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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8.6

JK (8181) reviewed Pliny the Younger from Russian River Brewing Company 3 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5

Thanks Greg for sharing this. Great to finally try it. Fresh. Piney hops. Medium sweet and resinous good.

Tried on 02 Apr 2022 at 00:57

JK (8181) ticked Pliny the Younger (2022) from Russian River Brewing Company 3 years ago

Tried from Bottle on 01 Apr 2022 at 19:54

bkbergen (9250) ticked Pliny the Younger (2022) from Russian River Brewing Company 3 years ago

Tried from Draft on 28 Feb 2022 at 18:06

EishockeyGreg57 (9697) ticked Pliny the Younger (2022) from Russian River Brewing Company 3 years ago

Piney, hoppy, clean burning. Tad sweet, but a tremendous beer. On my fourth. Have a hockey game tonight too. lol.

Tried from Draft on 27 Feb 2022 at 14:37

8.1

mcm1 (3805) ticked Pliny the Younger from Russian River Brewing Company 4 years ago

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

Draft Hops & Pie 2-21-17 Prev 4.3

Tried from Draft at Hops & Pie on 13 Nov 2021 at 03:52

7.8

Cunningham (15598) reviewed Pliny the Younger from Russian River Brewing Company 4 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Unclear deep golden with a fine head Nice aroma with a fine intensity Pleasant carbonation level and a fine duration Grapefruit hoppy, pine and fruity flavor Excellent masked alcohol level [Bottle at ChrisOfstad Palace in Hamar, Norway]

Tried from Bottle on 09 Aug 2021 at 18:55

8.4

bergstaden (9523) reviewed Pliny the Younger from Russian River Brewing Company 4 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9.5

Thank you for sharing the bottle Chris - Hazy golden with a white head - Hop aroma that is fruity and some herbal hints - Malt body with a good hop flavour that has some fruity and herbal flavours with a good bitterness - The hops goes into the finish with good bitterness - This was well balanced with a well hidden alcohol, This was a real treat

Tried from Bottle on 30 May 2021 at 19:19

Chris_Ofstad (9375) ticked Pliny the Younger from Russian River Brewing Company 4 years ago

0,5 litre Bottle , shared with Bergstaden. Hazy orange with little head. Malts, hops, Citrus, dry, Piney bitterness. Alcohol. Smooth.

Tried from Bottle on 22 May 2021 at 18:10

8.3

TimE (11146) reviewed Pliny the Younger (2020 bottled) from Russian River Brewing Company 5 years ago

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

rami-pl (12989) ticked Pliny the Younger (2020 bottled) from Russian River Brewing Company 5 years ago

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

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