Stone Levitation Ale

Brewed by Stone Brewing Co.
Style: Amber Ale
Escondido, California USA

(12oz bottle) Medium off-white head atop clear copper body. Aroma is moderately sweet, grapefruit, some pineapple, caramel. Taste is moderately sweet, grapefruit, caramel, resin, light berry. Light-medium body, light effervescence, wateriness, acidity. I guess it’s a West Coast amber.

bottle, amber color with some off white foam, aorma of citrus and malt, flavor is hoppy pineapple, finish tails off quickly

Refreshing. Pours dark golden amber with just shy of half an inch of head. For such a light beer the head does stay around nicely. Hops on the nose but not a whole lot else. Laces the glass really well, especially for such a light beer. Leaves the palate in a way that I am not used to when it comes to Stone beer. Nice though for this style of beer, could be a bit more powerful, but what are you gonna do?

Nice extremely dark brown in color. This beer has a nice fluffy head that I didn’t expect. Lovely appearance. Dominate hop aroma and flavor. Doesn’t have the flavor that I expected, but VERY good. I love the use of hops. I am drunk so forgive the crazy rating. Blah! I think I am smelling fresh hops. Very good aroma A little too thin and focues on the hops a little too much. Nice hoppy flavor. I enjoy hops, but for an amber ale, I just don’t know.

Light sessionable ale. Mild hop aromas and flavors. Easy drinking, but otherwise not much going on.

clear amber under a large creamy froth. aroma is citrus hop dominated. flavor is tea-like with some biscuity malt, mild pine needles, lemon, pepper. smooth light palate. a little too hop dominated IMO for an amber.

12oz bottle poured into a tulip. Pours a deep, clear amber with a huge fluffy white head that recedes to a sizable cap and leaves a little bit of lacing. The aroma is full of pine and other evergreen aromas, definitely lots of resin in the nose. There is a little caramel malt but the hops of the star here. The taste has a big abrasive hop bitterness up front that is barely balanced by the malt backbone before a much more recognizable pine hop flavor lingers through the finish. The mouthfeel is light to medium but certainly decent given the low ABV on the beer. This is a very drinkable amber and they certainly crammed plenty of hops into a fairly light beer. Very good.

12 oz bottle. Pours dark coppery brown with a soft, persistant beige head. Smells of pine, flowers, and some citrus. Tastes of caramel, bread, pine, grass, and earthy. Very nicely bittered.