{"id":327,"date":"2007-12-04T03:05:00","date_gmt":"2007-12-04T03:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.2beerguys.com\/wordpress\/?p=327"},"modified":"2008-03-15T15:58:25","modified_gmt":"2008-03-15T20:58:25","slug":"theres-great-beer-in-wine-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/2007\/12\/04\/theres-great-beer-in-wine-country\/","title":{"rendered":"There&#8217;s Great Beer In Wine Country"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #ff0000\">If you happen to find yourself in Wine Country, don&#8217;t worry &#8211; find beer \ud83d\ude42<br \/>\n(Beer Republic and Russian River are AWESOME!!)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #ff0000\">Sean<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #ff0000\">2Beerguys.com<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #ff0000\">Drink Craft Beer, You&#8217;ve Earned It!!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-style: italic\">By JOE HEIM | Washington Post<br \/>\nNovember 25, 2007<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>It turns out that towns in California&#8217;s Napa Valley, heart of wine country, offer some of the best craft beers in America.<\/p>\n<p>Here are a few examples:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Bear Republic Brewing Co.:<\/span> Loud and bustling, this family-owned brew pub is almost an antidote to the highbrow community that surrounds it.<\/p>\n<p>Among the notable brews are Racer 5 (a terrific India pale ale) and delicious Black Bear Stout.<\/p>\n<p>345 Healdsburg Ave., Healdsburg, 707-433-2337, www.bearrepublic.com.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Calistoga Inn Restaurant &amp; Brewery:<\/span> In a wonderful garden setting, we start with lighter, tasty Calistoga Wheat Ale before moving on to Calistoga Pilsner and Calistoga Red Ale, a hoppy, happy culmination.<\/p>\n<p>1250 Lincoln Ave., Calistoga, 707-942-4101, www.calistogainn.com.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Russian River Brewing Co.: <\/span>Drink carefully. The super-hoppy Pliny the Elder, a Gold Medal winner at the 2006 World Beer Cup, is 8 percent alcohol by volume, and even that is not as strong as Old Gubbillygotch Barleywine.<\/p>\n<p>725 Fourth St., Santa Rosa, 707-545-2337, www.russianriverbrewing.com.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Silverado Brewing Co.:<\/span> We lunch on garlic fries, onion rings and burgers,while sampling a terrific amber ale and an oatmeal stout that is not as heavy as it sounds.<\/p>\n<p>3020 St. Helena Highway, St. Helena, 707-967-9876, www.silveradobrewingcompany.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you happen to find yourself in Wine Country, don&#8217;t worry &#8211; find beer \ud83d\ude42 (Beer Republic and Russian River are AWESOME!!) Sean 2Beerguys.com Drink Craft Beer, You&#8217;ve Earned It!! By JOE HEIM | Washington Post November 25, 2007 It turns out that towns in California&#8217;s Napa Valley, heart of wine country, offer some of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[109,110],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=327"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/2beerguys.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}