Bottle from G&M brought from SD. Almost clear straw yellow pour. Aroma is intensely west coast hoppiness, a bit grassy and resiny. Taste follows - very bitter hops, resin, pine, crisp, mineral (?). Crisp boozy finish. Very west coast, San Diego-style IPA with super crisp resiny hops. Good but not great. Reissued in 2023. June 11, 2023. So different than original rating. Classic west coast and very resin bitter forward. Kind over resin everything else, but it makes sense. Good biscuit. Palate is bubbly frothy good. Very good! 3.6–>3.9

Poured from a 12 oz bottle with a Best By date of 11/18/2014. Aroma is rather hop forward with a lot of grapefruit and pine resin. Some woodsy notes with some light orange and stone fruit. Light cracker malt notes. Not as fruity as the regular IPA. Pours a slightly cloudy, golden orange with a small, moderately thick, slightly off-white head that displays decent retention as it recedes steadily to the edges. Moderate lacing and medium long legs. Flavor has some light sweetness with some cracker malt notes. Fairly high bitterness with some medium light alcohol notes. Flavor has more citrus, though still mostly grapefruit than the aroma has. Moderate pine resin and woodsy hop notes, but less than in the aroma. A slight spiciness to the hop character as well. Mouthfeel is medium bodied with medium carbonation. Low astringency and low to medium low alcohol warmth. Overall, a decent DIPA but I’m not a huge fan of the hop character; it has too much pine resin and woodsy Noyes and not enough fruitiness. This is my typical complaint about Stone beers.

330ml bottle from Hopology, Nottingham. Golden amber colour with a tiny head. Aroma of lemons. Strong hoppy taste with a nice bitter finish.

Reviewed from notes.
This was poured into a snifter and a tulip. There wasn’t any difference between the two glasses.
The appearance had a semi - dark orange to brown color with a one finger white foamy head that dissipated within about a minute. The lacing stuck nicely to the glass.
The smell had a super sharp pungent bitter piney and citrus hops overpowering my nose.
The taste had a great bitter pine and citrus hops pummeling my taste buds into submission.
On the palate, this one sat about a medium in body that wasn’t exactly as sessionable as I had hoped it would be as the bitterness just takes over.
Overall, I realize with this one, though I’ve had this several times in my life, I really think a good two months of age works wonders for this beer. It’s just too bitter and unbalanced when it’s only 6 days old.