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    Waganupa Brewing

    4.9 (23 reviews)
    InexpensiveBreweries, Music Venues
    Closed • 4:00 pm - 9:00 PM
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    Joyce W.

    What a friendly neighborhood brewery! Looks a little small, but they make a lot of different beers with BIG flavors. Got the flight and I must say the flavors are original and I couldn't compare it to something else. If I close my eyes, it might be something from northern Europe, but I digress. Get the flight and expand your flavor recognition buds on your tongue!

    Jim W.

    So happy that there is a local craft brewery here. I think they have something for everyone. Seltzer to porters, sours to saison, pints to flights..... They even can send you home with their crawler can. In and outdoor seating.

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    Alyssa D.

    Waganupa is one of our favorite breweries to visit. When we visit Lake Almanor is it always a must on our list. The location is fun and matches the whole almanor vibe. The owner is the best! He's a local and turned his hobby into an amazing business. Not only is this brewery more local than it gets but they also focus on keeping things natural. The water they make the beer with has no additives and personally I think that's one of the reasons why the beer is so good! If they have it on tap you must try the jalapeño! All of the beer is good but the jalapeño is one of my favorites. The PCT themed one is also a must! We love this brewery and we will always be big Waganupa Brewing supporters!

    Joe E.

    Lake Almanor is lucky. I've been to several small, hometown breweries. You order an IPA and get IPF. India Pale Fail. I know it's a beer style with a wide range of interpretations but "what in God's name am I drinking" should not be one of them. Waganupa had a hazy IPA on tap, Fog Hat. Good lord, it was tasty. My drinking buddy made a good point. She said you could drink these things like nothing out on the lake. Then, you'd probably feel like you were wearing a fog hat. Not sure if that's where it came from, but I'm going with it and the beer is amazing. A handful of us went so I got to try their choices as well. Snow Plant, a tart cherry saison, was amazing. I had to go back to get my own. Blackberry wild was tart, funky, and delicious. The common was solid. They also have a rotating cask pour. While we were there it was something dark and sticky with a smooth finish. The next beer to grace the cask was fermenting on the bar. Nice big patio, bar-top for quick repours, shuffleboard, board games, and snacks on all the tables. They encourage outside food to be brought in. Grab a pizza from Tantardino's pizza across the street and drink the night away. On the way out, I made sure to find the owner/brewer and tell him his beers were spot on. We ended up talking about home-brewing for 5 minutes and he gave me some of his tips he used to use. Great guy. You're lucky Lake Almanor.

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    Brandon Z.

    Small local brewery where the brewer actually pours the beers. I had a good conversation while he explained the process for the beers that I was trying. I had the Common. Nice flavor in a light beer. The Common with lime was awesome. He explained that he added a lime purée. The berry common was good as well with the added berry purée. If you like hazy beers. Try the foggy. It was outstanding as well. Everything I tried was good. That is not an easy feet for a small operation. The place was nice. People were nice. Beer was great and reasonably priced at 6 bucks a pour. They had some sweatshirts and hats to buy as well. I certainly recommend.

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    Jason M.

    It was a really fun surprise to find this brewery! We were getting a pizza nearby and they mentioned there was good beer across the street while we wait. So, we headed over and immediately loved the vibe of the place. It's super clean, and they have a small, but good selection of beers on tap. They had a nice variety between a German beer, a hazy IPA, a porter, and a few others. After sampling the Hazy I was SOLD! One of the best, if not THE best Hazy I've ever had. A great bonus was the board games so we played Battleship and drank beer while we waited for our pizza. We will definitely be back the next time we come to Almanor.

    Found an amazing tap room on vacation in Lake Almanor.

    This brewery is an amazing find on vacation in Lake Almanor. Everything our group ordered tasted perfect but I recommend the 1325 IPA. The kids had a blast playing all kinds of games while we drank and watched. We loved talking to the charming couple that owns Waganupa Brewing and we plan on returning every time we are in the area now.

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    Service and ambiance. Great beer! We brought our own food and had access to all NFL games.

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    This place has great service. The owners are great people. You can tell their passion for their brewery and it shows in their beverages!

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    Excellent beers and service! The atmosphere is stellar and getting eats from across the street to enjoy with the sensational beers is fun.

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    Mt. Lassen Club

    Mt. Lassen Club

    4.2(22 reviews)
    5.6 mi
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    I've been coming to Lake Almanor every year since I was five years old, and somehow, even once I…read morewas old enough to drink, I never made it into this bar--I was always too busy enjoying the lake! Now that I don't drink anymore, I finally decided to stop in for a completely different reason: I wanted to watch the 49ers game, and I'd heard they had plenty of TVs. When I walked in, there were different games playing on several TVs with groups of people watching each one. The owner noticed me looking around and asked what game I was trying to find. When I told her the 49ers, she pointed out that it was playing on the TV near the pool table. She then went out of her way to bring over a table and chair for me, got me a Diet Coke, and set me up with my own little spot right in front of the TV. Talk about great service! Once one of the other games ended and that group left, she invited us 49ers fans to move over to the bar where we could sit in the nice cushioned seats and finish watching the game on the corner TV. What really stood out was how friendly and attentive she was. She chatted with everyone, clearly knew many of the locals, kept my Diet Coke refilled, and made me feel completely welcome. It ended up being such an enjoyable experience, and I'm so glad I finally stopped in after all these years. I'll definitely be back whenever I'm in town and there's a game to watch. Go Niners!

