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Russian River Pliny the Elder

Russian River Pliny the Elder

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An Imperial/Double IPA brewed by
Russian River Brewing

Santa Rosa, California USA

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4524.16/5.04.16/5.08%99 Snifter, Tulip P  Stats

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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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 Ungstrup (10824), Frederiksberg, Denmark
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/516/20
Jun 4, 2007  
(hand?) 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.


 omhper (10140), Stockholm, Sweden
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/515/20
Oct 18, 2004  
Sampled draught at O’Briens, San Diego.
Bronze colour, small creamy head. Grapefruty hop aroma. Rich, boldly malty and salty with fairly soft mouthfeel. Rude, salty, very bitter finish.


 Papsoe (9663), Frederiksberg, Denmark
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/103/57/103/515/20
Apr 12, 2007  
(On tap - Toronado) Clear, pale amber golden with a small, white head. Very fresh piney aroma. Medium body with a dry malt base and an extremely dry hopping - a bit too dry for me. But a very lovely and complex hop structure. Astringent bitterness in the finish. 290307


 Oakes (6784), Miami Beach, Florida, USA
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/59/104/518/20
Oct 8, 2005    Updated: Aug 1, 2006
Slightly hazy gold colour. The hop aroma is bright and clean, all citrus and florals. Fresh bread provides the backbone of the beer, with tropical fruit, citrus and floral hop notes. The bitterness is assertive - almost too resiny but nice. A bit of an envelope pusher in the way it approachs the West Coast IPA theme, this is a well-constructed beer just inside the boundaries of reason.


 joergen (6141), Frederiksberg, Denmark
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/59/104/517/20
May 25, 2006  
Bottle. Clear golden coloured with a white head. Aroma of hops and pine needles. Sweet flavour of hops, caramel and pine needles.




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