Pliny the Younger was a lawyer, author and magistrate of Ancient Rome. He’s most famous for his accounts of the eruption of Vesuvius on August 24, 79 AD. Pliny’s uncle, aptly named Pliny the Elder, helped raise and educate him. The Elder apparently also created the original botanical name for hops — “Lupus Salictarious” — which awesomely translates to “a wolf among scrubs,” named because of the way hops clung wildly to anything they could grab in the old Roman forests. The Russian River Brewing Co.’s Pliny the Younger and Pliny the Elder brands are both homages to these two historians, writers and naturalists. Pliny the Elder is a Double IPA and Pliny the Younger is a Triple IPA. With triple the amount of hops as a regular IPA, the latter is extremely difficult, time and space consuming and very expensive to make. Both are some of the most sought-after craft beers, and when they’re on tap for a few weeks, folks from all over the world flock to Santa Rosa, Calif., to get a taste of these two brews. Learn why in this excellent documentary above.
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travismelvin says
January 12, 2014 at 11:43 amRT @beerofsc: [email protected] features a short documentary about Pliny the Younger from @RussianRiverBC. http://t.co/v2oFpnyhCq #CraftBeer
BeerProspector says
January 9, 2014 at 7:59 pmViva Pliny @CityTavernCC: Documentary on Russian River Brewing’s Pliny the Younger and Elder. http://t.co/uLCMZazPqu
Calistoga says
January 9, 2014 at 7:01 pmRT @CityTavernCC: Documentary on Russian River Brewing’s Pliny the Younger and Elder. http://t.co/DSLHC7EH9l
GeoffreyWhite says
January 9, 2014 at 6:49 pmCool doc about Russian River & Pliny http://t.co/FUZ5Nqxdje @Matt_McKenzie1 @thenharris
beercountry says
January 9, 2014 at 6:48 pmRT @CityTavernCC: Documentary on Russian River Brewing’s Pliny the Younger and Elder. http://t.co/DSLHC7EH9l
CityTavernCC says
January 9, 2014 at 6:46 pmDocumentary on Russian River Brewing’s Pliny the Younger and Elder. http://t.co/DSLHC7EH9l
beerofsc says
January 9, 2014 at 8:12 am[email protected] features a short documentary about Pliny the Younger from @RussianRiverBC. http://t.co/v2oFpnyhCq #CraftBeer
davidrisso says
January 8, 2014 at 7:43 pmRT @beerforyou: Documentary on Russian River Brewing?s Pliny the Younger and Elder #beer http://t.co/P0qi98DVGB
klwatts says
January 8, 2014 at 6:50 pmCan’t make the Pliny the Younger release in California (..sigh)? Here’s a short doc on why you should try next year: http://t.co/K3geCKR8qe
flandersis says
January 8, 2014 at 4:23 pmRT @CraftBrewingBiz: Documentary on Russian River Brewing’s Pliny the Younger and Elder and their ravenous fans. http://t.co/7tU5okFLRa
brew_daze says
January 8, 2014 at 3:54 pmRT @CraftBrewingBiz: Documentary on Russian River Brewing’s Pliny the Younger and Elder and their ravenous fans. http://t.co/7tU5okFLRa
winecompass says
January 8, 2014 at 3:54 pmRT @CraftBrewingBiz: Documentary on Russian River Brewing’s Pliny the Younger and Elder and their ravenous fans. http://t.co/7tU5okFLRa
CrowdBrewed says
January 8, 2014 at 3:53 pmRT @CraftBrewingBiz: Documentary on Russian River Brewing’s Pliny the Younger and Elder and their ravenous fans. http://t.co/7tU5okFLRa
BarlysAnglsSoMN says
January 8, 2014 at 12:40 pmRT @CraftBrewingBiz: Documentary on Russian River Brewing’s Pliny the Younger and Elder and their ravenous fans. http://t.co/7tU5okFLRa
alegna422 says
January 8, 2014 at 12:40 pmRT @CraftBrewingBiz: Documentary on Russian River Brewing’s Pliny the Younger and Elder and their ravenous fans. http://t.co/7tU5okFLRa