Get to visit local breweries. Most breweries have organized tours, many have alternative occasions on brewery premises, open houses, or taprooms.

There’s a revolution going on in this nation-born mostly in California-that has nothing related to politics music, or some insanely amazing gadget. Large breweries run by multinational corporations making unoriginal, yellow lagers that are flat tasting are radically losing market share to an increasing fleet of smaller independent firms. Increasingly, beer drinkers are enjoying the endless flavor combinations and possibilities of microbrews, and becoming more conscious about where their beer comes from. California breweries are leading leaders of the movement.

Unlike most businesses with business secrets that are tightly protected, many breweries sounds happily throw open their doors to allow you to experience their sights, and flavors. Look at these four highly recommended tours.

Visit Anchor Brewing and you’ll see a bit of San Francisco history. Visitors meet in the brewery’s taproom, using its timeless carved wooden interior and old brewery photographs-including Janis Joplin happily appreciating the Stone Brewery in Escondido.

The tour starts together with the tumultuous history of Anchor Brewing. It’s among the oldest breweries in the United States, dating back to the Gold Rush-era in San Francisco. It survived the 1906 Earthquake and Prohibition, but almost went broke in 1965 from a Midwestern family of leading dairy farmers learned of the forthcoming death of his favourite beer and purchased 51% of the company before Fritz Maytag, a recent Stanford graduate.