Russian River and the Younger Experience
Once a year Russian River releases a beer that is now so famous that El Guapo himself may elevate this to the category of in-famous. Beer heathens from all over the U.S. and abroad travel great lengths for the chance to taste and fill growlers of Pliny the Younger, a triple IPA that packs a serious wallop at 10% plus and “gobs” of IBU’s. What took a week last year to finish off was gone in less than 8 hours. Insanity. This is one man’s point of view of the experience. All photos courtesy of Chad, aka cpferris on BeerAdvocate.
about Tecate, Corona, Dos Equis, Bohemia, Negro Modelo, or any of the great summertime thirst quenchers. I’m talking big, bold, highly flavored, brew straight out of B.C.. We’ll just call it “grandote” for now and leave it at that.
Mouthfeel is a bit stagnant; the carbonation could be pumped up a little in this bottle, which , coupled with mucho alcohol, make the drinkability almost nonexistent.
Gnarleywine, and now 2009 Correction Ale, although it might be better named “erection ale” as this is one pants-raising beer. Although this beer marks the end of the Zappa line of beers it was brewed in the spirit of celebrating the financial turmoil that Americans are currently experiencing. “Live to party” is the motto inscribed on the side of the bottle, and I wholeheartedly agree with this philosophy.
luffy IPA head that one would expect. There is some good lacing around the glass as the beer is consumed.
Now think about this, although the label is extremely bad ass, do trout really live in Georgia?  It’s fucking hot there. I’ll leave this question up to 
I’ve been getting into barley wine lately. Had twenty or so samples of the style in the past year, both on tap and bottles. Barrel aged and not. I’d say after the experience of these tastings, that I really love a good barrel aged barley wine. Something about the aging really makes the smell and taste pop while maintaing a good balance of flavor.
most of the year and whose official sport is dog-sledding, they make a damn good barley wine. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not encouraging anyone to move to a state that borders on three seas and is twice the size of Texas (thanks middle-school geography report), but considering the quality brew that is coming out of Alaska, it might not be all that bad.
I can think of a lot of stupid shit that I’ve done over the course of 30 years. Whether it was throwing my own shit at the neighbor’s house, lighting the backyard on fire with M80’s smuggled from Mexico, 
It is not the case that this big, 10% ABV Stout should ever be consumed for breakfast. Not unless you have most of the rest of the day to take a nap. They call this one a breakfast stout since it has the best coffee flavor that you’ve ever had in a beer. That, plus it’s full of some mellower whiskey flavors from being stuck in barrels for a time before being bottled.
Another beer that I’ve trader for lately; this one arrived as a six pack that was shared with the entire crew.I like the name of this beer. Any time that a company can alliterate the name of a beer so that it flows easily off the tongue when you’re drunk, I feel blessed. That, and it beats the hell out of calling it testicle juice.
