Russian River Pliny the Younger

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

Serve in Shaker, Snifter

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Bottle 66cl. @ [ Tasting by cgarvieuk ].
Unclear medium orange color with a small, frothy, good - fair lacing, mostly lasting - diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, moderate to heavy hoppy, pine, grapefruit, resin, citrus, light alcohol. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and heavy bitter with a long duration, and a alcohol - peppery bitter spicy finish. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat, finish feel is moderate alcoholic. [20090411]

A hazy orange beer with a thin orange head. The aroma is lovely hoppy with notes of alfa acids and oranges, as well as light floral notes - A hop soup aroma. The flavor is sweet with alchol, that jumps at You right from the start with a slight burning sensation on the tongue, but it is soon acompaniet by strong hoppy notes, and a bitterness that sets in much earlier than in other beers and grows more and more powerful. Acompanying the bitterness there’s also a note of grapefruit that grown in intensity. The body is very powerful.

UPDATED: FEB 22, 2010 Sample from handbottle, thanks to Thomas_E. Pours orange, clear. Aroma is bitterhops and peach. Caramel malty start followed by a peachy taste and good strong bitter finish. Full-bodied. Finish is rather dry and bitter with a touch of alcohol8-3-8-4-16=3.9

Growler, 2010 batch. Pours clear and golden yellow to orange with a small white head. Aroma is crisp peachy and grapefruity. Smooth fruity, mild sweetness and light hops citrusy flavoured. Grapes, grapefruit, peachy and mild pinewood. Light note of tangerine. Smooth and elegant. Lovely.9-4-9-4-18=4.4

(Hand bottle 33 cl) Slightly hazy amber golden with a small, off-white head. sweetish aroma of peaches and pine. Fairly full-bodied with sweetish, malty accents, lots of sweet fruit and then a bitter - but not overly so - finish. 060407

Draught at O’Brien’s, San Diego. Clear deep golden, no head. Massive grapefruity hop aroma. Sweet with rounded mouthfeel and loads of perfumy hops. Striking bitter finish. A hop monster with finesse (and a fair bit of alcohol.)

Handbottled from tap, thanks to Thomas for sharing. Clear golden coloured with a white head. Sweet aroma of caramel, hops and pine needles. Sweet flavour of caramel, peaches, hops and pine needels. Hoppy finish.

Growler.Pours a clear golden color with a small fast disappearing off-white head. Has a fruity fresh malty hoppy grapefruit and peach aroma. Malty hoppy bitter grapefruit, peach and pnie needles flavor. Has a long malty hoppy bitter grapefruit and peach finish, with a long bitter aftertaste.

(Hand bottle, courtesy of mar) Pours a clear orange body with a small white head. Aroma of pine, pineapple, passion fruit, light coconut, bitter orange peel, and peach. Flavor of hops (pine, grassy, earthy), caramel malt, and biscuit with a dry, bitter finish.

Hand Bottle at home huge thanks to iowaherkeye for this one ... crystal clear dark amber ... Big Big pine resiny hops nose...Sweet pine hops ... little pineapple ... rich resins quite bitter ... big bitter linger ... Bit of a let down... Much prefered its uncle... 3.5->3.7 as its grown on me ... DO think its a decent beer i think i just had such high hopes as i loved the Elder much more.

Date: 03/03/2007
Mode: Growler
Source: Tasting

cloudy orange, frothy off white head, streaks of lace, sweet citrus aroma, huge sticky sweet citrus flavor, sugar laden grapefruit, not a lot a complexity but lots of flavor,

Aroma: 8/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 8/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 16/20
Rating: 4/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: ***+/4