Pliny the Elder (14B) - EXTRACT Homebrew Ingredient Kit

Just tried this after bottling six weeks ago and itís great. Couldnít wait to try it. Good taste, body, mouth feel and carbonation! Never had the original Pliny but love this IPA and will definitely make it again...

I brewed and bottled this about 3 months ago for a friend's birthday. It is the best beer I have ever brewed. Perfect head, great aroma, amazing flavor. My share of the batch is about gone so I purchased another kit to keg! Can't wait! If you enjoy a hoppy but not over powering beer this is for you!

I brewed the extract version. I kegged it on Friday night. We had friends over on Sunday and everyone loved it. It isnt fully carbonated yet, but i was letting people have small tastes. I can't wait for it to be fully carbed and ready to go. The extract kit is amazingly close to the real deal. Highly recommend this beer!!

Brewed the AG version. After 2.5 weeks bottle conditioning, it is well carbinated and very aromatic. I could smell and taste orange and grapefruit in the easy to drink brew. Kept its head all the way through. Can't wait to see how this will taste after the full 6 weeks recommended conditioning, if it lasts that long.

I'm a huge fan of anything Russian River brews, and I made it out to the brewery last fall. Pliny the Elder is probably my favorite beer of all time. I brewed the extract version of this kit - didn't change a thing or add any ingredients. Sat in primary for 2 weeks, then secondary for about 2 weeks, then kegged it. A few days later it was ready to go. I was able to find the REAL Pliny the Elder on tap at a bar, so I was able to compare it to the original pretty accurately, and it's very close. The flavors and aroma were spot on. The only difference that I could tell right away was that my kit version came out very cloudy - didn't clear up at all. It really is an incredible kit and makes an incredible hop bomb brew. I had a major problem kegging this beer due to the fact that the kit had so many hops in it. My corney keg fittings kept getting clogged. Make sure you strain your wort, or use hop bags with this kit...hopefully you won't have the trouble that I did, but it was worth every drop. The ABV was spot-on at about 7.5%. I will definitely brew this again and again. Once you drink a pint of this beer you will be ruined. No other double IPA comes close.