Russian River Brewing Company

Pliny the Elder Double IPA

The one and only, Pliny The Elder, hard to find if you are not here on the west coast, King of the IPA's , is it worth all the hype and trouble, I would sincerely say yes, you are still a beer geek virgin if you have not had this, it is so well balanced with big hops, citrus and tropical notes,truly a remarkable beer, there other beers that come very close to this perfection , but fall just slightly below the high bar this beer has set, I have this on tap at my favorite brewery, if you follow my posts you know where that is, now Pliny The Younger, that is a little more hard to get, you need to buy a ticket for that, after a few times, I got one, will review that one soon, the best way to get this beer outside of the area it is brewed in, Soma, is beer trades with other beer geeks, I will trade this for Hop Slam, Heady Topper, Zombie Dust, those are some of the more popular trades from West Coast to East Coast beer geeks, well worth seeking out, not impossible to get, not like the "Younger" — 11 years ago

Eric, Bjørn and 4 others liked this

Stone Brewing Co.

Stochasticity Project Grapefruit Slam IPA

Caroline On Crack

Writer/blogger Los Angeles Magazine, carolineoncrack.com

9.5

What a way to end a hot day. Bright, bitter and refreshing. — 12 years ago

Gonzalez Byass

Tio Pepe 'Fino En Rama' Jerez-Xérès-Sherry Palomino Fino

Andrew Holod

National Sales Grapes of Spain

9.2

Fino en Rama intended to be dunk in 3 months of bottling. now w/1 yr. Med yellow. Pungent and big bass note of earth. Viscous/rich. A little nutty but also salty. Sturdy but on tiptoes. — 13 years ago

Dirty & Rowdy

Santa Barbara Highlands Vineyard Mourvedre 2012

Marc Stubblefield

Wine Sales at Vino Carta and Kogod Wine Merchant

9.4

So many things. Peach. Pomegranate. Plum. Sneaky tannins. The echo of animal. Grand Slam home run with braised rabbit parpardelle. So good. @Hardy Wallace killing it. — 11 years ago

Anthony, Dave and 4 others liked this

Poggio Capponi

Chianti Classico 2010

Chris Zitzman

9.3

From a favorite estate in the heart of Chianti comes this simply gorgeous Tuscan table wine for the table. 90'ish % Sangiovese with a splash of Merlot just to round-out the edges, the 2010 (Sebastiano) "Cappone" Chianti Classico, simply put, is a slam dunk.

For the buck: you will find few better.
— 12 years ago