Pliny the Elder - Delivered to Your Door

[kingmatt]

Yet again, Pennsylvania's backward a$$ liquor laws foil me from enjoying a delicious beer. Can't ship to PA as it's against state law apparently

edit: Jalgayer, how did you get it shipped to PA??? When I put in my shipping info it gives me an error and says 'unable to ship state - legal restrictions, please call store." Am I missing something?

 

[jalgayer]

+1

That's exactly what I was thinking. Seems fishy.

Huh? Not sure if you are saying that I am tricking people into trying to order. I really have no idea what you are getting at.

 

[jalgayer]

Yet again, Pennsylvania's backward a$$ liquor laws foil me from enjoying a delicious beer. Can't ship to PA as it's against state law apparently

edit: Jalgayer, how did you get it shipped to PA??? When I put in my shipping info it gives me an error and says 'unable to ship state - legal restrictions, please call store." Am I missing something?

Yep. Call the store directly. That is what I did. When I tried to order online I got the same error. Call em.

 

[northernlad]

I didn't know those sites existed. I was under the impression that you have to at least tell your age before you buy. Underage kids could buy booze from that site.

As far as I know you have to sign when it gets there. But, if this site is breaking the shipping laws into a state, they are probably not requiring Fed Ex to get an Adult's sig.

 

[ThatGuyRyan]

Just got my tracking notice and it says "Adult Signature Required" and should be delivered next thurs.

 

[brewt00l]

Yet again, Pennsylvania's backward a$$ liquor laws foil me from enjoying a delicious beer. Can't ship to PA as it's against state law apparently

edit: Jalgayer, how did you get it shipped to PA??? When I put in my shipping info it gives me an error and says 'unable to ship state - legal restrictions, please call store." Am I missing something?

There are places that will ship to states that do not permit beer/wine/liquor shipments on the sly if you contact them and inquire.....chatting about it on the internet, in plain view, is not the best thing to do if you want it to continue.

 

[944play]

It costs $4.50 for a 16oz. bottle at the brewery.

Putting on my pedantic pants, that's a 16.9oz bottle. Some shrewd customers have observed that, outside of happy hour (if you don't have an AHA card), the bottled Pliny is the same price as draft and the bottle in theory yields you an extra 0.9oz of the boozy gassy hop tea.

Let me just say that bottled Pliny, in my experience, is kinda sorry compared to the stuff straight off the SV.

 

[ThatGuyRyan]

Got my huge ass box delivered yesterday just in time for tonights Blackhawks game!

 

[HalfPint]

Huh? Not sure if you are saying that I am tricking people into trying to order. I really have no idea what you are getting at.

I think you misunderstood me. I was simply unaware that one could order alcohol online like this. Call me old-school, but I just didn't know that you could do that. I was simply stating the obvious flaws with the system not with anything you've done.

 

[Hang Glider]

Let me just say that bottled Pliny, in my experience, is kinda sorry compared to the stuff straight off the SV.

Some of us don't have that option, so we'll have to suffer through the bottled variety.

To affirm, yes, FedEx requires the signature of adult 21 or over to collect the package - as I just signed for mine!!!

 

[ThatGuyRyan]

Yea mine had " Package contains alcohol" all over the box. I was surprised that they could ship it as well since if you go into USPS, FedEx or UPS and tell them your shipping beer they will say no and my box was covered in warning stickers saying what’s inside. But hey who cares it arrived didn’t it!

 

[Shepherd5]

I am shocked! Why not just brew your own instead of paying so much per bottle after shipping? Frankly, I don't think Pliny is worth 6-7 bucks a bottle. Sorry, don't mean to sound disrespectful of folks that do love it, and I will admit that I am currently waiting to keg a clone of it.

On the other hand, Russian River's Blind Pig, now that is a great beer, much better in my opinion than Pliny!

So, my overall question is this, is it hard to match the original with a clone recipe? I am hoping that my Pliny Clone will taste better than the original. Even if it is close, I will be happy.

 

[steinsato]

I've brewed two different Pliny clones. both tasted good but I've never had the real deal so nothing to compare it to.

 

[jmkratt]

No mas Pliny?

I see Consecration only

 

[smokinghole]

I am shocked! Why not just brew your own instead of paying so much per bottle after shipping? Frankly, I don't think Pliny is worth 6-7 bucks a bottle. Sorry, don't mean to sound disrespectful of folks that do love it, and I will admit that I am currently waiting to keg a clone of it.

On the other hand, Russian River's Blind Pig, now that is a great beer, much better in my opinion than Pliny!

So, my overall question is this, is it hard to match the original with a clone recipe? I am hoping that my Pliny Clone will taste better than the original. Even if it is close, I will be happy.

I recently did the AHS clone recipe and a friend in CA sent me some bottles of Pliny. I liked my homebrew better as it had a more floral citrus flavor from the super fresh hops. Now in the Pliny's defense the brew was almost six months old so if the time drastically changes the hop profile of Pliny which I assume it does I still have to try a relatively fresh bottle. As it stood my super fresh clone vs the 6 month old Pliny mine won. The friend that send the Pliny to me also got a couple bottles of my clone and commented about how good it was.

I think it's hard to match it because I do believe Pliny uses hop extract which I'd like to play with. So using leaf/pellets will certainly change the flavor profile vs extract.

 

[Shepherd5]

So far, my two favorite hoppy beers are 1.) Sculpin IPA, and 2.) Blind Pig IPA, in that order.

Last weekend I had Pliny and Stone's Ruination IPA, and I was a bit disappointed, mainly due to the high bitterness. Thier hop profile doesn't really impress me that much. Stone's regular IPA is a very very balanced beer, which I prefer more than the Ruination.

I also tried Green Flash Brewery's IPA, and it was very bitter, although tasty, and much cheaper than Ruination. They are very similar.

The Dog Fish Head 60 min IPA reminded me of my last brew, but mine was better. It was 4.50 for a 12 oz bottle, ouch!

I think my next brew will be the BLind Pig clone from MoreBeer.

 

[scrambledegg81]

No mas Pliny?

I see Consecration only

Ditto...I was ready to max out my debit card here.

 

[jmkratt]

Again, they are out now, but he said they are getting shipments regularly and often.

When they get more in does the website just update so we can see Pliny again?

 

[jalgayer]

Just call them. And ask.