    Fun little bar with lots to do, pool tables, corn hole, board games, great service, friendly. No…read morefood served. That would give it 5 stars. You could bring in food, plenty of places to sit, tables and chairs, a nice stage for some live music.

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    Highlands Ranch Restaurant - Steak

    Highlands Ranch Restaurant

    4.1(193 reviews)
    20.1 mi
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    My wife and I found this place accidentally while on a short vacation. We stopped and inquired…read moreabout returning for dinner that evening. The host said " not a problem. Plan on around 7:30, the crowds diminish, and the sunset is beautiful." He also said reservations are fine but not necessary. Cool, see you this evening. Returning to the B&B, I decided to research the restaurant. I found the website, and searched the menu and reservations. The website said closed, and no reservations available.I thought it odd that the information was in conflict, so I called. I received confirmation that the were open, and made a reservation. After arriving that evening, we were told we needed to wait awhile because the server was busy. We waited patiently for about twenty minutes to be seated. After finally being seated, we waited again to order. The place was very busy for a Wednesday evening. After all the waiting, I started to wonder it this would be worth it. Finally, the meals came. The food was very good as was the service. After the meal, the waitress coherced us into the cheesecake for desert. She said - if we liked - she could serve us on the patio. The sun was setting, and the weather was beautiful, so we took her up on it. What began as a question marked evolved into an exclamation mark. The cheesecake with blueberry compote was Devine. Was it worth the wait? Yes, for the cheesecake alone. If you are visiting the Mt. Lassen area, this place is a must. Barring the inaccuracies of the website, the experience was wonderful. I could rate the restaurant a four, for the error, but they get a six for the cheesecake, so five it is.

    Good service. Great atmosphere, especially sitting outside and watching the sunset. Perfect…read moreSeptember evening! Loved the Lavender Old Fashioned. The French onion soup was a little salty, but my husband thought it was just right. The filet mignon was good, but a little lacking in flavor. The mushrooms and mashed potatoes were delicious. The beignets were definitely a highlight: crispy outside, pillowy inside, with a delicious custard dipping sauce. Highly recommend!

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    The cottage- very nice

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    High Sierra Music Festival - Cornmeal @ the High Sierra Pick Extravaganza 2009

    High Sierra Music Festival

    4.6(41 reviews)
    25.9 mi
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    My review is based on my ticket purchasing/customer service (or lack thereof) experience with HSMF…read moreand not about the festival experience since I never had the chance to attend. I bought tickets for my husband as a 2019 Christmas gift, for the 2020 show. Then Covid hit and they postponed the 2020 show, as did everyone else, and I completely understood. We were so excited for the rescheduled festival in 2021. Then they "postponed" that show too, even though by that point everything had re-opened and all the other festivals and shows were on. I don't know about you, but I've never heard of a 2-year "postponement" and wish we could just call it what it is. Regardless, we planned to finally attend in 2022. And then I found out my brother picked the same weekend to get married, on the east coast. He wasn't even engaged at the time the original event was scheduled to have happened, so I had no way of knowing about this conflict 2 years down the road, and of course the *very* small window to receive a refund had already passed. I am not sure how HSMF got away with offering such a narrow window for 2020 refunds, and so early on (more than a year before the rescheduled show), but they offered zero help or support when I reached out to them about this issue. They informed me I would have to join their Facebook group to sell my tickets since they wouldn't refund me themselves. I joined the group, posted the tickets, and my post was removed so it was not a feasible means of resale. Then I got an email that HSMF was soon to be selling tickets for 2022, so I once again reached out to them and asked very kindly if they could please accept a return on my tickets due to the unprecedented TWO YEAR postponement, a family wedding that I cannot miss, and the fact that they'd be selling these tickets later the same week anyway- why not sell mine too?! But nobody even had the decency to respond to me. It takes a special kind of *insert favorite word for a mean person* to take over $600 from someone during a pandemic, "postpone" the event for two YEARS, not make an exception for such extenuating circumstances, and not even have the decency to reply. Just pocketing the money of music fans without offering any type of genuine humane support or understanding. Needless to say, going forward I will not be supporting a festival that operates in such a way. We've been to music festivals all over the country and never had a negative experience, so there's plenty of good music and festivals out there where people are treated right. Buyer beware!

    I am still just as smitten by this festival…read more Perhaps moreso. The genuine love and goodness that radiates out of this epic musical gathering is inspiring. Truly inspiring. There are so many modern day music festivals that become corporate and tainted. Not High Sierra. It's evident that everyone that comes to this festival is there for the same reason - to celebrate great music and celebrate community. Everyone works together and is invested in creating a space that allows people the freedom to move, breathe, laugh, and let go. If you are looking for a way to re-energize your life - come to High Sierra. Your body may be a little tired from late night jamming - but your soul will be uplifted with new fervor. Trust.

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    High Sierra Music Festival
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