Pliny the Elder - Double Dry-Hopped
Russian River Brewing Company in Santa Rosa, California, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Imperial / Double Regular|
Score
8.17
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A new beer for a New Year! We know many of you were sad when Pliny the Elder did not win the election in 2020 and faded off into the sunset. So we decided to revive the P4P recipe with a few modifications and created Double Dry-Hopped Pliny in a can for the first time ever! Don't worry, this will be the first of many tasty batches. DDH Pliny will be sticking around for a while! Cheers!
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8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 7
Overall 8
Pours clear gold with an off-white head. Aroma is grapefruit and pine. Taste is tropical fruit, grapefruit, resin. Very good.
Tried
from Draft
at
Hops & Pie
on 08 Nov 2025
at 01:28
7.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
16oz can - friend brough back from Cali brewery. Excellent - one of the great IPAS
Tried
from Can
on 07 Sep 2025
at 12:27
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Appearance: pours straw-yellow and hazy, with no head.
Aroma: subtle yet complex—grassy hop character layered with farmhouse funk and tart fruit tones, including lemon, passion fruit, pineapple, and a whisper of peach.
Flavor & Mouthfeel: starts modest then unfolds into delicate spiciness, hay-like malt nuances, and a restrained fruit profile. A discreet bitterness and a slightly muted finish hint at a refined balance. Medium body with moderate carbonation offers a clean, smooth drinking experience..
Aroma: subtle yet complex—grassy hop character layered with farmhouse funk and tart fruit tones, including lemon, passion fruit, pineapple, and a whisper of peach.
Flavor & Mouthfeel: starts modest then unfolds into delicate spiciness, hay-like malt nuances, and a restrained fruit profile. A discreet bitterness and a slightly muted finish hint at a refined balance. Medium body with moderate carbonation offers a clean, smooth drinking experience..
Tried
from Can
on 17 Aug 2025
at 19:16
9/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 9
Overall 9
On tap at Bridge and Tunnel, Astoria. In bottle on various other occasions. Almost clear golden with medium white head. Hoppy, pine, resinous, nice dry bitterness in finish. Long finish. Drink easily for the style. Pretty great.
Tried
from Draft
at
Bridge & Tunnel Bottleshop and Taproom
on 27 Jun 2025
at 22:00
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draught at Monk's: pours yellow with white head. Aroma is grapefruit, pine, general citrus. Taste is moderately bitter. Clean maltiness. Not too bitter. Lots more fruity than bitter. Quite good .
Tried
from Draft
on 22 Jun 2025
at 02:22
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
500ml bottle. Floral hop aroma with notes of pine resin, berry, grapefruit, caramel malt and tangerine. Pours clear golden colored with a large white head that has excellent retention and lacing. Starts with berry, caramel malt and tangerine flavors. Finishes dry but still quite smooth with grapefruit, floral and pine resin hop flavors with mild bitterness. Very nice variation on a classic!
Tried
from Bottle
from
Freedom Liquor
on 25 May 2025
at 23:17
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Hazy, pale, thin head. Aroma is mild pomelo amd gooseberry…but mild. Soft pale malt, bright melon and pomelo hop character.
Tried
on 10 May 2025
at 19:54
8.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Tap at Gourmet Haus. Clear gold with frothy white head that massively patterns down the glass and sustains throughout. Millions of bubbles. A beautiful beer. Aromas of orange, pine and hop resins. Flavor is citrus and forest. Moderate high bitterness and slightly grassy - that stands out from the base Pliny but is subdued and works well. Alcohol is so well hidden. This is great.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Apr 2025
at 18:15
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Can at tasting shared with friends. Almost clear yellow color, medium sized white head. Aroma and flavor are malts, hops, old school hoppiness, light pine, light resin, superbly bitter. Medium body and carbonation. Awesome beer.
Tried
on 13 Mar 2025
at 22:31
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Tap at North Park Beer, North Park, 13th February 25, with James. Pours clear. Aroma is resin and citrus, light aromatic. Taste is resinous, clean, refined, refreshing, citrus and pine. Excellent, but the original works better for me
Tried
from Draft
on 03 Mar 2025
at 19:53