Russian River Brewing Company Pliny the Younger

Pliny the Younger

 

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

  IPA - Triple Autumn
Score
8.50
ABV: 10.2% IBU: 90 Ticks: 122
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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9.6
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

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
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

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.

Tried from Bottle on 29 Mar 2025 at 21:53


9

Tried from Draft on 21 Feb 2025 at 10:57


9.2

Pliny be Piney - as always, a solid triple westy

Tried from Draft on 18 Feb 2025 at 16:26


9

LCI, still a classic.

Tried on 09 Feb 2025 at 19:50


7.8
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
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
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