UPDATED: FEB 21, 2020 Keg at The Neighborhood, San Diego, CA on 25/03/2008. A very nice pale, with bitter and apricot hoppy notes.

UPDATED: JUN 7, 2019 Backlog, Bottles over the years, and probably on draft. Pours a lightly hazy golden with a medium fast receding top. Notes are pine, ash, grapefruit resin, sweeter malt, and grape sugar. A bit sweet and malty for me especially compared to other beers from Stone and the lower percent. Light to medium bodied.

UPDATED: MAR 4, 2019 This has been on my wish list for a couple years now, but did not get around to it because a little pricey and tried other things. Grabbed a single to sample first, but worth $2 a beer IMO.....barely though. Could be at the top of my APA list, right up there with Stoudts. I find the two very similar all-around. A murky medium orangish color. Aroma of pine and citrus, but not as strong as their IPA. Flavor is well balanced....leaning slightly towards the hops vs. malt. What I really like about these is the mouthfeel, very smooth, crisp, refreshing, however you want to describe it. Something that I will return to for sure!

UPDATED: FEB 3, 2019 Poured from bottle a golden copper with a white head. Aroma: citrus, grapefruit, biscuity malt, candy orange notes. Taste: citrus, grapefruit, peach, carmael, mild candy orange and mild biscuity malt flavours. Thin to medium bodied. Mild sweetness followed by mild bitterness finish. Moderate carbonation. Easy to drink and a fantastic Pale Ale.

From Jun 2007 Purchased as part of a mixed 6pack from Wilbur's Liquors in Ft Collins. This pours from 12oz bottle a hazy orange amber with a medium sized head of foam that dissipated quickly leaving a few islands and it has some nice lacing. The smell is on the sweet side. I get caramel malt with just a touch of hops and some fruit. The taste on first sip has some good malty sweetness up front with a solid backbone of hop bitterness that comes in about midway through and dominates the finish but it's not overly aggressive and I'm liking it. A few more sips in and I'm beginning to realize that this APA is all about balance and I start to notice a fruitiness in the flavour that I mentioned in the nose. Maybe cherry? Dang, this is certainly a drinkable example of the style and now I wish I had bought at least a 6pack. Oh well, I can cure that on my next trip to the Fort. ;^) Bottom line: This a great APA that I can highly recommend. See some grab some.

Pretty surprised by this beer the first time I tried in back in 2011 at a Flying Saucer stone tasting in 2011. Considering the modus operandi of stone, the subtlety of this beer, its balance between caramelly sweetness and citrus hops, it quite nice.

Bottle, from US. Backlog entry. Entering my historic scores for US beers whilst visiting New York. No tasting notes kept, just rating.

Bottle. Deep amber in colour. Hoppy; piney and grassy hops. Fruity; grapefruit citrus. Malty; sweet toasty malts, caramel. Nice hop/fruit/malt balance. Refreshing. Very drinkable. (2010-10)

Sample at DØE 2016. Hazy amber colour with an off-white head. Aroma and flavour of hops, malt, caramel, citrus and bitterness.

Kuparinen, punertavanruskea kirkkaahko olut, joka ei vaahtoa juuri lainkaan. Tuoksussa humalaa, havuisuutta, sitruksisuutta sekä jokin - ei niin miellyttävä - sivutuoksu, josta en saa päähäni mitä se on. Maku mielenkiintoinen yhdistelmä karamellista makeutta ja greippistä katkeroa. Katkeran greippinen jälkimaku. Keskiasteinen suutuntuma ja sopivasti hiilihappoja.