Tangerine Express Hazy IPA
(has 2 batches)
Stone Brewing in Escondido, California, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Flavoured Rotating|
Score
7.02
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An India pale ale packed with whole tangerine & pineapple
Imagine the tropical haze of a lazy afternoon- into-evening. Your official duties for the day have been to maybe take a hike to a secluded waterfall, perhaps grill something, definitely chill with plenty of sand between your toes…and crack a phenomenal beer to complete the experience. Check, check, check again and…pfffft…check.
This ain’t no just-add-juice approach. This one is for adults. We use bountiful whole tangerine purée, which brings pithy, crisp bitterness to the citrus flavor. In addition to the complexities of the tangerine — the likes of which you can only get by using the whole fruit — we judiciously employ just a hint of whole pineapple for a backnote (you’d likely not even pick it out of the mix if we didn’t tell you it was there). We’re not looking for a sweet concoction to appease the “I want my beer to taste like fruit juice” crowd. This is Stone. We like our IPAs to taste like IPAs. Big, bold and not for kids.
Working with fruit can be amazing and so using amazing quality fruit is key to achieving that wonderful freshness. The high-end pureed fruit selected here blends exceptionally well with the aroma and flavors from the hops, creating a multi-layered IPA that also has fresh hoppy dankness and bitterness that superbly rounds out this beer.
Imagine the tropical haze of a lazy afternoon- into-evening. Your official duties for the day have been to maybe take a hike to a secluded waterfall, perhaps grill something, definitely chill with plenty of sand between your toes…and crack a phenomenal beer to complete the experience. Check, check, check again and…pfffft…check.
This ain’t no just-add-juice approach. This one is for adults. We use bountiful whole tangerine purée, which brings pithy, crisp bitterness to the citrus flavor. In addition to the complexities of the tangerine — the likes of which you can only get by using the whole fruit — we judiciously employ just a hint of whole pineapple for a backnote (you’d likely not even pick it out of the mix if we didn’t tell you it was there). We’re not looking for a sweet concoction to appease the “I want my beer to taste like fruit juice” crowd. This is Stone. We like our IPAs to taste like IPAs. Big, bold and not for kids.
Working with fruit can be amazing and so using amazing quality fruit is key to achieving that wonderful freshness. The high-end pureed fruit selected here blends exceptionally well with the aroma and flavors from the hops, creating a multi-layered IPA that also has fresh hoppy dankness and bitterness that superbly rounds out this beer.
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6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
0.33 l can from Goblet Beer Store, Zagreb. Shared with little Dina. Hazy orange, diminishing frothy off-white head. Aroma is tangerine juice, zest, herbs, leaves and biscuit. Soft citrus and pine emerges. Doesn't seem very fresh. Herbal flavour, quite bitter and sharp. Fruity component lost. Malts present. Soft texture, soft carbonation, light finish. Strong residual bitterness in the back of the throat. Unfortunately, seems to have lost it's original glow.
Tried
from Can
on 29 Jul 2020
at 19:16
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
hazy golden to orange colour, huge, dense yellowish ecru head, which lasts for several minutes; aroma of grapefruit, tangerine, orange peel oils, slight pineapple and pine resiny notes; taste is dominated by hoppy bitterness with the same notes as can be felt in the aroma; good one!
Tried
from Can
on 15 Jul 2020
at 22:27
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
12oz bottle. Unfiltered orange-tan body. Thin, steady, white head. The fruit flavor does seem a little more enjoyable than others of the same ilk, but it is probably just the hops talking. Pineapple is distant. Both are judiciously utilized. Solid for what it is, full bodied and drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Jul 2020
at 05:32
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
12oz bottle from mixed pack. 22oz bottle. This poured a hazy orange color with a medium sized, fluffy slightly off-white head. Aroma is a blast of tangerine citrus notes. Super juicy, with a light malt character to it. Decent stuff.
Earlier Rating: 2/24/2017 Total Score: 3.6
22oz bottle. This poured a really clear, clean orange color with a medium sized, fluffy slightly off-white head. Aroma is a blast of citrus, tangerine notes. Flavor was a bit like tangerine juice. But it’s not overly juicy. It’s good, but not mind blowing.
Earlier Rating: 2/24/2017 Total Score: 3.6
22oz bottle. This poured a really clear, clean orange color with a medium sized, fluffy slightly off-white head. Aroma is a blast of citrus, tangerine notes. Flavor was a bit like tangerine juice. But it’s not overly juicy. It’s good, but not mind blowing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jul 2020
at 15:07