What to know about this year’s upcoming San Francisco Beer Week

San Francisco Beer Week is starting much later than usual this year, thanks in large part to Feb. 8’s Super Bowl at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara. Despite the late start, the lineup still offers a diverse array of exciting beer-focused events.

Ten years ago, the last time the Super Bowl was held in the Bay Area, multinational businesses took over seemingly every restaurant and bar in every town during the week, making it difficult for our little beer week to compete.

An additional challenge is that the Bay Area Brewers Guild...