Danville Brewery

We stopped here to try their beers and to have lunch. The pub is located in the downtown area, and street parking is all that we saw, although a surface lot looked to be about a block away. A patio is to one side of the entrance, and some covered seating takes up some parking spaces at the curb. The interior of the place is an L-shaped arrangement with a long, curved bar at the crotch that had a row of TVs on the full length of the bar. Seating is in the areas of both els, and the brewing equipment is visible thru windows at the end of one el. There is table service, and we had a server who did very well and knew the beers. The vibe of the place is nice, although very noisy for not being busy.

There were 15 house beers on tap with a nice variety of styles, plus there were 3 guest beers and a guest cider. (There was a hand-pull tap at the bar but nothing noted on the beer menu about it.) Cocktails and some wines are available. We ordered a sampler flight of 6 beers so that we could try to get an overall evaluation of the offerings. Each of them were brewed very well to style, and the standout was the Huckleberry Pie sour ale. We gave an overall score of 4.04 to the beers. Some beers are available to go in cans, plus I saw empty growlers behind the bar. We liked this place, and will return if in the area again. Highly recommended.

Located in downtown Danville, with plenty of free parking across the street, Danville Brewery consistently puts out quality beers. The servers are knowledgeable, particularly about the frequent new offerings, and have yet to steer me wrong. In addition to their own products, the board features about 8 guest taps, which generally highlight other breweries from the area such as Ghost Town, Russian River, Firestone, Altamont, Fieldworks, and Morgan Territory. Food is a notch above the typical pub food, and is worth a trip on its own. The vibe, like the town itself, is laid back and casual. Stop in if you are in the San Ramon Valley.

 

Got to eat/drink here while on vacation last summer. I was pleasantly surprised. The food was phenomenal. I'm a bit of a beer snob and I would easily say that all of their beers were very drinkable. A few downright good.