Shady Oak Brewing Company
Started in 2013 as one person filling bottles by hand. It now runs a taproom on the corner between downtown Santa Rosa and the SOFA arts district, six nights a week.1
Why go
The origin is the interesting part. No taproom, no taps, one person and a bottling line, moving beer around the county on their own.1 Thirteen years on there is a room on First Street pouring West Coast IPAs, crisp lagers, hazies and hard seltzers.1 The brewery does not name a single beer on the page I read, so I cannot tell you what to ask for at the bar.
Order this / avoid
- Avoid: Monday. The taproom is dark.1
Good to know
- Hours: Tuesday to Friday 3 to 11, Saturday 2 to 11, Sunday 2 to 9.1
- 707-575-7687 if you need to ask about a group.1
Verdict
could-visit — Shady Oak started in 2013 as one person filling bottles and selling them around, and it now runs a corner taproom between downtown Santa Rosa and the SOFA arts district, open six days from mid-afternoon until 11 most nights. The range is West Coast IPAs, crisp lagers and whatever else is going. That is the whole of the record: the brewery's own page names no individual beer, nobody outside it has written about the taproom, and there is nothing here to weigh beyond a start date and a set of hours.