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December saw the first distribution of presidential beer as Russian River’s Pliny for President 2024. “This new recipe is a triple dry-hopped IPA loaded with notes of citrus, stone fruit, tropical, pine and resin.”
Available in both draft AND bottles for the first time!
Part of my CCBA (California Craft Brewers Association) package, is the sought after Pliny for President. I am Riding With Biden & Harris. But Russian River would be my next choice.
Now, this is a damn fine beer and the fact that the dry hopping is done in a way that I think is pretty uncommon makes it a must try beer but I think I let my expectations get away from me. It was really dank to me and any other bitterness flavor notes got lost under it. I do like that for a higher ABV it straddles the line of letting you know that and being too harsh. Overall, it seemed a little too one note to me.