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Russian River Pliny the Elder

Russian River Pliny the Elder - Imperial/Double IPA

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

Santa Rosa, California USA

bottled
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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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 gnoff (3560), Göteborg, Sweden
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/514/20
Mar 8, 2009  
50 cl bottle thanks to larsniclas
On March 7, 2009
BB 012309
Hazy golden color, white head. Cream, hoppy, pienapple, grape scent. Sweet, bitter, gooseberry, pienapple, grape taste. Smooth mouthfeel, high bitterness.


PolishHammer (64), , Connecticut, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/104/517/20
Mar 7, 2009  
Citrus, particularly grapefruit in the aroma, subtle pine, not sticky sap. Appearance is a cloudy, semi-translucent golden, with an off-white, tightly nit one-finger head that dicipates quickly. Good malty sweetness to balance the strong hops. Overall, a very well balanced, smooth drinking IPA. The hops aren’t too overpowering.


 rickgordon (3285), Göteborg, Sweden
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/105/517/20
Mar 7, 2009  
Bottled. Thanks to larsniclas. Light hazy dark amber clour with solid white head. Aroma is heavy from the hops, there is plenty of grapefruit and oranges along with bit of pine. Flavour is loaded with hoppy grape-juice and its very clean overall. There is vanilla ice-cream, pink grapes, gooseberries and oranges. The hop bitterness, that is said to be monstrously high, is sensed early and last all the way from sippin till long after. The malt sweetness is there, yet due to the well attenuation and a low starting gravity, this is a pretty dry beer and very balanced at that. Solid 2IPA!


 baggio (195), norrtälje, Sweden
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/104/516/20
Mar 6, 2009  
Bottled@home I owe some big thanks to fellow beeradvocate kplynch for hooking me up with this beauty! Apperance: Hazy orange with a nice white foam and lots of lacing. Aroma: Exotic fruit, Caramel, Pine and plenty of hops. Lovely! Flavor: Caramel, Exotic fruits, Citric notes (grapefruit overdose!), and yet again pine. Palate: Quite oily and full of flavor. Solid maltbase with a good bitterness at the end. Truly one of the best DIPA’s i’ve ever had the pleasure to try. A work of art!


eyesolus (64), Mill Creek, Washington, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/516/20
Mar 4, 2009  
500ml bottle; amazing fruity aroma; first sip zinged and tingled the palate; smooth going down and warmth lingered in the back of the throat; excellent summer beer; succeeding taste was much smoother and lingered just like the first sip. Definitely a keeper. What a great beer for my first eval. (#1)


 snakeoilpete (324), Seattle, Washington, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Mar 3, 2009    Updated: Mar 6, 2009
On tap at Naked City. Pours hazy amber with a decent off-white head. Hoppy aroma of grapefruit and pine. Tastes much the same. Pretty well balanced, but the malty tastes don’t ever really break through like they do in some IIPAs. Nice full mouthfeel and hop finish.


jerk (13), North Carolina, USA
4.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/510/104/519/20
Mar 2, 2009  
Pours a nice orange color with a small white fluffy head, that quickly fades away.Aroma is beautiful...nice citrus (oranges and grapefruit) dominate the nose, with some pineapple, pine, some malty carmel and a nice breadiness. Wow this is the best smelling DIPA i have ever come across. Flavor is amazing...bold citrus hits me as soon as it hits the lips, pine, caramel and the breadiness. Nice bitterness from the hops, this is so balanced. Smooth, creamy mouthfeel texture with a bit of oily hops. The bitterness hangs around just long enough, then it smooths out. Nice carbonation..


 drjay44 (758), Salida, Colorado, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/104/518/20
Mar 1, 2009  
500 ml. bottle. Pours an initially thick head, which diminished into a thinish layer with some areas reminiscent of sea foam, some lacing, over a slightly cloudy golden body with a bit of sediment.....nose is a pine forest with attendant citrus groves, pine, resin grapefruit, lemon.....tastes initially of sweetish malts the hop build occurs with resiny citrus tones, ending with solid short lived bitter finish with grapefruit dominating...mouthfeel is lighter than anticipated...the high ratings on this are most certainly based on the incredible balance and its relative lightness in spite of the amount of ingredient.



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