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Stillwater in Grand Mound, Washington, United States 🇺🇸
Brewed at/by: Two Roads Brewing CompanyIPA - West Coast Rotating Out of Production
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Score
7.11
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Stillwater IPA? WTF, right? Well truth be told we love a good IPA just as much as the next guy and besides, whats more contemporary then a American IPA? The lean base of Pilsner malt with the lightest touch of caramel support this high definition blend of 5 different hops gathered from all over the world. Bright citrus, stone fruit, pine, earth, dank, and crisp.
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7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Cloudy amber with a white head. Aroma of peach, oranges, mango, pine resin, dope. Sweet and very fruity, but with pine and strong bitterness to stop it being fruit punch. Crackery malt, some honey. Soft texture, moderate carbonation. Works well.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Jan 2016
at 05:59
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draught @ CBC 2015. Pours very hazy golden with a creamy frothy white head that leaves some thick lacing on the glass while dissipating. Smell is fruity and grassy with cracker, grapefruit juice, mango, pineapple, freshly cut grass, pine needles, minerals and lemon zest. Taste is bitter, fruity and grassy. Mouthfeel is dry, slightly astringent and light to medium bodied. Finish is bitter with crackers, grapefruit juice, mango, pineapple, lychee, freshly cut grass, pine needles minerals and lemon zest. Tasty fruity fresh IPA!
Tried
on 06 Dec 2015
at 14:12
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Pours cloudy gold into a shaker. Bright white head with excellent retention recedes leaving soapy lacing. Lemon pith aromas. Dry with sourdough and caramel upfront turning to lemon and resin in the lasting finish.
Tried
on 15 Oct 2015
at 17:32
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
12 oz bottle. Pours a clear dark gold with lightish head. Aromas of toasted malts and yellow fruit jelly. Flavors of same with floral notes, tea, and bitter resin. Long bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Oct 2015
at 21:05
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
12 oz bottle poured and purchased at malt and vine. Pours a thick, cloudy gold color with plenty of foam head. Fruity hop up front aroma. Flavor matches work a bit of a piney background and late palate. Thick body, earthy hops. Nice bitter. Overall a good IPA.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Oct 2015
at 17:31
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Pours an oddly opaque light orange with lots of carbonation and a dense (but thin) white head. Right after pour, nose is full of skunky hops, but they seem to burn off or something and I’m left with mostly lemon and spice... with a little bit of skunk. Flavor is much more interesting and downright yummy... A lot of bristly pine with some sharp lemon peel and a touch of skunk at the tail end. It’s a light and crisp feeling beer with lots of carbonation to make the hops presence really prickle a bit. Very charming.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Sep 2015
at 20:58
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle, undated, from Downtown Wine and Spirits, drunk 8/30/15.
Nice big fluffy white head atop a clear, golden blonde body. Good retention.
At first whiff, it’s citrus and dry pine, with a touch of fruitiness and definite bready/biscuity malts in tail. It opens up considerably with stone fruits and nectarines, but retains its dryness, with the malt not progressing to any more sweetness/fullness. No alcohol no flaw.
Interestingly hoppy in the mouth, with a blend of pine, citrus and a good dose of lighter fruitiness. Yet the malt seems to scratch at the palate, being relieved of any sweetness and the fullness from the extraction mixed with the mostly tight carbonation forming most of the ample body. Some grapefruit pith and light honey head towards the finish, with caramel picking up in character and a strong dose of pine lingering. Despite the rather dry, straightforward hopping and the caramel and biscuit notes from the malt, it still presents a very well-brewed beer, but does fall a bit short on account of the overall dryness/dullness of the flavor notes. With either less medium malt character or less hard grapefruit/pine, I think it would be a much brighter/livelier beer. But nonetheless, still a fine IPA with no alcohol or flaw. Just so difficult to make anything but pale malts work in these bigger, leaner IPAs.
Nice big fluffy white head atop a clear, golden blonde body. Good retention.
At first whiff, it’s citrus and dry pine, with a touch of fruitiness and definite bready/biscuity malts in tail. It opens up considerably with stone fruits and nectarines, but retains its dryness, with the malt not progressing to any more sweetness/fullness. No alcohol no flaw.
Interestingly hoppy in the mouth, with a blend of pine, citrus and a good dose of lighter fruitiness. Yet the malt seems to scratch at the palate, being relieved of any sweetness and the fullness from the extraction mixed with the mostly tight carbonation forming most of the ample body. Some grapefruit pith and light honey head towards the finish, with caramel picking up in character and a strong dose of pine lingering. Despite the rather dry, straightforward hopping and the caramel and biscuit notes from the malt, it still presents a very well-brewed beer, but does fall a bit short on account of the overall dryness/dullness of the flavor notes. With either less medium malt character or less hard grapefruit/pine, I think it would be a much brighter/livelier beer. But nonetheless, still a fine IPA with no alcohol or flaw. Just so difficult to make anything but pale malts work in these bigger, leaner IPAs.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Aug 2015
at 00:50
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
35,5 cl bottle @ hotel room, San Diego. Bottled 04/2015. Aroma has sweet pineapple juice and tropical fruits. Flavour has minerals, some grainy malt, pineapples and hints of resin. Also gluey tones, menthol and grassy hops in the finish. Somewhat refreshing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Aug 2015
at 22:24
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
330ml bottle
Bottled 098/15 (April 8th?) - Pours yellowish orange with a smooth head. Aroma of citrus, fruits, grass, earthy notes and hints of citrus. Taste is crisp, citrusy and grassy with some earthiness. Finish is crisp, earthy and grassy with some hay and citrus. Quite grassy.
Bottled 098/15 (April 8th?) - Pours yellowish orange with a smooth head. Aroma of citrus, fruits, grass, earthy notes and hints of citrus. Taste is crisp, citrusy and grassy with some earthiness. Finish is crisp, earthy and grassy with some hay and citrus. Quite grassy.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Aug 2015
at 22:23
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Sampled from bottle @ Leuven Innovation Beer Festival. Clear orange golden color, average sized white head. Smell and taste malts, hops, quite fruity and grassy, nicely bitter. Decent body and carbonation. I like it!
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Aug 2015
at 07:11