The hops boil for roughly an hour to release their alpha acids; drying hop cones into pellet form concentrates the alpha acids for a more robust flavor. Hops added into the batch later in the ...

The 21st annual release of Russian River Brewing’s coveted Pliny the Younger is just around the corner. It’s so close, you can almost taste it: Pliny the Younger, Russian River Brewing Co .’s ...