Pliny the Younger

 I received an email from Russian River last week that they would be brewing Pliny the Younger Thursday, December 27th with a planned release at the brew pub the first week of February.  I also received two pounds of my 2012 Amarillo hops that had been back-ordered for a year.  Inspired, I decided to finally make a go at the Younger recipe that I pieced together a few years back but never brewed.  Time presented itself on Christmas Eve, so I went to work.  It was by far the biggest hop schedule I have ever brewed so I decided to use my new hop spider to keep all of the hops contained.  It was also the biggest grain bill I have ever brewed and I was glad to see that my mash tun and herms system could keep up without any problems.  This was a really big beer.  I sampled Younger in 2009 and 2011 and should I not get some this year, at least I will have my own to keep me satisfied, hopefully.

Grains                              Hops                          Results
20# Rahr 2-row               3oz CTZ at 60           1.092 at 7 gallons
1# Carapils                      1oz CTZ at 45           1.104 at 5.9 gallons
2# corn sugar                  1oz Simcoe at 30       70.9 efficiency
                                        3oz Amarillo at 0
                                        2oz Simcoe at 0
Dry Hop Schedule
1.5-2oz total each addition
DH 1-Simcoe, Amarillo, Centennial for one week, remove
DH 2-Amarillo, Centennial for one week, remove
DH 3-Simcoe for one week, remove
DH 4-Simcoe, Amarillo dry hop in keg

US-05, two packets                                       
OG-1.100 target 

Vista, CA Water Profile
Water Adjustments (tsp)	Ca=57
.854 Epsom Salt	SO4=136
.825 Baking Soda	Mg=22
.155 Canning Salt	Na=71
1.254 Gypsum	Cl=88
	Carb=147
	Hard=233
	Alk=122