Hapa's Brewing Company (San Jose).

Hapa's Brewing Company (San Jose)

Hapa's brews in the Lincoln Avenue arts building and pours it there until 10 on Friday and Saturday, then shuts every Monday.

Why go

460 Lincoln Avenue is the saved door and one of four the company runs.2 The founders are South Bay natives and the house says the beer is made for the neighborhoods we love.1 That is the whole of what they publish about it, so I have no beer to point you at and nothing to promise about what is on.

The other three doors are a beer garden on Barack Obama Boulevard across town, a taproom in San Carlos, and one on Santa Cruz Avenue in Los Gatos.1

Order this / avoid

• Avoid: Monday. All four sites are closed.1
• Avoid: the beer garden if you wanted the brewery. Different address, same company.1

Good to know

• Hours at Lincoln Avenue: Tuesday to Thursday 4pm to 9pm, Friday 3pm to 10pm, Saturday 11am to 10pm, Sunday noon to 8pm. Monday closed.2
• The building: Chromatic Coffee roasts in suite 10 of the same address.3

Verdict

could-visit — I cannot name a single beer this brewery makes, which is why the rung is not higher. What I can say is that this operator has held four rooms open across two counties and still runs its own brewhouse.