So on the 4th of July I was at Fort George Brewing in Astoria, OR. As I usually am on the fourth. I got kinda excited when I heard they had a keg of Pliney the Elder since I had not ever tasted but only heard all the hype about this beer, most recently in Zymurgys best beers of the year issue. So I made a b-line to the taps and ordered my glass. As with most things of hype I usually am disapointed. I thought it was a good well balanced IPA at best, the best in America, deffinitely not. I just don't get it, why the hell would anyone stand in line for hours, or pay anything more than $5 or $6 for a glass of this IPA. After all its just an IPA. Here in the North West we have dive bars with just as good of IPA's on tap. Maybe someone needs to explain all this hype to me. I do give props to RR for what the brew. And more so for the hype they have surrouned around this beer. They got my money that day and I guess now I can say I've tried it. Anyway thats just my 2 cents.