Alvarado Street Brewery & Bistro

Alvarado Street’s New Brewery and Restaurant, Yeast of Eden, Opens in Carmel | Eater SF

"Opened in Carmel Plaza, Suite 112 in Carmel-by-the-Sea, this new 120-seat restaurant with a 40-seat patio is decked out with wood tabletops and a bar salvaged from fallen Cyprus trees and is centered on views of the brewery’s coolship, an open fermentation tank where Yeast of Eden’s “mixed fermentation” beers cool and interact with naturally occurring yeasts. Co-owner J.C. Hill says, “We want our beers to have a sense of place — flavors and nuances that are endemic to the Salinas Valley.” Led by head brewer Andrew Rose, Yeast of Eden began as a side project in 2015 and is now intended to stand on its own; its experimental offerings have included “Lost and profound,” a 14 percent barleywine wild ale aged in Cabernet barrels for a “crazy dark fruit and date character” that took four years to produce. The Carmel space has a five-barrel brewing capacity (with additional production from Alvarado Street’s larger system) and will offer 26 beers on tap from Yeast of Eden, Alvarado Street, and other breweries. To pair with many dry, light mixed-fermentation beers, chef Stephen Paulson has built a menu with Southeast Asian and Latin American influences — wings in a spicy fish caramel sauce, a variety of tacos, red curry duck, and a kobe beef burger on a potato bun — and a full bar led by Future Bars alum Adam Ono that serves cocktails like the egg-white rye, Campari, and fernet “Thou Mayest.” The name is a literary pun tied to John Steinbeck and the Salinas Valley, and hours are currently 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. (kitchen until 9 p.m.), moving after the January 17 grand opening to 11:30 a.m.–10 p.m. Sunday–Wednesday and until midnight Thursday–Saturday (kitchen to 10 p.m.)." - Caleb Pershan