Help with Sonoma Beer Tour

Too each his own, but I prefer Dierk's or Mac's. But hey, OE seems to be doing just fine without my business

 

are there some other bars nearish to russian river that are worth checking out?

 

Rendezvous Cafe (next to flavor) is probably your best bet for cocktails. If wine is what you're after, hit Portifinos.

 

more after beer. that may be redundant after RR and lagunitas but more wondering if there are any other good craft beer bars around

 

Third St Aleworks. Sprengers is a couple of blocks away. Also, a new gastropub opened further down 4th St called Belly. Haven't been there yet, but looks like they have a good beer list.

 

Flavor has been mentioned for the Moonlight brews. TAPS is Petaluma is worth the drive & HopMonk is Sebastapol is good as well.

 

Belly is good

Just North of RRBC:
Whole Foods Coddingtown Taproom
Heritage Public House

 

Sorry, this is a pricey tourist area so you're going to have to go sleazy. America's Best Value Inn in Santa Rosa might be your best bet for walking distance to RR. Motel 6 near Lagunitas.

 

yeah gonna go with americas best value inn. at like 100 a night for 2 beds its not bad. any other recs for walking distances bars/pubs/etc near rr would be appreicated. tho you guys ahve given plently sofar.

 

These two places came to mind immediately.

 

Walking distance from Russian River:

Third St Aleworks
Flavor
Sprengers
Belly
Toad in the Hole

That really is about it.

 

The Sweet Spot is on 4th a block or two west of RR. The have about 10 Lagunitas beers on tap

 

OR he could just drive to Howards in Occidental.

 

And lunch at Barley & Hops Can't speak of Howard's; I've never dined there.

 

Locals aren't recommending Tex Wasabi's any more? Can't beat the donkey sauce!

 

if i get to russian river at 4-5 tomorrow (friday), is there going to be a long wait to get in?

 

Actually, Guy is pretty much hated among locals. We're all ashamed that he is what most people think of when they hear "Santa Rosa." Personally, I'm doing as much work as I can to get Vinnie to take his place as the most famous person from SR.

 

For people my age, it will always be Charles Schultz...

 

Hey buddy! Guy is a pillar of the fucking community! We all just wish we were cool enough to take up 5 spaces with our monster truck parked sideways at the local supermarket.

 

Did you know he converted it to run on Donkey Sauce? He did that so he could actually DEcrease his gas mileage, cause that's how much of a douche he is.