Long before the craft brew craze exploded over the last handful of years, Calistoga had its own brewery, the first commercial brewery in Napa County since Prohibition.

This year, Napa Valley Brewing Company – the brewery of Calistoga Inn Restaurant and Brewery – celebrates its 30-year anniversary.

Co-owners and mother and son team Rosie and Michael Dunsford have owned the business since 1989, when Michael was still attending college studying fermentation science in the Department of Enology at UC Davis.

“We’re also one of the pioneers in the country, because the craft brewing industry was founded in Northern California,” Michael Dunsford said.

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