Levitation Ale
Stone Brewing in Escondido, California, United States 🇺🇸
Amber / Red Ale - American 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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6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Bottle from Kris Wines, London. Poured a dark amber colour with a smallish off-white head. Aroma had its fair share of fragrant hoppage and caramel sweetness and wasn’t bad at all. Things started to slide a bit from this point though. Palate on the thin side. Similar sweet malt and hop mingling in the flavour, but the balance doesn’t really come off. Not very satisfying and not up to Stones usual high standards.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 May 2010
at 06:15
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
12 oz. bottle, pours a deep dark amber with a medium off-white head. Aroma of caramel malts, resinous hops, pine and grapefruit. Flavour of pale malts and hops - well-balanced. Not really too special for Stone.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 May 2010
at 22:23
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
(bottle) clear medium amber colour, medium light brown head, aroma of lychees, bitter herbs/leaves; clean predominantly bitter flavour, long medium bitter finish, not very balanced
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Apr 2010
at 15:25
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
This is one impressive amber ale. Poured from 12 oz bottle, aroma is rich in malt and hops with a bit of roasted caramel, hop aroma is rather grassy. Pours that nice amber copper with a decent head that sticks to the glass. Taste is full bodied, not too sweet and bitter. I wasn’t expecting this to be hoppy when I bought it, but it’s much more bitter than I thought it would be. Using the standard 4 ingredients, Stone has churned out a rather impressive brew with this one.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Apr 2010
at 13:18
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
11-25-09 --12 oz bottle--Wow!...the fluff on this thing just keeps on coming...pours cloudy medium brown-tan head--once mega foam settles--aroma is sweet light hops--light and refreshing with a little heartiness--well made--simple clean hop taste--light as can be but all there--the sea foam mega fluff leaves a nice lacing behind
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Mar 2010
at 19:28
8.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 10
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Strong aroma of dried leaves, tea, and pineapple. Cloudy ochre, with many floaties, medium vanishing head. Medium bodied, malt backbone. Well hopped for the style with violets dominant. Subdued pine and dried leaf finish. Neat beer with personality. One of the more flavorful ambers I have had.
Tried
on 14 Feb 2010
at 13:50
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Growler. Pours a nice, light amber-red hue with a fine, white head. Nose is hoppy with some malt undertones. Flavor is decently rich with nice character of lightly roasted malts and a kick of hops on the tail. Crisp, bittersweet finish. Quite tasty.
Tried
from Growler
on 14 Dec 2009
at 09:31
4.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 5
4th June 2008. Light hop and malt - not bad but let down by a watery palate.
Tried
on 14 Nov 2009
at 05:11
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Location: 12 oz bottle from Gilly's, 11/8/09
Aroma: The aroma is citrus and orange hops, some caramel, some malts, and other fruits as well
Appearance: It pours a nice clearish red-amber color with a thick, frothy tan head, that leaves a lot of lace
Flavor: The taste is not quite as nice as the nose, but it is pretty good, pretty balanced between the hops and malts
Palate: The body is light-medium, but with a nice (I'll be it dry) mouthfeel, and slightly watery texture
Overall Impression: I'm surprised I've never rated this one before, I've had it quite a few times, and at 4.4% it remains one heck of a session ale. This one has a lot of the typically Stone qualities that I really like in their beers, and it is a very solid example of what an Amber Ale can be. Overall, it makes for a great session that you can enjoy many of considering the gravity of the beer. A really nice, quality session brew.
Aroma: The aroma is citrus and orange hops, some caramel, some malts, and other fruits as well
Appearance: It pours a nice clearish red-amber color with a thick, frothy tan head, that leaves a lot of lace
Flavor: The taste is not quite as nice as the nose, but it is pretty good, pretty balanced between the hops and malts
Palate: The body is light-medium, but with a nice (I'll be it dry) mouthfeel, and slightly watery texture
Overall Impression: I'm surprised I've never rated this one before, I've had it quite a few times, and at 4.4% it remains one heck of a session ale. This one has a lot of the typically Stone qualities that I really like in their beers, and it is a very solid example of what an Amber Ale can be. Overall, it makes for a great session that you can enjoy many of considering the gravity of the beer. A really nice, quality session brew.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Nov 2009
at 17:57
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
(Draught) Poured amber and clear with medium sized and white head. Aroma was malty and hoppy. Palate was medium bodied with medium carbonation. Flavours were malts, hops, bitterness and light roastedness. Finished bitter.
Tried
on 30 Oct 2009
at 06:11