Stone India Pale Ale (IPA)

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

Serve in Shaker, Tulip

Cloudy golden pour from bottle. Nose is burnt rubber bands and pine. Taste is an excellent balance of hoppy bitterness, tropical fruits and spice. Finish is grapefruitish (is that even a word??). Solid!!

Bottle from Utobeer market stall. Cloudy orange pour with a fluffy white head. Tangerine, baked apple and apricot aromas. Pineapple, orange peel, lemon rind flavours. Sharp citrus tang. Classic American IPA, does the job.

West USA trip 2010. On tap @ Stone Brewery. The aroma has mainly citric and piney hops. Clear, yellow-golden coloured beer with a white head. The taste has decent bitterness, pine and citrus. Clean. Crisp. Nice.

A: nice bright apricot colored orange with a good slightly off-white head. moderate retention level. great lacing. S: perfect IPA aromas. citrus hops with some serious grapefruit aromas, some pine resin and some caramel notes from the malts. T: very well balanced palate. sweet caramel flavors intertwine with the potent grapefruit flavors from the hops. strong aftertaste of pine resin and citrus. great flavors. M: medium bodied for the style. perfect carbonation level. sharp, yet subtle. very clean and crisp.

Pours an orange color that is slightly hazy. Has a large white foamy head. Smells of citrus and earthy hops. Taste of oranges and other citrus fruits are prevalent in the beginning. Has quite the hoppy finish. Floral notes hit my mouth during this beer. Has blossoming oak tree tastes all over this drink. A fairly good ipa. I am a big fan of the hop - a - riffic beers and this is right up there.

12 oz. -> shaker. At first blush, this is just your ordinary IPA: pours a translucent light amber, with a nice, frothy head and decent lacing. Then you smell it, and something seems off: hoppy, citrus, with subtle apricot and evergreen notes, and bubble gum? But when you taste it, you know this is no ordinary IPA.. Mixed in with the flora-citrus hoppiness and the subtle toasted maltiness are Bubblicious and the subdued bite of fresh black pepper. And balance? Perfect.

A-pours a transparent slightly hazed golden orange with a good bit of dense creamy off white head that leaves a solid lacing. S-a light bready malt lies up front with toasted grain in the middle. the hops take over with pine and citrus, notes of grapefruit, pear and appricot. T-a lot of the same, extremely well balanced as the flavors seem to meld together in harmony, the malt base flashes quickly in the front with bready and caramel and compliments the piney hops towards the back. the toasted grain is behind the malt and adds an earthy quality that adds complexity and balance to the herbal hop presence. The citrus hops are juicy adding grapefruit, appricot, and mango. there is a moderate lingering bitterness that rolls down the back of the tongue. very well done! M-light body, clean and crisp with a well done carbonation, juicy on the tongue and crisp in the finish. D-this is a well balanced IPA that has malt flavors really complimenting the big hop presence. everything compliments each other so well, it has the complexity you want but the hop bomb and bitterness you need.

Murky gold with a small head. Not much visual carbonation. Hoppy aroma and taste that lingers around after each swallow. Finishes slightly dry. If you love IPA’s then this is your beer. I find that American IPA’s are mostly over hopped.