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Sonoma Brewery Tour And Lunch
Get picked up from the park-n-ride or the Sonoma-Marin Fairgrounds to begin your day-long exploration of the region’s brewing scene, including three breweries. Your local guide will divulge fun facts, juicy stories and tasting notes during your 6-hour exploration of the areas top beer stops, which can include Lagunitas in Petaluma, Santa Rosa’s Beverage People, thirrd Street Alehouse in Santa Rosa and one "wild card" brewery, which changes every week.
Before embarking on your day of drinking—including free-flowing samples at each brewery—enjoy a filling salad or sandwich lunch. See the itinerary below for menu options. After sating your appetite, continue on to exploring the local brewing scene. Your guide breaks down the tasting notes for the provided beer samplings at each of your three stops, identifying the flavor profiles and demystifying the subtle differences between each sip. Load up on refillable growlers, which can be stowed in coolers on the bus while you're driven to each location.
After receiving a deeper understanding of the makeup of
each glass, devote a few minutes to a presentation of how beer is crafted. During your tour, learn about the insider workings of each brewery with a presentation of the ingredients used to brew your favorite suds. You’ll smell, touch and taste the malted barley that infuses beer with its flavor, and appreciate the hops that imbue each brew with its flavor. A behind-the-scenes brewery tour will reveal the complicated mechanisms behind each glass.
If you’d like to refresh, water and ice are available throughout the day. Once you’ve received a deep appreciated for the intricacies of brewing, relax on a ride back to your starting point. If you'd like, you can be dropped off at a local restaurant or hotel, or the guide can call you a cab—no driving required.
