Pliny the Younger (2025)
(Batch of Pliny the Younger)
Russian River Brewing Company in Santa Rosa, California, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Triple Rotating|
Score
8.33
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
Gift bottle. Hazy orange-gold body with only small patches of foam Aroma: a layered bouquet of tropical and citrus fruits – juicy orange, grapefruit, passion fruit, and ripe mandarin – complemented by delicate floral notes, resinous undertones, and a subtle coriander-like spice. Flavor: silky, slightly creamy entry, followed by an intense fruitiness accented by a fresh, well-integrated tartness. Notes of citrus, mandarin, and grapefruit merge with floral and resinous facets. A moderate yet persistent bitterness lingers on the palate, harmonizing with the beer’s complex aromatic profile. Overall: exceptionally balanced and dangerously drinkable for a Triple IPA of this strength.
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle at Johnny's, muchos gracias man! A bit hazy golden color with a full sized white head that lasts for quite a while. Aroma is malts, heavy hoppy, hoppy bitter, pine, spruce. Flavor is similar, loads of piney hops and hop bitters with grapefruit coming through firmly. Medium to full body, decent carbonation. Very pleasant.
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
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.
Pliny be Piney - as always, a solid triple westy
LCI, still a classic.