Pliny the Younger 2020

Side Street will have it on tonight around 8pm.

 

How's the 02/05/2020 bottling tasting? Just got mine and will drink tomorrow. I figured under a month is best. Will an experienced Younger drinker chime in? Elder holds up pretty well until 1.5 months or so. What about Younger?

 

Younger has never been bottled before, right? I don't know that there is any Younger comparisons out there - maybe just follow whatever guidelines you apply to other TIPAs?

 

I just enjoyed a bottled PtY a few minutes ago and I think it's already beginning to fall off. I noticed an edge I hadn't tasted before. As for PtE, I've always thought 3 weeks was optimum. Age your cheese, not your Pliny.

 

This year's batch is tasting really good. I want to say I first tried it in 2009 and have been able to taste almost every year since. I know I’ve had it at Belmont, Horse Brass, Roscoe’s, Saraveza, and Side Street, which is where I was last night. Possibly had it elsewhere, but can’t completely recall. Anyways, in years past it’s been a little boozy. Don’t recall it ever being too sweet, maybe a little too bitter. This year's seemed to strike a nice balance of floral/bitter that you’d expect from a really good Pliny. Almost no booziness.

In this day and age with so many great option available, I don’t know if it’s worth going way out of the way for, but if you can get a taste with minimal hassle or just enjoy the camaraderie of tasting a sought after beer with a large group of fellow beer drinkers, it’s definitely worth it.

 

I read on the tap menu where I last had Younger in Anaheim that this year, Vinnie added a little bit of Nelson. Wonder if that made a difference.

 

Fyi cracked the 2/5 bottle and it was superb! Lived up to the hype. Very tropical nose and smooth for a TIPA. I'm happy.

 

The taplist at Orenco is live and is very worthy with 7 triple IPAs. Tank Slapper, pFreim, Notorious, Logical Choice, 3x from Grains of Wrath and Aslan.

 

Shoot. I was just planning on grabbing my first taste of Younger since 2008 or thereabouts, but I might not be able to pass up the chance to try it against Tank Slapper and pFriem. Hmmm.

(The wife and I are meeting friends for beers later, otherwise I'd happily get settled in at Orenco for the afternoon.)

 

My first taste of Younger since 2008 or 2009. Delicious!

 

Are they only doing 4oz pours? That'll give me a fighting chance of finding some tonight...

And while I have your attention- have got seen either the Export 66 or Crusher Destroyer on store shelves?

 

Block 15 / DeGarde Winter Amusement wild ale. Very good!

 

The way I understand it, they are only doing 4-ounce pours as part of the Triple Hop Slammed package: $16 for a glass and 8 sample tickets, one of which may be used to get a 4 oz. pour of Younger.

So that's one 4 oz. pour per person. If we assume they have a sixtel of Younger, that's something like 160 4-ounce pours.

 

I meant to tag you in my last post, so scroll up a bit and you'll see the details about Younger at Orenco.

Also (pt. 1): I have not seen any Export 66 or Crusher Destroyer on the shelves outside of Wayfinder.

Also (pt. 2): If you need to switch things up at Orenco, the Bruery Ruekeller Helles is a good effort. Worth trying.