Hop'Solutely vs Pliny the Younger

Here’s a post worth reading! What a delight to see this great beer writer is liking what we’re doing and compares us to one of the great beers available.
Joe Sixpack: Joe Sixpack answers your questions

By Joe Sixpack
Philadelphia Daily News

Daily News Beer Reporter

AS A REPORTER, I’m the one asking the questions. This week, I’m giving the readers a chance.

Q: I read your article about the hard-to-find Pliny the Younger. Please recommend something of a similar taste that one may be able to get hold of – just so I can have an idea what people think is the best beer in the world.

A: One of the reasons PTY is rated so high, I think, is its rarity. California’s Russian River brews the intensely hoppy imperial India pale ale only once a year and distributes it sparingly.

There are plenty of other, easier-to-find, high-octane double IPAs. Dogfish Head 120 Minute IPA leaps to mind; but its cortex-rattling 18 percent alcohol by volume is a whole ‘nother thing.

Two of the closest rivals come from Michigan: Bell’s Hopslam Ale, which is a bit more citrusy without Pliny’s malt notes, and Founders Devil Dancer, which is malty like Pliny but with a boozier bang in the finish.

Lately, I’ve been digging Hop’solutely from the Brew Works. The Allentown, Pa., brewpub is now distributing both kegs and large bottles of this sticky, sweet, earthy charmer in the east.

Are any the equal of the famous Pliny? That’s up to you to decide.

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