 freekyp (903), Thomasville, North Carolina, USA
| 3.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 2/5 | 5/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Sep 20, 2009
This one was weird for me. I’m a fan of other Stone brews but this one left a resiny aftertaste that was somewhat unpleasant. Strong piny hop nose with a a bitter orange peel overtone and old bong water funk. Flavor was similar with a medium to thin body and not enough malt to keep up with the rampant flavoring hops. Sharp aggressive bitterness with a stinging carbonation. This is a good beer that could use some refinement. Too over the top.
Toxygen (348), Sanford, Florida, USA
| 4.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 5/5 | 9/10 | 5/5 | 18/20 |
Dec 25, 2009 (12oz, $1.69)
lct-cpr, lasting-wh-head, med-co2, med-body.
aroma: fresh-citrus-hops.
flavor: cmrl-malt fresh-hop T1, §toasty fresh-leafy-herbal-hop T2, herbal-hop-bitter T3.
amber-malt-complexity with lots of herbal-leafy-hops.
easy drinking session beer, great for backyard bbq/cookout.
chriso (4851), London, Greater London, England
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 |
Dec 22, 2009 Cask at the White Horse American Beer Festival, July 2009. Good prominent moist hop aroma. Maybe a little clammy. Clean and quite assertive for a relatively low ABV (in US terms) beer. Some sweetish fruity malt joins the hops in the flavour profile. Good drinking stuff. Worked rather well on cask.
lamas (728), Adams Morgan, Washington DC, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Dec 16, 2009 Bottle. Enjoy by: 10/15/09. Pours a slightly murky rust color with a decent-sized khaki head. Aroma is of resiny pine and grapefruits with some caramel in the background. Medium body. Excellent balance taste-wise. There is an earthy maltiness with a good bit of caramel upfront. Semi-harsh grapefruity flavors finish things off. Some lingering dryness. I’m pleasantly surprised at the amount of flavor/body in this beer considering the rather low ABV. A very solid session brew.
joeymacaroni (228), Wagontown, Pennsylvania, USA
| 4.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 5/5 | 8/10 | 5/5 | 18/20 |
Dec 15, 2009 pours dark ruby-brown with a thick, fluffy tan head. aroma of peach, grapefruit, fresh dough. flavor is grapefruit and peach, candied light fruit, light yeastiness and maltiness. bready. aftertaste is sweet malt and citrus flavors. best 4.4% beer ever.
Leighton (302), New York, New York, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 17/20 |
Dec 14, 2009 Growler. Pours a nice, light amber-red hue with a fine, white head. Nose is hoppy with some malt undertones. Flavor is decently rich with nice character of lightly roasted malts and a kick of hops on the tail. Crisp, bittersweet finish. Quite tasty.
VTHopHead (933), Barre, Vermont, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Dec 13, 2009 Bottle/12 - Poured a dark amber in color with a small off-white head that settled to a very thin covering over the beer. Aroma was quite hoppy (pine resin) with a small malty roastiness that filled everything in. Flavor was mostly hoppy and bitter with a undercurrent of medium roasted malts. Finish was lingering and mostly bitter with the hint of roastiness. Mellow, drinkable... very good...
fidel (1010), Livermore, California, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Dec 13, 2009 Poured medium amber, simple, sweet, caramel malts, citus hops, little bready.
esjaygee (1578), Oak Creek, Wisconsin, USA
| 2.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 5/10 | 2/5 | 10/20 |
Dec 13, 2009 Chicken soup consistency in a ruby amber body with a large cratered tan head that peters away in due time and leaves rocky ring lacing. Aroma of grapefruit, tangerine, citrus, sweet malt and mild biscuit. Thin bodied concoction very little flavor with malt and mild citrus that end up moderately bitter and coat the tongue with a mild off flavor.
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