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[Quaffer]

Sounds really good. Have never found it to try. Any of you ever get a taste?https://www.sacbee.c...he-limited.html

Beer aficionados know it as a triple IPA – meaning it's triple the amount of hops in a regular IPA, which pushes the limits of flavor, intensity and alcohol content. The name Pliny refers to the Roman author and naturalist Gaius Plinius Secundus – Pliny the Elder – whom many credit with having a hand in creating the botanical name for hops, a key ingredient in beer. Pliny the Younger is his nephew."I like hoppy beers, and this is as good of a hoppy beer as you'll find anywhere," Stewart said.

[MolBasser]

Vinny said that he was gonna send us a Growler.I'll give you a report.MolBasser

[Quaffer]

Nice.

[MolBasser]

Vinny treats us well.....I love that guy.MolBasser

[toonces]

Vinny treats us well.....I love that guy.MolBasser

met him once. seems like good people.

[bierboy]

Vinny said that he was gonna send us a Growler.I'll give you a report.MolBasser

some if us are still waiting

[CaptRon]

Never been willing to wait in a line around the block. Seriously,the line is that long.

[zymot]

Should have made to The Bistro Double IPA Festivalhttps://brookstonbee...a-winners-2013/Societe's The Roustabout was chosen best in show at the 13th annual Double IPA Festival today at the Bistro in Hayward, California. The full winner's list is below.1st Place: The Roustabout, Societe Brewing2nd Place: Double Jack, Firestone Walker Brewing3rd Place: Pliny the Elder, Russian River BrewingAnd for the second year, Triple IPAs were judged this year.1st Place: Pliny the Younger, Russian River Brewing2nd Place: Notorious Triple IPA, The Boneyard3rd Place: Simtra Triple IPA, Knee Deep BrewingAnd for the third straight year:People's Choice Award: Kern River Citra Double IPA

[Quaffer]

The wife brought home some Double Jack for me tonight while picking up her new favorite, Angry Orchard (cider) from Sam Adams. Thanks for the list, I'll check it next time I go beer hunting. I've had the Elder, but none of the others except Firestone.

[Quaffer]

Beer aficionados know it as a triple IPA – meaning it's triple the amount of hops and unicorn tears as in a regular IPA, which pushes the limits of flavor, intensity and alcohol content. The name Pliny refers to the Roman author and naturalist Gaius Plinius Secundus – Pliny the Elder – whom many credit with having a hand in creating the botanical name for hops, a key ingredient in beer. Pliny the Younger is his nephew."I like hoppy beers, and this is as good of a hoppy beer as you'll find anywhere," Stewart said.

[Genesee Ted]

Is it infused with unicorn tears?Beer nerd hype cracks me up.

Sure there is hype, but if a beer delivers, laughing at the hype is pretty silly

[TehFury]

Never been willing to wait in a line around the block. Seriously,the line is that long.

At first it is. By mid-week RRB was posting on the facebooks that there was no waiting in the pub. It's like video games or windows' releases, the fanboi's come first and the people with lives wait a few days.

[ChefLamont]

I have had it. I was in the right place (Denver) at the right time, and my very good friend StrangeBrewer got the 411 on it and the tickets. I got to have a pint of it side-by-side with elder. Neither of which I can get here.I liked it a lot. It is even lighter in body and more quafable than elder yet very hoppy without being absurdly out of balance. It was a truly awesome beer that people like us can really appreciate the craftsmanship that goes into it.Having said that, and having it side by side with elder, I have to say I like elder at least as much. Or let me put it this way, given the choice (If I lived out there) of going to the store and buying elder or waiting in silly long lines and throwing elbows etc to get younger. I would get elder. If availability/price was the same, I would probably get some of each.I am glad I had it though and would recommend it at least once.

[MtnBrewer]

If you guys like the Plinys, I encourage you to make the Hop Hammer recipe. It's sort of a new and improved Pliny the Elder. I really enjoyed that beer, one of the best homebrews I've ever made I think.

[Genesee Ted]

Checking out that Hop Hammer recipe, I am pretty surprised at the hop bill. Not so much for the varieties chosen, but all those bittering hops! To me it seems that they could be more advantageously pared down for the bittering and hopbursted from 20 mins on for a fuller flavor and aromatic effect. I will take your word of course that it is good, just my 2c on the formulation

[MtnBrewer]

Checking out that Hop Hammer recipe, I am pretty surprised at the hop bill. Not so much for the varieties chosen, but all those bittering hops! To me it seems that they could be more advantageously pared down for the bittering and hopbursted from 20 mins on for a fuller flavor and aromatic effect. I will take your word of course that it is good, just my 2c on the formulation

When I made it, I think I did do a little subbing on the hops to account for what I had in stock. For example, I think I used Magnums for bittering instead of Warrior. I really like what they did with the late addition hops. They all come at flameout. What that does is leave a little maltiness where the flavoring hops normally would be. Stone does the same thing in Ruination. It's kinda flies in the face of hopbursting but I like what it does.

[TehFury]

I'm making an Elder clone this weekend. Here's what I'm going with, adapted for stuff I had laying around. I haven't run the numbers but I'm figgering about 1.080 MOL to start and 1.011 on the back end. We shall see....6.5 Gal boil5 Gal Ferment90 min boil--14 # 2 row8 oz 40L1 # carapils1 # cornsugar (All pellets except 90 minute Cascade.)2 oz Cascade @ 90 min2 oz Warrior @ 90 min1 oz Simcoe @ 45 min1 oz Columbus @ 30 min2 oz Centenial @ FO1 oz Simcoe @ FO---3 oz Columbus DH 12-14 days1 oz Centenial DH 12-14 days1 oz Simcoe DH 12-14 days.5 oz Simcoe DH 5 days---WLP001

[SchwanzBrewer]

fury that is going to be terrible. You're going to have to bottle it all up and let me dispose of it for you.

[ChefLamont]

I haven't gone home and looked at the BCS recipe for this, but I am surprised not of them have dry hops only flameout.