Russian River Brewing Company

Thinking this weekend would be as beautiful as this week, J and I planned a little outing thinking it was high time we got out of the city a little. Alas, the weather did not cooperate; however, we did still have a great time! 

We finally got to visit the Russian River Brewing Company, home of the famous Pliny the Elder. PtE is a double IPA. I tend to dislike the bitterness of pale ales, but I was blown away by the intense fragrance of passion fruit in this beer! It was totally unexpected and really quite nice. 

We bought a bottle of the Pliny, and filled a to-go growler (that's half a gallon) with Little White Lie, RRB's wheat beer. White beers are my beer of choice, so we figured we'd have a better chance of getting through a half gallon if we got something I loved. 

One cool thing about RRB is that you can get samples of their beer for about fifty cents if you can't decide which of their brews to try. We went through all the Belgians today. My favorite was the Little White Lie (not pictured), followed by the Noble Experiment, Damnation, and Perdition.

Bye bye, Santa Rosa! Snoopy knows what's up. Nor Cal does rule. For those who are wondering where I found this Statue, Santa Rosa is the home of the Charles M. Schulz (and Snoopy) Museum, and the city is dotted with dozens of Peanuts Gang statues. It's a whimsical trait of another lovely Bay Area city.