Stone Pale Ale

Bottled. Beautiful dark amber with thin caramel-white head. "A delicate hop aroma," says the commercial description, yeah right! Its over the top with big hop aroma, but yet a very straightforward pale ale flavor and finish. Good.

Pours a nice copper color with a medium white head that fades fast. Good carbonation, lots of lacing. Aroma is caramel, malts, and a touch of hops. Taste is surprisingly low-key. There’s some hops, a little bit of sweetness and floral taste. Iit’s certainly not very bitter, there’s also a bit of caramel in there but overall it’s pretty boring. Don’t get me wrong it’s a well made beer and possibly a good starter beer for someone that’s not used to hops but probably my least favorite beer from Stone.

poured golden with a nice white head that fades rather quickly. smelled of oranges, caramel, and hops. tassted pretty plain an un exciting. no real aftertaste. not my favorite stone.

I stashed 4 of these in my buddy’s frig for his ufc 100 kegger party...thank god because he had a keg of bud..going to bud after the 4 stones was horrifying to say the least, but it sure helped this rating, nice apa, stone’s the s#@t...

bottle. Pours a clear amber with a tan head. Nose is of caramel malt and citrus hops. Taste is same as nose. Mouthfeel is bitter. but not strong. Not bad.

12 oz bottle from Siciliano’s (Grand Rapids, MI). Pours a fairly orange amber, hazy, decent offwhite head that laces and dies to a small layer. Aromas are caramel malts and citrusy hops.. A different approach. Initial is fairly light in body, some light caramel and toffee, some pale malts, a good citrusy base with decent bitterness. Fairly light and refreshing honestly, but still good pale and caramel malts, citrusy and floral hops. Decent, not great. A decent Pale Ale.

A true personal favorite. The Stone IPA pours like the ideal IPA. This one on draught at Taco Mac Lindbergh, slight, weak head, but an aroma bursting with citrus and complex tangerine. Crisp, refreshing body, not-too-filling, but with substance. Hazy, off tangerine colour. The hops hit with plenty of bight--just what the average hop-head is looking for, as evident from the striking tangerine profile. With body, the beer is crisp and dangerously drinkable. I would have to disagree with prior posts about the heaviness of the beer. Overall, this is a beer well worth any ratebeer advocates’ time.

12 oz bottle. Pours a cloudy red/orange color with a 1/2" off white head. Aroma was citrus/pine hop with a bit of malt. Medium to heavy palate. Well balanced taste with an equal amount of floral hops and sweet malt. Wonderfully smooth.