Russian River Pliny the Elder

Brewed by Russian River Brewing
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Santa Rosa, California USA

Serve in Snifter, Tulip

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The smell is average. The look is average. The taste is sensational. The after taste is an average IPA. Don’t get me wrong its a great brew & slightly refreshing. A must have beverage.

Poured into a ccb pint glass. Golden and translucent, two finger head with lots of lacing. Aromas of citrus and pine in the hops with malt in the background. Taste follows the nose, very hoppy, some malt bitterness is high. it doesn’t seem as complex as the hype around this beer, it’s a great dipa just not as great as all the hype.

The best IPA out there. Plain and simple. Absolutely unbelievable on fronts.

With all the hype and chasing this beer all over Denver to get one I did! Great Ipa maybe not as good as the hype but great beer, pours golden hops hit right up front alcohol is well hidden enough malt to notice but clearly a hop driven beer, of you find one buy it and consume ASAP ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Pours light golden, well filtered with thin but lingering head. Hops, right off the bat. The flavor is... hops. Fresh, floral, piney. Just enough malt to let the hops shine without dominating. Perhaps overrated (could any beer really live up to this hype?), but just consistently excellent.

Thanks for sharing Jason! Nice and fresh...pours a light honey color with a smallish head that goes to a thin wisp and ring. Smells of light malt underneath with grapefruit, a little pine. Taste follows nose - very nice. Crisp dry ending with slight bitterness. Light plus body with delicate carbonation. Obviously a world class brew.

Thanks to jhenry04, little over a month old , so fresh as fuck when it comes to imports in Belgium !!

Head: small, off white, bubbly
Colour: light mber gold, clear
Smell: slight peppery, little bit of irony and malts, quite exotic with notes of mango, pineapple, lemon peels and apricots
Taste: start is a bit malty but quickly makes place for a load of hops and bitterness, al very balanced tough ! flavours of oranges bitter hops and slight yeasty bitterness, overall this beer is very refreshing with a serious amount of bitterness where i actually cant say where it’s from and what it actually taste like ... as far as i can taste and tell the bitterness just tastes like BITTERNESS LOL :p. end is again a bit malty and grassy fresh aftertaste is zeste.

All the great things had been said about this beer. Seems most people say that this is a very drinkable beer, and it sure the fuck is. The most present flavors are pine, grass, and a touch of tropical fruits (grapefruit and pineapple) with enough malt to balance things out but not to make it sweet. Finishes dry with some low to medium bitterness. One of the few downfalls of this beer is it does go down hill rather quick, my advise, drink within two weeks of the bottleling date. The best PtE I ever tasted was two days after the bottleling date which I found in Bristol Farms in Manhattam Beach, that was a badass find.

Pours a light amber with a big fluffy head that fades to light lacing. Sweet citrus aroma. tastes of citrus and bubble gum. resinous mouthfeel that goes dry.

This is the best IPA in the USA. It is an amazing blend of citrus, hops, and a bunch of alcohol. Russian River's flagship beer is one that should be considered the gold standard for IPA's ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone