Aggro Agronomist IPA
Stone Brewing in Escondido, California, United States 🇺🇸
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Stone Aggro Agronomist IPA
Featuring hops from Perrault Farms in Toppenish, Washington
Getting all aggro can sometimes be a negative. Getting aggro with your hops however? Awesome. (Try singing that aloud in your best Stone Aggro heavy metal falsetto). Equally awesome: getting aggro with hop agronomy. It's often a tradition passed down through generations, as is the case with Perrault Farms in Toppenish, Washington. Since 1928, the Perrault family and friends have honed their craft to breed new hop varieties with ever more awesome (sing it again) flavors and aromas. This beer features the powerhouse hop Citra as well as two new varieties - Sabro and the as-of-yet unnamed HBC 692. These new beauties balance classic citrus notes with intriguing hints of coconut, herbs and stone fruit. We've gotten aggro many times with our beers since 1996. So a tip of the hat to aggro agronomists like the Perrault family who give us the tools to aggressively propel our craft forward.
Featuring hops from Perrault Farms in Toppenish, Washington
Getting all aggro can sometimes be a negative. Getting aggro with your hops however? Awesome. (Try singing that aloud in your best Stone Aggro heavy metal falsetto). Equally awesome: getting aggro with hop agronomy. It's often a tradition passed down through generations, as is the case with Perrault Farms in Toppenish, Washington. Since 1928, the Perrault family and friends have honed their craft to breed new hop varieties with ever more awesome (sing it again) flavors and aromas. This beer features the powerhouse hop Citra as well as two new varieties - Sabro and the as-of-yet unnamed HBC 692. These new beauties balance classic citrus notes with intriguing hints of coconut, herbs and stone fruit. We've gotten aggro many times with our beers since 1996. So a tip of the hat to aggro agronomists like the Perrault family who give us the tools to aggressively propel our craft forward.
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7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Clear golden coloured body with a nice two to three centimetre tall off-white head that stays afloat nicely. Aroma is quite grassy, herbal and still showing a lot of fruits, such as white grapes, citrus and even some tropical fruit notes, but way more malt-centric and medicinal than hoppy. Medium-bodied; Strong robust grass and hay flavours up front with a floral and noticeably cleanser-like bitterness that shines through and doesn't leave much else in terms of the flavours or complexity, but at least some of the tastes are pungent and relatively unique, but very crisp and dry throughout. Aftertaste shows the East Coast IPA bitterness and definite citrus twang throughout, but also a robust malt and medicinal/astringent finish that is strong, but nice. Overall, a very hoppy beer early on, but fading to a crisp and balanced beer with a lot of alpha acids leftover. Better than most Stone beers for sure and is worth trying to find, for a change! I sampled this twelve ounce can, purchased from Crystal City Wine Shop in Arlington (Crystal City), Virginia on 13-September-2019 for US$2,54 sampled at home in Washington on 05-October-2019.
Tried
from Can
on 14 Jan 2020
at 06:47
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Can from Draft Craft. Golden color with medium white head. lively carbonation. Moderate citrus hoppy aroma. Solid malty base, followed by nice hoppy bitterness with zest, pines, citrus fruit. Long hoppy bitter finish. Good.
Tried
from Can
on 07 Jan 2020
at 21:51
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Draft @ BrewDog Malmö. Pours a golden color with a small white head. Fruity citrus hoppy aroma. Fruity citrus hoppy grapefruit flavor. Has a fruity malty grapefruit hoppy finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Jan 2020
at 15:06
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Tap@Skaal, Copenhagen - golden pour with a white head. Fruity and malty with some prominent resinous bitter hoppy bite, caramel malty sweet backbone, medium body, resinous bitter hoppy close.
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Dec 2019
at 21:04
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Draft. A hazy amber beer with a lazing beige head. The aroma has notes of citrus fruits, hops, and malt. The flavor is sweet with notes of hops, citrus fruits, spices, and malt, leading to a bitter finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 23 Dec 2019
at 13:30
7/10
Tried
on 04 Dec 2019
at 19:10
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Smell of honey, hops. Amber colour, white head. Aroma of hops, spruce, overripe fruit. Sweet, bitter. Lively carbon.
Tried
on 16 Nov 2019
at 15:12
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can split at L6 tasting, thanks to Fergus 22/08/19. Clear golden blonde with a decent off white cap. Nose is grass, citric pith, citric tinged straw, bitter orange. Taste comprises grass, orange pith, toasted malts, melon, tangerine. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with balanced hop bitterness. Decent enough old skool leaning IPA.
Tried
from Can
on 13 Oct 2019
at 12:18
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Can. Amber beer with a cream head. Light grapefruit and light earthy aroma. Grapefruit and earthy flavor with light pine. Medium bodied. Good bitterness. Grapefruit and earth linger with pine.
Tried
from Can
on 03 Oct 2019
at 22:30