Original Pattern Brewing Co.

Original Pattern is employee-owned, and it opens at noon every day, which makes it easy to plan around. There's a lot of room inside and out, first come, first served. Groups can reserve the mezzanine or the long Grand Table.

It's a one-minute drive, or a short walk, from Oakland United Beerworks. If you park once in the Jack London District, you can do both on foot.

The list moves fast. The brewery releases five to eight new beers a week, so there's no fixed core to memorize. What stays the same is the hops: Original Pattern says it holds one of the largest New Zealand hop contracts on the West Coast, and the pale ales and IPAs show it.

The list on the day we checked ran from a 4.5% American lager and a helles to hazy and West Coast IPAs, a Scotch ale, an oatmeal porter and a New Orleans-style coffee stout. Their awards page goes back to 2019 and includes GABF medals for session IPA and New Zealand-style pale ale.

There's no kitchen of their own. Citizen Pizza Co. is the resident pop-up: Monday through Thursday 4 to 8pm, Friday 3 to 9pm, Saturday noon to 8pm and Sunday noon to 7pm. Muffin Lab does English-muffin sandwiches on Thursdays.

Dogs are welcome on the outdoor patios but not inside. Original Pattern also ships beer within California and takes keg and can pickup orders, which is handy if you'd rather not carry beer the rest of the route.