I brewed the WORLD'S MOST HYPED BEER [Pliny the Younger Recipe]

this is the most hyped beer in the U.S and people are willing to wait three hours or more just to have a taste I love beer as much as the next guy but you'll never catch me in a line that long you might have heard of this fear the famed Pliny the Younger is it worth all that hype and the weight that's Up For Debate but what if you could skip the line and have some of your own Pliny on tap at home that's what I'll attempt to find out today [Music] let's back up a bit and set some background to what planet of the younger is for the uninitiated younger is brewed by Russian River Brewing Company out of Santa Rosa California and Russian River is probably most famously known for commercially Brewing one of the first double ipas known as Pliny the Elder head Brewer Vinnie treluzzo went on to win dozens of awards and that beer really helped put them on the map and having been to Russian River having Elder on tap and also having several bottles before I can tell you this is a must try beer if you ever get the chance and it's usually easier to find Elder was first brewed in 1999 and in 2005 Vinnie followed it up with Pliny the Younger the first triple IPA commercially brewed while Elder is about eight percent younger has more malt more Hops and comes in around 10.25 percent it's bigger Bolder and thanks to its clever release strategy it's harder to find since I only Brew it during a select and small window early in the year that means a limited Supply luckily I live in California so Russian River distributes a few kegs of younger around the state and I've been lucky enough to get a pint which I feel like people don't realize you can can actually get tickets to these younger Day events and you don't have to wait in any lines so keep an eye out for them if you live in Cali but while it's certainly a fantastic beer I still wouldn't wait in those lines for a taste so let's try to brew one of our own so we can have it on tap anytime we want some now before we get too ahead of myself I do want to state that it'll be nearly impossible to clone younger as they keep the recipe pretty tight to their chest and they also changed out the Hops just about every year but Russian River has released that Elder recipe before and there's also several blogs and recipes for younger out there so hopefully using all this we can get pretty close I'll mainly be referencing Michael Toms Meyer's recipe on his mad fermentationist blog but there's also a great episode on experimental Brewing podcast about home brewing homage to younger and I'll be sure to include links to both in the description with that in mind here's the recipe I brewed up 90 turo which for a triple IPA this is about 17 pounds and 10 corn sugar to help dry out the beer this is one thing I did notice about the plinybeers they have a very dry finish which helps the Hops shine and make the beer quite crushable despite its higher ABV big thanks to the partners that made this Brew day possible Northern Brewer for providing all the ingredients and claw hammer supply for providing the 120 volt electric Brewing System if you're in need of more ingredients or looking to go electric I'll leave links to both these companies in the description so I decided to follow tonsmeier's match schedule starting with a step match at 143 Fahrenheit for 15 minutes to help break down the complex starches a bit more to make a more fermentable board meaning a drier finish alternatively you could look to use some enzymes to help with this instead which I've done before in my American light lager to great success be sure to check that one out if you haven't after the 15 minutes I race up the temp to 148 Fahrenheit for 60 minutes for the main mesh let's talk Hops and bitterness ipas are bitter and double ipas are really better so triple ipas must be extremely bitter right well it's all kind of relative since we're adding more malt the perceived baroness won't be as intense as you would expect so don't be too surprised when I tell you that the calculated ibus for this beer are 150. I mean technically if you look at tanzmeyer's recipe he says 199 ibus but it doesn't feel like that when you taste the spear it certainly has a strong punch of hoppiness but it's balanced out by all that malt that we're using any less Hops and this beer might feel too sweet so in order to get it started on the right foot we're going to need a big punch of bitterness right at the top of the boil in order to achieve that I'm using two hop shots which are basically CO2 extracted hop oils that are very concentrated they work best for bittering although you could use them for flavor and Rome additions I suppose but there is a trick to get the Hop oils to mix with the warp otherwise they tend to float on top of the boil and eventually just stick to the size of the kettle first step is to place the Hop shots in some warm water to get the oil loosened up next you want some high proof alcohol to help make the oil more soluble I'm using Everclear yeah and I just add a little bit to the glass and then shoot the hot chops into it while the mash is going I occasionally stir this up to help it dissolve and mix in a little better and when the mash is done the water is to a boil I started a 90 minute timer and added in this Everclear pop oil tincture there are some charts online that help estimate how much bitterness you can expect from Hop shots but this should get us about 66 ibus then with one hour left I added in the next bittering hop two ounce of ctz and that's pretty much it for the boil near the end of the boil I did a wolf like tablet for clarity and some fermato to boost the nutrient content to help out the yeast at the very end of the boil I turned off the heat and then dropped in the corn sugar giving it a stir to mix in and then finally added in all the flavor and Aroma hops which are four ounces of Amarillo three ounces of Chinook and two ounces of Simcoe as I mentioned Russian River changes out what kind of hops they use so you can totally swap things in for your preference I think this year they used some Elixir and nectaron so give it a try and let me know what you use I chilled the beer down and then added in a nice big starter of us-05 but something like San Diego Super yeast could work great here any solid well fermenting L strain would be a good option the wart had an original gravity of 1.090 with the East End I let the beer ferment at 67 Fahrenheit and a couple days into fermentation I added in the first charge dryops one ounce Amarillo one ounce Chinook and one ounce Simcoe I put the Hops into a bag and tossed it into the fermenter [Music] then a little over a week later the beer was done and the final gravity came in at 1.010 meaning the final ABV on this was about 10.5 percent just about on the money and pretty dry too which was pleasing to see before kicking it up I added in another load of dry hops same as before when I saw Mario one ounce Chinook and one ounce Simcoe this time I opted for just tossing them loose into the cake but if you do go this way make sure you install a floating dip tube otherwise you might get hops stuck in your regular dip too ask me how I know anyways I closed the keg Purge with CO2 and transferred the beer in then carved it up until it was ready to drink this beer is the definition of golden with a nice steady head that really lingers for quite a while it's still a bit hazy despite all the findings that I throw at it but this is probably due to the sheer amount of hops I added the aroma is amazing loads of citrus Pine and very resinous much like you would expect from a great West Coast IPA when I take a sip the first thing that hits me is the strong bitterness but not overly bitter it's bounced Against The Malt sweetness and as it sits on your palate it definitely Mellows out there's a big punch of grapefruit and it's very Piney almost sticky with all those hot oils the hoppiness really coats your mouth but it doesn't drink like you would expect for a 10 plus percent beer it really does go down quite easily that is until you have a few and you remember just how strong ten percent can be I think if I were to brew it again I would love to try some other hot varieties for the dry hops maybe even use some cryo to minimize the hot matter which I know will be an issue when I get to those later pints in this keg you could also try doing all the dry hops in the fermenter to help with that issue but overall I'm super pleased with this one it's not a direct replica of Vinnie's famed Pliny the Younger but it is pretty damn close and pretty damn good in my opinion and I have no problems drinking or sharing this one plus the only time I have to wait is the time it takes to fill up a glass better than any line I'd say cheers and happy Brewing thanks for watching if you're looking for another great West Coast IPA recipe I got an awesome one right here that's loaded with Dank Aroma and flavor check it out

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Length: 8min 1sec (481 seconds)

Published: Tue Apr 25 2023