The algorithm recommended the Yosemite video that I extremely enjoyed and the recommendation of the beer journey now has me hooked on your videos… great job from your newest subscriber
13:08 - How incredibly blessed you are to have a father who is that enthusiastically impressed and appreciative of the things you do. It seems rare. Be sure to appreciate your parents.👍👍
That SMART train really has incredible views! It's genuinely picturesque. One of the prettiest rain rides in the country, and surprisingly on a commuter train. BART + Larkspur Ferry + SMART was definitely the scenic route. You could have also just taken a direct Flix/Greyhound bus directly to Santa Rosa. It would have been faster, but this was waaaaaaay prettier and more entertaining! I'm going to steal/repeat your brewery journey! It looked like a lot of fun. Hopefully all those trains and ferries run on the weekend at reasonable frequencies! 😁
I have wonderful memories of using the Larkspur and Sausalito ferries. Best memories are pulling out of SF at night at Christmas time, enjoying the view of the sparkling building lights while sipping a hot toddy. I highly recommend this during December. Edit: yes, they serve alcohol onboard the Larkspur ferry, at least they used to...
The SMART is an underrated gem - just wish the connection between the ferry and the train was better. It’s a bit of a hike for how short the turn around times usually are. Hope your dad enjoyed the Pliny!
You really showcased so many amazing aspects of bay culture here! I remember my 6hr wait getting Younger in 2020 a month before the pandemic started haha! Super dope you were able to share the love with your dad, he’s a lucky one! Keep up the amazing content Adam!
Great video! Just paid a visit to russian river yesterday, will definitely be coming back next year to try to get my hands on the pliny the younger release
I've been watching your videos for the last month or so. Imagine my surprise when I stumbled upon this one. I lived in Santa Rosa for 25 years and experienced Pliny The Younger for many of those years. It's an amazing beer, the owners of RRBC are truly wonderful people and I'm glad you got to have some and share it with your dad. How long did you wait in line? You earned a new subscriber.
I've had younger three times, once we had a couple come from Brazil to get it, the next there was a group from Germany. Younger really is an experience more than just the beer. You end up spending 3-6 hours in line so you have time to interact with people, the anticipation only grows as you get further up the line. The city of Santa Rosa is beautiful as well. the Peanuts museum is there! One thing to note, they only allow 3 glasses of younger per customer, in the years I went they gave us a bracelet with three breakaway tabs and they took one each time you got a glass of Younger. You are free to consume their other beers however! I def recommend getting a sample flight, Russian River Brewing Co. is also known for their amazing Sour ales, Consecration is a must have!
I’ve made that exact trip for that exact reason. Well…also to visit my Brother in Santa Rosa. But not without bringing back some beer from Russian River.
Hey Adam, good video. I don't normally click on low view videos, not entirely sure why, but I unusually clicked on this one and I'm glad I did. Keep doing your thing. This channel is good stuff.
i went that same week! Ended up waiting in some pretty heavy rain, but totally worth it. Been going for three years in a row now, turned into kind of a tradition for my friend group
The Richmond-San Rafael bridge! Remember when the joints were getting old and it was dropping hunks of concrete from the top level to the bottom level?
SMART is a criminally pretty ride for a commuter train! I keep trying to find reasons to use it. This video basically gave me a reason. Definitely using it to go to that brewery in the near future! You can also take SMART to Lagunitas Brewing, but you'll definitely need to Uber from the Petaluma station. That was my original plan for a SMART trip!
That’s so sweet I’m a Sonoma county local who takes RR for granted - not my style of beers but glad you were able to visit the original SR location they’ve got great pizzas too! Will have to try to take the Smart train down one day
Great video!👍💯 I could of swore that when I saw you were wearing different clothes than what I saw in this video though the baseball cap that you wore and how you wore it was an exact match. I noticed at 2:57 you get to the SF Ferry Building at 7:36AM which is a bummer because *had you gotten there earlier like at least 20mins before, we would have been on the exact same ferry & SMART Train that I got on* heading to the same destination which for me also arrived late to SF and departed late from SF. I also had to hustle to make the connection to the SMART Train due to the ferry arriving at Larkspur late. The transfer process between the Ferry & SMART Train is the worse I've ever seen built so wrong. But the ride on the SMART Train roundtrip for me was wonderful & majestic! Again I also saw that long line for that beer (which I did not know nor realized at the time of the visit) at which to me still makes no sense. I still can't believe that people would line up for beer past 10AM late morning😂😂
Thank you! And what a coincidence. I thought I'd be able to make the train on either ferry, but now that I know more about that connection in Larkspur... And I agree, the SMART train is really great. I'm honestly surprised by how clean and nice it was. I did really enjoy this trip, despite everything that went wrong!
