Levitation Amber Ale
Stone Brewing in Escondido, California, United States 🇺🇸
Amber / Red Ale Rotating Out of Production|
Score
7.02
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We're best known for brewing aggressive, big-character beers, but we love a great sessionable ale as much as anyone. Most beers at the less-weighty end of the spectrum lack flavor and depth as much as they lack high ABVs, but not Stone Levitation Ale! This deep amber brew has a rich maltiness, big hoppy character, citrus overtones, and an impressively modest alcohol content for a beer with so much flavor packed into it.
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6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 7
Nose is toffee, red berry, with light pine and citrus. Taste is pine, malt, red berry, slight rye then floral and peppery tones touch of lemon grass and salt in the finish. It’s more ESB than I finished, and the nose and taste don’t marry well for me. It’s OK
Tried
on 05 Oct 2014
at 12:00
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at Churchkey. Labeled as dry-hopped with Simcoe. Clear copper, big-bubble edge head. Aroma of fresh hops. Flavor has caramel candy with a smoke edge. Very smooth. Bitter throughout. Nice.
Tried
from Cask
on 22 Aug 2014
at 07:37
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Beer Central, Sheffield. Clear amber. Untidy, off white, foamy head. Fruity sweet. Grassy hop. Taste is slightly, spicy dry. Some bitterness follows. Palate is a little watery. Finishes light bitter. Good session beer, albeit a bit thin.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Aug 2014
at 11:56
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
355ml bottle from Appellation Wines, cheers Ash! Pours clear red-brown, thick off-white head. Aromas of pine, citrus, fruity hops. Taste brings malt character, near toffee, and more orange citrus. Light body, a tad thin perhaps, but a nice, long bitter finish. Good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Aug 2014
at 07:57
7/10
Tried
on 05 Aug 2014
at 19:27
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Keg at Craft, 26th June 14. Good amber ale, not a patch on Ruination and the other favourites from Stone though
Tried
on 29 Jun 2014
at 13:00
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle at home. Pours reddish brown, juicy citrus, dry roast, bitter, toffee.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Jun 2014
at 11:59
8/10
Tried
on 24 May 2014
at 09:53
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Flaska från Privatimport. Djupt kopparöd färg med gulskiftande skum. Tydliga dofter av karamellkola, citrus och tall. Stram beska med tillbakahållen maltsötma. Ytterligare en höjdare från Stone. Mums till käk.
Tried
on 24 May 2014
at 07:38
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
8 oz on-tap at the Stones Liberty Station place in San Diego on 17th March 2014: a lovely sunny afternoon session that lasted about four beers too many! Anyway this was beer number two and then it all went a bit silly because I started ordering flights of heavier brews like a man possesed! This beer came mahogany red with an off-white head that gave some good lacing. Fairly bitter for an amber/red ale, the malts not managing to overpower the hop content. Tart and sharp almost in the mouthfeel, cleansed my palate for the onslaught that followed, not bad at all.
Tried
from Draft
on 08 May 2014
at 05:40