Lagunitas Brewing Company

April 10, 2008 [ Updated April 13, 2008 ]
April 2008 We popped in on this industrial micro unannounced and at least an hour off their advertised tour timeline. But nonetheless, we were greeted with warm receptiveness and an impromptu short tour of their bulging-at-the-seems brewery. What a friendly crowd! An original micro, growing so much they’re stretching their waist size, but still living up to the small guy cool factor (What we wished Sierra Nevada was like). All the way nice. Lagunitas is now officially my default Fridge IPA. Way to go. (Brewery #456, 4/10/2008)

February 17, 2008
Really good times and a good brewery tour, they give you huge samples of pretty much everything they’ve got on tap or in bottles, they don’t mind if you get ridiculously soused, they are concientious and cool as well, really cool atmosphere and bigger than I had expected. On top of all that, they gave bikesanbeer a free carboy on the tour, how cool is that? Awesome.

August 14, 2007
Their brewery tour is not to be missed. It’s a pretty typical mid-size brewery but they have a great tasting loft, they have been known to pull out some vintage stuff, they’re a great bunch of guys, and their singular focus is getting everyone on the tour smashed. Actually I’m not sure if that last bit is a positive or a negative but every time I’ve been there, I’ve had a blast.

August 1, 2007
Stephanie was great. Cool place to sit and drink. Good tour and some really good samples of beer. Hard to find, but definately worth a visit.

December 10, 2006
We got there about 2 minutes before they closed...they were cool and let us hang upstairs and have some beers....I don’t think I’d call it essential, but if you are on the way to Russian River from SF, it is worth a stop.

February 9, 2006
Me and a few buddies showed up to this place as stop 3 of 6 on a brewery tour of the North Bay. We had a pre-arraigned appointment so they were expecting us. The people there were great and showed us around the whole facility. Even got to smell some of the hops and talk to the guys on the conveyer line. The best part was the loft/lounge in there warehouse. We pulled up to the bar where we enjoyed several samples of their regular and seasonal ales. They were poured in plastic cups, but hey, they were free! Many of the brews we sampled were outstanding. Probably the coolest place we visited on our several stops in Sonoma and Marin counties.

August 22, 2005
Fun hanging out, meeting another guy at their tap room that was making a film and had babe w/ him. Tony is a genuinely nice guy. Funky atmosphere reminded me of beer dist. I where I once worked.

July 23, 2005
the tour was ok at best, weren’t very helpful.

June 14, 2005
I called ahead and the woman who answered the phone said to drop by anytime and they’d show me around. Seemed on the small side from the outside. Went into the office and a young woman who was watching the office brought me around on a quick (15 minute) tour. It started out in the loft of the main building which looked more like a college kid’s hangout than anything. We got to pick which Lagunitas beer we wanted to drink and then she took us on the tour. Pretty neat.

February 15, 2004
I came wandering in, no appointment. I cleverly noted the brew tour hours noted at the top here, but not the fact reservations were needed. In any case, Nicole was kind enough to pour me a Hairy Eyeball and walk me around, even went to the trouble to write some directions to a local market for me, and gave me a couple of bottle cap magnets! Cool people, great beers.