Tyranena Stone Tepee Pale Ale

Brewed by Tyranena Brewing
Style: American Pale Ale
Lake Mills, Wisconsin USA

bottle-pours light orange with a small fizzy white head. nice citrus aroma from the cascades-lots of grapefruit and some tropical tones as well. flavors are mostly citric with some light pine. very true to the APA style. very much a SNCA clone with a little more dry hopping. palate is good but a little too fizzy. nice resinous grapefruit finish. Would be a great session beer!

Ms Claus from Wi sent this one

Aroma to my surprise had a roated burnt aroma to it. Orange body color with white head. Flavor was of mild hops and almost watery. Refreshing on the palate a decent beer.

On tap (at my house - apparently Tyranena couldn’t keep up with demand for Bitter Woman). I find this to be a satisfying session beer. Yes, it could be bolder, but it fits well in its niche. Stone Tepee iw well-balanced, if somewhat subdued. Hop flavors prevail, but are not excessive. Decent malt to round things out. This beer does not have the roast (burnt?) malt taste of Bitter Woman. A great compromise beer for hop heads and their lager-leaning friends.

Nice clear amber with a medium white head with good lacing and retention. Faint aroma of bitter hops, light malt and a touch of sour grass. Flavor is dominated with hop bitterness, some citrus but not Cascade-like. Dash of caramel somewhere in there. Malt is there but not enough to support the hop bitterness. A decent bitter that does not threaten to break into the list of top American pales any time soon.

nice woody, evergreeny (if subtle) aroma. slighty cloudy apricot color. nicely bitter hoppy flavor, with citrusy undertones. mouth filling bitter finish. very enjoyable.

Pours dirty golden with nice white head. Aroma has a musty hop bitterness to it. Slightly oxidized. Flavor is grassy hops up front with very faint malt backbone. Some astringency in finish.

(12 oz bottle: Obtained in trade with hopdog, thanks Steve!) Sweet, bready and grainy malts are nicely balanced by the grassy and mildly bitter hoppiness. Bitterness builds over several sips to retain some degree of permanency in the aftertaste, but so does the sweetness, and it gets a bit tiring on the palate after awhile. Mildly grassy hops, a moderately sweet breadiness, and plenty of corn/grain maltiness make up the major components of the nose. Medium bodied, gently carbonated, but zesty and somewhat crisp in the finish. Medium golden in color and somewhat hazy, the carbonation bubbles form on the side of the glass before breaking loose and rising through the beer. The whitish head rises to nearly an inch in height before settling to a thin, complete layer. The glass is decorated by large patches of delicate lacing. I think I’d prefer the hops to either be more "hoppy" or less bitter, and for the sweetness to be toned down a bit, but it’s not a bad beer as is, just not something I’m enthusiastic about either.

Liked the aroma alot, an orange and orange zest scent floating over a sweet caramel malt. This golden-orange brew is a smooth, skillful balance between the citric hops and the malt, making for an enjoyable drinking experience. Very nice.

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