beers from Coopers (Australia), $10
Saturday, 4/4, 11 on, Triple Rock (1920 Shattuck, Berkeley, 3 blocks from Downtown Berkeley BART): 6th Annual Firkin Gravity Festival features cask-conditioned ales from 20 local breweries, $20 admission includes glass, six 4-oz. tastes, and one full pour, additional tastes $1 each or $5 for six
Saturday, 4/4, noon-5, seven locations in Berkeley, Emeryville, Oakland, and Alameda: East Bay Wine Trail open house and tasting with 14 local wineries, tickets $30 in advance, $45 at the door, $10 designated drivers
Saturday, 4/4, noon-3, K&L (638 4th St):
American Pinot Noir vs.Burgundy, $20
Saturday, 4/4, 6-8, The Jug Shop (1590 Pacific):
Pommery & Heidsieck Monopole Champagnes, $10
Saturday, 4/4, 2-5:30, SF Wine Trading Co. (250 Taraval):
tasting of
six wines TBA, $10
The lively Castro sushi restaurant Barracuda (2251 Market) is home to what may just be the sweetest cocktail in all of the land (or at least all of San Francisco). The Gummi Bear Martini blends Seagrams Smooth vodka with a pair of DeKuypers mixers (strawberry passion and peach schnapps) and -- what else? -- colorful gummi bears at the bottom of the glass. If you don't have a serious sweet tooth, this one might eat you alive.
