How often do you get to cross something off your bucket list? It's such a cool experience to be doing something that you've been thinking about for years, just waiting to get the chance to complete. In July of 2017, I did yoga on Bali and crossed that one off my list. Later that year, I went to Rome with the hubs and crossed that one off the list. In December of 2017, we got to see USC play OSU in the Cotton Bowl, and crossed that in-house rivalry game off our list, too. (Sounds like 2017 was a really great year for my bucket list!!)
This past weekend, we started 2019 off with another one. We headed up to Russian River Brewery to stand in line for one of the top rated beers in the world: Pliny the Younger. My husband has carried around a list of the top 100 beers in his wallet for the last decade, but many of them are special releases and very difficult to come by. This one has always been at the top of this list, and something we've had our eye on almost as long as we've been together,
My parents were in town this last week, and we were planning to head up to Santa Rosa to do some wine tasting and tours with them this past weekend. Once we finally got into doing some research about any events going on up there, we realized that we would be in the area at the same time as the Pliny annual release! So we drove up in the morning on Friday the first, to see what the line looked like. And (although this sounds insane) when we found out that the line would only be 1-2 hours long, we decided to wait to get in for lunch. (Traditionally, the line has been no shorter than 6 hours on the first day of the release).
We had so much fun at the brewpub. The experience of the day was so unique, and it was fun to share it with loved ones. The beer is indeed excellent, and the food at the restaurant was great. It's always fun to be a part of an event that involves such oddly like-minded people, and despite the chilly, rainy wait under the tents, I am so glad that we did it!
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