[sfrench]

I'm not sure he said that. I think if anything, he made the strongest case for Portland.

I think he does sell San Francisco a bit short in the beer department. While the city itself isn't known to produce a huge amount of widely known brews, there are a couple good breweries in the city limits. Additionally, some of the best beers in the world are all made within a half-day drive of San Francisco (Russian River, nuff said).

[tkaemming]

If you're going to call Deschutes a Portland beer at 160+ miles away (and at the same time, leave out Rogue? That one confused me.), I think it's fair to call Russian River, North Coast, Lagunitas, Bear Republic, Anchor, and Sierra Nevada all San Francisco area breweries — and it's a little hard to argue with those. (As long as you like hops, at least.)

[bradhe]

Breweries in Portland: http://www.portlandbeer.org/breweries/