Well, that sounds like one fine day to me! I would have skipped Beach Chalet as well--I've only been there once but visit the "Lake" version in Oakland enough to have formed a pretty solid "meh" opinion of their brews. I took my friend to Speakeasy last year when he was in town and we had many of the same beers as you did (I think it was early November) and left with very similar impressions of the awesome space and quality of offerings (along with a pretty good buzz on; man they go down easy). Need to go do this again sometime.
I think Thirsty Bear is the worst of the lot. I kind of put it in the same category as Pacific Coast in Oakland--yeah, I guess they brew beer but it's generic and not especially notable. I do like the Thirsty Bear lamb burger.
I haven't been to the others, but have visited Anchor Steam on many a Wednesday! This is a great list--thanks for the link from that other thread.
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