Pliny!

[limulus]

I have had a couple of glasses of Pliny and this stuff is killer. I've never had the real Pliny, but from watching reviews on youtube, this stuff definitely has the same color. The aroma is amazing. This is the real deal from morebeer.com Even my wife who gags on beer, loved the aroma. She definitely got all the aroma that the hops generate.

 

[Stokes_]

Ok, how about a link or a post of the recipe?

 

[Beer-lord]

Here's the one I used and will use again. It's from Vinnie himself (or so 'they' say)

BeerSmith 2 Recipe Printout - http://www.beersmith.com
Recipe: Pliny the Elder
Brewer: Paul
Asst Brewer:
Style: American IPA
TYPE: All Grain
Taste: (30.0)

Recipe Specifications
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Boil Size: 8.25 gal
Post Boil Volume: 6.45 gal
Batch Size (fermenter): 6.00 gal
Bottling Volume: 6.00 gal
Estimated OG: 1.075 SG
Estimated Color: 6.4 SRM
Estimated IBU: 207.3 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 80.00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 82.9 %
Boil Time: 90 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amt Name Type # %/IBU
13 lbs 4.0 oz Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 1 87.2 %
9.6 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L (40.0 SRM) Grain 2 3.9 %
9.6 oz Carapils (Briess) (1.5 SRM) Grain 3 3.9 %
12.0 oz Corn Sugar (Dextrose) (0.0 SRM) Sugar 4 4.9 %
3.50 oz Columbus (Tomahawk) [14.00 %] - Boil 90. Hop 5 150.8 IBUs
0.75 oz Columbus (Tomahawk) [14.00 %] - Boil 45. Hop 6 27.7 IBUs
1.00 oz Simcoe [13.00 %] - Boil 30.0 min Hop 7 28.7 IBUs
2.50 oz Simcoe [13.00 %] - Boil 0.0 min Hop 8 0.0 IBUs
1.00 oz Centennial [10.00 %] - Boil 0.0 min Hop 9 0.0 IBUs
1.0 pkg Safale American (DCL/Fermentis #US-05) Yeast 10 -
1.00 oz Centennial [10.00 %] - Dry Hop 12.0 Days Hop 11 0.0 IBUs
1.00 oz Columbus (Tomahawk) [14.00 %] - Dry Hop Hop 12 0.0 IBUs
1.00 oz Simcoe [13.00 %] - Dry Hop 12.0 Days Hop 13 0.0 IBUs
0.25 oz Simcoe [13.00 %] - Dry Hop 5.0 Days Hop 14 0.0 IBUs
0.25 oz Centennial [10.00 %] - Dry Hop 5.0 Days Hop 15 0.0 IBUs
0.25 oz Columbus (Tomahawk) [14.00 %] - Dry Hop Hop 16 0.0 IBUs


Mash Schedule: BIAB, Medium Body
Total Grain Weight: 15 lbs 3.2 oz
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Name Description Step Temperat Step Time
Saccharification Add 37.23 qt of water at 160.4 F 152.1 F 75 min
Mash Out Add -0.00 qt of water and heat to 170.0 170.0 F 10 min

Sparge: Remove grains, and prepare to boil wort
Notes:
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Mash grains at 151-152° F (66-67° C) for an hour or until starch conversion is complete. Mash out at 170° F (77° C) and sparge. Collect 8 gallons (30 L) of runoff, stir in dextrose, and bring to a boil. Add hops as indicated in the recipe. After a 90 minute boil, chill wort to 67° F (19° C) and transfer to fermenter. Pitch two packages of yeast or a yeast starter and aerate well. Ferment at 67° F (19° C) until fermentation activity subsides, then rack to secondary. Add first set of dry hops on top of the racked beer and age 7-9 days, then add the second set. Age five more days then bottle or keg the beer.

 

[limulus]

Sorry, I bought the real recipe from morebeer.com Vinnie Cilurzo, the founder of Russian River Brewing, provided the recipe to morebeer. You can go right to their site and buy an all grain kit http://morebeer.com/products/russian-rivers-pliny-elder-extract-beer-kit.html It comes with a pant load of hops.

 

[limulus]

...so tonight, I consumed 10 really hot wings. They were so hot that I think I could have lit a cigarette with the tip of my tongue. Pliny The Elder is an excellent selection for really hot wings. I could taste the sweetness of the malt and not just a hop bomb while the citrus aroma was just perfect with the hot wings.

 

[J343MY]

...so tonight, I consumed 10 really hot wings. They were so hot that I think I could have lit a cigarette with the tip of my tongue. Pliny The Elder is an excellent selection for really hot wings. I could taste the sweetness of the malt and not just a hop bomb while the citrus aroma was just perfect with the hot wings.

You are right on with how well this beer (any ipa really) pairs with spicy food. A few years ago I was eating a very spicy chinese hotpot with my gf and a few of her girlfriends. They weren't really beer drinkers, but I poured them some of my pliny clone to drink with dinner. They went nuts for it. The spiciness really cuts through the bitterness, and accentuated the fruitiness which they loved.