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When I was there, the Belgian-style beer rotation offered The Running Man Tripel, which was quite tasty with great Belgian yeast character. You’ll find at least half a dozen beers on tap at any given time, including the popular Gabilicious West Coast IPA and People’s Park Pale Ale, two solid, clean beers with good hopping aromas and flavors, and a Red & Black Lumberjack hazy. Hoi Polloi co-founder Viet Vu opened his brewery in South Berkeley in 2015. Now they do their brewing offsite in Oakland using a 7-bbl brewhouse. After a stint at Germany’s World Brewing Academy to hone his craft, he opened Hoi Polloi in 2015 with his brother, first with a small 3-bbl system, which they quickly outgrew.

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Like so many professional brewers, Hoi Polloi co-founder Viet Vu started out as a homebrewer.

Hoi Polloi Brewing Taproom and Beat Lounge Today, the Lorin district includes shops, eateries and arts centers along Adeline Avenue - and, of course, breweries on both sides of the Oakland-Berkeley border. More than a century ago, its residents agreed to be absorbed by that city, but its legend lives on in South Berkeley. The community of Lorin was once the last stop on the Central Pacific - now the Southern Pacific - rail line before Berkeley. But a recent jaunt took me to a part of Berkeley with a history and a name you may not know.

Over the last two years, my Bay Area brewery tours have taken me from Lafayette to Concord, Sunnyvale and Gilroy.