Pliny the Elder helped to put its brewery, Russian River Brewing Company, on the map. The California-based brewery was founded in 1997 by Korbel Champagne Cellars. The winery hired Vinnie Cilurzo as ...

There are a lot of things that make beer awesome. Food can make good beer great. Experience can make an average beer amazing. My fondness for Budweiser has more to do with memories than the beer ...

you wouldn’t know the... 2000: Russian River debuts its double-hopped India pale ale, Pliny the Elder, at the Double IPA Festival in Hayward. Its namesake is the Roman naturalist and philosopher ...

with Pliny the Elder. (Christopher Chung/ The Press Democrat) OK, when can I get my hands on some Pliny? It’s all happening starting at 11 a.m. Friday, Feb. 2, and during Russian River’s business ...

After making an appearance in San Francisco during February’s SF Beer Week, Russian River Brewing Company ... by pushing the boundaries of the Pliny the Elder beer recipe, which is arguably ...

(KRON) — Pliny the Younger, a limited-edition triple IPA that’s only available for a couple of weeks a year, hit bars and restaurants around the Bay Area this week. The sought-after beer is ...

co-owner and brewmaster at Russian River Brewing Co., seeks out new ways to integrate more hop aromas and flavors into the beer each year. This year’s release “is like Pliny the Elder on ...

Triple IPAs, according to the Russian River Brewing website, are higher in alcohol and have “tons of hops.” Pliny the Younger, not to be confused with Pliny the Elder, which is available year ...

The Russian River Brewing Company first started brewing Pliny the Elder in the early 2000s. Pliny the Elder was an ancient Roman naturalist and botanist who wrote about hops, which is why Cilurzo ...

Black had by then befriended Russian River’s owners, Vinnie and Natalie Cilurzo, after they’d made trips to Denver for the GABF. And after watching Vinnie have success with Pliny the Elder, Black ...