Upon doing my research to write this post, I was surprised to find that Pliny the Elder was an actual person, a Roman scholar, historian, traveler, and writer and he was stationed at Misenum, at the time of the great eruption of Mt Vesuvius, which overwhelmed Pompeii (which has a movie dropping Feb. 21st, 2014), and caused his untimely death in 79 AD. He was immortalized by his nephew, Pliny the Younger, who continued his legacy. Now that you know the history.....on to the brew!
The aroma is amazing, clean, with a blend of citrus and pine. The taste has tremendous balance for such hoppy beer. This medium, orange colored brew has a frothy, but fizzy, good lacing cap. The aroma is a moderate, malty, caramel, light hoppy, piney with a grapefruit finish.
This brew is very hard to find in So. Cal outside of the actual Russian River Brewing Co. in Santa Rosa, CA. The only way to stumble upon this legendary brew, is to be persistent and call every wine & spirit location in your area until you hear that sweet, "Yes, we have some in stock" on the other end, and is usually sold as one, maybe two, per person.
My rating is 10/10 for this classic brew I was able to obtain. As always comments and suggestions are always welcome and maybe I'll share the location of where I've found this lovely gem.
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