Stone India Pale Ale (IPA)

Brewed by Stone Brewing Co.
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Escondido, California USA

Yellow colored with cloudy appearance. Medium sized white head. Rich aroma with nice pine and grass, some flowers and grape also come up. Medium bodied. Flavor is also strongly piny with lemon also dominating, nice fruits with some pineapple also here. Aftertaste lasts with bitter hops.

Thanks to mar for this one...WOW! Amazing. Rich gold color with a mostly white head. Aromas are full and delicious: citrus, pine and some malt. This beer is so well balanced...not overly malty on the finish but just so delicious and perfect. GREAT BEER!

bomber 08 state of the union drinking game. Pours yellow orange 3 finger bright white head. Light hoppy nose. Taste is sweet and light and pretty hoppy, not bad, no alesmith ipa or anything close.

Bottled. Hazy golden color, thick whitish head. Hoppy aroma, slight grapefruit, lemon. Soft fruity taste, lemon, bitter. Bitter palate. Good stuff.

In the bomber bottle. Dark gold to light amber in color. White head with big individual bubbles. Heavily carbonated. Fantastic hop aroma. Faint aroma of a pine tree. Awesome buttery mouthfeel at first sip. Very high hop bitterness to the flavor. Tastes of grapefruit rine, maltiness and pine nuts. Awesome palate. I love it.

A citrus bouquet of scents rises from a crisp gold beer. Texture is slightly oily. Flavour is hops all the way and the malt is strong enough to balance them. The slick texture cries out for some spicy food for compliment.

Bottle. Gold, thin shortlived white head and moderate condition. Excellent resinous piney hops, orange citrus and sweet malt in the nose, more citrus in the mouth with a resinous hop bitterness, a spicy pepper note and slight sweet perfumed maltiness. Lingering solid but restrained peppery hop bitterness in the finish.

Smallish white head. Amber body. Deep, firm malty aroma with resiny, citric hop notes, as well as dry straw and grain. Beautifully clear. Deep, sweet, firm, dry malty straw taste with intense floral, resin, hay and pine needle notes. Clean, smooth mouthfeel, yet sharpish. Long, drawn-out dry hay and resin aftertaste. Absolutely gorgeous. (0.355l bottle at Oliver Twist.)