of spanish folk band playing and place was packed all the way to closing time. Had the ESB and IPA which were both average. Had a flat bread which had burnt chorizo but was still decent at this point of the night. Nice place for dinner and drinks, but there are better beer options in the city.

gnoff (200), Göteborg, Sweden
  62   Ambiance  Service  Selection  Food  Value  Overall 
3/56/1010/15N/A 6/1012/20

April 27, 2011
Place looked small at first, since it was packed almost to the doors and I was asked to find a place among the standing tables close to the doors. Noticed it was a lot bigger when using the restroom though. Tried 9 draught beers on a sampling plate, then had a rerun of one of thos beers together with a plate of fries. Not the cheap place, beers were OK to more than OK. It got very loud, perhaps due to the brick walls and the large amount of visitors. Not a must go I’d say, but since it was the only brewpub I had time to visit in San Francisco I can’t compare it to the other ones.

ozbeernerd (12), Adelaide, Australia
  70   Ambiance  Service  Selection  Food  Value  Overall 
5/58/1010/15N/A 5/1012/20

March 28, 2011
Not a bad little brewpub. All the beers are their own and a diverse enough of a range to be interesting. A couple of the bar tenders were as fast as lightning. I mentioned casually to my brother I hadn’t tried one of the beers and no sooner had I said it a sampler appeared before me. The cocktail guy is fun to watch. The last time I was in their the atmosphere was electric, but that was during the World Series.

mrhoppy (87), Santa Clara, California
  68   Ambiance  Service  Selection  Food  Value  Overall 
5/58/1011/15 9/10 7/1010/20

January 2, 2011
A fun place to go. Very popular with the locals. Food and organic beers are excellent.

Ibrew2or3 (248), Phoenix, Arizona
  72   Ambiance  Service  Selection  Food  Value  Overall 
4/57/109/15 8/10 7/1016/20

January 1, 2011
Cool urban space with tons of room (and they fill it up too). The food all looks so good. I ended up not trying any of their house beers since they had the SF Brewers Guild Imperial Common I wanted to try. I need to get back here soon.

Ungstrup (335), Oamaru, New Zealand
  68   Ambiance  Service  Selection  Food  Value  Overall 
4/57/109/15N/A 7/1014/20

November 26, 2010
A huge place with red brick wall and a long bar in light brown wood and high tables also in light brown wood. 9 own beers on draft when I visited, from experimental that I didn’t fancy to nice ones.

BMan1113VR (279), Los Angeles, California
  70   Ambiance  Service  Selection  Food  Value  Overall 
3/57/1011/15N/A 7/1014/20

August 9, 2010
Nice enough place. Big space, with nice staff. Did not try the food. Beers tasted good at first, but nearly all of them had a slightly acidic finish and several had noticable amounts of diacetyl. I am wondering if they have line cleaning issues. Most were still drinkable, just a nagging aftertaste that I doubt should be there. Sampler of 9 beers is $10, much better that the $22 for 7 beers at 21st Amendment.

beer4bears (5), Ontario
does not count - explanation
  64   Ambiance  Service  Selection  Food  Value  Overall 
3/57/1010/15 7/10 6/1012/20

July 12, 2010
Have to disagree with most ratings. Enjoyed the place. Beers were good, and the 9 glass taster allowed me to try the average as well as their spectacular cask conditioned ale. Food portions were small (tapas style) but everyhting we had was high quality. Price was high end, but this is downtown San Fran! Very clean place, good service.

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