@AdamDoesNotExist Oh, and your parents are so adorable, I enjoyed seeing their reactions it was sweet & hilarious at the same time 😂 😅👩🦳👨🦳😊 I can definitely see a lot of resemblance between you and your dad😊
Hey Adam, I recently subscribed because of an A's video of yours that popped into my recommended. I really enjoyed that video and since then have been watching all of them. You have great content, this one specifically hit close to home. I live in LA but my wife is originally from the bay area (Petaluma). She used to work down the street from the Russian River Brewery and had never cared to mention about Pliny the Younger or Russian River Brewery for that matter. After seeing that a near by liquor store carries Pliny the Elder I went to buy it and loved it. Next March I will be one of the many people waiting in line to try Pliny the younger! Keep up the great work.
I haven't been on a SMART train since February 2020 and it was just as lovely as I remembered. There were little cafe stations on the train at that time (they even sold beer), but I didn't see one on your trip. Do you know if they've phased them out?
I don’t know how familiar you are with the transit app, but I find it makes my life easier. I’ve done a trip from napa to San Jose and it kind of tells me what to do while traveling. Haven’t used it to go to Santa Rosa though. On another note, my dad prefers the elder over the younger! He’s also not much of a fan of other Russian river brews lol!
@@AdamDoesNotExist Honestly, they all have their weird mistakes and wrong data. If you do a journey multiple times you figure out the best way around yourself. My daily BART commute involves a transfer that Google says I shouldn't be able to make. I make it every time. I just have to walk to the correct end of the train before the last station to be at the exact door that's in front of the escalator. And I don't even need to run to make it. Google maps usually gives pretty reliable transit itineraries. But transit app is more detailed and you can make changes in your itinerary easier. Both are fine for basic journeys, and both have issues with the more complex transfers. But I think google maps does a better job of updating the live data about delays and missed connections on more systems than Transit App.
Lol I’ve done the Google trips public transit best route before….. my only issue was getting back (doing two 18hr trips within 48 hours was a challenge itself)
What an exodus - glad the bottles survived! Now you need to come to New England to get the rest of the beers on the list. All those breweries are within a few hours of each other, and the drive is spectacular! Will definitely need a designated driver, though. Cheers! 🍻
They're the Rhone Everyday Offhours Pants. Perhaps my favorite fitting pants ever, BUT, they fall apart after a few weeks, and Rhone doesn't have any warranty. I had two pairs and both had the same issue, so I wouldn't recommend. If you find a worthy replacement, let me know!
Thank you for showing the beauty of the Bay Area to the masses. I love all your videos and their deep dives into the microcultures the area has to offer.
@@tobeyg44 That is an incredibly flattering question. Not now, but hopefully some day. At this point I'm not sure how Patreon would be different than what I already do.
Haha. Just watching, but I discovered Heady Topper (and its double-Focal Banger) in Burlington a few years back, after all the locals said it was the best beer in the country (yeah, right!). But it kinda was waay up there. Same thing- it was unobtanium, unless you knew exactly where the weekly release was going to be, or you stumbled into the right pizzeria (me).
Next time hit me up. My brother lives in Santa Rosa and is a big Pliney fan. Of course, that would make for a boring video. Personally, I don’t get it. Do they make a red?? Fun video! Cheers 🍺
I don't know if my taste buds are sophisticated enough to truly understand. But to be able to try something that's amongst the best in the world is worth it to me!
totally agree, the air in marin is super nice. I hope I can one day afford to buy a house there! pliny the elder is great- I'd be curious to try the younger as well.
"Somehow I am the only person on the train" That would be because few people use that train. It was a colossal waste of taxpayer money. While waiting for the train in Santa Rosa you are right by Aroma Roasters, an awesome coffee shop to hang out in though.
Dude it was painful to watch you take almost 4 hours to get to DT Santa Rosa!! Heck i’ll drive you there next time since I grew up there! But great Videos
The algorithm recommended the Yosemite video that I extremely enjoyed and the recommendation of the beer journey now has me hooked on your videos… great job from your newest subscriber
Witteraly saaame exact sequence of events for me lol
Same here. The Adam channel journey began with Yosemite, and now it continues.
this is my new comfort channel
Thank you!!!
