Stone Pale Ale

Nice reddish/copper puor with a thin white head. Aroma is of flowery hops and some citrus. Medium-bodied with a nice mouthfeel. Malt is pretty evident up front, earthy and bready. IBU’s seem about right for an APA. Pine/citrus/flower with some spice on the back end. Pretty good.

Stone Pale Ale (3.7+) In short: A smooth and round nourishing full bodied Pale Ale with spicy notes. Very good.
How: Bottle (many times). This rating for a very fresh 12oz consumed a few days after purchase
The look: Clear amber body topped by a small beige head
In long: Nice juicy caramelized malt backbone. The body is far from thin, this is a well malted beer yet the beer feels light. Perfect balance with spicier than usual hops. Citrus with peppery notes and smooth round caramel in the finish. Not the most refreshing example of the style but this one is tastier than the average Pale Ale while still being highly drinkable. Very good. Heavier than usual for the style but really what does it means to be heavier than usual when you are a Pale Ale? That’s like being 110 pounds when you’re a top model.

Amber hue, much darker than you’d expect from an american pale. Fairly typical mouthfeel with an even balance between sweet and bitter tastes. Very good for the style, another winner from Stone.

Pours very dark for pale ale: a medium amber with medium to low carbonation and nice fluffy, off-white head that settles down quickly. Lacing is fairly good. Palate is medium. Nose is flowers, grapefruit, and sweet malt. Taste is similar with a nice hoppy kick. Slightly creamy but still light. Aftertaste is earthy, hoppy, and bitter and lasts for quite awhile. Reminds me a lot of Anchor Steam.

Pours a dark golden orangeish amber, thick frothy head, completely transparent, with delicate carbonation. Strong citrus aroma. Orange, pineapple, grapefruit, and hops. Strong full body flavor. Piny hops upfront, followed by a wonderful citrus bitter that just cotes your entire palate, then it mellows into a nice lemon/orange juice finish. Great mouth feel, very full and flavorful, interesting and satisfying, crisp and clean.

Cask (gravity) @ Great British Beer Festival, GBBF 2008, Earls Court, London, England SW5.
Clear medium amber color with a average, frothy - fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate to light heavy malty, caramel, moderate to light heavy hoppy, orange, wood. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. (070808)

Bottle from Lithy. Amber color. Soft but pleasant aroma of malt, flowers, grapefruit and red berries. Well hopped beer, flowery with red berries and citrusfruit. Fruity, slightly earthy hopbitter aftertaste. Well balanced session beer.

Nose of hops and sweet sticky malts. Flavor is of the same. Nice flavor, good hop bite to it, but not overdone. Well balanced and not too heavy for what it is. Caramel maltiness in the background, not too sticky. I like the fellows at stone, and this is damn good.