Stopped by Magnolia Pub last Tuesday. Pretty small place, but with a brew selection very close to my heart--predominantly British-style ales. They've got good food too, though the pricing is outrageous, even for slow/local.
Anyway, back to the beer. Several different bitters, an English-styled IPA, a solid Brown. Certain beers offered both on draft tap, and pumped from cask just like in Old Blimey. Everything with more of a British approach than typical West Coast. Thick, heavy-bodied beers--like a malt shake. I love it. They've also got a kolsch that's popular with the philistines. Usually a couple of guest beers on tap, though you can't get your AHA discount on those.
Magnolia's been happy to cater to the in-house crowd, slow to package for distribution like 21st Amendment (which is making headway into a wider audience now that they're putting their beer in cans). Changes may be in the wind, though. I've seen Magnolia beers on hand in a few other bars, like the Cerveceria de Mateveza I mentioned a few weeks back, and as growlers at WholeFoods. I also saw on their blog that they're opening a new brewery in the Dogpatch--the current gentrification-targeted SF neighborhood. You can even buy a share, if you want in on the action and have $50,000.
(Above picture from their website.)
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