«
»

Pliny the Elder by Russian River Brewing Co

DSC00018

Brewery Name and Location: Russian River Brewing Company of Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, California, USA

Name of Brew: Pliny the Elder

Style of Brew: DIPA

Purchase Info: $4.50 for 16.9oz bottle.

ABV: 8%

Ingredient Info:

Nutritional Info:

Vessel Used for Tasting: First Tasting- Pint Glass. Second Tasting- Bottle.

Aroma/Olfactory: Very distinctive and pungent nose of West Coast hops: pine, grapefruit and floral.

Visuals/Appearance: Clear light-amber with an off-white head and great lacing.

Taste/Flavor: Pine, grapefruit and grass flavors. The taste increases in intensity from sip to swallow and finishes bitter. Very fresh hop taste.

Palate/Tactile: Light bodied and smooth drinking. Slightly oily, resinous. Weak carbonation.

Tasting Backstory: I tried this at the Russian River Brew Pub in Santa Rosa. It was so incredible that I had to get a bottle to go. This is easily one of my favorite beers. Incredibly fresh and amazing hop profile. This is the fourth 10 rating that I have given and 3 of the 4 are beers from Sonoma County. That struck me as interesting. Maybe it is the water up there?

Rating: 10/10

Value Rating: 9/10

DSC00008

Taster Sampler from Russian River Brewing:

DSC00011

This entry was posted on July 7, 2009 at 3:26 pm and is filed under Beer, dipa with tags , , , . You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

One Response to “Pliny the Elder by Russian River Brewing Co”

  1. Anthony L Says:
    July 28, 2009 at 12:16 pm

    i’ve been awaiting the day when this is available in Canada, sigh. Great review though, I’ve added you to my blogroll.
    Cheers!

    http://abeerforeverybody.wordpress.com/

    Reply

Leave a Reply