Enjoy By Unfiltered IPA
Stone Brewing in Escondido, California, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Imperial / Double Rotating|
Score
7.48
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For this version of Stone Enjoy By IPA we thought: “We don’t always have a filter, so why should our beer?” By skipping a step and letting this devastatingly fresh, golden-hued double IPA go un filtered, the beer takes on a hazy appearance and its peach and tropical fruit hop aroma are intensified. So though it may sound like it, this missed step was no misstep.
Like the other IPAs in this series, this version is brewed specifically NOT to last.
Although it’s very similar to our regular version of Stone Enjoy By IPA (it is the same recipe after all), leaving the beer unfiltered results in a perceptible change with the hop aroma. It is more fruit-forward than our filtered version, which has more of a balance between dank and fruit. It’s a little challenging to brew, since we’re used to filtering our beers, but a fun one, with much of the same hop intensity as our original version.
Like the other IPAs in this series, this version is brewed specifically NOT to last.
Although it’s very similar to our regular version of Stone Enjoy By IPA (it is the same recipe after all), leaving the beer unfiltered results in a perceptible change with the hop aroma. It is more fruit-forward than our filtered version, which has more of a balance between dank and fruit. It’s a little challenging to brew, since we’re used to filtering our beers, but a fun one, with much of the same hop intensity as our original version.
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8.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
An “un-unfiltered IPA”, which I guess means this pint is essentially the same as the filtered version of Enjoy By, and also explains why this unfiltered beer is so damn clear. What I can’t explain is why I don’t rate the two identically, but, hell, I can’t explain most of the things I say or do. Tasty, regardless. Guess I’ll rerate it when I try the non-whoops version.
Tried
from Can
on 26 Jun 2018
at 00:22
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Canned May 29th.
Pours lightly hazed gold with an inch of foam after things settle down. Very good lacing.
Smells dank, grapefruit, onions, bitter for sure, no noticeable alcohol.
Grapefruit and onion dankness and bitterness dominate the taste. Alcohol again doesn't seem to be a factor. I will say that the taste comes across as rough for me and the mouthfeel is scratchy.
Ok.
Pours lightly hazed gold with an inch of foam after things settle down. Very good lacing.
Smells dank, grapefruit, onions, bitter for sure, no noticeable alcohol.
Grapefruit and onion dankness and bitterness dominate the taste. Alcohol again doesn't seem to be a factor. I will say that the taste comes across as rough for me and the mouthfeel is scratchy.
Ok.
Tried
from Can
on 18 Jun 2018
at 22:47
7/10
Tried
from Can
on 07 Jun 2018
at 19:42
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
On draught from 12/25/17 batch at Bob's Bar during the "Actual Peanut Butter Fat Julian Cask!" event on 12/01/2017. The beer is a cloudy amber-bronze color with a medium off-white head that diminishes steadily to an outer ring. Strings of lace. Citrus, herbal hops and malt in the nose. Medium body with flavors of citrus, piney hops and malt. The finish is moderately bitter with a citrusy hop aftertaste. Pretty good overall.
Tried
from Cask
on 02 Jan 2018
at 14:33
2.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 2
Flavor 2
Texture 4
Overall 1.5
Can from Village Beer Merchant, as Stone Enjoy By 12.25.17 Unfiltered IPA. Bit of caramel, very medicinal, alcoholic, bitter. Quite unpleasant.
Tried
from Can
on 28 Dec 2017
at 11:22
7/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Dec 2017
at 14:36
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
Sampled on draft at Tapped this beer poured a hazy copper color with a medium sized foamy orange-white head that lingered and left very good lacing. The aroma was bitter and tangy with pine and grapefruit. The flavor was bitter with pepper, grapefruit, pine, cactus, booziness and cracker. Long hoppy and boozy finish. Booziness grows and detracts. Moderately full bodied. Ok.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Dec 2017
at 16:08
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can from Wine Warehouse. Enjoy by 12-25-17. Pours slightly hazy gold with a large yellowish head. Aroma is tremendously juicy citrus including orange and grapefruit, pine, slight sweet flowers. Flavor is delightfully bittersweet citrus juice, including and especially orange but back-ended by grapefruit peel. A nice floral hint and a good pine backbone finish this off. Nice job.
Tried
from Can
on 12 Dec 2017
at 18:57
8/10
Tangerine, dry. I'm high.
Tried
from Can
on 09 Dec 2017
at 23:40