The day Younger was released, we met up with some friends who'd also flown up for the weekend. And although we knew that this is a big deal, we weren't prepared for how big of a deal. This was the line that greeted us:
We got there a little after 1 pm; the people at the front of the line had been waiting at least 3 hours. So after a few minutes of discussion, we headed off to Third Street Aleworks a block away. I tweeted about it, and my tweets ended up in Bay Area Craft Beer's article covering Younger's release.
The food at Third Street Aleworks was really good, and the beers were yummy too. I really enjoyed their Cherry Springer, which I had expected to be sour (I love sour beers) but wasn't at all. Unfortunately, they do not let this beer go home in growlers.
With plenty of time left in the day, we headed down to Petaluma and the Lagunitas Brewery.
I made my own sampler. The Capucchino Stout was really good, but even better as a float:
The Lagunitas Taproom is a really nice place to sit back and enjoy some good beer. We had the benefit of an unusually warm weekend, so sitting outside was comfortable. The only drawback? No smoking section, so no cigars. That was the only thing missing! Oh, and Lagunitas serves there beer in mason jars. Their growlers are mason jars on steroids, but we didn't get one because they didn't say "Lagunitas" on them. Those will be coming out soon, they tell us.
After we headed back to Santa Rosa, Dan's cousin decided to try Russian River again. No line, so we snagged a table and managed to get in a few pints of Younger before they ran out for the evening. Sorry Kim!
Note: I am definitely NOT a hophead, but I could really appreciate Pliny the Younger. Didn't have the piney stink I usually associate with hopped up beer.
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