In a kitchen just outside the Northern California hamlet of Lagunitas, Tony Magee was crafting beers on a 5-gal. homebrew kit. Then, a ruined Thanksgiving dinner made him take his hobby to a rented room behind the old House of Richards in Forest Knolls, when he started slingin’ beers to local watering holes.

In a kitchen just outside the Northern California hamlet of Lagunitas, Tony Magee was crafting beers on a 5-gal. homebrew kit. Then, a ruined Thanksgiving dinner made him take his hobby to a rented room behind the old House of Richards in Forest Knolls, when he started slingin’ beers to local watering holes.

To stand out among the sea of Pale Ales in Bay Area bars in the mid-90s, Tony developed a new-world spin on an old-world style: the India Pale Ale, which he shortened to IPA. Palates at the time couldn’t handle the hoppiness, but Tony had a hunch that this was the next big thing…

To stand out among the sea of Pale Ales in Bay Area bars in the mid-90s, Tony developed a new-world spin on an old-world style: the India Pale Ale, which he shortened to IPA. Palates at the time couldn’t handle the hoppiness, but Tony had a hunch that this was the next big thing…

Tony quickly outgrew his spot in Forest Knolls and moved to Petaluma. After a few years he needed even more space, so he threw a party and told everyone that showed up to grab whatever wasn’t bolted to the ground and walk it across McDowell St. to where we still brew today!

We started throwing parties in our Employee Loft at 4:20 which raised some brows, including those of the local authorities. After a failed sting and a 20-day suspension, we installed a new line to bottle our Undercover Investigation Shut-Down Ale. Do the crime. Do the time. Get the bragging rights.

People were drinking more IPA than ever as we expanded from state to state and our brand-spankin’-new 80-barrel Rolec BrewHouse started brewing up a wholly original little thing under the sun called A Little Sumpin’ Sumpin’ Ale…

Beer Weasel Ron Lindenbusch had one thought: we should throw a Circus! So the Beer Circus was born. Then, we opened up the Petaluma TapRoom & Beer Sanctuary featuring live music everyday, including some special #LiveAtLagunitas shows in the new LaguMiniAmphitheaterette the following year.

When our 250-barrel BrewHouse was destroyed after hitting a storm in the Atlantic, we knew we weren’t able to brew our widely feared Winter Seasonal brew, Shugga’. After a flood of calls, we put out a substitute for our disappointed fans, named around their common message: Lagunitas Sucks.

As a native Chicagoan, Tony was looking for a way to return home. With some help from local legend Nick Mirkopolous, he found our second home in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood, Lagunitas Chicago. A few years later, we cut the tape at Lagunitas Seattle in Ballard… So, where’s next??

We partnered up with Heineken in 2015 to start bringing our band of hop-forward IPAs to the world (and beyond?), firing up brewing operations in the UK, Amsterdam, Brazil, and more to bring fresh Lagunitas beers everywhere. We hope to see you in your neck of the woods, whatever planet you’re on!

Tony always said, “It takes a lot of good weed to make a great beer." After friends & neighbors of Lagunitas and AbsoluteXtracts dabbled in a cannabis-terpene beer, they dialed things up to eleven with Hi-Fi Hops: a cannabis-infused hoppy sparkling beverage with nothing weighing you down. Zero-calories, zero-carbs, zero-sugar, and non-alcoholic. The best of both worlds.

Joining our other hoppy, non-alcoholic option of Hoppy Refresher, IPNA was a brewer-led labor of love- utilizing all our hops chops and over a year of R&D. The result? IPNA is pure NA satisfaction. This non-alcoholic IPA uses the same ingredients found in our highly balanced IPAs (hops, malt, yeast & water), and this the same deliciousness, but brewed without the ceremonial fez.

Our spiked & sparkling Guayusa Tea, Disorderly TeaHouse, launched in two flavors, Yuzu Lemon Squeeze and Mixed-Up Berries. A freak batch gets spiked with some peach and quickly becomes one of the top-selling beverages in our TapRooms, so we add the Peach Slice to our newly launched Varie-Tea Pack. A rebelliously delicious, different kind of brew.

Innovation is the name of the game at Lagunitas, and we took a huge leap forward with the creation of our Disorderly House of Brewing right next to our Petaluma TapRoom & Beer Sanctuary. It’s a place of wonder where the Lagunitas team of wizard brewers can tinker, trifle, and craft, dreaming up the next best thing in a glass, can, or… who knows?