Stone Pale Ale

(Bottle). Sweet woody hops aroma. Deep amber in color with a substantial head. Flavor is citrusy, slightly sweet, not much bitterness. Finish is mildly dry, again without much bitterness. Refreshingly nice, but could use a touch more bite.

On draft at Stone Brewing Co. Golden amber color with white head. Slightly musty and malty with a low hoppiness. Small diacatyl in flavor. But overall good hop/malt balance.

Pours a deep slightly opaque amber color with a thick frothy cream colored head. Leaves a little bit of lacing and dissipates after a few minutes. Aroma is a sweet resiny pine with a touch of citrus and brown sugar. There was a little cotton candy right after the pour, but that was gone after a few minutes. The taste is very clean and rich. There is a nice bitter to it, some piny sticky flavors, but it is all balanced by caramel sweetness. They actually balance each other well enough that is it just a touch of bitter left on the tongue. The palate is rich and creamy. A good offering from Stone because it is a solid beer that isn’t over the top.

Pours a beautiful burnt orange with a nice off white head. THe nose hits you with citrus and a definite sweetness. Great malty backbone that turns into a mouth filling beer with a great bitter finish. Nicely done.

Copper amber color with big tan head. Aroma is malty and slightly sweet, slightly spicey with a bit of hop bitterness. Flavor is faintly malty and sweet up front, with a decent helping of hoppy bitterness towards the finish, along with a creamy caramel note. Overall a nice brew, definitely unique for a pale ale, sweeter and less hoppy than I would have expected, but still very good.