Pliny the Younger
Russian River Brewing Company in Santa Rosa, California, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Triple Autumn|
Score
8.48
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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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8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 9
Texture 9
Overall 9
This one has been on the wishlist for a LONG time. Bottle courtesy of a traveling friend. The beer is a clear golden-orange color with a thick frothy off-white head that diminishes gradually to a film. Sticky partial rings of lace. Aroma of piney hops, citrus and malt. Full-bodied with flavors of resiny hops, grapefruit, apricot and roast malt. The finish is moderately bitter with a lingering citrusy and piney hop aftertaste. While difficult to live up to expectations after so long, it's still a damn good beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Jun 2025
at 22:24
9.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9.5
Flavor 9.5
Texture 10
Overall 9.5
Bottle, by way of a trade. Cheers Max. Mostly clear pale gold. Sticky leggy lasting white head. Easy 5. Nose has fully ripe mango and pineapple flesh. Big piny sappy character. Mouldy satsuma to boot. Nice biscuit malt backdrop. Yeah it’s fruity and dank in spades overall, though. All that and it drinks super easy. Impressively clean and a little dry among the hops and malt. Lingering sappy bitterness to finish. Met expectations.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 May 2025
at 18:49
9/10
Always lovely. This year super clean, tangerine and mandarin peel. Pine. Super clean, without any overly sweet note. Super moreish with the fresh clean dry finish
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Apr 2025
at 22:38
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 9
Texture 9
Overall 8.5
510ml bottle from brewery. Bright, clear golden pour, nice one finger foamy white head fades to a thin skin across the surface. The aroma hit me from across the table, piney, resiny, hoppy. Taste is all about the hops, sharp bitterness with some resinous notes and a touch of dank. Oily feel with a long lingering bitterness. ABV sneaks up on you.
Tried
from Bottle
at
Russian River Brewing
on 07 Apr 2025
at 00:26
9/10
Was in 🇧🇧 when this dropped in my area on draft, so was bummed that I missed out. Then, got a package from the 🐐 Friday at work, a 2025 bottle of Younger. Thank you so much TQ!
The Ghost and I are enjoying it on a nice spring evening outback.
The Ghost and I are enjoying it on a nice spring evening outback.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Mar 2025
at 21:53
9/10
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Feb 2025
at 10:57
9.2/10
Pliny be Piney - as always, a solid triple westy
Tried
from Draft
on 18 Feb 2025
at 16:26
9/10
LCI, still a classic.
Tried
on 09 Feb 2025
at 19:50
7.8/10
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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
6.6/10
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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