13:08 - How incredibly blessed you are to have a father who is that enthusiastically impressed and appreciative of the things you do. It seems rare. Be sure to appreciate your parents.👍👍
"wooooow a shiiiirrrrrrt" your dad is the most dad ive ever seen
Hands down Adam is the Bay Area's greatest ambassador
That SMART train really has incredible views! It's genuinely picturesque. One of the prettiest rain rides in the country, and surprisingly on a commuter train.
BART + Larkspur Ferry + SMART was definitely the scenic route. You could have also just taken a direct Flix/Greyhound bus directly to Santa Rosa. It would have been faster, but this was waaaaaaay prettier and more entertaining!
I'm going to steal/repeat your brewery journey! It looked like a lot of fun. Hopefully all those trains and ferries run on the weekend at reasonable frequencies! 😁
New favorite channel to watch. Thanks! 🤘❤️
I have wonderful memories of using the Larkspur and Sausalito ferries. Best memories are pulling out of SF at night at Christmas time, enjoying the view of the sparkling building lights while sipping a hot toddy. I highly recommend this during December. Edit: yes, they serve alcohol onboard the Larkspur ferry, at least they used to...
The SMART is an underrated gem - just wish the connection between the ferry and the train was better. It’s a bit of a hike for how short the turn around times usually are. Hope your dad enjoyed the Pliny!
You really showcased so many amazing aspects of bay culture here! I remember my 6hr wait getting Younger in 2020 a month before the pandemic started haha!
Super dope you were able to share the love with your dad, he’s a lucky one! Keep up the amazing content Adam!
Thank you! 6 hours is brutal! Though I heard the lines were that long on the weekends this year.
Dude makes the most captivating videos I swear very diverse content, love it bro
Thank you for another fun adventure. You are a great storyteller...
Glad you enjoy it!
Great video! Just paid a visit to russian river yesterday, will definitely be coming back next year to try to get my hands on the pliny the younger release
Yosemite, great beer, you have my attention sir! Thanks for the great content
Love your channel Adam. Now I cannot wait to try out both the beers and explore the ferries as well Angel Island!
😂😁🤣💯👍 Where there's a will, there's a way....ur day reminded me of my day's...
Well worth it 💯👍😊
I've been watching your videos for the last month or so. Imagine my surprise when I stumbled upon this one. I lived in Santa Rosa for 25 years and experienced Pliny The Younger for many of those years. It's an amazing beer, the owners of RRBC are truly wonderful people and I'm glad you got to have some and share it with your dad. How long did you wait in line?
You earned a new subscriber.
Always great to see local content creators with quality videos! Sending good vibes from the East Bay!
I've had younger three times, once we had a couple come from Brazil to get it, the next there was a group from Germany. Younger really is an experience more than just the beer. You end up spending 3-6 hours in line so you have time to interact with people, the anticipation only grows as you get further up the line. The city of Santa Rosa is beautiful as well. the Peanuts museum is there!
One thing to note, they only allow 3 glasses of younger per customer, in the years I went they gave us a bracelet with three breakaway tabs and they took one each time you got a glass of Younger. You are free to consume their other beers however! I def recommend getting a sample flight, Russian River Brewing Co. is also known for their amazing Sour ales, Consecration is a must have!
Went to school at Sonoma State near Santa Rosa, now that I live in SD this video brought back great memories of the area
I’ve made that exact trip for that exact reason. Well…also to visit my Brother in Santa Rosa. But not without bringing back some beer from Russian River.
Hey Adam, good video. I don't normally click on low view videos, not entirely sure why, but I unusually clicked on this one and I'm glad I did. Keep doing your thing. This channel is good stuff.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Love Pliny
i went that same week! Ended up waiting in some pretty heavy rain, but totally worth it. Been going for three years in a row now, turned into kind of a tradition for my friend group
Thank you for letting us know if there is bathrooms on trains and ferry's, buses? Very important information
these videos are a love letter to the bay and public transit. I love this content ✌🏽
The Richmond-San Rafael bridge! Remember when the joints were getting old and it was dropping hunks of concrete from the top level to the bottom level?
