Stone Levitation Ale

Location: 12 oz bottle from Gilly’s, 11/8/09

Aroma: The aroma is citrus and orange hops, some caramel, some malts, and other fruits as well
Appearance: It pours a nice clearish red-amber color with a thick, frothy tan head, that leaves a lot of lace
Flavor: The taste is not quite as nice as the nose, but it is pretty good, pretty balanced between the hops and malts
Palate: The body is light-medium, but with a nice (I’ll be it dry) mouthfeel, and slightly watery texture
Overall Impression: I’m surprised I’ve never rated this one before, I’ve had it quite a few times, and at 4.4% it remains one heck of a session ale. This one has a lot of the typically Stone qualities that I really like in their beers, and it is a very solid example of what an Amber Ale can be. Overall, it makes for a great session that you can enjoy many of considering the gravity of the beer. A really nice, quality session brew.

Very drinkable. Great surprise for an amber ale. Light bodied, but well flavored. A little watery at times, but it is a fairly weak beer. Nice balance of caramel malts and light citrus hops. Lightly dry with a peppery finish.

Pours a deep amber with a thick lasting head.Aroma is of malts and some citrus.Flavor is a roasty malt and grapefruit overtone.The finish is dry with a little hop bite that grows as you drink.Overall another fine Stone brew.

Bottle. A nice medium hopped beer with a little bite in its finish. Flavor is tasty and crisp with citrus and hops running through out.

12 oz bottle- Pours deep amber with a thick head, aroma is of malt. The flavor is very malty, definitely better than your normal amber ale, but this is the worst Stone beer I’ve ever had.

(Draught) Poured amber and clear with medium sized and white head. Aroma was malty and hoppy. Palate was medium bodied with medium carbonation. Flavours were malts, hops, bitterness and light roastedness. Finished bitter.

Caramel sweetness, sourdough and slight pineyness all come out to play on the nose of this one. Taste is very doughy bread and a pleasant bitterness that holds on throughout but it finishes very clean. Mouthfeel is near perfect for a session. Very good brew, awesome session brew. Thank you Stone. 2009 12 oz.

Botle pours clear orange amber with a massive beige head. Aroma of or oranges, grapefruit, resin and maybe flowers? Medium body, carbonation. The taste is sweet with more citrus, almonds, bread leading to a peppery, earthy pine finish. I rather like this stuff.