PRESSDEMOCRAT.com- North Bay master micro-brewer and $20 million beer powerhouse Lagunitas Brewing Co. will soon unveil the results of a recent $1.7 million infusion into the company’s Petaluma stomping grounds, including the introduction of its first tap room and true-to-its-name “beer sanctuary.”

It may come as a surprise that a brewer of more than 80,000 barrels a year wouldn’t already have a tasting room, but founder Tony Magee, who compared his first experience brewing to the jolt of a seizure, said it has taken the 15-year-old company this long to consider such a project.