Stone India Pale Ale (IPA)

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

Bottle. The Rover, Gothenburg. Golden orange color with a white head. Aroma: Hops, mango, tropical fruit, sweet. Flavor: Soap, hoppy grape, pine, metall, unmatured banana, a bit too strong.

Bottle. The Rover, Gothenburg. Golden orange color with a white head. Aroma: Hops, mango, tropical fruit, sweet malt. Flavor: Hoppy, less sweet, grape, pine, metall. Very hoppy (off-course) but balanced and dry. The alcohol is a bit too strong.

<b>Bottle 66cl. @ home.</b>
<i>[ Courtesy of Secret Santa ].</i> Light light unclear medium amber orange color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, moderate to heavy hoppy, pine, grapefruit, orange - apricot. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. (030908)

One of the most sound IPA’s I have tried. It was my first Stone experience, and I was expecting a punch in the mouth, but got a wonderfully balanced IPA.

Nice fluffy white head. The beer is fairly orange in color. Nice ABV for a simple IPA. Fairly pungent hop aroma. Pine smelling hops. The beer is fairly transparent as well. Slightly creamy. The palate could be a bit better. The beer is full oh hop flavor. The dry hopping did pay off if you ask me. The bittering hop just gets all over the back of your mouth. I love this beer because the focus is all in the hops. Not really much to say about the malts. Overall, a damn good bitter/hoppy IPA that I would love to drink a lot. Stone makes some pretty good brews. I feel the Arrogant Bastard and this are good, but the others are not as good as people say they are.

Beautiful hop aroma, like lemons squeezed on freshly mown grass. Lovely bitterness and good malt backbone. Excellent.

Pours a clear brilliant orange with zero sediment. Medium head. Citrus hops with possibly the best finish on any IPA out there, at least any I have ever have ever tried. Beautifully, actually perfectly, blended IPA with just enough malt backbone to distinguish it from unnecessarily overhopped brews. I love this stuff. Glad it’s so easy to find. Bravo.

Aroma is sweet like honey and fresh like mountain air, although a little weak. Appearance is slightly opaque, with a hefe like quality and color. Flavor is nice and sweet at first, then artisticly shifts over to bitter hops with a drawn out transition that reaches quite aptly in either direction. Although I was disappointed a little bit with the quality of the bitter sensation, but that’s just me. Palate is fairly wet, but not thin or watery with plenty of carbonation and a tingling on the back of the throat. Overall a great IPA but not quite my favorite.