I have no idea what they are doing. But when I talked to vinny several years ago he acted like the recipe posted online and made popular by the b3 clone wasn't what they were using "now". Heck, my understanding is that RR is using hop extracts for Pliny for bittering additions.
Hop extract is used to get more wort out of the kettle. The recipe he handed out at the Oakland NHC was for homebrewers, and uses 45 and 30 additions. He said on the BN a couple years back that he uses Amarillo in Pliny now.
So does anyone know where the "correct" recipe is? Or does he just add Amarillo to different points in the process?
Not sure how current this recipe is....... Not really what started this thread either....... But hey, "Lets brew something"!!!
Pliny the Elder clone
(Russian River Brewing Co.)
(5 gallons/19 L, all-grain)
OG = 1.074 FG = 1.014
IBU = 100+ SRM = 8 ABV = 8–8.5%
Ingredients
12.2 lbs. (5.5 kg) 2-row malt
0.28 lbs. (0.13 kg) crystal malt (45 °L)
0.86 lbs. (0.39 kg) CaraPils malt
1.0 lb. (0.45 kg) dextrose(corn sugar)
19.5 AAU Chinook whole hops (mash hops)
(1.5 oz./43 g of 13% alpha acids)
42.9 AAU Warrior hops (90 mins)
(2.75 oz./78 g of 15.6% alpha acids)
6.1 AAU Chinook hops (90 mins)
(0.5 oz./14 g of 12.2% alpha acids)
12 AAU Simcoe hops (45 mins)
(1.0 oz./28 g of 12% alpha acids)
14.3 AAU Columbus hops (30 mins)
(1.0 oz./28 g of 14.3% alpha acids)
20.5 AAU Centennial hops (0 min)
(2.25 oz./64 g of 9.1% alpha acids)
12 AAU Simcoe hops (0 min)
(1.0 oz./28 g of 12% alpha acids)
3.25 oz. Columbus hop (dry hop)
1.75 oz. Centennial hops (dry hop)
1.75 oz. Simcoe hops (dry hop)
1 tsp. Irish moss (15 mins)White Labs WLP001 (California Ale) yeast
0.75 cups corn sugar (for priming)