 Styles (1653), Lincoln Park, Michigan, USA
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 4/5 | 13/20 |
Aug 8, 2006 Clear golden amber with decent white head, fades to ring of bubbles. Aroma is rather oxidized already, lots of cardboard and sweet malt. Don’t get any hop whatsoever. Flavor again slightly oxidized, with tons of sweet malt and little else. Rather unimpressed overall.
JCB (1747), Durham, North Carolina, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Aug 6, 2006 Pretty interesting effort to soup up the wheat with a strong hop infusion, a touch of ruination as it were. Nice look and aroma, very quaffable. Fine and mellow but not too memorable by Stone’s standards.
barleyPops (1079), Quad-Cities, Illinois, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Aug 5, 2006 bomber courtesy of Saarlander via trade. aroma is very hoppy, lots of grapefruit and pine. appearance is a slightly hazy yellow gold with a great looking foam cap. flavor was a mixed bag of hops, more hops along with some malt and just a hint of wheat and maybe some peppery type spice. palate was medium to almost full with a dry sort of bitter finish. all I knew going in was that this was an american strong ale, that said, this is not at all what I was expecting. since this is a brew from Stone, I guess I shouldn’t be surprised that I got something unusual! good brew, thanks Aaron
ChristianSA (368), Copenhagen, Denmark
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 2/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Jul 29, 2006 Bottle. Clear with big yeast lumps. White average size head .Strong aroma of honey and citrus. Flavor is malty with hints of melon, sugar and a nice bitterness follows. Fairly fizzy but with a nice mellow mf.
pintocb (509), Darsville, Georgia, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Jul 26, 2006 Clear, pale amber. Some Belgian-esque qualities in the first sip followed by some hoppiness. Almost like a wheat-IPA. Interesting.....
IrishBoy (2705), Bakersfield, California, USA
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Jul 25, 2006 22 ounce bomber Nose of hops, citrus, and a little yeast; slighly hazy orange-amber color with a thick, heavy lacing, long-lasting yellowish head; flavor is nice spicy hop bitterness which evoloves into a long lasting hoppy bitter finish.
Braudog (3752), Dayton, Ohio, USA
| 4.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 5/5 | 9/10 | 5/5 | 18/20 |
Jul 22, 2006 Poured an enticing yellow-gold with a firm pillow top. It gives a nice round bready sweet aroma. The flavor is wonderful ... also bready, but candied and citrusy, doughy but in a good way. I really like this more than the string of 3.X ratings behind me. Quite excellent.
iowaherkeye (1850), Bakersfield, California, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Jul 19, 2006 22oz bomber. Pours a slightly hazy amber orange with a huge off-white head. Aroma of pine and grapefruit hops, some sweet caramel malts. There is a slight bit of funk and some misc. spices upon further whiffs. Flavor is some raisins, alcohol--not terribly strong, but noticeable--a fair amount of bitterness with pine/grapefruit, a little spicy and even less funky. Dry finish. Light-moderate carbonation, medium-full bodied. Nice lacing. Not exactly what I was expecting, but still a good beer.
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