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As the San Francisco leg of our book tour comes to a close, we have loads of free time to take in the very best parts of SF Beer Week. Need some ideas? Here are our picks for Wednesday and Thursday, February 15 and 16.

We'll do just about anything for cheese, and Lucky Hand's Adam Krammer happens to be stopping by Mission Cheese on Valencia St. on February 15 to talk about the brand, answer your questions, and nosh on cheese and food specially paired with Lucky Hand's Cali Common and The Black Lager brews. Stop by between 11am and 1pm or 6pm and 8pm to join the (free!) fun.

Still hungry? Local Mission Eatery Executive Chef Jake Des Voignes is putting together a rockin' menu of his all-local cuisine paired with Almanac's seasonal ales. Food tastes better when it's grown and made in-house. Seriously. Admission is $51 ($36 for three-course meal and beer pairings for $15), and runs from 5:30-10pm on February 15.

Leave work early on February 16 for the Deschutes Brewery Total Tap Takeover at the Beta Lounge on Durant Ave. in Berkeley. Starting at 4pm, the lounge will be offering sample flights and pints of a wide selection of Deschutes beers, including a special limited release keg. Admission is free, so you can spend some of those saved bucks on a yummy dish at Beta! Later, hop the BART back over to San Francisco for beer and barbecue at Southpaw BBQ on Mission. From 5-11pm, they're offering a three-course Southern barbecue dinner paired with four black beers, including their house-brewed porter.

Not committed to just one day? Pacific Coast Brewing Company in Oakland will be tapping their winter beers from 11:30am until closing from February 15 to February 19, and Dynamo Donut and Almanac Beer Company are offering a new donut made with Almanac's Winter Wit and glazed with a secret sauce made of brewer's malt and orange zest - a perfect way to start your day!

San Francisco Beer Week went off without a hitch on Friday, and we're here to join the party!

Tonight we'll be hosting our beer making and cooking class with the fine folks at Hands On Gourmet, and we hope you've already booked your tickets! The next day, play hooky with your loved one and spend the day showing off your beer and food pairing skills at Magnolia Brewery's Oyster Extravaganza. Starting at 11am, the Haight St. pub will be shucking oysters like crazy, preparing them in a variety of ways, and providing plenty of beer to wash them down with. If oyster aphrodesia hasn't hit you by now, David Walker from Firestone Brewing Company is posting up at City Beer for a sipping session and treat tasting (treats courtesy of Pinkie's Bakery) from 6 to 9pm. No Valentine? No problem! Lagunitas Brewing Company's Tony Magee is heading to McTeague's Saloon on Polk St. at 7pm for a night of Blues and Beers. Drown your sorrows in Lagunitas brew while listening to Magee's acoustic blues, or use this night as an opportunity to strike up a convo with other singles and find a date for next year's Valentine's Day.

If you can't commit to a certain day, there are plenty of activities going on all week long that you can drop into once or thrice. Delarosa's Rare Beer and Food Pairing event melds the minds of Chef Ruggero Gadaldi and Master Cicerone Rich Higgins for eight days of half plate/half beer options and special beer-based cocktails. Three of Pizza Antica's locations have also joined in the fun by teaming up with Russian River Brewing Company to offer craft brews to be paired with an assortment of Antica's crispy Roman-style pizza. You can never go wrong with pizza and beer. Finally, Humphry Slocombe is offering a rotating selection of local beer ice cream between now and February 19, with beer sundae specials going all week. Perfect for that undying sweet tooth!

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