For this month’s brewery day trip, I followed a tip from a Contra Costa County reader, Bob Skok, who suggested I explore San Ramon. There was an underappreciated brewery there I needed to check out. Join me!

Canyon Lakes Brewing

The is one of only two golf courses in the United States with a brewery on-site — and Canyon Lakes Brewing was the first. The other is at North Carolina’s famed .

Canyon Lakes Golf CoursePinehurst

The course first opened in 1985 as a private club, but Don Naumann bought the property in 2015 and reopened it two years later as a public golf course with its own brewery. Naumann is also the winemaker and owner of Cupertino’s in the Santa Cruz Mountains, so you’ll find his wine at the golf course restaurant.

Naumann Vineyards

Meanwhile, brewer Dave Scott was working at a succession of well-known Michigan breweries — , , — when he saw a job listing for a new brewery on a golf course. As an avid golfer (he typically plays in two tournaments each month), it looked almost too good to be true.

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