Pliny the Younger (2020 bottled)
(Batch of Pliny the Younger)
Russian River Brewing Company in Santa Rosa, California, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Triple Regular|
Score
8.12
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Pliny the Younger was Pliny the Elder’s nephew, in the case of this beer, the "Younger" is a triple IPA. Pliny the Younger is hopped three times more than our standard IPA, and is dry hopped four different times.
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8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
light straw color. Guava bread fruit, grapefruit super dry hoppy nose. Light medium mouth, amazing depth with crackery malt character. Alcohol well hidden, much drier than original. Fantastic.
Tried
on 01 Nov 2020
at 08:57
8/10
Slodki, owocowy zapach. Jest kapink utlenienia. W uscie slodkawe, dosc pelne, ale tak a la „syropek z chmielu” a nie zboze. Ma nieniska ale krociutka goryczke. Tak, robi wrazenie, ale - co oczywiste - nie, nie nadaza za hajpem. Aha, tak, ma 2 miechy :(
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Apr 2020
at 15:36
8.4/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
What an adventure.
This has been one of my top wants since 2012, now 8 years ago. I've traveled for the us for the whole month of february to get to tick this back when it was tap only, since it needed to be fresh so was 'nver going to be bottled'. I missed it by 2 days. After a dozen people prommised me handbottles but all failed. After trading for the beer now that it's first bottled (2020) and DHL 'lost' the package for a month and a half... I finally received it! FINALY ! not as fresh as it should be (thnx DHL!) but at least I get to tick it... Hopefully I can get a more fresh version next year… or in 8 years, who'll know?
Pours unclear, darker blonde. Medium sized, very stable and creamy white head. Scent explodes, orange, stonefruit, pine, intense ! Taste is very intense ! powerfull, malty, bitter, pine, tropical, orange, tad grassy. mild stonefruit. medium thick body, medium carbonation ( towards medium low). Very resinous. Typical westcoast style indeed. It's indeed pretty damn good.But it's indeed not worth the hype. i prefer many other IPA's, even Tripel IPA's if we wanna go subgenre towards subgenre. But I guess preference at this point, comes down to personal taste, as this truly is quality.
This has been one of my top wants since 2012, now 8 years ago. I've traveled for the us for the whole month of february to get to tick this back when it was tap only, since it needed to be fresh so was 'nver going to be bottled'. I missed it by 2 days. After a dozen people prommised me handbottles but all failed. After trading for the beer now that it's first bottled (2020) and DHL 'lost' the package for a month and a half... I finally received it! FINALY ! not as fresh as it should be (thnx DHL!) but at least I get to tick it... Hopefully I can get a more fresh version next year… or in 8 years, who'll know?
Pours unclear, darker blonde. Medium sized, very stable and creamy white head. Scent explodes, orange, stonefruit, pine, intense ! Taste is very intense ! powerfull, malty, bitter, pine, tropical, orange, tad grassy. mild stonefruit. medium thick body, medium carbonation ( towards medium low). Very resinous. Typical westcoast style indeed. It's indeed pretty damn good.But it's indeed not worth the hype. i prefer many other IPA's, even Tripel IPA's if we wanna go subgenre towards subgenre. But I guess preference at this point, comes down to personal taste, as this truly is quality.
Tried
on 28 Apr 2020
at 18:51
9/10
I thought elder was a gnarly West coast, but this was legit crazy, old school hard core.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Mar 2020
at 21:19
9/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Mar 2020
at 18:51
9/10
Great! Thanks Bart. Best Ipa in long time... Very well balanced. Alacohol well hidden. Once in a lifetime.
Tried
from Bottle
from
Struise Bruges Beershop
on 28 Feb 2020
at 21:25
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 8
28/II/20 - 1Pt. bottle @ Blind Geuze Tasting, Struise Shop (Brugge), BB: n/a (2020-188) Huge thanks to Bart Van Poucke for offering this beer in a tasting, really awesome to finally be able to try this white whale!
Clear deep blond beer, small aery irregular off-white head, unstable, non adhesive. Aroma: piny, bit dank, sweaty feet, hint of tropical fruits, pineapple, malty, grains. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: very resinous, piny notes, gentle tropical fruits, malty touch, very bitter. Aftertaste: some pineapple, very bitter, resinous, some tropical fruits, more of that harsh bitterness, very dry finish, decent very old school West Coast IPA. Nice!
Clear deep blond beer, small aery irregular off-white head, unstable, non adhesive. Aroma: piny, bit dank, sweaty feet, hint of tropical fruits, pineapple, malty, grains. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: very resinous, piny notes, gentle tropical fruits, malty touch, very bitter. Aftertaste: some pineapple, very bitter, resinous, some tropical fruits, more of that harsh bitterness, very dry finish, decent very old school West Coast IPA. Nice!
Tried
from Bottle
from
Struise Bruges Beershop
on 28 Feb 2020
at 20:10
9/10
Tried
from Draft
on 25 Feb 2020
at 19:03
7/10
Mad malty, really nothing special
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Feb 2020
at 14:57
10/10
Tried
from Draft
on 18 Feb 2020
at 18:39