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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6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle at the Bloomington Beer Festival. Poured amber with a thin off-white head. Aroma was quite one note with pine notes from the hops. Flavor had grapefruit notes was from the hops but there was a bit of an undertone of roasted malts.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Oct 2009
at 17:57
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
On tap, at first I thought it was very close to a ruination ale, but i could soon tell why this ale does not get a higher rating. The hoppiness is great, usual of Stone, but then there is this malt kick at the end that leaves the finish too sweet. One of those beers that tastes great at first and your really sick of by the end.
Tried
from Draft
on 12 Oct 2009
at 10:22
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
12 oz bottle. This is an amber? It tastes like no other amber I’ve ever had. That’s a compliment. When I first heard that Stone created an amber ale, I couldn’t believe it. It didn’t seem like something this hop-obsessed brewery would do. Then I tasted it. It has Stone written all over it. Most ambers are too malty for my taste. This beer is balanced nicely with plenty of hops. Smells of sweet malt, a little musty. Pours brownish amber, small head, good lacing. Tastes of raisins. The label says it all: there’s more character in this 4.4% alcohol beer than any other beer I can think of in this range. Well done, Stone.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Oct 2009
at 01:23
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Amber with a lasting white head. Strong aroma of grapefruit with orange peel and a hint of malt. Sweet grapefruit juice flavour with medium hop bitterness
Tried
on 01 Oct 2009
at 17:30
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Thank you Christianscheffel. Pours dark amber/copper with a large creamy head and lacings. Fruit, hops, buiscuit and orange. Grapefruit juice. Medium bodied. Ends dry. Nice
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Sep 2009
at 03:58
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
One-third pint, gravicask. Deep, dark amber body with a bubbly, off-white head. Rather sharp aroma of dried fruity with malts behind. Mid-bitter orange shells in flavour developing into a bitter, pine hoppy ending. Medium bodied. A flavoursome session beer (GBBF, 04.08.2009).
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Sep 2009
at 15:11
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle (GBBF 2009) - Copper coloured. Hoppy aroma with grapefruit and caramel. Hoppy taste with grapefruit, caramel, spicy malt and chocolate, followed a nice and hoppy finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Sep 2009
at 16:28
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draught at MacGregors. Dark amber color with a thin, fine head. Citrus hop aroma: fresh and light. Slightly roasty, earthy, flavor with berries, medium hop aroma and rather strong bitterness. restrained fruit. A good session beer.
Tried
on 31 Aug 2009
at 17:06
8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle pours a clear mahogan with a dense beige head.Lovely malt and hop aroma.Slightly citrusy and sweet ans woody. Flavor os woodand leathery with a surprisingll sharp bite. Lingering bitterness that seemed prett toigh for an amber. But this IS Stone after all. Snappy and brisk and full of flavor for 4.4 pct.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Aug 2009
at 01:35
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask@GBBF2009. Golden colour, small white head. Aroma is fruits, grass, quite brutally bitter hopping. Flavour is grass, lots of nectar, some floral hops as well as some citrusfruity ntoes. Very good for being "only" 4.4% in ABV.
Tried
from Cask
on 11 Aug 2009
at 04:20