Pliny the Younger

Russian River Brewing Company in Santa Rosa, California, United States 🇺🇸

IPA - Triple Rotating

Score

8.50

ABV: 10.2%

IBU: 90

Ticks: 114

Pliny the Younger, the man, was Pliny the Elder’s nephew and adopted son. They lived nearly 2,000 years ago! Pliny the Elder is our Double IPA, so we felt it was fitting to name our Triple IPA after his son. It is almost a true Triple IPA with triple the amount of hops as a regular I.P.A. That said, it is extremely difficult, time and space consuming, and very expensive to make. And that is why we don’t make it more often! This beer is very full-bodied with tons of hop character in the nose and throughout. It is also deceptively well-balanced and smooth.

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bkbergen (9250) ticked Pliny the Younger (2025) from Russian River Brewing Company 11 months ago

Tried from Draft on 21 Feb 2025 at 10:57

9.2

Staleandfunny (6033) ticked Pliny the Younger (2025) from Russian River Brewing Company 11 months ago

Pliny be Piney - as always, a solid triple westy

Tried from Draft on 18 Feb 2025 at 16:26

allinthenameofbeer (11688) ticked Pliny the Younger (2025) from Russian River Brewing Company 11 months ago

LCI, still a classic.

Tried on 09 Feb 2025 at 19:50

7.8

gtaegeek (6356) reviewed Pliny the Younger (2024) from Russian River Brewing Company 11 months ago

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Taste at the Weldwerks Invitational, 2025. Pours a clear, golden color, with a fair, foamy, off-white head. The nose is pine, hay, heavy phenols, chalk, and lavender. Dry and musty, with a nice, dusty bitterness. Medium to heavy body, crisp. Nice and aggressive.

Tried from Draft on 09 Feb 2025 at 04:42

6.6

potjebier (6609) reviewed Pliny the Younger (2022 bottled) from Russian River Brewing Company 1 year ago

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle, almost 2,5 years old, received as a gift. Pours a clear golden body and a frothy white head with pretty good retention. Aroma's of stale hops, herbal. Retronasal it's clearly not fresh, old hops, sweet, bready, bitter, resinous. Flavor is above moderate sweet & bitter. Above medium bodied. Soft carbonation. Long finish, sweet & bitter. Obviously needs a retry with a fresh one.

Tried from Bottle on 08 Jul 2024 at 19:16

7.4

Maakun (16597) reviewed Pliny the Younger from Russian River Brewing Company 1 year ago

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle. Clear golden. Massive sweet malts, cocoa nibs, grassy hops, wheat, yoghurt, lemon zest, alcohol. Quite sweet and medium qbitter. Full bodied. Not as good as I remember as I'm sure I had the first bottled version. Classic beer.

Tried from Bottle on 19 May 2024 at 18:53

7.9

Mansquito (19100) reviewed Pliny the Younger from Russian River Brewing Company 1 year ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Draught at Monk's: pours gold with white head. Pine and loads of citrus: much grapefruit and the like. Slight boozy notes, but they meld well. Somewhat bitter, a bit sweet. Undeiably well crafted. Glad I got it in a bar rather than waiting in line.

Tried on 09 Mar 2024 at 22:17

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