New Helvetia Brewing Cooperative ★ 4.3
New Helvetia Brewing on Broadway in Sacramento is the community cooperative brewery, Chloe Summer Ale and Buffalo Craft Lager with Jim Denny burgers nightly.
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Drake's The Barn ★ 4.4
Drake's The Barn on Riverfront Street in the West Sacramento Bridge District is Drake's Brewing's beer-garden taproom on the Sacramento River, food and music.
New Glory Craft Brewery ★ 4.4
New Glory Craft Brewery on Alpine Avenue in Sacramento opened 2014, the production brewery with rotating IPAs, sours and barrel-aged ales on tap.
Two Rivers Cider Co. ★ 4.2
Two Rivers Cider on Attawa Avenue in South Sacramento is the city's long-running hard cider house, English-style and seasonal ciders by the glass and growler.
Ruhstaller Farm ★ 4.5
Ruhstaller Farm in Dixon, 30 minutes west of Sacramento, is J-E Paino's open-air farm brewery on a 40-acre hop yard, lagers from California-grown hops on tap.
Fountainhead Brewing Co. ★ 4.1
Fountainhead Brewing on 24th Street in South Sacramento runs a neighborhood taproom paired with Lions Hotdog Shack, ten-plus rotating taps and seasonal sours.
Out of Bounds Brewing Folsom ★ 4.2
Out of Bounds Brewing in Folsom, east of Sacramento, runs a craft kitchen and biergarten with German lagers and IPAs alongside a full pub menu.