Fogbelt Brewing Company
Named for the belt of coastal fog between Big Sur and the Oregon border where the redwoods grow. The barrel-aged and experimental beers are cellared at this original Santa Rosa site.1
Why go
Fogbelt started on Cleveland Avenue in 2013 and this is the room it started in.1 The barrels stay here, which is not true of the Healdsburg site.1 The kitchen is built around seasonal local ingredients rather than a fixed pub list.1
Order this / avoid
- Order: whatever has come out of the barrels. That is what this address is for.1
- Avoid: driving to the wrong one. Fogbelt Station is a beer garden at 410 Hudson Street in Healdsburg, next to the old train station, and it is a different place.1
Good to know
- The phone is 707-978-3400 and the menu runs through Toast for takeout.1
- It sits in the Santa Rosa Vintners Square complex, which also holds a pizzeria, micro-wineries and a juice bar.
- I cannot tell you which beer to have. The brewery's own front page names none.
Verdict
could-visit — The name is the fog belt, the strip of Northern California coast between Big Sur and the Oregon border where the coast redwoods grow because the fog keeps them wet. Fogbelt started here on Cleveland Avenue in 2013 and this is still where the barrel-aged and experimental beers are cellared, which is the reason to pick this room over the Healdsburg beer garden. The kitchen works seasonal local produce rather than reheating pub standards. Held here because the brewery's own page names no beer and I could not find anything published about it.