Stone Coast 840 IIPA

Brewed by Sunday River Brewpub and Restaurant
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Bethel, Maine USA

Pours amber with a thin white head. Smells of resin, citrus, yeasty. Tastes of resin, some sticky sweetness citrus, boozy and bitter.

Poured amber with a fizzy off-white head. Aroma of some refreshing pine and grapefruit, bit of toffee, nothing exceptional. Flavor follows with bitter earthy pine, some light citrus, a bit of alcohol. Flavor and body feel underwhelming. Would have been a decent regular IPA, not a good double.

poured a dark amber hue with a bone color head on it that had great retention and almost sublime retention. A large number of little yeast goodies grovin in side the amber body. Aroma was of pine hops and some caramel notes, a few fruit notes. Flavor was balanced between hops that were never too bitter, and sweet malts both caramel like and fruit. Some bread like notes. Finish was smooth, not crisp. Easy to drink.

22oz. Bottle: Aroma of floral hops, caramel malts, biscuit, grapefruit, apricots, tropical fruit, and tangerine. Poured amber in color with a mig, creamy, off-white head that lasted throughout. Cloudy. Sparkling. Full of large particles throughout. Excellent lacing. Lightly sweet, light to medium bitter flavor. Tastes of hops, caramel malts, vanilla, resin, tropical fruit, tangerine, and grapefruit. Medium body. Average texture. Hoppy, resinous, citrus-fruit finish.

Courtesy Oakes and Beershine. Pours a dark orange body with a small white head that left minimal lacing behind. The aroma was of citrus fruits mainly orange and grapefruit to go with some bitter citrus hops to go with the sweet caramel malt base. The flavor follow suit with the caramel and toffee malts coming through with their sweetness to go with the big citrus hops and fruit. Medium bodied and syrupy mouthfeel round out the palate to go with a lot of carbonation. This was decent for a IIPA.

dark gold-copper. Aromatic, robust hop profile, very earthy. Interesting palate is soft with a lot of sweetness supporting the hops. I much prefer the 420 (yum) but this is fun.

22oz. bomber: This one pours a fairly clear, slightly orangish lighter amber color. A bit of an off-white head on mine. The nose is citrusy, and mainly grapefruit and a hint of orange. Maybe a hint of grassiness also. Some malts poking their head up also. The taste is good. Somewhat surprising to have some of the malt sweetness hit you first, followed by a citrus hop bite. Pretty well balanced. Nice!

Pours attractive deep copper red with decent creamy head. The nose goes way vegital with some caramel. Flavor is more caramel than hop, but oddly, not in an enjoyable way.