SFGate (blog) The East Bay beer boom continues with four new openings SFGate (blog) John Hill serves a beer to a customer at Hog's Apothecary, which opened last fall in Oakland. Photo: The Chronicle/John Storey. Hog's Apothecary (pictured above) in Oakland. Sierra Nevada's Torpedo Room in Berkeley. Brotzeit Lokal on the Oakland .. ...