Hoppy Trails

Discover the Best Craft Beer in Northern CaliforniaSearching for the best beer in the sunny skies of NorCal? This definitive beer guide will have you looking in all the right places for the exceptional taste of craft beer produced by Californias finest Breweries. Delve into the world of forty of the most exciting and respected Northern California craft breweries. Youll get a behind-the-scenes peek at the culture and the creativity of this inventive industry. These distinctive brewerieschosen with the help of the California Craft Brewery Associationare turning out excellent, award-winning brew and have created fantastic spaces for beer lovers like you to pull up a chair, sample, sip, snack, and play. A tasting flight of breweries featured for sampling. Breweries visited include Sierra Nevada and Lost Coast on the larger sideto mid-size operations such as Faction and Hereticto intimate barrel houses such as Cleophus Quealy and Sante Adairiusand everything in between. Each entry gives the low down on details such as: The Brewerys claim to fame Whether they serve food or have growlers on hand for take-away Terms to ramp up your brewery knowledge Hundreds of photographs will help you decide where you want to while away your sipping hours. And, this field guide even has a blank page for your personal tasting notes, which will help you keep track of which brews youve tasted and especially loved. If you enjoyed books like Wine Folly, The Drunken Botanist, or Cocktail Codex then youll want to have your own copy of Hoppy Trails.