Napa Smith Brewery

Just as the three stars says, "A-OK."

I didn't go expecting to be blown out of the water. I was reasonably familiar with this company before hand so I had an inclination of how things would go.

First off, I am a beer fanatic. I love trying beers from all over the world, in any weird or fascinating style I can find. In my personal experience I tend to air on the side of caution, generally selecting highly rated or highly recommended beers. What Napa Smith has done for me is given me a middle of the road benchmark. Now I don't mean that in a harsh way. I don't want to come off as bashing them because I'm not. See in my experience I have generally had really great beer or really terrible ones so it's nice to find a middle ground.

All in all the beer is pretty solid. Everything is drinkable, but nothing really stands out. I thought a few of the beers suffered from balance issues and overall lack of cohesion. A lot of them felt like they needed more body as they had a thin mouth-feel.  Although these are good beers to knock back at BBQs and other social functions where you're not focused so much on the taste. My favorites were the organic ipa and the barley wine.

The tasting room is pretty nice, if a little barren. The room is pretty cavernous which cause some acoustic problems. If the place is a full house you will have some trouble hearing people that are directly in front of you. I think they allow dogs, so good news for you dog owners.    

I'm just now starting to visit the Northern California breweries since I'm coming from San Diego. All and all I would return to knock back a casual beer or two. Next up are Russian River, Lagunitas, and Bear Republic.

We love this place!  Best beer in county by far. Having worked at 2 breweries I know the difference.  And they allow dogs too!  Super score.

This is a great place!!  The beer is great and they have lots of choices.  They don't have food yet so they let you bring in your own food.  This is really cool because you can match whatever you want with your favorite beer.  Super cool place where you can play darts and kick back and relax.