We often cater our ferry trips (many times with a group) and eat and drink, take a few extra stops to get to the destination and just really enjoy.
SANTA ROSA MENTIONED! RAAAAH!!!
I got family in NY but live here as well. I just love that part and the joys of running these odd errands as well.
Totally! Next, I've got to figure out how to bring it's-its across the country!
@@AdamDoesNotExist That would be so cool haha!
Wow, I didn't even know SMART was a thing. Might have to give it a try! Love your videos.
Thank you! SMART was great. I wish I a reason to take to more often!
SMART is a criminally pretty ride for a commuter train! I keep trying to find reasons to use it. This video basically gave me a reason. Definitely using it to go to that brewery in the near future!
You can also take SMART to Lagunitas Brewing, but you'll definitely need to Uber from the Petaluma station. That was my original plan for a SMART trip!
That’s so sweet I’m a Sonoma county local who takes RR for granted - not my style of beers but glad you were able to visit the original SR location they’ve got great pizzas too! Will have to try to take the Smart train down one day
Great video!👍💯 I could of swore that when I saw you were wearing different clothes than what I saw in this video though the baseball cap that you wore and how you wore it was an exact match. I noticed at 2:57 you get to the SF Ferry Building at 7:36AM which is a bummer because *had you gotten there earlier like at least 20mins before, we would have been on the exact same ferry & SMART Train that I got on* heading to the same destination which for me also arrived late to SF and departed late from SF. I also had to hustle to make the connection to the SMART Train due to the ferry arriving at Larkspur late. The transfer process between the Ferry & SMART Train is the worse I've ever seen built so wrong. But the ride on the SMART Train roundtrip for me was wonderful & majestic!
Again I also saw that long line for that beer (which I did not know nor realized at the time of the visit) at which to me still makes no sense. I still can't believe that people would line up for beer past 10AM late morning😂😂
Thank you! And what a coincidence. I thought I'd be able to make the train on either ferry, but now that I know more about that connection in Larkspur... And I agree, the SMART train is really great. I'm honestly surprised by how clean and nice it was. I did really enjoy this trip, despite everything that went wrong!
@AdamDoesNotExist Oh, and your parents are so adorable, I enjoyed seeing their reactions it was sweet & hilarious at the same time 😂 😅👩🦳👨🦳😊
I can definitely see a lot of resemblance between you and your dad😊
Hey Adam, I recently subscribed because of an A's video of yours that popped into my recommended. I really enjoyed that video and since then have been watching all of them. You have great content, this one specifically hit close to home. I live in LA but my wife is originally from the bay area (Petaluma). She used to work down the street from the Russian River Brewery and had never cared to mention about Pliny the Younger or Russian River Brewery for that matter. After seeing that a near by liquor store carries Pliny the Elder I went to buy it and loved it. Next March I will be one of the many people waiting in line to try Pliny the younger! Keep up the great work.
Thank you! I believe the prevailing wisdom is that you should be able to get bottles next year, as long as you're willing to wait!
Cheers from Vallejo! New subscriber. Keep em coming! Fun watch
But sad that so much around the bay is so empty. Praying for revitalization
Glad to have you here!
Man, I remember hearing about this legendary beer but forgot to look it up on my whirlwind trip to San Francisco 4 months ago...next time!!!!
Just stumbled upon your channel and love the vibes dude
Appreciate that, and glad to have you here!
I haven't been on a SMART train since February 2020 and it was just as lovely as I remembered. There were little cafe stations on the train at that time (they even sold beer), but I didn't see one on your trip. Do you know if they've phased them out?
How do you not have more subscribers!? Your videos are amazing!
I'm working on it! Glad you like them!!
I don’t know how familiar you are with the transit app, but I find it makes my life easier. I’ve done a trip from napa to San Jose and it kind of tells me what to do while traveling. Haven’t used it to go to Santa Rosa though.
On another note, my dad prefers the elder over the younger! He’s also not much of a fan of other Russian river brews lol!
Yeah I like the app a lot. I've found Google does a bit better with connections, but you never know!
@@AdamDoesNotExist Honestly, they all have their weird mistakes and wrong data. If you do a journey multiple times you figure out the best way around yourself. My daily BART commute involves a transfer that Google says I shouldn't be able to make. I make it every time. I just have to walk to the correct end of the train before the last station to be at the exact door that's in front of the escalator. And I don't even need to run to make it.
