Beer Tasting Rooms

Beer tasting rooms - what a concept.  Here is an article from the New York Times on tasting rooms in San Francisco, Oakland and Portland.  I have been to San Francisco's City Beer Store, which is profiled in the article.   San Diego has The Olive Tree Market, which has opened a small tasting room with hours on Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings.  Like City Beer Store, Olive Tree's tasting room's main goal is to sell bottled beer.