Russian River Brewing's Most Iconic Beers with Founder Vinnie Cilurzo

We are honored to share a conversation with Russian River Brewing Company's Founder Vinnie Cilurzo. We talk about Vinnie's homebrewing roots and opening his first brewery, before diving into the origin stories of 6 of his most iconic beers: Blind Pig IPA, Pliny the Elder, Pliny the Younger, Happy Hops, STS Pils, and Consecration. Plus, so much more! Vinnie will be revealing homebrew recipes of these beers in a BYO article dropping very soon. 

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0:00 Intro
1:29 Vinnie's Homebrewing Roots
13:38 Opening Blind Pig Brewery in 1994
16:37 Brewing the First Ever Double IPA
21:26 Advice for Homebrewers Looking to Open a Brewery
28:54 The Story of Blind Pig IPA
33:30 The Story of Pliny the Elder
40:51 The Story of Pliny the Younger
49:43 The Story of Happy Hops IPA
54:17 The Story of STS Pils
1:00:24 The Story of Consecration
1:10:01 Using a Coolship to Make Lambics
1:16:31 How to Prevent Hop Creep