SFBear2012;842042348 said:
Lagunitas, Bear and Russian are all amazing beers. I highly recommend going up to Healdsburg and checking out the breweries and doing the tours. Lagunitas is my favorite beer. Haven't had anything of theirs I didn't love.
A great beer tour is Lagunitas - Petaluma, Russian River - Santa Rosa, Bear Republic - Healdsburg. If you got more time keep going north for Mendocino - Ukiah, North Coast - Ft. Bragg, and then finally Lost Coast in Eureka. I never made it past Healdsburg, mostly because I didn't have the time.
I've stocked up on on this season's Lil Sumthin Sumthin Wild. It's one of the few times I actually like brettanomyces in my beer. It's about 70 IBUs and balanced just right. I wouldn't even call it a Belgian IPA, it's even more complex. These bottles are only like $4.50 and when it comes out during the year, is easily obtained. You can store these a little longer than your usual IPAs as well. One of my top 10 for sure.