Pliny the Oncle
Companyia Artesana Maians - Espiga in Sant Llorenç d'Hortons, Catalonia, Spain 🇪🇸
Collab with: The OncleIPA - West Coast Special
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Score
7.29
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This beer, in collaboration with Roses and Torrades, is a tribute to two great American beers named after historical figures of ancient Rome: Pliny the Elder (author, naturalist and natural philosopher) and Pliny the Younger (lawyer, author and magistrate).
What remains a lesser known fact is that both Pliny were actually uncle and nephew, so it seemed of the utmost importance to create Pliny the Uncle and tell the rest of the story.
It is a traditional West Coast IPA with transparent appearance and light amber color. In smell, the citrus and herbal notes stand out, we also find certain notes of ripe stone fruit. In flavor we also find these citrus notes in a round sip that invites you to take another.
Malts: Barley Malta, Maris Otter.
Hops: Columbus
Dry Hopping: Columbus, Centennial, Citra, Amarillo
What remains a lesser known fact is that both Pliny were actually uncle and nephew, so it seemed of the utmost importance to create Pliny the Uncle and tell the rest of the story.
It is a traditional West Coast IPA with transparent appearance and light amber color. In smell, the citrus and herbal notes stand out, we also find certain notes of ripe stone fruit. In flavor we also find these citrus notes in a round sip that invites you to take another.
Malts: Barley Malta, Maris Otter.
Hops: Columbus
Dry Hopping: Columbus, Centennial, Citra, Amarillo
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7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
Copper with a white head. Citrus, pine, herbal, grassy notes. Lemon and grapefruit come forward before the pine overtakes some. A lengthy pine and grapefruit bitterness lingers. Medium bodied. Really well done- more of these please, Spain.
Tried
from Can
on 21 Oct 2024
at 15:52
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Small, fast gone white head over very faintly veiled golden beer. Asafoetida, slime mold, fruitpeel, exotic fruti, weeds, lupulin. Orange/grapefruitpeel; light bitterish lupulin, certain raw vegetables. Medium bodied at best. Very hopoilslick to viscous. Medium carbonation. Not half bad, slightly crude.
Tried
from Can
from
Billie’s Bottle Shop
on 28 Jan 2024
at 08:45
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 9
Overall 8.5
Can shared at RBBWG 2023. Clear golden color, small white head. Aroma is incredible: classic hoppiness, fresh, grassy. Flavor is similar, very grassy and classic hops, pine, resin a bit. Decent to medium bitter. Quite good.
Tried
on 09 Dec 2023
at 14:56
8.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 10
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
9/XII/23 - 44cl can @ BBGG winter 23-24, BB: X/24, canned: X/23, unreadable lotnr. (2023-1141) Thanks to 77ships for sharing the can!
Clear pale blond beer, small creamy off-white head, unstable, falls down quickly, non adhesive. Aroma: oh yes, lovely, super dank, fruity notes, citrus, lots of marijuana, very nice! MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: good bitterness, fruity, tropical fruits, a bit sweet, very dank, marijuana, lovely stuff! Aftertaste: more tropical fruits, juicy, very nice!
Clear pale blond beer, small creamy off-white head, unstable, falls down quickly, non adhesive. Aroma: oh yes, lovely, super dank, fruity notes, citrus, lots of marijuana, very nice! MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: good bitterness, fruity, tropical fruits, a bit sweet, very dank, marijuana, lovely stuff! Aftertaste: more tropical fruits, juicy, very nice!
Tried
from Can
on 09 Dec 2023
at 14:00
8.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
hazy pale yellow colour, moderate sized dense white head; aroma of pine resiny, grapefruit, pomelo, some tropical fruity, celery and biscuity notes; hop dominant taste with the same notes as can be felt in the aroma; I love it!
Tried
from Can
on 16 Sep 2023
at 22:42
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
Pint draft @ Espiga, Barcelona.
Une ode à deux grandes bières et le résultat est loin de décevoir.
Couleur pâle oscillant vers l'orange, col crémeux blanc-cassé.
Arôme est dank - pungent aromatique houblonné; agrumes bien généreux tout en ayant ce rappel d'une IPA californienne avant cette vague de 'haze', terreux avec un nez résineux de l'Amarillo repris en retrait par un léger côté pamplemousse rose/citron vert.
Palais est intense sur le caractère houblonné - je retrouve les prémices d'un classique américain - C-hops, fresh hoppy gooness, hop bag, dank, résineux, agrumes, fleur d'oranger avec une petite note de malt-cara/bready en fin de bouche qui apporte une bonne balance plus de grains en ajout des houblons.
Résultat frais plus que correct, un petit cran en dessous des Pliny toutes fraiches - mais franchement Espiga continue à surprendre.
Une ode à deux grandes bières et le résultat est loin de décevoir.
Couleur pâle oscillant vers l'orange, col crémeux blanc-cassé.
Arôme est dank - pungent aromatique houblonné; agrumes bien généreux tout en ayant ce rappel d'une IPA californienne avant cette vague de 'haze', terreux avec un nez résineux de l'Amarillo repris en retrait par un léger côté pamplemousse rose/citron vert.
Palais est intense sur le caractère houblonné - je retrouve les prémices d'un classique américain - C-hops, fresh hoppy gooness, hop bag, dank, résineux, agrumes, fleur d'oranger avec une petite note de malt-cara/bready en fin de bouche qui apporte une bonne balance plus de grains en ajout des houblons.
Résultat frais plus que correct, un petit cran en dessous des Pliny toutes fraiches - mais franchement Espiga continue à surprendre.
Tried
from Draft
at
Espiga Craft Beer Shop - Rosses i Torrades
on 08 Sep 2023
at 17:16