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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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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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 Ungstrup (14760), 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.


 Papsoe (14642), 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


 omhper (12155), 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.


 yespr (11649), Copenhagen O, Denmark
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/105/517/20
Aug 6, 2008  
From tap at OBrians. Pours almost clear and golden orange with a creamy and lacing white head. Dense fruity hops and smooth caramel malt showing through. Extremely smooth mix of caramel and dense hoppy oily flavours, yet in no way overempowering. Smooth peachy and light fruity hops finish with a little persisting caramel malt presence.


 oh6gdx (8802), Vasa, Finland
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/104/515/20
Apr 12, 2009  
Bottled. Golden colour, small white head. Aroma is lots of fruity hops, some wood, alcohol and also mild herbal notes. Flavour is hops (peachy, tropical fruity and grassy bittery), with also some alcohol and mildly caramelly notes.


 joergen (8430), 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.


 kp (8400), Woodstock, Georgia, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/514/20
Sep 1, 2007    Updated: Jan 17, 2009

Date: November 30, 2005
Mode: Draft
Source: Nija’s
Appearance: clear yellow, thin white head
Aroma: sweet piney aroma
Overall: big balanced sweet malt and bitter hops, long bitter finish

Date: December 04, 2007
Mode: draft
Source: O’Brien’s
Score: 3.2 to 3.5
Appearance: clear gold, fine dirty white head, lots of drippy lace
Aroma: hot sweet caramel and pine aroma
Flavor: hot sweet crystal malt flavor, lots of sweet pine and tangerine, big bitterness adds balance but the hop flavor keeps in control

Date: August 19, 2008
Mode: bottle
Source: south bay drugs
Score: 3.5 to 3.8
Appearance: cloudy orange, wispy off white head, streaks of drippy lace
Aroma: huge explosion of sweet pine and caramel aroma, lots of citrus with tangerine and orange
Flavor: big sweet and fruity flavor, lots of citrus hops, nice balancing bitterness rises out of the malt to leave a long bitter finish, no trace of alcohol
Overall: the bottle is as good or maybe even better than draft

Date: October 19, 2008
Mode: bottle
Source: south bay drugs
Score: 3.8 to 3.6
a lot drier and with more citrus and bitterness,

Aroma: 8/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 14/20
Rating: 3.6/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **4


 Oakes (8072), gone rambling, Vietnam
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.



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