in SF, just hit up Toronado. great place. maybe the best selection of IPA's I've ever seen on draft. I had a couple Pliny, Blazing World, they also had Alpine, and Stone Enjoy By was about the 5th most attractive beer on the list.
the prize though was the Cable Car bottle from The Lost Abbey. most expensive bottle I've ever bought ($60) but it costs waaaaay more than that on black market sites and I had a buzz already so I plopped down my 3 $20's (cash only bar) figuring this was the best chance I'll ever have to try it. cool drinking this in the bar the label copy references; also it's a really nice beer. nicely tart, not overwhelmingly in any way, just really nice and refreshing.