Russian River Pliny the Elder

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

Bottle,thanks to Secret Santa.Pours a clear, shining golden orange color with a foamy white head leaving soapy, spotty lacing behind. The aroma simply explodes from the glass with striking notes of juicy, fresh-picked oranges, grapefruits, and lemons. A lightly sweet, pale malt background sets the perfect background for the massive hop profile to do .The flavor is deliciously juicy, with bitter, resinous citrus and lemongrass hops,lightly toasted toffee and caramel malts,with a hint of honey. There’s nothing overly complex going on, but it is so well blended it is incredible. Medium-full, smooth, slightly sticky body. This is so incredibly drinkable. A delicious IIPA that ranks right up there with the best of them. Thank you to the beer gods for giving me the chance to try this.

One of the best Imp IPAs out there. A true hop bomb that is citrussy, floral, piney and refreshing. With an IBU level hovering above 200 it is refreshingly bitter and you crave another drink as soon as you put the glass down. What a great beer.

Nose is very floral. Hops galore from the first sip all the way through. Finishes dry and thin. This one is fruity sweet with hops and slightly resiny. Maybe picking up some sugars here as well. great IPA from a master brewer...

First off, not fond of the color. Too yellow and clear for me. VERY aromatic. This beer smells like a hop field. An amazing balance of malts and hops. This beer smacks you in this face with hops and malts. It is amazing. Man, this beer has a PERFECT balance of hops and malts. That bittering hop bites you in the back of the mouth. Lovely texture. The color does not match the taste. I thought this beer would be a lot worse due to the coloring, but the taste and aroma surpasses the expectation. Overall, this beer is awesome. I love it. I think the balance is perfect and the hop taste is amazing.

Clear golden with medium white head. Sweet and aroma with loads of hops, pine and citric notes. Sweet flavour with pine and loads of hops, grapefruit and citric notes. Solid bitterness towards the end.

Pours a light, clear gold in color with a small white head. Big hoppy nose full of pine. Fairly bitter hop flavor with a resiny smoothness in the mouth. Nice mix of hops. Some grapefruity notes, some pine. very good DIPA.

Tasted 11/15/08. 500ml bottle. Filtered with a golden hue. Bubbled off-white head. Smokey and resinous aromas. Lotta hops in the nose as well. Complex hop aromas; woody, earthy, floral, grassy and candy. Full bodied and bitter. Slick with great flavors. Candy malts and bitter hops. Wonderful complexity. Thanks Ric! Amazing!

Pours clear amber gold. Light-medium head. Awesome intense aroma - grapefruit, passionfruit. Serious double ipa - clean citrus flavor, medium body, a lot of bitterness in the finish. pine, wood chips. Not too far away from 60 minute and Hopslam in flavor. The aroma is easily the highlight of this one.