Thu Nov 06, 2014 8:25 am
I'm partial to the North Bay, there are many great breweries in the city and across the bay into Oakland and San leandro areas. However, to me, and yes I'm being a little bias here, there's nothing like a touring the breweries along 101 in the north bay. You can probly find a decent rate on a non-crackhead place in Santa Rosa, Rohnert Park or possibly. San Rafael. If you start in San Rafael, you've got Moylan's and Marin brew co. Work your way up to to Petaluma and stop by North 101 brewing before the obvious landmark in Lagunitas (band starts @ 4:20, don't be late). Continue up 101 or redwood highway to Santa Rosa and check out 1st st ales which is just a couple blocks away from Russian River. The brats are great at 1st street, and the pizzas are always good at RR.
How many days do you have? You can keep going up the healdsburg and check out Bear Republics taproom or head to Sebastapol and go to The Hopmonk.
Rohnert Park has the Double Tree. Nice hotel but can be expensive if there's something goin on in the area. There's also the Hapton Inn and Suites in Rohnert Park. That's probably your best bet for a central location to all this spots.
Hope this helps!
Cheers
RanchCat