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Russian River Pliny the Elder

Russian River Pliny the Elder - Imperial/Double IPA

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100
overall
Brewed by Russian River Brewing
Style: Imperial/Double IPA

Santa Rosa, California USA

bottled
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on tap
common

Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
10364.23/5.04.22/5.08%99.6Snifter, Tulip
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Pliny the Elder was a Roman naturalist, scholar, historian, traveler, officer, and writer. Although not considered his most important work, Pliny and his contemporaries created the botanical name for hops, "lupus Salictarius", meaning wolf among scrubs." Hops at that time grew wild among willows, much like a wolf in the forest. Later the current botanical name, humulus Lupulus, was adopted. Pliny died in 79 AD while observing the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. He was immortalized by his nephew, Pliny the Younger, who continued his uncle's legacy by documenting much of what he observed during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Pliny the Elder, the beer, is brewed with 40% more malt and over twice the amount of hops as compared to our already hoppy IPA.
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wattersla (10), Los Angeles, California, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/515/20
Nov 9, 2009  
Bottled. A golden beer with a thin beige head. The aroma is sweet hoppy and malty with a lovely fresh grapefruit note. The flavor is sweet malty with notes of fruit - especially grapefruit - leading to a good bitter finish.


 faroeviking (6024), Republica Vikingo de las, Faroe Islands
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/516/20
Nov 9, 2009  
Botella, thanks a bunch Shaun! Hazy orange colour. Lovely ripe fruity piney aroma. Good well filling mouthfeel. mouthfeel. The flavour has lots of ripe fruits, pine, bitter hoppiness and a pleasant sweetness. Long lasting dry bitter fruity pine finish.


dkingsella (85), Portland, Oregon, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/103/518/20
Nov 8, 2009  
A incredible brew of this style...this is the quintessential Douple IPA. Pours a nice orangy gold with a one finger head of tiny, compact bubbles. Aroma is huge with pleny of grapefruit and pine. While there is plenty of hops in the flavor, especially on the finish, this isn’t one of those over the top hop bombs that will take the enamel off your teeth. This one is much more balanced with plenty of malt. A very well balanced Double. Lives up to its reputation.


 Pinball (2693), Allerød, Denmark
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/515/20
Nov 8, 2009  
bottle, shared by shaun. (thanks a bunch) orange, small white head. aroma is very nice strong, yet balanced hoppy. flavor is a bit more watery than the aroma, still it’s very fine.flowery, faint malty.


kangaroo (7), Everett, Washington, USA
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5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/105/510/105/520/20
Nov 7, 2009  
This Beer blew my mind. I cannot think of this as a double IPA. I love double IPAs, but this is something more. I have had this beer once and the flavor is perfect. I have found articles on cloning this beer in home brewing and information on dry hopping. This beer made me go out and learn something new and expanded my understanding of what beer can be.


 bbbrew (171), Washington DC, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/518/20
Nov 5, 2009  
091009 bottle from tipsy liquor in CO. good beer. definately well balanced for a double. very drinkable and i seek it out whenever i can. i appreciate that the brewery attends a lot of events and brings a lot of beer.


 AskForJenny (627), Ontario, New York, USA
4.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/59/105/520/20
Nov 2, 2009  
91009 bottle 0.5l - Color of apple cider, orange & brown combined. One finger of off white head, smallest of bubbles. Pine and citrus on nose, not room filling but plenty strong up close. Light and watery mouthfeel, yet more than enough malt to support the hop oils. Bitter finish. Top notch.


22415brewery (57), redmond, Washington, USA
4.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/104/510/105/518/20
Nov 1, 2009  
Superb flavor and aroma profile, my only complaint is the inconsistency because of all the hopping involved. On-tap and bottled versions vary wildly and this is the only thing that keeps it from being a 5.0 in my book. Well-balanced, gnarly hops, and a beefy malt bill make this a very enjoyable and extremely dangerous IIPA. And yes, it CAN be for EVERYONE. Even my girlfriend, drinker of all things malty, lover of sweet wines, hater of IPAs and hoppy pale ales...she completely adores this beer.



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