bigbeergeek
Well-Known Member
Good luck finding I Beat yoU where you can't find Pliny!
I lived around the corner from a bar in LA that had Pliny on tap all the time (Father's Office, Culver City). I've had the beer fresh, on tap more times than I could count. For me the beer was never a Holy Grail, just the best damn hop-forward beer I've ever had. I agree that the Elder is better than the Younger. The Younger IS a hype machine. A fantastic beer, worth savoring if you get the opportunity, but the Younger is not nearly as refined and balanced as the Elder. The Elder strikes such dynamic equilibriums when it is fresh. I've had quite a few old mishandled bottles of Pliny that are so-so at best. If you ever had a bottle of Pliny that was so-so, you had a bad bottle. This beer not only lives up to the hype, it exceeds it. Believe me.
Brewery fresh Firestone-Walker Double Jack gives Pliny a run for it's money. That is an amazingly UNDER-hyped beer...
I lived around the corner from a bar in LA that had Pliny on tap all the time (Father's Office, Culver City). I've had the beer fresh, on tap more times than I could count. For me the beer was never a Holy Grail, just the best damn hop-forward beer I've ever had. I agree that the Elder is better than the Younger. The Younger IS a hype machine. A fantastic beer, worth savoring if you get the opportunity, but the Younger is not nearly as refined and balanced as the Elder. The Elder strikes such dynamic equilibriums when it is fresh. I've had quite a few old mishandled bottles of Pliny that are so-so at best. If you ever had a bottle of Pliny that was so-so, you had a bad bottle. This beer not only lives up to the hype, it exceeds it. Believe me.
Brewery fresh Firestone-Walker Double Jack gives Pliny a run for it's money. That is an amazingly UNDER-hyped beer...