Stone Pale Ale

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

Bottle: Good pale ale, but not great. Very little hop aroma or taste. I guess Stone uses all of their hops in their Ruination. Pours amber with a thick head. Slight aroma and taste of hops and butterscotch. Ill stick with their IPA.

Draught at Brouwer’s Café: Deep amber, fiery, strong carbonation, very hazy, fantastic lacing.   One of the better looking Pale Ales I have had in a while.   Very mild hop aspect, otherwise it appears to be more malty.   Mealy on the tongue, certainly more malty than I expected, and moreso than it being hoppy.   Big malty mouthfeel, while great it just doesn’t have the zest of other Pale Ales.   Pale malt finish, very little hop presense even at this point.   I am completely amazed this one isn’t hoppier.   Decent, but as a PNW Pale Ale its too subtle.

This is a damn good pale ale. Reminds me of Anchor Liberty Ale. Great hop content, balance, smoothness and complexity. Excellent appearance and frothy head as well. Among the better pale ales out there for sure. Stone never ceases to amaze me.

This bottled brew from a bottle shop poured a small sized head of foamy fine to medium sized off-white colored bubbles that were and left behind a semi-hazy typically carbonated light brown colored body. The weak aroma was hoppy and floral. The mouth feel was tingly at the start and at the finish. The weak flavor contained notes of malt hops and mild brown malt. A decent one that I would consider buying again.

Nice amber color, full head. Tastes crisp, clean, nice malt and hop undertones. Very bitter. Clean finish.

12oz bottle. Rather dark pour with hop nose. Taste was bitter. Decent, was expecting more from this.

12 oz bottle. Body is red amber. Aroma is some hops - standard aggressive ’stoneage.’ Taste is slight bitterness, watered down in comparison to other stones Ive had, but this makes sense when comparing the alc of this to arrogant bastard, double bastard, and ruination.

Pours a deep red into the 25oz. beer mug. Nice white head with standard size bubbles. Has a nice mellow hop aroma. This is a great pale ale. Not as hoppy as a Sierra Nevada Pale Ale but a nice amount of hops throughout. Pretty standard palate. Smooth, doesn’t coat the mouth or tongue. This is a very drinkable brew, this is the Stone beer that got me started. It’s a gateway beer for the rest of their heavy brews.