California Beer Vacation - need suggestions!

Head a little south of Stone and hit up Green Flash Brewing. Also in the city next to Stone there's Churchill's Pub.

 

Wrong section.

I hope you realize that RR and Stone are pretty far apart. I recommend visiting Alpine for sure. If you have time, maybe stop by The Bruery or Firestone Walker.

 

Add Bear Republic and North Coast...mine as well cover the whole state.

 

California's a big state and has a lot of beer stuff, man. I'll throw out a couple places in the LA area that might be off your radar - Ladyface Alehouse in Agoura Hills(Malibu area) and Blue Palms Brewhouse in Hollywood.

 

Alesmith and Sierra Nevada are close together................ Jk

What city are you going to?

 

Yeah I would ask this is US Pacific. Also, as others have said, California is big. Traveling north to South, is like taveling East to west in Texas, a whole lot of ground to cover.

Edit: looks like it got moved. Could use some more details to help you out. Where are you starting, and liking to end (city wise) I agree a week is enough to cover a lot of ground. However, there are over 300+ breweries in CA. Many are worth a visit, some not so much. Some of them have great distribution (say Sierra Neveda) & are great visits, but are pretty out of the way from other breweries too.

 

A week is a longtime, you could cover Alpine to RR no problem.

 

How long are you planning to spend in each area? The Bay Area has a lot to offer. Sierra Nevada is pretty far out of the way, but doable. SoCal could keep you busy all week. The only significant place in-between the two is Firestone Walker, but that can be hit by driving south along the 101.

 

doable? Sure. but might not be the best plan as that is a lot of driving with a lot of places to visit. You could easily spend a week in Northern California visiting all of the places (probably a week alone in San Fran), and you could spend a week alone in San Diego alone, not to mention a day in LA and a day or two in OC.

 

Ask MarkIntihar

 

SD/OC 3 days, Firestone 1 day, Bay Area/RR 3 days... then go home happy.

 

North Coast Brewing Co. in Fort Bragg, Lagunitas in Petaluma, Toronado in S.F. Barclay's in Oakland/Berkeley, Magnolia in S.F. (for real cask ale) California is a beer paradise. Oh and Drake's Barrel House is worthy of a visit.

 

definitely doable, and if that is the only option (won't be able to make another trip sometime soon) then I agree.

Personally when I travel, I like to stay in places for an extended time, so when my vacation is done, I am ready to leave. For example, when I visited Australia/NZ, I stayed in Christchurch for 4 nights and Sydney for 10 nights. That was perfect, as I got to casually enjoy each city instead of rushing around. Though i do know people who prefer to move around a lot and see all that they can.