Me and a couple of friends bring up a batch of holy Citra Session IPA a couple of weekends ago finally had a chance to tap the keg and it came out fantastic!
I filled a growler for everyone that had a hand in brewing it and now am enjoying a pint myself!
Pliny the Elder All Grain Homebrew Recipe Kit
Russian River Pliny the Elder is one of those beers that I would love to stock my refrigerator or my kegerator for that matter with. Unfortunately it is also one of the most difficult beers for a person to come by. The good news is that home brewers can brew their own Pliny the Elder!
Here is the recipe:
| Beer Style: | Double IPA |
| Recipe Type: | All Grain |
| Batch Size: | 5 Gallons |
| Mash Type: | Infusion 60 Minuntes at 152F Mash 10 Minuntes at 169F Mash Out |
| Grain Bill: | 13 LBS Pale 2 Row Malt 1 LBS Cara-Pils Malt 8 OZ Crystal 40L Malt 1 LBS Corn Sugar Added During Last 10 Minutes of Boil |
| Hops: | 2 oz Whole Cascade Hops Added at the Start of the Mash 2 oz Magnum – Start of Boil – 90 Minutes 1 oz Simcoe at 45 Minutes 1 oz Columbus at 30 Minutes 1 oz Simcoe at Falme Out 2 oz Centennial at Flame Out |
| Other Additions: | Whirlfloc Tablet at 5 Minutes Before End of Boil |
| Yeast: | Wyeast 1056 American Ale Yeast or SA-05 |
| Fermentation: | 2 Week Primary Fermentation at 68F Dry Hop at the end of fermentation for 5-7 days 3 oz Columbus 1 oz Centennial 1 oz Simcoe Cold crash for 2 days at 40F Bottle or Keg and Condition for 2 weeks |
| Notes: | This Pliny the Elder Kit and an Extract Version can be purchase here |
Homebrew Recipe for Pliny the Elder
One of the best things about this recipe is that it was given to MoreBeer from the owner of Russian River. For a very reasonable price MoreBeer is selling both the Pliny the Elder All Grain Beer Kit and the Extract Pliny the Elder Beer kit for a very reasonable price and it ships free!
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Ska Brewing Decadent Imperial IPA
Disclaimer: Before reading this review please keep in mind, I am not a self proclaimed beer expert, I am just a home beer brewer who enjoys beer. My posts do not typically go into great detail and may be unconventional in their format; they are simply intended to help people with similar tastes avoid bad beers and find great beers.
Beer: Decadent Imperial IPA
Brewery: Ska Brewing
Style: Imperial IPA
ABV: 10%
My Score: 6/10
Review:
It was a Sunday night and my brother had invited me over for dinner and I thought that I would bring a beer over. I had selected this Ska Brewing, Decadent Imperial IPA since I knew it was 10% ABV and if it was terrible, I did not want to have to drink it all by myself. Sorry brother. Any time I see a wax covered top to a bottle I always worry that the brewery is trying to hard because the beer can’t sell itself; it is kinda like the push up bra of beer bottles.
So about the beer. It was not bad, but it was not great. In my opinion some breweries go way to far with their double and imperial IPA’s. They typically make them too strong and the hop profile gets over powered by the taste of malt and or alcohol. One of the reasons why Pliny the Elder is so good is that they balance it so well, is contains 20% less alcohol by volume than this beer and the hops are allowed to be showcased. Anyhow, back to this beer. It had a nice head, nice body, great color, mediocre clarity, but just tasted alright. Not a bad beer, I might even order it again if I saw it on tap, was having a bad day, there was nothing awesome on the beer board and I just wanted to get drunk.
In a nutshell:
Thumbs Middle for Ska Brewing Decadent IPA
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