Pliny The Elder - Russian River Brewing Company

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rAvg: 4.65
pDev: 8.17%
Reviews: 2807
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Brewed by:
Russian River Brewing Company visit their website
California, United States

Style | ABV
American Double / Imperial IPA |  8.00% ABV

Availability: Rotating. bottle (2132), on-tap (567), growler (105), cask (3)

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Reviews by phattysbox:
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phattysbox

New York

4.88/5  rDev +4.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.5

Got from a trade with beerbeagle...

Poured into DFH snifter. Nice off white and fine head that retreats to thin lace. Some nice webbing. Awesome orange amber hues with near perfect clarity. A very nice looking brew.

Smell: WOW! Citrus, grapfruit, and lemon abound in the nose and linger for a long time. There's a really nice sweetness to the nose (from the malts) that melds perfectly with the hop profile. Earthy and grassy notes also pull through in the nose.

Taste: More WOW! Initial bittering hops hits the palate - earthy, resiny and very oily. If hops could have a thick profile - this would be it. The hops linger, but do not destroy the palate (which is very hard to get a big hop profile and not wipe out taste buds). The hops that do hit fast slide to back really quick to let in sweet malts. Notes of buttery toffee and sweet candy come to mind to balance out this perfect DIPA.

Mouthfeel was extremely smooth for the strong hop presence. Alcohol was not evident and this brew went down very quick to my amazement! I have one more bottle I'm dying to open, I'm going to have to trade for more.

The pentultimate DIPA IMHO. Perfectly balanced between hops and malts. Better than DFH90...

Serving type: bottle

10-30-2008 22:11:24 | More by phattysbox
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Well, thanks to a fantastic Cali BA, I've just had my first Pliny. Poured into a tulip, tall head, lingers a bit. It's hoppy and smooth. Very balanced and drinkable, doesn't overwhelm the palate. It's not the hop bomb I was expecting, for better or worse. Not the best or hoppy-est, but better than any other IIPA...except one...

Pliny is fantastic! However, it is no Heady Topper.

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Pliny The Elder from Russian River Brewing Company
100 out of 100 based on 6,366 user ratings.