Pliny the Younger
Russian River Brewing Company in Santa Rosa, California, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Triple Rotating|
Score
8.50
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5
On tap at the Bistro DIPA festival. Aroma is nice with a lot of grapefruit, citrus, pine resin and tropical and stone fruit. Medium light malt notes with hints of caramel and honey. Some medium light alcohol spice. Pours a slightly cloudy golden orange with a moderately sized, thick, white head with good retention. Flavor is moderately sweet with a medium light malt character with hints of caramel that help hide the alcohol. High bitterness with a high hop character and medium light alcohol spice. The hops and malt help hide the alcohol well. Mouthfeel is medium full bodied with medium carbonation. Low astringency and medium low alcohol warmth. Overall, a really nice triple IPA. I forgot how good it is. The alcohol is well hidden and the beer isn’t too sweet. Lots of hop character.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
On draft at La Trappe in San Francisco. $11 a pint and no line. GREAT!
A - Crimson gold with a 3 finger creamy head. Fades so slow with sticky lacing.
S - Nose is similar to elder. Smells like a pine cone with a lot of sweet esthers and nutty bits as well.
T - The taste is interesting. Clearly a west coast IPA. Sweet, borderline barleywine taste and a clear booziness that separates it from other imperial IPAs. A raw rind of lemon, grapefruit and clementines is there too. It’s a great beer for the abv. That’s pretty amazing about it.
M - Thick, malty and waves of hops.
O - I would actually say this is the closest to heady topper I’ve ever had with slightly more booze. In that regard, it’s like I’m drinking a heady topper in San Francisco minus the mineral water mouthfeel that heady has. Everything else is really similar
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 10 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
On tap at the Brewpub. (Monday 10, February 2014) Golden with a small white head. The aroma was fantastic, fresh with a lot of citrus, pineapple and hops. The taste was also very good although not as brilliant as the aroma. Very balanced with no alcohol at all, the Younger felt like juice. The finish was bitter and hoppy. We waited in the line for almost 6,5 hours, quite insane to be honest but what can you do? For sure an interesting experience, but I won’t do it again. A hyped beer but also a very tasty one.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9.5
10 oz pour at the brewery. Clear golden pour with a white head. Aroma is catty, grapefruit. Taste is sweet with relatively restrained bitterness. Creamy mouthfeel, finely carbonated. Excellent, for sure. Best imperial IPA ever? Not sure. Was it worth waiting seven hours in line? I’m glad I did it, but never again. Expertly crafted and delicious, nonetheless.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 10 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 10
Tap at the RateBeer event at Anchor and Hope. Finally a taste of the elusive younger! Pours clear golden amber, small white head, nice lacing. Aroma is that perfect mix of Grapefruit, Passionfruit. Flavor its the same, light sweet, light bitter. Medium body, oily, light warming finish sure to the otherwise well masked ABV. Worth the wait.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
From notes: Sampled at EBF 2010. Pours a murky pale golden color with a stingy off white head that dissipates quickly. Wonderfully complex hop aroma, lots of citrus grapefruit and orange being in the forefront. The flavor is big with lots of caramel offset with plenty of hop flavor mostly of the peach/grapefruit/orange vein. Medium body with a light level of carbonation and a sweet resinous mouthfeel. Very nice big IPA that I waited much to long in line to taste. I’m glad I got to try this its a great beer, but I think I prefer the elder.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
Draft - Hoppy grapefruit nose. Clear gold with a thin head. Long persistent bitterness is present throughout and lingers. Grapefruit hops with hints of caramel give it a nice rich taste.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 9.5 | Flavor - 10 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9.5
On tap at Toronado!!! Check my facebook pics for an idea of what the world’s best triple IPA served at the world’s best Beer Bar looks like!! The hop flavors are similar to the Elder, but with a massive malt backbone and pronounced caramel notes. Well worth the 6 hour flight!!!!