Pliny The Elder - Russian River Brewing Company

Hojaminbag

Colorado

4.53/5  rDev -2.6%
look: 4 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

I got a couple of bottles of this along with a ton of other Russian River stuff from a recent trade with Jhenry04. Thanks for the beers!

Copper body with a small, whispy, off-white head. Not a lot of retention, but a decent amount of stringy lacing.

Smells great. Juicy, sweet, citrusy hops. Noticeable malt in the background.

Tasty. Up front comes some citrus and bitter flavored hops. Next comes some sweet hops and sweet toffee like malts. Finish a little buscuity malt flavor and some more bitterness.

Mouthfeel is oily and bitter.

This is a very drinkable and great DIPA. I had two bottles and drank both before I wrote a review. I'm glad because the first one didn't have quite the hop character of the second.

EDIT: I've revisited this one again and again (although I've never bothered to write a good review of it), including on-tap, in bottles, and on-tap at the brewery. It's fantastic every time.

Serving type: bottle

10-29-2008 22:27:36 | More by Hojaminbag

t_carterb

Georgia

4/5  rDev -14%

06-19-2013 15:42:47 | More by t_carterb

farrelley

District of Columbia

1.75/5  rDev -62.4%

06-19-2013 13:51:08 | More by farrelley

corysmith01

New York

4.5/5  rDev -3.2%

06-19-2013 03:17:58 | More by corysmith01

chaseabeer

Oklahoma

4/5  rDev -14%

06-19-2013 03:09:28 | More by chaseabeer

Lorihall1

Minnesota

5/5  rDev +7.5%

06-19-2013 01:53:36 | More by Lorihall1

Tyrus

California

4.5/5  rDev -3.2%

06-18-2013 23:06:46 | More by Tyrus

taylor714914

Pennsylvania

4.5/5  rDev -3.2%

06-18-2013 23:01:44 | More by taylor714914

RyV

California

5/5  rDev +7.5%

06-18-2013 05:58:50 | More by RyV

Jpirkle2715

California

4.75/5  rDev +2.2%

06-18-2013 01:51:01 | More by Jpirkle2715

drebrew

New Jersey

4.5/5  rDev -3.2%

06-18-2013 01:02:57 | More by drebrew

Greywulfken

New York

4.66/5  rDev +0.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75

Bottled on 5/27/13

A: into a tulip, clear deep gold beer with a few fingers of dense, off-white head; some lacing clung to the glass

S: rich bouquet of hops, from piney to citric, herbal to floral; suggestions of sweet vanilla and honeyed malts underneath

T: more complex than most DIPAs I can recall - sweet and grainy malts suggesting juicy fruits, both orchard and tropical, met with a bevy of hops, bringing grapefruit pith, pine resin, lemon zest, and musk to the fore; bright, yeasty (?) tang and bitter, drying finish

M: medium-light body, very crisp and clean, slight chew, slight zing, bittersweet finish

O: well-deserving of its rank - an epic DIPA. A different vibe than, say a Heady Topper, and certainly not inferior.

Serving type: bottle

06-18-2013 00:24:23 | More by Greywulfken

atinman

California

4.75/5  rDev +2.2%

06-17-2013 23:23:23 | More by atinman

Chiefmanynames

California

4.75/5  rDev +2.2%

06-17-2013 19:49:33 | More by Chiefmanynames

Hophunter18

Delaware

5/5  rDev +7.5%

06-17-2013 03:50:50 | More by Hophunter18

peteh2112

Colorado

4/5  rDev -14%

06-17-2013 02:42:47 | More by peteh2112

illy0sis

Texas

4.75/5  rDev +2.2%

06-17-2013 01:20:00 | More by illy0sis

jbravato

Pennsylvania

5/5  rDev +7.5%

06-17-2013 00:17:52 | More by jbravato

jpizzle

Massachusetts

4/5  rDev -14%

06-16-2013 22:01:51 | More by jpizzle

XCOR

California

3.5/5  rDev -24.7%

06-16-2013 21:07:30 | More by XCOR

Rocklobsterbrew

Massachusetts

4.75/5  rDev +2.2%

06-16-2013 18:18:24 | More by Rocklobsterbrew

Hubarooski

Florida

5/5  rDev +7.5%

06-16-2013 16:38:40 | More by Hubarooski

craft_shannie

Indiana

4/5  rDev -14%

06-16-2013 12:02:42 | More by craft_shannie

messemcb

Arizona

4.5/5  rDev -3.2%

06-16-2013 09:17:12 | More by messemcb

errantnight

California

4.25/5  rDev -8.6%

06-16-2013 07:15:14 | More by errantnight