Comments on: Backgrounder on Pliny the Elder http://www.ibabuzz.com/bottomsup/2008/01/31/backgrounder-on-pliny-the-elder/ Tue, 12 Feb 2013 23:31:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: 48 hours in Sonoma County, Part II | Bay Area Bites http://www.ibabuzz.com/bottomsup/2008/01/31/backgrounder-on-pliny-the-elder/comment-page-1/#comment-295 48 hours in Sonoma County, Part II | Bay Area Bites Tue, 03 Mar 2009 20:04:04 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/bottomsup/2008/01/31/backgrounder-on-pliny-the-elder/#comment-295 [...] Friday night, we went to dinner at Scopa — a small restaurant on the square in Healdsburg that focuses on Northern Italian dishes. Melanie did a great job of reporting on our meal on Chowhound, but a few highlights: deliciously light polpette with an addictive tomato sauce, perfectly textured papardelle with duck ragu, and a remarkable side of bread that we used to dip in anything and everything. We sat at the bar, which I would highly recommend. Scopa serves a small list of wines by the glass, but I would recommend skipping wine for a bottle of Pliny the Elder beer. Crafted by Russian River Brewing Company, this strong, double IPA has botanical overtones and a scent of elderflower. I daresay it changed my point-of-view with regards to beer, as I had never experienced the exact flavor combination I had in Pliny the Elder. William Brand’s blog has more tasting notes about Pliny the Elder. [...]

]]> By: Savor: Pliny the Elder in bottles coming to Northern California in June or July - What’s On Tap - with William Brand http://www.ibabuzz.com/bottomsup/2008/01/31/backgrounder-on-pliny-the-elder/comment-page-1/#comment-294 Savor: Pliny the Elder in bottles coming to Northern California in June or July - What’s On Tap - with William Brand Sun, 18 May 2008 11:46:44 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/bottomsup/2008/01/31/backgrounder-on-pliny-the-elder/#comment-294 [...] last night (Saturday, May 17,2008) at the final Savor tasting in Washington. Here;s the word on Pliny the Elder in [...]

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