Stone India Pale Ale (IPA)

Brewed by Stone Brewing Co.
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Escondido, California USA

12oz bottle, liquid gold with a hint of orange color. Definitely a standard bearer for American IPAs - flawless balance, great hop bitterness, pine, caramel. Fantastic!

Sample at Rozi’s Wine House Stone Brewing Co. Event. Poured a cloudy yellow/orange color with white head. A little piney aroma and a bubbly mouth feel with smooth finish and alcohol aftertaste. Not my favorite IPA but certainly decent.

Orange amber hue, grapefruit, citrus & resin profile. Perfume, herb, caramel malt nose. Crisp and acceptably bitter finish. Again, agree with Pipper, not my favorite IPA but its a decent one.
Sampled at Rozi’s Wine & Liquor, Stone Tasting Event, Lakewood, OH.

Poured orangish golden, crisp, piney hops, citrus, little caramel, little malty.

12oz. Golden-ish pour with creamy head, standard. Hoppy bitter citrus, loads of caramel malts....it is what it is...

12oz bottle. So staggeringly drinkable. The hops are evident from the moment the cap is popped. I had this alongside some excellent IPA’s and it stood just that extra step above. Thick, viscous mouthfeel and evident complexity of hops with just the right malt backing to convince the drinker that they are in the hands of a master brewer. Wonderfully long finish. Tantalizingly good from the best IPA brewers in the country.

Great beer. The smell is hoppy, but inviting. I think that is my favorite feature of the beer. Good session beer.

Purchased by a friend while videotaping a Jazz/Fusion show. I had one hand on the camcorder and the other on a glass of some now forgotten Flying Fish offering when a shift of the wind brought a Stone IPA into my reality. I hadn’t been the same since. Thank you Stone for big hops, ruination, arrogance and a reason to pursue other Stone offerings.