Pliny The Younger 2018

younger is cool and all but i’m still have an empty spot for no ffac this year

probably do my annual younger trip to toronado and have a pint midday with no hassel

 

Remember, thefullpint.com should have a comprehensive list of other release locations and dates in the next couple of weeks.

 

so Pliny the Younger is still HYPE!?
I've havent had it yet in my craft beer career but I heard from a couple of different people that ,PTY is all hype. is this so!?

 

Contrary to popular belief Pliny the Younger is still a beer, not a hype.

 

Every beer is evolved around hype really. Worth getting a pour though.

I still prefer Pliny the Toddler.

 

Overhyped, Pliny the Dotard is much better.

 

imma try this year to find it on tap then. lets see what all this fuss is about.

 

FWIW, your YMMV, there's been years where its been spectacular for my palate and preferences and batches where I've wondered why I wasted my time that particular day. When it's uber dry and crazy smooth for 10+% I've really enjoyed it. Years where some malt sweetness poked through, less so. I try, though not with special exertion, to get a pour every year. Guess the take home message is that, much like other beers, I think more than one data point is needed for a true assessment.

PTY is not unique in this respect, there's been times where I've been "Holy Sh!t!" this glass of Notorious is killing it, and times where it's been far too sweet for my liking. Carry on

 

Obviously you guys haven't had the Toronado release only of the Pliny the hazy. Whalez bro!
10.25 HAZY


Might have posted this last year too. When I was at the brewery last year for younger, I just used one of my tickets, and passed on the other two. They had a glass of sweet liquid love called compunction on draft that blew me away. Give it a look up. Doesn't come around too often i'm guessing. Maybe just around younger time, but it was MAGICAL sour.

 

Mmm mmm. Compunction. Haven't had any since obrians in 2013 but damn that is a mighty fine beverage.

 

Weird, that’s the last time and place that I had it also. RR week 2013. Elder, Younger and Compunction (among others). Compunction is a beautiful beer. A real treat. Then stopped by Societe for growler fills of OG The Pupil on my way back home.

 

Yeah I'd rather have Hopfather than PtY

 

Never had that one. Heard good things.

 

I will say that I go with a few less-beer-focused friends every year to one of the PtY keg events, and it is quite possibly my favorite beer event of the year. Is PtY the greatest TIPA I will have this year? Probably not. But it is a great experience, and I wouldn't give it up for a keg of Tree House.

 

i enjoy hopfather so much, mainly because i can get a growler fill and enjoy it at home!

 

It's a study in old-school popular beers. It's still good, but there's been a sea change in palates overall. Like I said, I still really like it.

Gonna do my usual and donate some money to Beachwood's charity. We usually get a pour, and it's a good time as any to donate.

 

Beachwood's Pliny drive is a real class act. They could make some good money off that beer, bit instead they donate it. I always buy one ticket

 

Anyone know if the to-go-only line will still exist during PTY week at the brewpub? Don't care much for 8 hours of waiting for a pour, but am driving back to the South Bay from wine country on the 4th and wouldn't mind grabbing a growler of Blind Pig for the super bowl.