Japanese Green Tea IPA
(has 3 batches)
Stone Brewing in Escondido, California, United States 🇺🇸
Collab with: Baird Brewing Co. / Ishii Brewing CompanyIPA - Triple Special Out of Production
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Score
7.30
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Collaborators: Bryan Baird, Brewmaster, Baird Brewing Company / Toshi Ishii, President/Brewmaster, Ishii Brewing Co. / Mitch Steele, Brewmaster, Stone Brewing Co.
Our style of brewing has always been about taking chances. It’s an extension of our “What if” mentality, wherein we ask ourselves what would happen if we did things differently in the brewhouse, such as fermenting with a different strain of yeast or, in the case of this beer, incorporating whole-leaf green tea imported from Japan. The answer, embodied in this IPA when we first released it in 2011, was something truly magnificent, delicious and well worth brewing again. But what if we changed it up a bit? This time around, we exchanged Pacifica hops from New Zealand for Helga hops from Australia. The result is an IPA that’s as bright, herbaceous and bitingly hoppy as the one that’s had our fans requesting its return ever since its depletion from store shelves, but with a modern, hop-driven twist that makes this second draft unique and tasty in its own right.
Our style of brewing has always been about taking chances. It’s an extension of our “What if” mentality, wherein we ask ourselves what would happen if we did things differently in the brewhouse, such as fermenting with a different strain of yeast or, in the case of this beer, incorporating whole-leaf green tea imported from Japan. The answer, embodied in this IPA when we first released it in 2011, was something truly magnificent, delicious and well worth brewing again. But what if we changed it up a bit? This time around, we exchanged Pacifica hops from New Zealand for Helga hops from Australia. The result is an IPA that’s as bright, herbaceous and bitingly hoppy as the one that’s had our fans requesting its return ever since its depletion from store shelves, but with a modern, hop-driven twist that makes this second draft unique and tasty in its own right.
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7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Pours gold with a white head. Nose/taste of green tea, tropical fruit, caramel malt, resinous hops and pine. Solid tea and malt body. Finishes with tropical fruit and a little warming alcohol.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Sep 2011
at 19:11
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Draught at Moeder Lambic, Brussels, for the Stone beer festival. Sampled on September 16, 2011Cloudy orange color, big yellow to tan head. Sweet, hoppy, citrus, cheeze scent. Big, sweet, spicy, yeast, dry taste. Spicy and bitter aftertaste. Smooth mouthfeel, high bitterness.
Tried
on 18 Sep 2011
at 11:09
8.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Draft @ Stone vs. Moeder event, Moder Lambic, Brussels. Que faire quand le meillleur du Japon en tant que brasseries convergent pour brasser avec le meilleur des US? Une IPA aux saveurs envoutantes de thé vert. Bièere orangée, brumeuse ayant un aspect de teinte différentes dans le verre dans une sorte de déclinaison avec un nuage de protéines dans le verre. Col jaunâtre, épais. Arôme fruité et tropical, herbacé où l’on ressent superbement bien les feuilles de thé vert écrasées. En bouche, houblon et levure et avec toujours cette épaisseur de thé vert, allant vers du matcha bouilli et d’épinard et poudre verte. Note fruité aussi à noter, surement du houblon, et donnant un note d’abricot avec un léger fini épicé. Une IPA? je me lance pour dire, une saison japonaise dont on redemande.
Tried
from Draft
on 18 Sep 2011
at 10:02
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
draft@Stone vs. Moeder: hazy orange with a fluffy white head, smell grapefruit & pine hops mixed with very strong floral & herbal notes, taste is bitter floral hops upfront followed by a very herbal, sweeter taste afterwards, slightly fruity, I am getting some herbal tea and very light jasmine but I am not getting any green tea, a bit more interesting than great
Tried
from Draft
on 18 Sep 2011
at 04:47
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Draught Small yellowish dense head over hazy orange-ochre beer. Orange zeste², much more than tea, very intense, pinch of ginger, flowery. I’m thinking of orange-flavoured, half-fermented tea ("Darjoolong"). Again dry, spicy-bitterish orange zeste, even a bit mouldy, or blue curaçoa orangepeel. Hops are perfectly in balance (what kind??). Spritzy, refreshing, medium bodied. No new flavours in the aftertaste, but long-lasting main flavour. An "interesting" beer - in all senses of the word. Mind, I WOULD drink it again, gladly.
Tried
on 17 Sep 2011
at 23:31
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
12 ounce bottle from Whole Foods Market Dublin/Columbus. Pours an almost murky orange with lots of floating particles. Medium sized off-white head. Good head retention. Aroma of citrus, herbal and floral hops, lemongrass, mild tea notes, caramel malts. The taste is big strong tea notes, citrus hops and caramel malts. Medium bodied. Well done.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Sep 2011
at 21:44
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle at Paradiso Dupont, recommendation of Greg, shared with a whole bunch of folks. Cloudy orange, thick white head head. Aroma of (no kidding) green tea! Taste resembles a slightly sour and moderately bitter saison. Nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Sep 2011
at 17:23
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle 12fl.oz. @ RBESG 11 Grand Tasting at Dean Swift, 10 Gainsford Street, London, England SE1 2NE.Clear medium orange yellow colour with a small, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, moderate to heavy hoppy, grass, tea, herbal. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20110807]
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Sep 2011
at 02:52
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
12oz 9.2% ABV brew pours out semi hazy orange like copper with thin white head. The rather firm robust aroma forces up notes of booze enhanced orange juice, some herbal green-ness, citrus fruit skin, pineapple and tangelo. Man, lots going on here. The taste is similar with sort of an orange juice, tangelo juice and mango like hop flavor and a sense of booze. I get only a mild bitter hoppiness. Wow, lots of robust citrus and tropical fruit notes with hints of earthy tea like herbal hops well off in the background. All in all I dig this.
Tried
on 03 Sep 2011
at 18:45