Stone Pale Ale

Glowing amber-orange pour with an abundant beige head. Nice lace. Grassy aroma. Flavor combines hops bitterness, grass, a rubbery sulfur quality. Nice caramel malt body with something of a spicy quality, but overall altogether too green for my taste. Medium body, warming on the palate.

Thanks Daknole. Amber pour with light tan head. Malt aroma. Creamy mouth tastewith a little hop at the end. Very mellow mouth feel. This is a beer that you take a sip, let the flavor set for awhile, then take the next. Enjoy it over some time. Nice lacing on the glass. Great Pale Ale- the best I’ve had from Cali as of yet.

12 oz. Pours amber with white head. Mild citrus hop aroma . caramel malts. well balanced. nothing special.

12 oz bottle I found this offering from Stone to be pretty average in comparison to their other ales. It’s certainly better that most pale ales, but that said, it is a far cry from Ruination, Arrogant and Double Bastard. Or smoked porter. Just sayin.

On tap at Milltown, Carrboro. Pale orange pour with a nice frothy head and moderate lacing. The nose is pleasingly bready, but with more aromatic hops than the average APA. Light citrus definitely benefits the beer, which has the kind of solid malt profile you’d expect, but the fruity/floral grace notes make it distinct and enjoyable.

Pours nice amber color with a nice creamy head. Nice and hopy, very reasonably price as well, but you should expect nothing less from Stone.

Pours a deep amber color with a big creamy head. Nose is cookie like malts, brown sugar, and subdued hops. Taste is caramel, earth, slight citrus. This beer is smooth, well balanced, and quaffable. Overall just very enjoyable.

Pours gold amber color with about an inch of head. Citrus, malts on the nose. Light bodied mouth feel. On the palate you get some citrus, malts, hops and a sweet taste. You can tell Stone did this one but it is much more subdued. Great pale ale.