Stone Cali-Belgique IPA (Cali-België)

Bottle. Poured a clear golden color with a thin off-white head. Nose is fruity with spicy, yeasty notes. Medium bodied with lively carbonation. Flavor is semi sweet with both fruity and spicy coriander notes the citrus hop tones come thru in toward the end. Finishes very dry and mildly bitter. Not bad but I much prefer Terrapin’s Monk’s Revenge.

Fruity and citric nose with some barnyard yeast, banana and spice. Brilliant light gold in color with a frothy white head. Hops and Belgian flavors mesh delightfully. Some limes and very clean. Rich and chewy with a bitter finish. A great beer.

Gold-orange pour with a white head. Aroma is sweet, mostly citrus and hops. Flavor is balanced between the malts and hops. Great citrus hops flavor with a nice bitterness at the finish. Very good but not as potent as I expected. Decent alcohol content which is masked very well. Almost sessionable.

bottle from jessup plaza. Poured a golden color with a nice big white head. Aroma of hops, bread, clove, banana. Taste is well balanced hops with lots of nice candy sweetness. Nice and dry at the end. I like this alot.

Bottle from Whole Foods (Tampa, FL). Pours a hazy dark golden color with one finger white head that settles slowly. Aroma is sweet and floral with notes of honey, wheat, grass, light floral esters, light floral hops. Flavor is sweet and floral with notes of honey, caramel, pine, light citrus/grapefruit, floral hops. Generally light to medium body with a floral hop finish.

This is an interesting combination of an IPA and a Belgium golden ale. The hops predominate, but there is an underlying bready flavoring.

bottle, courtesy of Dennis Flynn at Lily’s NYC. off-white creamy head, lightly hazy yellow golden body. aroma is light grapefruit rind, sweet crystal malt, and some faint banana. flavor is piney hop, some earthy malt, and a rounded citrusy bitter finish.

This beer was very good. It reminded me of a slightly more expensive and harder to get version of Bell’s Two Hearted. This isn’t meant as faint praise - I love Two Hearted, common though it may be. A golden yellow with a bright white head that quickly fades to a scummy coating. A light but sweet citrus aroma backed by a good framework of maltiness. Flavor is more hop citrus, and delicious. Mouthfeel is pretty light and not at all sticky. Really good, but I’m not sure it is worth the trouble for those of us here in the Midwest.