Beer freshness question: Pliny, Just Outstanding?

If you trust the person you are getting it from it should be fine for about 30 days or so. I've probably had Pliny about 25 times out of the bottle, only 1 time I wasn't impressed. The rest of the time it is consistently great. Most of the bottles I've had are 10-14 days old.

 

I was just at RRBC on 3/29 and bought bottles of pliny dated 3/7.

I've heard so many times over that pliny falls off so much quicker than any other IPA, so I decided to do a blind taste test one time. I had one bottle that was three weeks old and kept refrigerated the whole time, one that was three weeks old, but spent 4 days or so at room temperature in the light, and one that was about seven weeks old and kept refrigerated. Among 3 people, the three week old refrigerated bottle was unanimously the best, the three week old unrefrigerated was second, and the seven week old was last. Honestly though, none of us could taste any significant difference between the three. I'd be just as happy drinking the seven week old bottle as the 3 week old bottle. Maybe it's just us though, YMMV.

 

I agree. While there is something magical about ultra fresh pliny on tap, I just don't think the bottles are as volatile as people make them out to be. My friend tried to get into trading and bought a case of pliny before setting up his trades, life got in the way and soon he had a case of six week old Pliny he couldn't find any takers for. He decided to throw a pliny party and invited 7 guys to come and drink through it together. I decided to bring down a 4 day old bottle for some blind taste tests. Our group was split with 4 thinking the correct new bottle was the freshest while the other 3 misidentified the month old as being fresher... and no one out of the 7 of us felt really confident in our answer... we all felt they were pretty close to a tie in flavor.

*(The fine print, my friends case had been properly stored away from light in a walk in fridge at the bar he works at.)

 

My wife picked up a 12-pack of Pliny at the brewery yesterday 4/2, dated 3/7. Why the change, and what exactly is going on there? It's one thing to see month old (or older) beers through distro, but Pliny at the source? no comprende.

 

Like I said bottles and cases were going out a week ago dated 2-27-15. Why? I know that they were brewing pliny at the Firestone Walker site up until a week ago. The new brewery site opened last week. Down here in SoCal we (I) haven't seen any bottles at my local for weeks. Maybe they have been stockpiling the pliny for a rainy day. But the pliny on tap last week was fresh that day. And to be honest the month old bottles weren't bad at all. Carb was still present and the taste I thought was still spot on. Aroma was lost a bit. Still fine for me. Only bought a couple of bottles.

 

Start checking around, san diego had cases of pliny hit the usual spots. I did not check the date though so I can't tell you how old they are but it should be arriving around LA/OC as well.

I'm just sitting and waiting for more nelson though.

 

I bought a case at the brewery yesterday and when the server brought it to the table, it was bottled 3/7.
I don't go batshit crazy for Pliny and bought it because I knew it'd be great extras for the few trades I have going out this week and the wife is out of town this week.
Cracked one last night...still awesome.

 

Bought 2 bottles yesterday at one of my locals and they were dated 3-19. The bottles I bought a week ago at RRBC were bottled 2-27. Go figure. Something doesn't seem right here.

 

I think if you actually go into the "shop" they bring you the oldest shit.
But to be honest, how many guys on here would blow their load for 6-week old Pliny?

 

3/7 Pliny is on point. IMO, the only beers not disappointing from Illinois are Bourbon County & Unsessionable.

 

last Fri picked up two cases dated 3/7 as well. Wouldn't get so much had I looked.

Blind Pig and 2/56 were both out that day, BPig was out 1-2 days prior to it, 2/56 bit longer it seems.

 

I've had Pliny only a few times. I actually had a 1 week old bottle that tasted off. Had some 3 week old bottles that were literally one of the best ipas I've tasted. Go figure

 

Are you under the impression that beer loses carbonation as it ages or something?