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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7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
(11/3/08) Draught sample at the brewpub in Escondido. Clear deep amber color. Aroma of flowery hops, grapefruit and a bit of tropical fruits. Pleasant bitter hoppy flavor with some citrus and a sweetish malt background. Medium-bodied. Very tasty.
Tried
on 18 Jan 2009
at 08:52
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 7
Amber copper with a firm tan head. Grapefruit hops, grass, caramel malts in the aroma. Body is a bit watery. Light, crisp grass, grapefruit, and some caramel. Pretty solid amber, but could use a stronger flavor.
Tried
on 15 Jan 2009
at 23:22
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Utobeer. As a British ale drinker, this is really interesting and exciting. A best bitter strength beer made for quaffing, but in a suprisingly small bottle. Looks beautiful. Mahogany, lasting thick beige head. Spicy hop aroma, bit of ginger to go with the grapefruit. Yep. Just as I feared an unbalanced best bitter. You just can’t stick a load of floral and spicy hops over a beer without the malt backbone to keep it in balance. Yes the aroma is glorious, but it’s just got no middle and then sweet toffee and stinging harsh hop on finish. Where Thornbridge Lord Marples shows how to do this style of beer well, this doesn’t which is a great shame as it could be so much better. Yes the hops are fun. I mean really fun. But the rest just falls away and the finish is too metallic.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Jan 2009
at 14:42
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottled. Clear copper color, big off-white head. Aroma is hoppy, some pine. Thin taste of caramel malt, bitter, slight citrus. Decent, mostly because of the low ABV. Good aroma, but thin taste. --- Beer merged from original tick of Levitation Ale on 16 Dec 2012 at 21:40 - Score: 8
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Oct 2008
at 09:58
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
From tap at Stone Bistro. Pours cloudy and dark orange with a lacing white head. Aroma is dense fruity hoppy with a dry caramel malt base beneath. Very dry fruity and solid bitter flavour. Bone dry into the finish. A bit too hoppy, could use some malt to counter balance this imho.
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Aug 2008
at 14:58
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Bottle from Secret Santa. Thanks! Bronze color with a medium head and medium retention. Aroma is strong on vegetal hops. Taste is also hoppy on the vegetal hops with notes of caramel and citrus. Light but bristly mouthfeel.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Jul 2008
at 01:44
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draught No head to speak of; deep ruby-amber beer. Hops, dark grapes, lightly smoked pinewood, chocolate cake. Well-filled cake with hops, more dark grapes, raisins and leather. Surprisingly light MF, not empty, but all the same watering out. A dark variety on the Stone principle. To try out, even if I’m not in love with it as with the Bastards.
Tried
on 22 Apr 2008
at 12:48