North Bay breweries.

Well. I’ve lived in Santa Rosa now for 3.5 years.

I like beer. I don’t drink a lot of it, bit I’ve gotten around. I gravitate towards IPAs lately. For example; That Hyperion Red at Fogbelt has been my standard favorite.

Last night my wife did the Jedi Mind Trick on me, and I found myself at her work party. Egads. ( I seriously remember telling her I didn’t want to go). I quickly went into survival mode and glanced at the beer list. Hmmm, I ordered the Heroine IPA outta Petaluma. What a great beer! It made me realize this is a great place to live and love beer. One or two IPAs makes it so much easier to listen to a bunch of nurses talk about work. .

What else do I need to try?

 

I'm in the Monterey bay area of California and we have a brewery out here called Alvarado Street Brewery and the make good IPA's. I usually drink whatever double IPA they have or any sour beers they have. Haven't been disappointed with any. I do know they ship stuff up north so if you see any make sure to try it out!

 

Pliny the elder-Russian river
Shattercone - seismic
Hop Shovel - bear republic

All local IPAs

 

Lagunitas looks like a fun time. i've been meaning to take the Harley up there

 

Go to Lagunitas in Petaluma

 

It's definitely beer country... other good ones that haven't been listed yet.
Indian Valley
Iron Springs
Hen House
Plow
Crooked Goat
Grav South
Cooperage

 

Low hanging fruit. We have business meetings there.

 

you should also go to Beercraft in RP or Novato. Not a brewery but JT and the crew definitely know what's up.

 

Crooked goat is my favorite around here! There Ibex is good but i love.the grapefruit ibex. I just had the hazy ipa that Russian river put out and its interesting in a good way. Hen house seems to follow suit to the traditional norcal ipa and i like there venue in santa rosa. I wasnt impressed with grav south... bad service and ok beer. My family really enjoys going to bear republic in rohnert park because they have a cool kids area and awesome beer! They have typical bar food but done right. Fog Belt is my number 2 spot! They have good beer and good food but a small outdoor area (kind of important for a family). Theres so many options here in sonoma co that you need to try them all!

 

I forgot barrel brothers in windsor, ive never been but ive heard from multiple people that its a cool place for beer! (But no food).

 

P.s. my wife is also a nurse here in town!

 

Cooperage is my favorite local hangout. Great staff, killer beers. All the folks that used to hang at RRBC before it became a total donkey show now go to Cooperage.

Moonraker in Auburn is probably my second favorite brewery to go to overall, with Revision in Sparks, NV being my numero uno. Revision hires really well.

If you like tatted and pierced yoga chicks serving you some incredible hazies, it's a nice place to spend some time.

 

You had me at hazies, I mean tatted.

 

FTFY

 

One of my good friends opened up a brewery in Suisun City, True Symmetry Brewing. Great guy, good beer.

 

Nice man! I'll have to check that out. I live in Calistoga, but I went through Suisun City on my way back from Yosemite this weekend, not too far, and always on my way back from the Sierra.

 

I’m in Stoga as well, let’s grab a beer sometime and talk mods

 

Iron springs?

Agree with the rest though. Fingers crossed that the new breweries going into San Rafael make some good beers. I really like Hen House and Crooked Goat definitely does some weird-in-a-good-way stuff. There's a new massive Russian River Brewery opened up in Windsor now. All day happy hour on Sundays ($4.50 pints) are pretty awesome. RR can be a bit of a shit show but if you get them during off-peak hours it's pretty enjoyable.

 

Jason is a solid guy. Its right on the side of Hwy 12 in the Marina Shopping center. If y'all ever want to meet there for a beer on a Sunday, I'm game. It's about an hour from you guys and me. He usually gets food trucks and such to set up out front too.