Simcoe

Now to the final "Time Hops" beer, an absolute belter championing the Simcoe hop. It's based on one of the most famous craft beers of all time, in fact, probably one of the most famous beers full stop. From the Russian River brewery in Santa Rosa, California came "Pliny the Elder" a West Coast style double IPA, in fact, one of the first DIPA's to hit the market and possibly the best. Pliny is a masterclass in flavour and balance, you would never guess that it was a brooding 8% monster of a beer it's so well balanced that it goes down like a 4% dishwater pint but oh my, the flavours and aromas just leap out of the glass, pine, citrus, dank weed, resinous, pithy, unctious malty goodness, it's impossible not to want another sip. The Time Hops version is a pretty good emulation of Pliny, it's got the requisite pine and dank vibes and there is grapefruit pith in abundance and as you can see from the photo they pretty much nailed the colour and clarity of the original beer. A real treat, if you see a can of this for sale, buy it without hesitation and savour a true classic.