Google maps usually gives pretty reliable transit itineraries. But transit app is more detailed and you can make changes in your itinerary easier. Both are fine for basic journeys, and both have issues with the more complex transfers. But I think google maps does a better job of updating the live data about delays and missed connections on more systems than Transit App.
Lol I’ve done the Google trips public transit best route before….. my only issue was getting back (doing two 18hr trips within 48 hours was a challenge itself)
What an exodus - glad the bottles survived! Now you need to come to New England to get the rest of the beers on the list. All those breweries are within a few hours of each other, and the drive is spectacular! Will definitely need a designated driver, though. Cheers! 🍻
I wish we could get treehouse beer out here. I don't know how they do it, but it's just so delicious!
Super random, but what pants are those? They kinda fit a style I've been looking for.
Awesome video, thanks!
They're the Rhone Everyday Offhours Pants. Perhaps my favorite fitting pants ever, BUT, they fall apart after a few weeks, and Rhone doesn't have any warranty. I had two pairs and both had the same issue, so I wouldn't recommend. If you find a worthy replacement, let me know!
Thank you for showing the beauty of the Bay Area to the masses. I love all your videos and their deep dives into the microcultures the area has to offer.
Thank you! There really are so many unique stories all around the bay!
@@AdamDoesNotExist Do you have a patreon?
@@tobeyg44 That is an incredibly flattering question. Not now, but hopefully some day. At this point I'm not sure how Patreon would be different than what I already do.
Great video! I just recently saw my first video of your channel and I am hooked.
Awesome! Thank you!
Smart train is not used by Marin residents, stays nice and fresh, bus system is used to get to specific locations. The suitcase fit fresh.
just watched your most recent video and now this one!! immediate sub!!
Thank you!
Haha. Just watching, but I discovered Heady Topper (and its double-Focal Banger) in Burlington a few years back, after all the locals said it was the best beer in the country (yeah, right!). But it kinda was waay up there. Same thing- it was unobtanium, unless you knew exactly where the weekly release was going to be, or you stumbled into the right pizzeria (me).
usps flat rate shipping boxes ftw. just pack them in a way that if a leak occurs it is not noticeable as usps will not deliver a wet package.
great video Adam! feeling lucky to find the channel :)
Glad you liked it, lucky to have you here!
Next time hit me up. My brother lives in Santa Rosa and is a big Pliney fan. Of course, that would make for a boring video. Personally, I don’t get it. Do they make a red?? Fun video! Cheers 🍺
I don't know if my taste buds are sophisticated enough to truly understand. But to be able to try something that's amongst the best in the world is worth it to me!
Really cool video!! I've discovered a gem
Awesome! Thank you!
totally agree, the air in marin is super nice. I hope I can one day afford to buy a house there! pliny the elder is great- I'd be curious to try the younger as well.
You and me both!
Would you be able to start including PT costs in the videos and links to the transit you take??
You're a good son.
"Somehow I am the only person on the train"
That would be because few people use that train. It was a colossal waste of taxpayer money.
While waiting for the train in Santa Rosa you are right by Aroma Roasters, an awesome coffee shop to hang out in though.
I live in the neighborhood of the brewery... If you're ever up here again, tasting flight is on me.
That's incredibly generous! I'll let you know!
The air is nice in the north bay,,,,,,,,shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh…..best air in California, only Santa Barbara compares
Loved this!
Thank you!
Dude it was painful to watch you take almost 4 hours to get to DT Santa Rosa!! Heck i’ll drive you there next time since I grew up there! But great Videos
Hahaha. Imagine what it was like to actually do it! At least the views are nice!!
The pizza 🍕 is also really good
Agree! I think pizza is the way to go in Santa Rosa.
Companies that do this crap are annoying. Love your videos though.
Thank you!
@@AdamDoesNotExist you’re welcome
Got a feeling this is gonna go big. Commenting while it’s under 2k views
You never know!
Brother just ignoring heady topper… hope it’s bc the rents can get it in NY or shorter in VT
Oh cool! A beer named after a Roman official?
Yup! I think it's pretty clever
I’ve had Younger, and done the release 4 different times….. the best beer in the world belongs to westvleteren 12.
i’m so sorry putting a suitcase in the fridge is crazy
100% crazy
Are you going to Giants/Yanks game tonight?
No, I'm afraid not
Ain't no way the world's best beer is made in America
Oakland southwest is always a poop show