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- What's up everyone.
And welcome to another
episode of Uncanned.
And today we have a very
special episode for you.
We're not uncanning, just one beer,
we're canning two beers,
and they're not just any beer,
probably some of the
most sought-after beers
in craft beer history.
Yes, we have Pliny the
Elder and not only that,
we also have Pliny For President
the double dry-hopped
version of Pliny the Elder
that Russian River
released earlier this year.
So the first thing that I wanna do
is really just kind of
see how these two beers
compare side by side.
And when I'm looking at Pliny,
I'm always looking at
how fresh is it, right?
So usually can find a date, here we go.
This was bottled on July 24th.
So very fresh.
We're taking this on August 9th.
So two weeks old,
I'm not gonna try and do the
math at this point in time,
but that's a fresh, Pliny the Elder here.
And then for Pliny For President,
this was can, let's see July 10th.
So about a month old.
So a little bit older,
but still shouldn't be
too big of a difference.
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Alright. So first things first,
I got these poured into a glass
and we have the Pliny the Elder here,
which has a nice kind
of straw, yellow, gold,
really nice carbonation here.
Thin film of head right on top.
That's clinging pretty nicely.
And then we have the Pliny For President,
right on this side here.
And the first thing you notice is
that on the color spectrum,
they're pretty similar,
Plenty For President, the
double dry-hopped version
does have a little bit more gold in it.
And it does seem to be
just a tad bit more clear,
but both of them are pretty
clear, but they're just,
there's a slight haze
on the Pliny the Elder,
and there's a little bit more clarity
on the Pliny For President.
So on the nose, let's do side by side.
Very nice and you get your
classic Pliny the Elder,
west coast, double IPA nose on this,
a little bit of orange, a
little bit of tangerine.
You do get a little of that
bitter dankness as well,
a little bit of lemon
rind, grapefruit brine,
and a slight bit of grassiness as well.
And let's compare that to the
nose on Pliny For President
and to kind of reset my nose.
Just kind of smell my skin a
little bit, it's not weird.
I promise it does help
kind of reset some of your,
I don't know, senses, I guess.
Little bit of a brighter nose on this,
less of that kind of resonate dankness
than more of the fleshy juicy
part of the citrus fruit.
Feel like chunks of fresh orange, lemon.
It's like a citrus fruit basket.
And again, some of that
bright grassy character
to it as well.
It doesn't smell like
it has the bitterness
that the regular Pliny the Elder has,
but both smell fantastic.
Both smell extremely good, very delicious.
So without further ado,
let's jump right into
it before I do, I mean,
these beers are essentially identical.
Like I don't think you could
really tell the difference
between these if you were asked
to pick them out of a lineup.
The color, the clarity,
they're just (mumbles),
they're just both so very close.
Head retention, both very
similar and the nose too,
is both really similar as well.
But yeah, a little bit more brightness
on the nose of this Pliny For President.
Let's give him a whirl.
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Fucking fantastic IPA here.
Really bright citrus fruit on
this kind of follows the nose,
grassy, citrus, bitter, very
nice, very well balanced.
And I think that's why
this beer is what it is
in the beer world, is the balance.
It's hard to believe
that it is sitting at...
What is the ABV?
It's been a while since
I've even looked at this.
8% on a Pliny the Elder.
And I'm assuming that Pliny
for President is 8% as well.
Yes, it is.
So let's give that one a whirl.
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Let me right off the bat,
it's just a sweeter beer.
It's not like big double IPA
MultiCare, Mel sweetness.
It is tropical fruit sweetness
that you're getting on this beer.
Actually more in line of what IPAs
are tasting like today in 2020.
So in a way you kind of
look at both of these beers
and you say, "This is the classic,
"The Pliny of the Elder of old,
"The one that will never go bad.
"The one that will always be delicious."
And then Pliny for President
is the modern, younger, sleeker,
more updated version of the beer
that kind of fits more in line
of what IPA drinkers are expecting today.
So I think they fit alongside each other
really, really well.
It's gonna be hard for me to pick out
which one I like better.
So, let me just give it another whirl
because it's gonna be tough.
Kind of delicious.
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Fuck this is really hard.
I like both of them in different ways.
And the fact that they're so similar
is like picking like a one A and one B.
I'm gonna force myself to
go ahead and pick something.
And so my one A is going
to be Pliny for President.
I do appreciate the brightness
of the tropical sweetness of this beer.
It just hit me in the right way right now.
And if you've listened to any
of my videos, you know that,
that's kind of my philosophy is that
there's no one favorite beer.
It's what is your,
what is the beer that you
like best in that moment,
in the context of where you're
sitting on the particular day
in the particular place in time.
So right now I'm picking
Pliny for President,
but Pliny the Elder is right behind it.
And they're both delicious.
I'm kind of curious as to
what it will taste like
if I combine the two.
So you think I should?
Yes, no, yes, no.
Fuck it, I'm gonna do it.
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I just conveyed Pliny the
Elder and Pliny for President
8% double IPA from Russian
River Brewing Company.
Excellent beer, get your
hands on both of these,
if you can,
which just damn good. Cheers.
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Fuck that's so good.
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