Pliny the Younger
(has 13 batches)
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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8.1/10
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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
7.8/10
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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
8.4/10
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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
8.4/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
What an adventure.
This has been one of my top wants since 2012, now 8 years ago. I've traveled for the us for the whole month of february to get to tick this back when it was tap only, since it needed to be fresh so was 'nver going to be bottled'. I missed it by 2 days. After a dozen people prommised me handbottles but all failed. After trading for the beer now that it's first bottled (2020) and DHL 'lost' the package for a month and a half... I finally received it! FINALY ! not as fresh as it should be (thnx DHL!) but at least I get to tick it... Hopefully I can get a more fresh version next year… or in 8 years, who'll know?
Pours unclear, darker blonde. Medium sized, very stable and creamy white head. Scent explodes, orange, stonefruit, pine, intense ! Taste is very intense ! powerfull, malty, bitter, pine, tropical, orange, tad grassy. mild stonefruit. medium thick body, medium carbonation ( towards medium low). Very resinous. Typical westcoast style indeed. It's indeed pretty damn good.But it's indeed not worth the hype. i prefer many other IPA's, even Tripel IPA's if we wanna go subgenre towards subgenre. But I guess preference at this point, comes down to personal taste, as this truly is quality.
This has been one of my top wants since 2012, now 8 years ago. I've traveled for the us for the whole month of february to get to tick this back when it was tap only, since it needed to be fresh so was 'nver going to be bottled'. I missed it by 2 days. After a dozen people prommised me handbottles but all failed. After trading for the beer now that it's first bottled (2020) and DHL 'lost' the package for a month and a half... I finally received it! FINALY ! not as fresh as it should be (thnx DHL!) but at least I get to tick it... Hopefully I can get a more fresh version next year… or in 8 years, who'll know?
Pours unclear, darker blonde. Medium sized, very stable and creamy white head. Scent explodes, orange, stonefruit, pine, intense ! Taste is very intense ! powerfull, malty, bitter, pine, tropical, orange, tad grassy. mild stonefruit. medium thick body, medium carbonation ( towards medium low). Very resinous. Typical westcoast style indeed. It's indeed pretty damn good.But it's indeed not worth the hype. i prefer many other IPA's, even Tripel IPA's if we wanna go subgenre towards subgenre. But I guess preference at this point, comes down to personal taste, as this truly is quality.
Tried
on 28 Apr 2020
at 18:51